Sentences with phrase «just catches the ball»

If Sanders just catches the ball and goes down, there would've been a first down somewhere around the Steelers» 30 - yard line.

Another nice addition this year is that, in previous installments, receivers during a passing play would simply just catch the ball on the sideline, not even attempting to plant their feet in bounds.

Not exact matches

The New Jersey governor was booed into oblivion after catching a foul ball at a Mets game earlier in July, and just days before that he couldn't avoid angry calls from his constituents while guest - hosting a sports radio show.

A glum - looking Jackson caught just two balls for 26 yards as his team lost 31 — 26.

(Last year's lead back, Tony Temple, caught just seven balls all season.)

I mean, the defending wasn't great by leaving the man unmarked at the far post, but Cech would have easily caught the ball without a second thought if he had just waited for the header back into the centre.

As we stated at the open, Michael Pisanelli would hurl the ball to the right block, flying just over the outstretched arms of the Defender and Oren Schwartz would catch it and lay it in (while in mid-air) as the buzzer sounded.

Our player got to the ball just as the opposing player went to kick the ball, so then the opposing player caught our player.

Thirty one catches in four games is pretty damn good in its own right, but the quality of some of those catches, especially what he did after the ball was in his hands, were just ridiculous.

Just an absurd job to keep ahold of the ball through the process of the catch.

I just had to catch the ball and finish through the contact.

but I think he has really improved on dumping the ball either out of bounds or where no one can catch it rather than just trying to «force it in there».

The other should have been a touchdown to Sanders on a fade route with 47 seconds left to go in the first half, but for some reason, Sanders tried to do a stop and go in the middle of the route and just couldn't catch up to the ball after he started running again.

In a 3 - 4, I'm used to seeing guys catch blocks and just try to anchor down so they don't get knocked off the ball too much.

My favourite bit of defending was when Pedro ran through with the ball and Bellerin just caught him up and got the ball back

When i see che keeper and others we play against coming out to simply catch the ball it makes me realise just how inept we are in this department.

2 of the 3 goals scored against Arsenal this season have come when the opposition gathered the ball, seemingly harmlessly, about 20 - 25 yards out and simply caught the entire Arsenal team relaxed and napping for just a brief moment — enough to sneak it by.

To me that speaks to the issue being his concentration, trying to run before securing the catch, rather than him just having bad hands or poor technique catching the ball.

Both popups floated around like ping pong balls above the lip of the stadium, but Steve Sax caught both, and Hawkins had just four outs left.

But it hangs in the air just long enough for Tony Brown to catch up and rip the ball away for an interception.

He catches the ball on his knees and there's just silence.

Bama tight end Hale Hentges came inches away from making one of the plays of the year and catching the ball on a ricochet, and the officials on the field initially ruled that he'd done just that.

Dez Bryant coughed up the ball after his first catch of the evening, which came in the fourth quarter as Dallas was driving to try and tie or take the lead with just over two minutes remaining.

Moss then went and lit the world on fire as the Thundering Herd transitioned to I - A ball, gaining more than 3,500 yards and catching 58 touchdowns in just two seasons with the team.

Just two minutes later, however, it was France who struck, Benzema letting a direct ball from Matuidi drop over his shoulder, and after appearing to be merely holding the ball up, suddenly whacked a half - volley across goal which caught Cillessen by surprise and put France into the lead.

«In practice, when we were running it with our defense,» Tebow told SB Nation via phone interview, «I just actually caught the ball, ran it to the line of scrimmage, jumped up, and all the linebackers went up, and Tate was open, so Coach was kind of like, «Well, that might actually work!»»

Starlin Castro just knocked down a liner, but couldn't get the ball and throw it in time to catch Bregman at first base.

he is a great gk but sometimes i just think that he is superb in clearing the ball but could catch it a lil bit more often

That led to Rooney getting on the ball and guiding the ball over Petr Cech, and many Gooners just can't believe the out - of - form Xhaka is in the side ahead of Jack Wilshere, who caught the eye in the Europa League this week.

His tool kit actually reminds me a bit of Hendu, if he can just get the comfort in tracking and catching the ball (which he has shown some signs of lately).

At this point he might just be most effective when you go to jump balls and when you need a big body to catch those quick slants.

Giroud should finish better, Gibbs shouldn't be caught out of position, Sanchez holds the ball for too long, Cazorla should score more than just penalties, Özil should defend more.

He and Moore's No. 3 target, junior Thomas Geddis, are both back, but the next leading wideout on the returnees list, junior Jerron Rollins, caught just 13 balls for 101 yards last year.

i think we can all agree we just need some guys who aren't going to drop back and watch the receiver catch the ball before doing anything lol

Michigan State's Matt McQuaid had his corner three blocked by Syracuse's koming koming, but he caught the rebound and chucked the ball up and into the basket just as time expired in the first half.

In practice, he just wasn't catching the dang ball.

Marwin Gonzalez hits, so that's good, but there are so many moments where he decides he's just going to let a ball fall in without attempting to catch it.

He just had one such moment on a fly ball he probably could have caught had he run diagonally instead of horizontally, and now it's 4 - 0, Dodgers.

Williams also stated redshirt freshman slot receiver Jernard Phillips has a knack of just getting open and catching the ball.

Ramsey allowed just 51.1 percent of passes thrown his way to be caught and he was targeted plenty, with 92 balls coming his way over the regular season alone.

Wanyama catches Walcott just off the ball, and both sets of players come piling into each other.

However it ran into the path of Lucas, who confidently took the shot on early from just inside the box with his weaker foot, catching out the goalkeeper who couldn't prevent the ball nestling in the bottom corner of the net.

Hold the ball in the centre and just get forward and hold the ball up as much as we can aim to catch United on the break, won't be easy.

A ball from deep catches him just inside his own half and he sprints away from the Chelsea defence, before Christensen catches up and brings him down.

The combination of Carroll's power and Luis Suarez's creativity showed all the signs of unsettling the Arsenal back - line as Carroll was just caught offside when the Uruguayan looked to set him through with a ball over the top.

Incidentally, why did Stekelenberg just punch the ball clear instead of trying to catch it?

Twice he was caught just offside trying to nip in - behind our back line as Burnley searched for him with a through ball.

The visitors were off the pace in the first half, as shown when Eric Dier was caught napping on the ball by Mane in the lead - up to Liverpool's second goal two minutes later, before the Senegalese found Adam Lallana just inside the box.

If you've ever marveled at the look of concentration on the face of a child who tries to fit a square block into a square hole or catch a ball in mid-air, you know that playtime isn't just about fun and games.

Learning to jump, dance, throw and catch a ball, ride a bike, count to ten, climb the stairs, are just a few of many toddler highlights.