Sentences with phrase «back third downs»

Eagles 15, Falcons 10: The Falcons (surprise) punted, but before we could nod off, the Eagles came up with huge plays on back - to - back third downs.

Not exact matches

Running back Giovani Bernard said he and his teammates need better execution on third downs on both offense and defense.

What was historically a play run for a «third down back» will be run on any of the three downs.

Too frequently against the Bengals, the offense on third - and - short was Wilson stepping back, taking a quick look and then seeking to run for first downs up the middle.

The Ducks did gain 469 yards (6.9 per play) on Texas, but the Longhorns were able to limit damage on third downs (4 - for - 12), and special teams gave Oregon long fields from which to work all night despite six Texas three - and - outs — nine of 11 Oregon drives began at the Ducks» 25 or further back.

Joe Flacco gets Danny Woodhead back from IR, which should help the QB tremendously on third downs as he looks to get hot down the stretch again.

Georgia was able to throw on guys not named Fitzpatrick and Evans and also ran the ball well on a few key third downs when Alabama got caught playing man coverage with our two heroes turning their backs to the backfield (until the Tide started dropping a safety to eliminate that problem).

The 5 - foot - 9 and 197 - pound athlete doesn't posses the size to be an every - down back in the NFL, but he a guy that can come in and be a change - of - pace back while also being a contributor out of the backfield on third downs and in the redzone as both a back and as a receiver.