Sentences with phrase «move the ball down»

The fourth sack came after the Texans had already moved the ball down to the Jaguars 31 - yard line with a little over a minute left in the first half.
Ryan Morris was great at QB on this night and really moved the ball down the field well against one of the better Defenses in the League.
We already have the weapons to move the ball down the field.
PIT was ahead all game and did not need to, OAK came from behind to win, HOU put up a lot of points trying to, WAS came close but moved the ball down the field, and PHI did complete a successful 2 minute drill and even recovered the onside kick to get a hail mary off.
Iowa State comes back in the second quarter, relying on its strong passing game and runs by the Behm brothers to move the ball down the field.
Team Wilneff had their second turn on Offense and again they began to methodically move the ball down the field..
On Iowa's second possession the Hawkeyes» offense began moving the ball down field against Stanford's bend but don't break defense.
«This moves the ball down the field.
The letter must have been sent before the Judiciary Committee voted along party lines, 8 - 10, last week to advance the RMA, because the HRC press release accompanying the letter credits it for moving the ball down the court.
It's not about Andrew Cuomo the man, it's about what his priorities are, and when our priorities align, we will work together to move the ball down the field,» said Ron Deutsch, executive director of the Fiscal Policy Institute, a labor - backed think tank.
During Monday's rally at the headquarters of SEIU 1199, Cuomo made an analogy to former Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi's strategy of moving the ball down the field in small increments.
That's right, if all you do is try to fix the most onerous parts of NCLB, but don't «move the ball down the field» in terms of reform, you are copping out.
Ask often what you can do to move the ball down the field.

Not exact matches

«We were the team that played the best football by getting the ball down, passing and moving and creating chances.
I don't get why people are thumbing me down, the best strikers won't be satisfied with one goal, they won't even be satisfied with a hat trick, they keep demanding for the ball and keep moving forward.
As for pressing higher up, Vardy moves about and his movement is nothing Giroud has ever done, if we go back to before Giroud then you will see how RvP was moving around to get the ball and be active in the game, not a static fool like Giroud who could only hold the ball up for others... which slows down any attack we make.
I'll go a step further if Van Djik hasn't signed for Liverpool I would try to make a move and here is why: 1) Prem experience 2) Southampton plays a similar style of football than Arsenal 3) He can play in both a 3 and 4 man defense with his ability on the ball 4) Mustafi has been up and down and I don't know which one we're getting ahead of next season and will it be for 38 weeks 5) Mertesacker will go into a non playing role 6) Chambers has played well at Boro but well enough to play a big role into this team... not really and could be used in any deal for Van Djik 7) Koscielny is our best defenders but is dealing with a chronic injury not only that he hasn't made the best decisions at times Everything mentioned above will free wages but also increase Wenger money to spend!
That series where Minnesota ran the ball 4 or 5 times against us, moving down the field 75 yards for a TD, is still a nightmare.
«Keeping the ball, passing and moving, attacking and trying to break down the opposition does sometimes leave space at the back for us to exploit.»
The Eagles running back never let the ball hit the ground and already had his left foot down when he caught the pass, but the ball did move some in his arms.
When we lose the ball the rest of the midfield and defence need to be the ones to drop off, close the man down and put in a challange, once done Ozil is then available to be your option for the «out ball» and to get us moving on a counter.
With a little under seven minutes left in the first half, the Raiders found themselves already down 16 - 0, but threatening to score after moving the ball all the way down to Chiefs» 24 - yard line.
With some down time before Spring Ball, Michigan OC Tim Drevno used the Michigan Equipment Truck to start moving his family...
Carolina managed to move the ball all the way down the Minnesota 24 - yard line before Newton was unable to connect on three straight passes.
Carr then hits on two passes in a row to move the ball 21 more yards down the field to the Chargers 45.
Green Bay played from behind the entire game, with New York striking on the first possession, moving the ball 67 yards down the field for a 31 - yard Lawrence Tynes field goal.
I have long complained that Giroud is unable to beat a man, he wont dribble past a defender, he wont run in behind and beat his man for pace, in general unless he is in front of goal, our moves go down a gear whenever he gets the ball.
He can battle for the ball and often breaks down attacking moves from the opposition but perhaps more effectively he pushes his own side onwards with intelligent runs and more than an occasional barnstorming long range efforts.
But for sure underinvestment doesn't deliver especially if u want to compete on two big fronts... Bellerin is the first of our young players to come through in quite some time lots of expectation in last 6 years but can't think of a real quality player from the academy... Wilshere might if injuries hadn't prevented... Spurs now looking better on that front Attitude is key I agree totally... love the way Leicester hunt down ball in packs and break with 3 or even 4 players moving at speed...
2 Giroud is not upfront flicking the ball to the opponent and breaking down moves.
What that teaches us is this, one bad signing can destroy a team season, Xhaka possesses none of the credential Arsenal need his lack of stamina effects his ability to move up the pitch and distribute the ball and hence close the opposition down, his poor acceleration put him in at a massive disadvantage in taking on the one on one chase back toward his goal, his sluggish tackling causes him to get sent off and his poor positioning allow the opposition plenty of space to exploit, Xhaka overall style of play is going to cause Arsenal huge problems for the foreseeable future.
Of the 14 scoring drives in this sample that actually required an offense to move the ball, Wisconsin's defense committed six third - down penalties to extend those drives.
They moved the ball at will even when Piggy went down and they brought in the true freshmen.
I was impressed with our play — we were closing down, moving fast, and not doing too much passing sideways, backwards or lingering around on the edge of the penalty area too long and losing the ball.
Their defense has the athletes to slow down any offense, and the backfield tandem of Warren Miles - Long and Jeff Prothro can move the ball on the ground.
The three had just hit their second shots and were walking down the fairway when they saw their glow - in - the - dark golf balls moving, as if through the air.
It was a great move finished by a tap in from Giroud with Bellerin getting the assist after a burst down the right and ball across the 6yd line.
The Jaguars were nursing a six - point lead with 1:48 left in the game, but their defense had improbably allowed the Browns to move the ball from Cleveland's 22 all the way down to Jacksonville's 40 - yard line.
If Kompany had stood still and Monreal had run into him that's no pen; but Kompany deliberately moved sideways to stop Monreal getting to the ball, and Nacho went down after running into big brick sh*t house.
And meanwhile, with his dribbling and overcarrying the ball, they will get him down and frustrate his moves in this new dispensation.
almost hit parker in the hands, parker never moved, I honestly don't think he saw the ball, brogdon chased parker down on the other end and said something, then quickly found his man to play defense, but this is not limited to 1 - 2 guys who are frustrated with him or isolated incidents.
We gave away too much posession to spurs in the first place, honestly we gave them too much time on the ball, when our midfield should have moved swiftly, closed down and break up any play of theirs!
When Ozil scored from Monreal's fired cross two minutes later, completing a great move down the left from Arsenal, it could have changed the game but the German's complained and the ref disallowed it for a handball, rubbing salt into the wound by booking Ozil even though he had not seen it to decide if it was deliberate, and the speed of the ball in makes that very harsh.
With some down time before Spring Ball, Michigan OC Tim Drevno used the Michigan Equipment Truck to start moving his family from California to Ann Arbor.
Yet to completely find his feet since moving to Manchester United, but showed glimpses of his potential — in particular when winning the ball deep in his own half before a powerful run down the left wing almost sent Rooney clear.
After a deep jump ball to Smith falls incomplete, Foles hits a slanting Ertz on third - and - 6 from the 29 to move the chains as the clock ticks under eight minutes., but Patrick Chung sticks Clement short of the chains on second down, then Devin McCourty stops Smith for no gain on third - and - 1.
He'll probably move down next week without a fantastic showing on Wednesday against Ball State.
Perhaps we'll never know what possessed Bradshaw to call 69 Maximum Flanker Post when the world had a right to expect Pittsburgh to try only for the first down, the percentage move to keep the ball.
The Knicks were tumbling back down after their hot start, and the Nets were in the midst of their best stretch of ball since the move.
which is certainly not a slight on the young french national player; like him or not, Sanchez has provided some real world - class performances for club and country in recent years... if you do this move, you need to really clean house or face some serious consequences for the foreseeable future... half measures are rarely rewarded, that's how we got here... tear down the wall... we need to get rid of Giroud, not because he isn't a talented player, his skill - set simply doesn't make sense if we hope to maximize the offensive potential of a quick passing, one - touch scheme... we need to evolve, like Barcelona, who realized you needed to have clinical finishers or face a mind - numbing future of horizontal passes and largely ineffective crosses... Barca went and got Suarez, even though they had Messi and Neymar on the roster (just imagine the possibilities — another in the litany of Wenger «what ifs»)... we need to be as clinical in the boardroom as on the pitch... accept nothing less or move on... personally I would move on from Welbeck, Giroud and Walcott, even Ox if he isn't all in... I think the most intriguing player might be Perez, which runs counter to the thoughts in my head when he arrived late last summer... we need a deep lying DM with quick feet and long ball potential, midfielders who can counter quickly even when they are spread out and 4 or 5 players who know how to attack the lanes (kind of a cross between Barca, Dortmund and Monaco)... this is seriously an achievable goal, one that logically should have been achieved quite a few years ago... did no one in the Arsenal organization see the financial restructuring of the football universe... think of the players we could have had but we weren't willing to cough up the dough only for those individuals to have their value double or triple within a 12 to 24 month period... even if just from an investment perspective these «no deals» represent a failure of monumental proportions... only if you cared, of course
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