Sentences with phrase «not playing defense»

«They are not playing defense anymore,» said Kim Haddow, a consultant for the Sierra Club who has helped counter some Republican advertisements.
Lebron is not playing defense.
They put up stats, but they're not playing defense at a level that can be successful.
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.
Our fullbacks still pushed on when we were attacking and we did not play our defense deep in our own half at every oppurtunity.
trading away a non-PF that can't rebound and can't play defense but played as a PF (especially to close out games) ahead of Favors was the catalyst to Favors not feeling yo - yoed around.
(He doesn't play defense, for example).
All that talk about how the Big 12 can't play defense and then they go in and have defensively the best performance as a group in America.
They couldn't play defense, Mike
We saw in game 2 what happened when they didn't play defense but pond hockey instead (and insanely Elliott standing on his head that game).
He says to me, «It's not that I can't play defense, it's just that I don't always want to.»
Choo is a somehow even more depressing Kemp scenario, as he isn't playing defense well, is signed for even longer (he's owed around $ 70 million through 2020), and he isn't even hitting to the levels that Kemp has managed.
I always believed that the whole Lillard and cj can't play defense trope was an inaccurate exaggeration.
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?»
Guy can't play defense and won't walk.
«Something I learned is that when you lose, people find a reason why you're losing and I think that's where the defense thing really blew up — «oh, he can't play defense, that's why they only won 10 games.»
Can't rebound for shit, can't make easy shots for shit, can't hold on to the ball for shit, can't play defense for shit.
No way can a guy with 2 torn ACL who can't play defense should be valued that high 2.
He had to learn that he couldn't play defense [simply] by reading the eyes of the quarterback or the ballcarrier.»
If dame and cj aren't scoring, we will lose automatically... we all know they can't play defense.
But he doesn't play defense, and early on, neither did the Patriots.
Yes, Air Force is pretty bad this season, and no, Getz can not play defense.
Even considering that, though, his bat is legitimate — Fowler has hit.270 /.367 /.420 for a 110 OPS + over the last five seasons — and he's been at least an average player during those years, even if you assume he can't play defense to save his life.
I think this is a tad dangerous regarding individual players because every game is its own country, but I do think you can plan to play against bad teams, or teams that don't play defense well and also play fast.
Just as the name implies, players won't play defense in the Attack Mode.

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,.
Jokes aside, Kirk Cousins is still playing for his next contract, be it in Washington or elsewhere, and the Giants defense can't stop arguing with each other long enough to shout out coverages to each other.
The Steelers traded for Eagles nickelback Brandon Boykin in the off - season, and he didn't even play defense Thursday night.
There's not a lot of great value plays on defense this week, so if you have the cash, splurge on the Jaguars.
It means you have to recognize that we win this game by scoring touchdowns — not by playing defense
Traditional high - yielding stocks may not play proper defense in equity portfolios as interest rates rise.
Today, most participants in the debate about welfare reform» at least those outside the realms of the ACLU and the Children's Defense Fund» agree with Olasky that the government has not and can not offer this kind of effective compassion, and that consequently we must enlarge the role private charities play in the lives of the underclass.
I'd prefer Romney go with Jindal, but the risks with Jindal are real and Jindal isn't the guy to pick if you are just going to play the prevent defense until November.
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.
And today, rather than playing defense, American seminaries like Mundelein in Chicago are exploring how the Church might go on offense — not in an offensive way, but by developing new models of a 21st - century apologetics that invites disenchanted post-moderns to experience the divine mercy and come to know the truths to which that experience leads.
Playing the «god is god» defense card is a complete cop out because you know you can not defend the doctrine you are trying to promote.
But one can not ignore the fact that professional military officers seem to have played a considerable role in getting rid of their civilian overlord, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
(Ezekiel 18:25 - 30; 33:17 - 20) The prophet, therefore, rose in defense of divine fair play, and asserted that Yahweh's rewards and retributions, in dealing not only with the nation but with individuals, were exactly just.
I don't want to play defense
On the other hand, in Wenger's defense, Giroud neither has the speed nor the finishing, not the dribbling skills to play facing goal more, like Aguiro, Kane, Lukaku and other more complete strikers.
I'm scared s *** less of Sunday Playing City @ City with our inconsistent defense and not knowing which Ozil will turn up and if Wenger will put out the right lineup.
These guys haven't played team defense this well in a decade.
The USC defense isn't playing too bad, and it's the only thing saving the Trojans at the moment.
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.
The Pats don't let up no matter how many points they have, and their defense has played much better the past few games.
As regards our defense i won't blame the players too much for last night result, the manager is to be blamed for not fully prepared and playing players out of position, i think if the manager had called the players in a week earlier than he did, Mustafi at least would have been fit to play, but the result wasn't that bad as most fans make it seems..
I agree that at this point Mesut needs to go, but in his defense he hasn't played «central midfeild» as you say, all season.
There's a joke in here somewhere about Dave Hakstol and learning to play defense before you can #EarnTomorrow, but I can't figure out what it is, exactly.
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.
(not far)-- Chambers out (suspension)-- walcott (unfit) but the important is about ours defense, mertesacker is too predictable and slow, plus who gonna play with him??? that is worrying....
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