Sentences with phrase «number of games started»

Research in this area finds that the Wonderlic does not predict future NFL performance, selection decisions during the draft, or the number of games started (Lyons, Hoffman, & Michel, 2009).

Not exact matches

While small businesses may have to up their game to extract the maximum advantage from the system, the easy - to - use design and large number of features will start demonstrating their benefits from the get - go.

That's why it is extremely important to know the numbers of «The Game» before you start playing it, so you make the best decisions you can.

After sitting behind Blaine Gabbert to start the 2016 season, Kaepernick played 12 games for the 49ers, completing 59 % of his passes for over 2,200 yards, 16 touchdowns, four interceptions, and a 90.7 passer rating — decent numbers, all things considered.

Into the»90s, it started stocking large numbers of card games, such as Magic: The Gathering.

The big game — slated to start around 6:30 p.m. E.T. in Minneapolis at the U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 4 — is sure to draw in a large number of viewers, though total viewership may not break any records.

He responded with a record - setting stretch of games in which he scored more points in his first five starts than stars like Michael Jordan or Allen Iverson had over a similar number of games.

Wenger has mostly used the second string squad at the start of any season to great effect, most teams aren't at full strength or match fit and he plays that Wengerball numbers game, throwing in squad players who are fit and raring to go whilst the first team get ready, we'll win 2 of our 3 opening games and he'd rather that than splash 100m on 3 players and get the same amount of points.

If baseball puts in a pitch clock, raises the strike zone, eliminates extensive mound visits, limits pitching changes, institutes a mercy rule, starts extra innings with a runner on second base, limits the number of pickoff throws, requires pitchers to face a minimum number of batters, limits defensive shifts, and institutes all sorts of other changes to speed the game up and improve quality of play, there might be improvements.

Yesterday's game appeared to be going the same route, with chants heard at the start of the game to urge him to quit the club, but after the 90 minutes, a number of fans remained to chant Arsene Wenger's name, which may have outshined the protests.

C — Wolters gets the start — and still can not hit 1B — Desmond already injured — McMahon is now 0 - 3 with 3 Ks and seems over matched 2B — LeMahieu with another solid game SS — Story moved out of the # 4 spot finally — still goes 0 - 3 but does not strike out at least 3B — Arenado had an off night with a couple Ks LF — Parra — nothing exciting CF — Blackmon hitting 2 HRs — Nazty was the offense tonight RF — CarGo seemed comfortable in the # 4 spot — let's keep him there UTIL — nothing exciting SP — Márquez pitched pretty well overall — 4 walks added to an already ridiculously high number thru 3 games though.

If the rest of the team starts playing well and starts banging in the goals, he would ease the pressure he puts on himself which in my opinion would allow him to keep his game simple at first and then build up the number of «moments of brilliance» match by match.

Great game from our very own AFC players... Jack is starting to switch gears and let's hope he stays fit and keeps improving as the season goes along... he might do like Rambo did like season letting his talent speaks MOTM performance... Ozil was poor today and like most of you guys it's been sometimes now even thought I'm not throwing the towel on him... but Wilshere and Cazorla are right behind him and one thing we do have is number 10's covers!!

And very few of those numbers have been steady for even 2 games, other than exactly 14.7 % CB in his first 2 starts.

It should be remembered that we beat Chelsea 3 - 0 at home back in September, but the contrast in fortunes following that game has been remarkable; the defeat ultimately galvanised Antonio Conte's side who went on to win thirteen league games in a row and ultimately run away with the title, while the Gunners let old habits bite them in the backside yet again as a very promising start to the campaign disintegrated after a number of poor performances and results.

Because of numbers, I know just how important a fast start to a game truly is.

I want to stay healthy and once I have got a number of games under my belt, then I can start to think about it.»

When he plays a number of games without a rest he starts having difficulty scoring, when he has a rest and comes back then he generally scores.

where even some of the best goalies turn their game around and start posting some of the worst numbers.

We have a decent number of hone games to start and a decent run of division gamez.

I also think the boss was preparing our number 11 for a place on the bench at the start of the game in Munich.

It seems to me that a more important factor would be the number of games played (rather than when they were played): last season they played only four matches before the start of the Premier League season; this year it will be seven.

At the time of publication, this game is the most heavily bet (in terms of total number of bets) college basketball game of the day and with the late start time, it's reasonable to expect more movement before tip - off.

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

And mouth: Once a game starts, you won't go long without hearing his opinions above all others — and a large number of opinions are expressed, both on field and off, before, during, and after games.

McKinney's individual statistics aren't eye - popping (5.0 points and 6.2 assists in 32.7 minutes a game at week's end), but the numbers that count most are terrific: From the start of last season through Sunday, the Bluejays were 18 — 2 with him in the lineup and 10 — 9 without him.

His inability to speak English put him on the bench for a while, but on his debut against Middlesbrough he put in a strong performance rating himself highly among the supporters, he started a number of games later on and continued to impress, though Wenger does not seem to trust him much, putting Koscienly and Mertesacker ahead of him.

Arsenal had bounced back well from a slow start, though, and were starting to look really good until a number of key players joined the injury list and that saw us suffer through a nightmare November in which we failed to win a league game.

According to Sports Insights» Betting Trends data, this game is the second most heavily bet game of the day (in terms of number of total bets), even though it has the latest start time of...

They should start at the grassroots of the sport to affect the largest number of possible teams and games and leagues playing the sport.

However, the numbers that count, as hockey continues the battle to establish itself as something more than NASCAR of the North, will be the ones that emerge over the next 20 years, when kids who watched the gold medal game start playing and become involved in the sport.

«If you look at the number of games Mathieu Flamini, Aaron Ramsey and Joel Campbell played since the start of the season... even Olivier Giroud for a long while didn't play games and Theo Walcott also has just come back.

It's either we're starting a season with just one fit defender (then using other makeshift players to augment the defence for a number of games; and by the time the real defenders are back and fit, the season is all but over for us), or we start a season without a recognisable striker (after losing our striker to injury, knowing he would return 6 weeks or more into the campaign), or we commence a season without any true DM (well, it's like that dm position isn't ever going to be sorted out).

Although shifting away from 4 in the midfield does reduce the number of great midfielders we can field... I would not be surprised if Vanney started 4 -4-2 and switch to 3 -5-2 later in the game as he has done so frequently

In fact, this is the biggest NFL spread since December of 2016 and should it close at this number, would only be the 13th game with spread of 17 points or more since we started tracking NFL data in 2003.

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It's based on the final number of bets, which does make things fairly tricky since some games will start at 7PM eastern and others will start at 10PM.

This creates a unique betting opportunity for a number of reasons, starting with the fact that you have only around 15 minutes to handicap each game and shop for the best line.

There have been rumours that the Spanish giants are looking for a new number one ever since he fell out with Jose Mourinho a few years ago and I could have understood him wanting to leave in that situation but Casillas has since seen off the challenge of Diego Lopez and even though they signed the Costa Rican international Keylor Navas last summer, Casillas has started the vast majority of their games in La Liga.

Last season Sanchez threw a lot of interceptions, but his willingness to make mistakes led to some impressive fantasy numbers (277 passing yards / game in eight starts).

Before the start of the season, 5Dimes posted «Game of the Year» lines for a number of marquee games throughout the season.

While it's pretty clear that sharp money is on Indiana, this game started at the key number of 7, passed through 6 and 4 and now sits at 3.

According to Sports Insights» Betting Trends data, this game is the second most heavily bet game of the day (in terms of number of total bets), even though it has the latest start time of today's 12 contests.

There are a lot of factors that have to be input, from start and end date, blackout dates like FIFA windows, broadcast requirements, number of matches, stadium availability / unavailability, rest time (particularly when dealing with midweek games), limiting consecutive home games or consecutive away games, travel, and more.

Although he wouldn't start every game, there would be an opportunity to use Ozil as a number ten ahead of Nemanja Matic and Paul Pogba.

There are a number of things such as injuries and illnesses that can occur at any point up to the start of a game.

Since the start of February, his average number of dribble attempts per game has risen to 6.55.

Pjanic has always passed the eye test, always looking the part of an intuitive midfielder, but over the past few season, the statistics have started to bear this out, as Mira has seen a steady progression in his passing and playmaking numbers, while he's already set a career high in goals scored and has established himself as one of te game's premier set piece threats.

Toronto is starting to roll after a 3 - 1 drubbing of Club America in the CONCACAF Champions League on Tuesday and with a stretch of winnable domestic games, TFC could see its number to go back to back climb into the +350 range.

The Belgian goalkeeper has been a mainstay in the Chelsea team after completing his three - year loan spell at Atlético Madrid to displace Petr Čech as the Blues» number one at the start of the 2014 - 15 season aside from missing a few games through injury and suspension in 2015 - 16.