Sentences with phrase «from playing defense»

His biggest impact might have come from playing defense.
«During the Trump Administration, we will shift from playing defense at the FCC to going on offense,» Ajit Pai said in December last year, a month before president - elect Donald Trump appointed him as the new chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Not exact matches

The Deed: Chicago «Playing Defense on the Deal»: Rookie flipper Kai can't seem to stop buying up real estate, even though her husband's personal finances are still reeling from the 2008 market collapse,.
The rule he sites is correct referring to the act from the individual player but the big picture is that the offensive team can not hinder the defense from making a play - that's intereference.
Fact is, ANYTHING could change the way people are playing, from personal things in life or things like coaches giving bounties, and I highly doubt a 3rd tier QB made the defense play better, or special teams play better or made those 50 yard game winners go through the up rights... you have no idea what you are talking about and it is quite evident.
Plantinga does not play defense because he believes that his brand of theism holds some privileged position or because he is not interested in learning from others or because he is not involved in a common quest for truth with his critics.
It is still possible, at the moment, to play good defense here, both in terms of public policy and in legally defending Church - based institutions from the assault of the dictatorship of relativism.
As everyone surely predicted, Texas A&M is a run - first team reliant on its backs, offensive line, and timely play from its defense.
Unlike Barcelona, we don't have a Messi, Iniesta, Xavi or even Busquet to play «tiki taka», build on fast attacks from the midfield to penetrate the opponents defense and produce a magical moment week in week.
I can certainly stomach another year of 20 - 30 HRs and low batting average / strikeouts from Mark Reynolds with solid defense over 15 HRs and ground ball / double plays from Desmond with mediocre / awful defense.
Ei for arsenal the next game is always a panic station because of one or two things.However i am always scared when i see a certain three players in the team.They are not supposed to be there yet keep being there.I do not want to mention names but just start from the defense to the attack and you might know them.By the way i hope Walcott plays we need someone like him to be inform because he can really help us.
i really hope that he takes over from the tall slow guy who has been soooo helpful to us...... we need a more energetic defense and not to play many small players on the pitch so how that works out i don't know....
We are all thankful to Arteta for what he's done, but his role yesterday was to calm play down, hold the ball, protecting the back four, but instead, for large periods of the game, Tottenham needed just one pass to get from their defense to our box.
The delay from chipping sometimes creates more space underneath when the defense is playing zone as the coverage continues to sink with the receivers who got into their routes right away.
Another reason is that Wenger demands from his players to be able to play in the attack but also help in the defense.
They correctly assessed that they had the stick - handlers to utilize a consistent power play and their Defense was strong enough to keep the ball away from their Goal..
The defense New Orleans played completely gassed both Davis and Nikola Mirotic, and their fatigue in the fourth quarter helped Portland stage a comeback from 19 points down to have a chance to win.
The 24 - year old guard averaged 10.2 points, 4.2 assists, and 2.8 rebounds in 75 games while playing lockdown defense and shooting better than 40 % from long range.
I realize ultimately it's up to the players to play up to their ability, but I also see a lack of support and a lack of «defense» and» let's go blazer» chants reigning down from Moda Center.
You know what you are going to get from these guys each and every week — gritty defense, hustle plays all over the place, 25 + points from Jabarri «maybe the best scorer in the League» Reynolds and 15 - 20 points from Evan «one of the best 2nd options in the League» Zahniser... The difference between Ws and Ls for these guys usually come down to a few missed / made jump shots between them and their opponents.
Wallace is a Bull now, and in his place is34 - year - old Chris Webber, who didn't play much defense even before the 2003microfracture surgery on his left knee that severely limited his mobility.Judging from his poor performance in the Chicago series (he missed all eight ofhis shots in Games 3 and 4 and sat both fourth quarters), C - Webb may well be anullity throughout the rest of the postseason, with most of his minutesabsorbed by McDyess.
Allow TR7 to operate further up - field in between rambo and Santi to support both through the middle — link up with Rambo from defense / assist in the break - up play and link up with Santi going forward to break the defensive lines.
They're masters of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, thanks to some questionable late game play - calling and a dreadful defense that's been unable to get stops in the two - minute drill.
Hoping the Texans come out loose and ready to play from the get - go against a tough Panther defense.
Even without star tackle Dominique Easley, this defense is still loaded and deep, from tackles Leon Orr and Damien Jacobs to corners Loucheiz Purifoy, Marcus Roberson, and Vernon Hargreaves III; and the defense faces minimal plays thanks to a clock - eating offense.
From front to back, the Bears defense is nearly flawless, or at least playing that way right now.
Its fine your entitled to your opinion, but its asinine, no the defense wasnt looking for a turn over, they were not in position to make a play to get a turn over... The entire problem with the offense in the playoffs stems from the offensive line playing terrible + injuries.
The Steelers» Monster defense played a tune on Houston, chasing Dan Pastorini from the game with an injury and stopping Earl Campbell cold in a 38 - 7 romp
The prevailing wisdom is that if Chicago doesn't improve through the air the team will be bounced from the playoffs early, no matter how great its defense plays.
The «drive series» takes all offensive key tip - offs away from the defense and makes every play look just alike.
The defense was lucky from an injury perspective — of the 20 defenders to average at least 0.8 tackles per game, 13 played in every game, and only one missed more than three games — and that probably won't continue, but for the front six at least, depth means it probably won't matter.
Miami grades out higher and has a better A-game than the Gamecocks, because the Hurricanes can actually play defense from time to time.
Here's how the Buckeyes are still running their base inside zone play, with a flair that allows them to keep a defense from keying numbers at the point of attack: This gives defensive backs a lot to think about after the snap, when they prefer to just flow to the ball.
The formation was strong to Harrison's side, so this time they were trying to run away from him (to the defense's left), but it didn't make a damn bit of difference because he was still going to make a play.
Finger - Tip catch in end zone by tumbling Lee Folkins occurred at end of 23 - yard pass from Bob Schloredt, Washington's one - eyed wizard of a quarterback, who confounded beefy Wisconsin defense all day with slick play selection.
Elsewhere, accounts from players printed later that week indicate that Trice was injured playing defense, that he had «cut back to the right side of the line to check a Gopher line attack» and that on one such play, «he crashed into a fast - charging Gopher forward and fell flat on his back, wincing in pain.»
But baseball starts almost every play in the game with a pitch (much like tennis starts every play with a serve), while plays in basketball originate in a variety of ways, and there is a constant and rapid change from offense to defense that can not be avoided.
all ramseys contribution came from middle, and if you look strenghts of our teams, like OG, his main attribute is header, how can you use his best when there is no one to cross and stretch opponent defense, i am sure we will beat Hull, but what will happened when we play strong defensive team, who will break their defense?
Orr is the darling of the Boston fans, except for one man who yells to him from the Garden's third balcony: «Hey, Orr, why don't you play defense for a change?»
The goalie has a role to play in organising the defense, however his influence is limited, the mistakes are often made well away from the goal area.
Back to defense I like Louis Gaya from Valencia, young and plays LB or LW.
WIth play - action from zone or power - read, which you expect Dr. Bo will run several times, Ole Miss can suck in two - thirds of the Frog safety trio and get Engram or Vince Sanders isolated deep, where TCU hasn't been as strong on defense.
Kolarov made some great forays into and around the Barca box, DeRossi was able to spend more time pressing the 4 - man Barca defense, winning balls and commanding play by bombing passes, short and long, all over the place, and Florenzi was able to make great runs creating space, winning balls, and collecting passes from the back and finding creative places to pass them.
Such BS from Wenger, i don't see Pep playing Leroy Sane at wing back so he learns defense.
(if he can't get back because he's «injured» then surely he doesn't take off like that...) 76:46 Nouhou skies his attempt on goal 76:50 (at the earliest) ball is put back in play by SKC (ESPN is busy showing the replay not the action on the field) 77:01 long ball is played from the SKC defense down Nouhou's side
From Utah to Portland, Matthews played every single game for his first three seasons, earning a reputation for shooting, voracious defense and utter disregard for pain.
Deferment means playing smashmouth defense, take the air out of, for example OSU, putting up 7, and then continue hard fought football from there on out.
Active and aggressive all evening, the future Hall of Fame stopped all 26 shots from a Panthers offense that, despite the lack of Jason Garrison, challenged the Devils defense with no less than six power - play opportunities on the night.
Actually the key is everyone playing their best from GK to defense to DM to b2b to cam to wingers to CF
Williams, who can play RB / WR or on the defense on the next level, holds offers from Stanford and Notre Dame as well.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z