Sentences with phrase «ball on offense»

The rest of the first half was sloppy, as both teams struggled to move the ball on offense.

So, as long as the Celtics take care of the ball on offense depriving the Bucks of fast break opportunities and play solid defense keeping the Bucks out of the lane and forcing them to settle for jump shots, the Celtics should be fine.

Now, George can play more off the ball on offense with Russell Westbrook running point.

That Urban Meyer's squad has now played (and repeated) top - level ball on both offense and defense puts it ahead of much of the field.

Larry Hardy carries the ball on offense and has 6 INTs on defense where junior LB Derrick Henderson has caused havoc for opponents.

This was because she is very fast and this helps her push the ball on offense as well as have the speed to stay in front of people on defense.

A 12 - yard completion to Thompson from quarterback Wyatt Morrow on fourth - and - 26 «'' the 56th time he'd touched the ball on offense that night «'' was Concord's final play of the game.

For the first 3.5 quarters, Landry played every snap on defense on every odd series that Notre Dame had the ball on offense, while he only played on 3rd & 4th down snaps during every even series that Notre Dame had the ball on offense — regardless of the down and distance of the 3rd & 4th down snaps.

DFS edge: RB Kareem Hunt and the Chiefs» sudden inability to move the ball on offense is alarming.

The Philadelphia Eagles had one of the worst offensive lines in the NFL last year, and if they are going to protect Michael Vick and move the ball on offense, they need to fix that.

Not exact matches

I mean, I think in numerous games... where we had almost everybody on offense catch the ball that was eligible to catch the ball.

The Rams offense didn't get a chance, as they fumbled the ball on the ensuing kickoff.

Plus the Celtics offense is predicated on rapid ball movement so the traditional point guard you seem to say we need isn't how our offense runs.

The Packers» defense allows only 84 rushing yards and plummets the Washington offense into ineptitude on its last five possessions of the game, which went this way — punt, punt, ball over on downs three times.

Concerns that Trier — always a shoot - first player — would take the ball out of Ayton's hands on offense also came to fruition.

They were fantastic on both sides of the ball as they put up 27 on Offense and pitched a shutout as well.

First play on offense # 34 Jean - Paul Kefu gets # 4 Nico the ball and scores for a 22 yard TD rushing TD.

St. Louis is still enjoying the win against the Nationals, but when it comes time to play ball again, they will ride the momentum of a four - run ninth inning on Friday night that saw the team's offense produce nine runs.

On offense the line would be their strength, and they'd be able to run the ball.

Junior defensive end Kelechi Njoku is among Sac - Joaquin Section leaders with 14 sacks and sophomore quarterback Xavier Johnson has accounted for 2,113 total yards of offense and 21 TDs as future leaders on both sides of the ball.

They let their Defense really dictate their Offense and so with suffocating on - ball D at the wings and a refusal to really allow easy Offensive put - backs.

Captain Jack also serves as QB and they moved the ball very well on Offense.

The money's on Rudock taking the job and if he can lead the offense and not turn the ball over, that will be critical.

Trying to find the silver lining here, and it might be a stretch, but if Mullen now has to spend more time with the offense, maybe he finally goes full hands off on the defensive side of the ball?

You can't possess the ball long enough on offense to keep your defense off the field.

That was just one of the big plays Bennett made that won't show up on anybody's stat sheet, and it helped the get the ball back for his offense.

They ran a hurry - up offense on the opening drive, with Garner touching the ball five times (three on runs, two on receptions), and concluded the possession with a 21 - yard field goal by Sebastian Janikowski.

There are multiple instances where the player on offense isn't hit or the hit doesn't affect the movement of the ball, and the defense gets rewarded with a touchback.

If the coach is telling you to take the open 20 - footer because it's part of the offense, and if you don't you find yourself planted on the bench, then of course the players going to shoot the ball.

Pro football should consider some of Maule's suggestions to help out the offense, and the first on the list should be a move to return the ball to the line of scrimmage after a missed field - goal attempt.

We were up 10 in the early 4rth and remember the defense giving the offense the ball back... That was the time in the game when you put your foot on their throats... You play with all the energy and passion in the world and you put the game out of reach with a touchdown or even a field goal... You don't play not to loose, you come out aggressive as hell... Come out 5 wides with grant in the slot or something crazy that theyve never seen the whole game and you shredd their asses... You don't keep it close at that point because Brady will make plays and refs to as well to beat you.

On Tuesday night, ESPN reported that 11 of the 12 balls set aside for the Patriots offense were found to be under inflated.

Per NFL rules, each team has 12 balls they use on offense.

The picture of a classic Penn State team was completed by the ground - bound offense, which some wags compared to the golf ball with Paterno's face on it that was being sold on campus that year — «guaranteed to go straight up the middle three times out of four.»

Xavier, despite having a significant athletic advantage at nearly every position on the floor, couldn't handle the Mountain Hawks disciplined offense, as Lehigh repeatedly swung the ball around the court to find open holes in coach Chris Mack's half - court defense.

Eagles linebacker Jordan Hicks was able to recover the ball at the Saints» 46 - yard - line, which gave their offense a prime opportunity to get points on the board before halftime.

Any team that relies so heavily on the mistakes of others for its own success is difficult to trust, especially when placed in a pod with two teams that take care of the ball and execute as well on offense as Bucknell and Notre Dame do.

If Glennon can consistently show confidence in Jackson by giving him a chance to make a play on the deep ball when he is covered one - on - one, the rest of the Bucs» offense should benefit the rest of the way.

If Notre Dame can run the ball well, the Irish defense could have enough success against an Arizona State offense that is often forced to bail itself out on passing downs (and just as often succeeds at it).

Everybody except Norwood thought that the Steelers had ended the play.The Broncos» offense started running on the field as Norwood was picking up the ball, and the team was flagged for an illegal substitution that nullified the touchdown and gave the Broncos the ball on their own 28 - yard line.

Urban Meyer's powerful offense needs a complement on the other side of the ball.

On offense we can't continue to play iso ball against to plus defenders.

Those guys both need good off ball movement to be successful on offense, which isn't happening as much as it normally would.

He is playing fine defensively, but he won't do anything on offense if we aren't running 6 - 10 PnRs with him a game and using off ball action.

We are in a unique dilemma where we have an offense predicated on running the ball, while also having arguably the best WR in the league.

While Newton's recent performance has breathed life back into the offense, linebacker Luke Kuechly has been key on the defensive side of the ball.

Manteca spreads the ball around on offense with 17 rushing TDs and 18 passing TDs scored by 12 different players during the season.

Early in the second half, for instance, the Wings inbound the ball and on the other side of the court, Monk awaits on offense.

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I'm just not sure having the ball in Willie's hands more on offense is going to pay dividends.