Sentences with phrase «defensive lines in»

Nesta's transfer to Milan ensured that the Rossoneri would have one of the best defensive lines in the world as Nesta would partner either Alessandro Costacurta or Jaap Stam in the heart of the defence, whilst Paolo Maldini and Cafu would support them on the flanks.

Pair him with Mario Williams and Marcel Dareus in the middle and you will have one of the best defensive lines in the league.

Hell, it's not like we know for sure that OSU is now going to have one of the best defensive lines in the country either.

Playing alongside Ben Gedeon, Jabrill Peppers and behind one of the best defensive lines in the country, the 6 - foot - 4, 240 - pounder is primed for a big year in Don Brown's attacking scheme.

Travis Homer has played well this season, but Miami is going to require his best game of the year, and he will need his offensive line to open some holes against one of the best defensive lines in the country.

According to his diagram, the defensive line in the Christian's life is made up of Fear, Sin, Satan, Despair, Worry and Separation.

Not to mention, he was T - 1st on the defensive line in TFL (3rd if you include sack numbers) despite playing the least amount of snaps of any starter on the defensive line.

A silver lining I think is though is the Eagles have the best defensive line in the NFL against a defense that has allowed 37 sacks this season and I think the Eagles CBs match up better against the Vikings WRs than the Falcons WRs.

He showed some versatility playing all over the defensive line in the five games of his I watched, all to some varying degrees of success in fact.

I don't know anybody who would say 6» 3 is too short to play anywhere on the defensive line in this day and age.

The Wolverines are filling up their defensive line in 2017 with five commits already (Luiji Vilain, Corey Malone - Hatcher, Phillip Paea, James Hudson and Aubrey Solomon).

The Raiders» 23rd - ranked defensive line in adjusted line yards has allowed four backs to surpass 25 DraftKings points this season.

Graduating several of the defensive line in 2016, the Wolverines are in need of pass - rushing help in the 2017 class and this Canadian native is one of the best.

Greg Mattison likes the young Wolverine defensive line in the future.

Phillips could play all across the defensive line in a base 3 - 4 on early downs from a five technique to a zero nose.

It seems as though one of the NFL insiders thinks that the Lions aren't done trying to beef up their defensive line in preparation for next season.

«This year, [the expectation] is to take the next step and, without question, be the best defensive line in the country.»

If the Cowboys want to add a player on the defensive line in this draft, they'll likely have to do so in the first round.

Could the Cowboys fix the interior of the defensive line in free agency?

But, if they do play a high defensive line in search of their much needed goals, Dortmund have already proven on their three previous meetings this season that they can hurt Madrid at the back.

Not exact matches

What scouts like: The latest in a long line of talented defensive backs to emerge from Nick Saban's Alabama squads, Fitzpatrick is at his best as a roaming safety.

So while our position is clearly defensive - in line with the current, objectively identified Market Climate - a leaping short - term rally should not be ruled out.

In the meantime, Gannett plans to ratchet up the pressure all along Tribune's defensive line.

The blue line illustrates the effect of imposing an additional overlay that requires actual deterioration in market internals or credit spreads as a prerequisite for taking a hard - defensive outlook.

In the meantime, both quarterbacks, both special teams, both offensive and defensive lines, and both coaches are taking the other side of your bet.

Interestingly, in a recent Tablet article, Paddy Agnew, the Irish Times Rome correspondent, does not directly gainsay this injustice, nor the «defensive Holy See line» that «the BBC had not played fair» and that therefore the Cardinal should not resign (12 May, «An ever - widening gap»).

I believe Koeman might have gotten this team over the line, he would of added some defensive stability and a bit of fight, plus he would have gotten a striker in on day one.

He is playing in a high defensive line team but still manage to be rarely caught off guard considering his super lack of pace and acceleration.

Injuries played a role in these breakdowns — only two of the top six tacklers on the line played in all 13 games, and thanks to injuries and shuffling, 15 different defensive backs recorded at least 5 tackles.

Is there too many defensive players in the starting line - up?

Chambers for Walcott would have helped in the context of getting height into the defensive line.

Donovan Jeter, an early enrollee on the defensive line for the Wolverines, knows every day counts in getting better:

Like you said we have 5 great defensive players in Bellerin, Kos, Monreal and Cech, one solid singing and we have a top back line.

When it clicks and you have the likes of Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez in full flow but also functioning as parts of a well oiled machine, the Gunners have the ability to breach any defence and with a strong defensive line and midfield players who can control a game, there are the ingredients in north London to make a title winning team.

Call them what you want, but the quartet of seniors on Wisconsin's defensive line — the best in the nation — are the heart and soul of the unbeaten Badgers

29 - goal Harry Kane is set to lead the line for the Three Lions tonight, with Kane's Spurs teammate Eric Dier chosen over West Brom stalwart Jake Livermore as the player to partner Jordan Henderson in the defensive midfield role for the home side.

Stephen played 38.5 % of Minnesota's defensive snaps in 2017 so this absence hurts the Vikings» defensive line rotation.

On the third to last play of the game for New York's offense, Bosa lined up at left defensive end and beat Hart clean with a swiper move and stuck his helmet right in Manning's side as he was releasing a pass that would ultimately be caught by Shane Vereen for a short gain.

If this transfer comes to fruition it will immediately ignite speculation that Wenger is in the process of lining up a new defensive midfielder to challenge Francis Coquelin for starting spot, which have all be calling for since the end of the season.

The Cardinal only ranked 97th in defensive line havoc rate and 112th in stuff rate.

There is a lot of depth in the defensive line, which, if properly applied in a strong pass rush, could relieve some of the pressure on the secondary.

But he is one of the best off the ball runner that we have — opponents does not want to play high defensive line or press our midfielder higher on the pitch due to the threat he pose — you may argue that the long distance scorcher by Sanchez in the FA final is due to their CBs slow in closing him down, wearying of the Walcott threat.

We will have one of the best defences in the Prem when you include Bellerin and Monreal to that defensive line up.

Last year's midseason funk landed Stanford at 23rd in year - end S&P +, but if the defensive line holds up and the run game gets going, this is easily a top - 15 team.

He was once again lined up as the left defensive end and came off and stabbed Giacomini in the middle of his chest with his inside arm.

Of those six teams, four lost at least 50 percent of their defensive line tackles and tackles for loss and three were crushed by attrition at linebacker (only one returned any major level of experience), and while five of the six were reasonably experienced in the secondary, none were vastly experienced.

my verdict play ballerin in RB and chambers CDM along with diaby with chamberlain, Sanchez and welbeck in the lineup and yeah this line up is too defensive arsene would not like this as usual but still suggesting it

Ok can this side work against chelsea, i think it can but i would be a little more defensive in the middle, by taking out ozil and pushing cazorla behind the striker and add Hayden / Coquelin beside Flamini, we can carry on Ozil in the last 20 minutes, Chelsea defensive players hates a pacey forward line, so they will be committing lot of fouls and their backs will be occupied.

Turnover in the receiving corps, defensive line, and secondary are a bit alarming, however.

In that he was a high draft pick on the defensive line that had several issues with his attitude / personality / the law that cost him his job.