Sentences with phrase «game against this defense»

Week 3 versus Philadelphia could go either way, but I expect Vick to have a big game against this defense.

Not exact matches

In the AFC title game, against the Jaguars» league - best passing defense, Brady took control of the game, carving up Jacksonville to erase a 10 - point fourth - quarter deficit in minutes.

Though the attackers framed their actions as a defense of journalistic objectivity, most observers found the real motive to be a backlash against cultural diversification and gender sensitivity in video games.

That said, the 49ers defense has proven that it can show up for games, and against Drew Stanton at home might be their best chance yet to make a statement.

That Jared Goff will have Sean McVay (the likely coach of the year), Todd Gurley (an MVP candidate), and an elite defense around him should make his first playoff game a bit easier, even against the reigning NFC champions.

Nick Foles proved he could still play with a steady performance against the Giants in his first start for the Eagles this year after Carson Wentz went down with a season - ending injury, and the Philadelphia defense proved they're still fearsome when they essentially won Eagles» Christmas game against the Raiders on their own.

Last season Arsenal came close to becoming the best defense in the entire league with good defensive stats, but this good news was smashed by the conceding 22 horrible goals against the teams in the top five, 20 of those on away games to those same top teams (Chelsea, City, Liverpool, and Everton).

The aggressiveness he's showing in the two playoff games would put him in the 40 + range against teams with mediocre to bad defense.

The loss is obviously a huge blow for Luck and an offense that is going against a charged - up Ravens defense in the final home game for Ray Lewis.

I expected Mariota, who has never really done much to prove otherwise, to become extra shaky in a road playoff game, especially against a turnover - hungry defense and in one of the loudest stadiums in the league.

DFS edge: It's hard to trust TE Hunter Henry in cash games — he has three or fewer targets in five games — but his upside is undeniable, and he's made a habit of producing against teams weak in tight end defense: Dolphins (Week 2), Giants (Week 5), Raiders (Week 6), Broncos (Week 7), Cowboys (Week 12), and Browns (Week 13).

Considering this game pits the nation's top ranked defense (Alabama allows just 10.3 points per game) against Manti Te'o and the nation's second - ranked D (allowing 10.7 ppg), that modest total is hardly a surprise.

These guys too are near the top in terms of Defense as they are tied for 5th in the points against category, allowing just 64 points per Game.

The 2017 No. 5 overall pick is in a prime position to bounce back against a Texans defense that's allowed an additional 6.1 points per game and 75.3 passing yards per game since losing J.J. Watt (leg, IR) and Whitney Mercilus (pec, IR) in Week 5.

We finally get a bye before a big game against Michigan who will have just played a tough defense in Northwestern.

CLOVIS WEST KEYS TO VICTORY: Against top teams the Golden Eagles have been near or above their 74.1 points per game scoring average, and if they can score at least 70 points and play solid team ball with the kind of defense they have shown — except in the second game against Centennial - Las Vegas when they lost 70 - 46 at the MLK in Stockton — coach Craig Campbell and his girls should win again just like they did in a 70 - 67 overtime victory over Poly at the NiAgainst top teams the Golden Eagles have been near or above their 74.1 points per game scoring average, and if they can score at least 70 points and play solid team ball with the kind of defense they have shown — except in the second game against Centennial - Las Vegas when they lost 70 - 46 at the MLK in Stockton — coach Craig Campbell and his girls should win again just like they did in a 70 - 67 overtime victory over Poly at the Niagainst Centennial - Las Vegas when they lost 70 - 46 at the MLK in Stockton — coach Craig Campbell and his girls should win again just like they did in a 70 - 67 overtime victory over Poly at the Nike TOC.

Sunday's matchup against the Lions sets up well for Collins with the Ravens as 3 - point home favorites against a Lions defense that's allowed an additional 8.4 points per game and 76.2 rushing yards per game since losing defensive tackle Haloti Ngata (biceps, IR) in Week 5.

Sophomore Wayne Adams was unable to do much against a stifling Notre Dame defense — Pitt finished the game with just eight first downs — and eventually the Irish offense began to move.

The Jags are going to lean heavily on Fournette in a smash matchup against the Bills» horrendous run defense and this game could get out of hand early, which could scale back Bortles» volume in a big way.

Miami comes in with a middle - of - the - road defense ranked No. 15 (23 points per game allowed) to go against the Jags» bottom - ranked offense, which has posted just 15 points per contest.

Because no matter how many times you have been presented with facts on top of facts, you can't fathom a world where the defense did enough to win the game against PIT on Sunday.

Wilson seems like a good guy and he does lock in on defense occasionally but no way in hell does he get 38 minutes in a game on any other roster in the league against GS.

DeSean falling backwards into the Cowboys endzone, Shady outjuking the entire Panthers defense, the Snow Bowl, Maclin's 2 TD game against the Bucs, etc..

The Chargers come into the game at 3 - 3 and are second in the league in defense against the run.

The Broncos» defense played one of its best games ever against the Patriots this week, and they still lost.

With Young, Grbac and tackle Harris Barton out with injuries in a game against one of the rising teams in the league, the 49ers» defense got the win and third - string quarterback Jeff Brohm the save — with a fourth - quarter touchdown pass to rookie wideout Terrell Owens.

Maryland (7 - 6) could only muster 222 total yards, including just eight yards on the ground against the Cardinal, which came into the game ranked second in the nation in scoring defense (16.0 points per game) and fourth in total yards allowed per game (287).

Florida's defense was fine without a strong pass rush, but the Gators did have Dante Fowler Jr.'s occasional brilliance (and I do mean occasional; he had 9.5 tackles for loss against Kentucky, Georgia, South Carolina, and East Carolina and 5.5 in the other eight games).

Jernigan may not have had the pass rushing numbers that we expected, but he was a big part of why this line was # 1 in pressures and as you mentioned, his defense against the run game was magnificent and better than anyone expected.

But if he and Alex Ross aren't able to establish the same level of dominance against a much better defense, the Sooners might have to resort to its quick passing game to stay ahead of schedule.

Texas» defense has allowed just 4.1 yards per play and allowed just 27 combined points in three games against teams not named BYU.

Look, I understand that it's hard to run against the Cardinals» defense and shape the offensive game plan accordingly.

On the first play of the game this past week, Peyton Manning and the rest of the Broncos» offense demonstrated exactly how you can get this done against the Chiefs» defense.

The Cardinals faced third - and - five on their own 42 in the second quarter last Saturday at home against a defense that had dominated the previous five years, giving up 17.0 points per game, second - best in the nation.

The 2017 UT defense struggled pretty dramatically against a decent run game (107th in Rushing S&P +) but completely dictated the terms against opposing passing games.

With Darrelle Revis, Brandon Browner, Devin McCourty, Patrick Chung and Logan Ryan (and maybe Alfonzo Dennard, who missed a few games early in the season dealing with a shoulder injury and was also a healthy scratch against the Bears last Sunday), the Patriots boast the second - best pass defense in the NFL, and match up physically with Broncos receivers of all shapes and sizes.

The Broncos also ended the regular season with the No. 3 defense in the league overall, not coincidentally because they ended the regular season as the No. 2 defense in the league against the run (surrendering just under 80 yards on the ground a game on average).

Nobody obliterates a lesser team's defense like the Tigers, who have, over the last two seasons, averaged 66 points per game against UConn, Eastern Michigan, Idaho, Missouri State, and Delaware State.

It's a questionable call against a Jaguars defense that is typically good at defending the edges and swallowed up toss plays for most of the game Sunday.

His «worst» game was against Georgia, the number one pass defense in the country.

Their defense is fantastic, but over the course of a few games against good teams, the odds are good that some opponent will get hot.

They also have Josh Gordon back, and against Dom Capers» defense, which is allowing an average of more than 84 yards per game to No. 1 receivers, that can be the difference.

The Buckeyes opened on an 80 - yard field goal drive, all on the ground, against a Bama defense that averaged 88 rushing yards allowed per game.

Granted, it was one game, and it came against a potentially elite Virginia Tech defense, but the Alabama line was a disaster in Atlanta.

The importance of the goals scored (i.e against which defense quality, score consistency «not score hatrick in one game and go drought for the next four games» and so on)... 2.

I could get used to watching Matt Harvey against Alex Gordon with the game on the line, and the Royals» defense is always a treat.

In the game against Hull, Ospina organised his defense superbly, we never really had moments of panic, Schzezny should learn from that.

He averaged a solid 5.2 yards per carry against an awesome Florida defense, then 3.8 per carry over the next four games.

This was it for the Chargers defense: How dare they start a rookie quarterback in a road game against us?

Heard on espn was said of course liv controlled the game they were at home against an Arsenal who were missing their entire first midfield had a makeshift defense and played wingers in central midfield.