Sentences with phrase «better than the offense»

Given the makeup of Chicago's roster and its implementation of the triangle, this was probably Pippen's maximum offensive output, as he peaked in offensive load at 43 (96th percentile) while the Bulls posted a respectable +2.2 rORtg when healthy, better than any offense Michael Jordan led before Phil Jackson arrived.5

He should see plenty of action this fall because the defense isn't much better than the offense.

Happily for Cowboy Joe, he had no responsibilities when the Wyoming defense was on the field, for the defense was even better than the offense.

However, it was the young, inexperienced defense who were actually BETTER than our offense filled with national players.

Hopefully this will be a catalyst for our next run of games which includes Bayern & Man U... It will be interesting because our defense (back 5 of Cech - Bellerin - Gabriel - Kos - Monreal) has been way better than our offense (Sanchez - Walcott / Giroud - Ozil)!!

Not exact matches

And remember that it's best to encourage honesty than to go on the offense or use sarcasm.»

The logic: Purdue has been one of my favorite teams to watch in college football this season, with a sparky offense and better - than - expected defense capable of getting a stop when the moment calls.

Good defense is more important than good offense not just on the football field, but on the investing field as wGood defense is more important than good offense not just on the football field, but on the investing field as wgood offense not just on the football field, but on the investing field as well.

Indeed, anger-wise, things are probably a bit better at the moment than they have been for a while, but ours is certainly not the offense - avoiding society briefly glimpsed via Freewheelin's liner notes, just as it was stepping aside.

No offense because I think yours is 1000 % better than the boxed.

It's your fault for being that much better than everyone, grooming Jalen Hurts so effectively at quarterback, and having Minkah Fitzpatrick play sweeper so well that you almost don't need an offense.

I understand the concern about defenders playing off of him at the 3 - point line, but they do that to TJ as well, and Fultz's offense off the bounce is certainly more of a threat than TJ's strafe - runs under the basket.

In 12 seasons, he fielded an offense that ranked better than 22nd out of 32 teams in the NFL in Offensive DVOA just twice and never ranked better than 17th.

It is unfair, but the hapless offense has forced the defense to be even better than expected.

Meanwhile, he has only once had an offense that ranked better than 47th in Off.

Georgia was already the league's least - stable elite squad in 2012, with better - than - normal offense and worse - than - normal defense.

If the Red Sox win the AL East, something will have gone really, really right with the starting pitchers after David Price, unless their offense is even better than expected.

Still, since Venables left town, OU's defense has ranked above its offense in S&P + just once and hasn't ranked better than 19th.

The offense was even better than expected (first in Off.

Transition offense also works beautifully when you pass better than anyone else on the court.

Both because it's a good question to get coaches talking and because I mostly had no idea, I asked him what made his offense different than anybody else's.

I also think he have a better offense schematically than what was being used in Seattle, though it shouldn't be hard to use Graham (even between the twenties).

Wilson and the rest of the offense have performed much better in the postseason than they have in the regular season, going back to their dominant run last year.

West Virginia averages more than 41 points per game, ranking them as the seventh - best offense in the country.

As long as it has been since Florida had a good offense, it's been even longer since the Gators had a less - than - elite defense.

The Horned Frogs have played Oklahoma well under Patterson — a 20 - 17 road loss in 2013, a 24 - 17 home loss in 2012, a 35 - 10 loss in 2008 (which was closer than just about anybody else came to slowing down Oklahoma that year), a 17 - 10 win in 2005 — and should have the athletes to match up with Oklahoma's offense.

Boston and Cleveland are two of the four teams in the MLB with better team ERAs than Houston, which they'll need to help try to overcome the Astros» superior offense.

Purdue's line stats were better than that of the offense as a whole.

In the primary opponent - adjusted categories above, Purdue ranked better than 72nd in only two of them: FP + (the field position generated for the offense, in which special teams plays a significant role — namely, kick returner Frankie Williams) and Passing Downs Success Rate +.

David Blough took over the offense for games four through 10, basically, and produced a passer rating better than 114 just twice.

For however bad McConnell is on offense and Okafor is overall, they both were better offensive players as starters than as bench players.

I think «two way player» should be reserved for the player who is better than league average on both defense and offense.

The gulf between Nova's offense and everyone else is smaller than between Nova's D and the best.

We finally have a solid striker (even if he will take some adaptation time I think he'll be true class) in Lacazette, we have solid center backs (once they are all healthy) much better than in recent seasons, Giroud is our killer weapon off the bench rather than the key we are relying on as the main source of goals, Coquelin and Elneny are now midfield fall - back options rather than Flamini (no offense Mathieu, I appreciated your efforts, just making the obvious comparison), two high quality keepers, etc..

Game 3 was definitely better than Game 2 but it's just mind - boggling how terrible our offense is right now.

On one hand I understand why Arians went with Lindley over rookie Logan Thomas, because he would have to completely redesign his offense in less than a week to compete against arguably the best defense in football.

Bottom line for the Bears is that their offense has been strong and their defense has been better than expected, but they're in for a dogfight in a tough NFC North division.

Offense... check Defense... should be better than the last two years for sure

While Lewis is still a force on defense, his best contribution is recognizing formations and calling out the scheme, and many times, the actual play the opposing offense may be running and is more often right than wrong.

It will be interesting to see if Shell's offense, which seems to fit Jackson perfectly, will be more productive as well as more ground - oriented than that of his two predecessors.

Landry Jones is barely better than Osweiler, but can at least go through the motions of running an offense consistently.

I expect this offense to look significantly better than the one - year disaster that was Shannon Dawson.

They have a center who can run the offense and anchor the defense, a power forward who can guard point guards and centers and a backcourt that can drive, shoot threes better than any other and defend any of their peers.

If he can't, or if he's making bad decisions and turning the ball over, then put in TJ to run the offense, because TJ can do that job better than Fultz right now.

His offense in Oklahoma is more innovative and better schemed than half the NFL offenses out there.

Matt Harvey just isn't good anymore, their offense relies too much on Yoenis Cespedes, and there are several other teams that should be better than them that will vie for wild card spots.

While the Huskers had the better defense (they didn't allow more than 17 points in any other game), OU's offense was as good as it got in the 1970s.

49ers head coach Chip Kelly said Kaepernick ran better than he passed and that the entire offense must improve.

Arsene and Arsenal wants a 30 - 50 m striker for 10 m that shit ain't gonna happen any economist would know that the better the quality the higher the price that's why a Ferrari is more expensive, durable, classy, efficient etc than a corrola no offense to corrolas I have one.

If Kyasky, injured again last week, can remain whole for the better part of the season the team that led the nation last year in total offense as well as rushing may be scarcely less potent than a year ago.