Sentences with phrase «offense against defense»

A few tough games comin up, but we're pickin up a momentum that seems hard to stop and I love our offense against any defense at this point!!

Thus, if Hogue fouls out, Utah should be in, but if he does not, there will be the clash of basic basketball styles — offense against defense — that has often of late been resolved in favor of the defense.

Not exact matches

And that this should be indicated in every definition of Christianity is of the utmost importance, for the offense is Christianity's defense against all speculation.

Their offense was decent, and aside from a late glitch against MTSU (the Blue Raiders only gained 368 yards against Illinois, but 153 came in two late touchdowns drives), the defense was impenetrable.

The intriguing matchup this weekend is New England's offense against Jacksonville's 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.

What the metrics say: Alabama boasts the nation's No. 2 S&P + Rush Defense, which will be critical against Georgia's No. 8 ranked S&P + Rush Offense.

Alabama boasts the nation's No. 2 S&P + Rush Defense, which will be critical against Georgia's No. 8 ranked S&P + Rush Offense.

The Saints defense is already without front - seven stalwarts LB A.J. Klein (groin, out) and DE Alex Okafor (Achilles, out), and the continued absence of DE Trey Hendrickson (ankle, out) won't help against a surging Buccaneers offense that could welcome back WR DeSean Jackson (ankle, questionable), who has practiced all week.

(Adjusted offense estimates points scored per 100 possessions against an average team, and adjusted defense estimates points allowed).

The Giants offense is also in trouble with both WR Sterling Shepard (hamstring, questionable) and RB Orleans Darkwa (illness, questionable) potentially unavailable against a Cowboys defense expected to welcome back all - world LB Sean Lee (hamstring, not listed).

It's going to prove to be very difficult for any Team in the League to really get much Offense going against their athletic Defense.

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.

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.

The people arguing against you believe this is a balanced team that the defense should only be asked to keep the opponent's score low allowing the high powered offense to do its job any more than that would be a bonus.

Against what proved to be the best defense in the country, one that would hold Oklahoma's epic offense to 19 points in the BCS Championship, Rodgers didn't throw an incompletion for the first 51 minutes.

If you think logically and not with the tinted glasses of a fan, do you think our offense would have had more, less, or the same amount of success against Alabama's defense if every one of their players were healthy and every one of our players were healthy?

If they do these things, they will keep themselves out of their most vulnerable situation: their transition defense against Golden State's transition offense.

With all of that stated, one of the things that has a sizable impact on what play the offense runs against a defense is the pre-snap look.

And there was Notre Dame's defense, No. 5 nationally, against an LSU offense that jams and jams and jams long enough to lull fat slobs to sleep, then burns them deep.

But really, that was only the case for the defense; the offense was the same against everybody.

UCLA's offense is efficient and not very explosive (second and third quarters against ASU aside); USC's defense allows you to be efficient and not very explosive (final three minutes against ASU aside).

This week against the Patriots, the defense limited New England's prolific offense to just 16 points, but the Broncos» offense could only answer with a single field goal.

Georgia: Unable to create and maintain passing lanes against A&M's zone defense, the Bulldogs» offense was sluggish most of the night.

If the offense would have done something, even just chewing up some more clock, the 14 points against the defense wouldn't look as bad

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.

If Notre Dame can run the ball well, the Irish defense could have enough success against an Arizona State offense that is often forced to bail itself out on passing downs (and just as often succeeds at it).

On one hand I understand why Arians went with Lindley over rookie Logan Thomas, because he would have to completely redesign his offense in less than a week to compete against arguably the best defense in football.

He lost his first start: with all Carolina's best players on Offense, on a much better weather day at AZ, against a worse Defense, and he didn't get pulled for 2 series.

Kelly's signature is offense but it was his defense that provided the jolt in a similar way that the Giants did it in this same stadium three nights before against Washington.

Philly ran a very effective offense last week against a fast but under - sized Falcons defense, and the Eagles managed only 15 points.

Teams can control the ball for four or five yards per try against them (and that is just what Miami, with a driving, control type of offense, might do on September 17), but seldom does the defense permit long touchdown runs or passes.

The NFL's best offense in Carolina against the league's best defense.

James Hudson, who recently switched over from defense to offense, won't be in Dallas for today's game against Florida due to...

That offense scored 7 points against the 30th ranked Defense in the league.

A former backup quarterback at Florida, Schottenheimer often pilots the scout team, the unit that runs the offense of that week's opponent against the Rams» first - team defense in practice.

All season the Penn State defense had been overshadowed by the team's explosive offense, but against Northwestern it was the defense that did the lion's share of the work.

The Defense did it's job with more injured players than the offense who was going against a 30th ranked dDefense did it's job with more injured players than the offense who was going against a 30th ranked defensedefense.

On offense, they want to run multiple actions to try and gain an advantage against the Celtics» switching defense.

Ohio's offense was basically the same against everybody, and the defense found slightly more success about bad teams than good.

An opening night road game against a physical opponent is likely to be more frustrating than fun, and the fact that TCU won (while its retooled defense held Minnesota's retooled offense to 4.6 yards per play) is good enough.

I take offense over defense every day of the week against the Caps.

The Tigers were able to put up 448 yards of offense of their own against the vaunted Horned Frog defense.

The offense slipped down the stretch in losses (against great defenses), and the defense didn't hold up its end of the bargain in allowing 532 yards to Ole Miss..

The Spartans have a top - 50 offense and should be able to score some points against a Fresno defense that is aggressive but prone to allowing a big play or two.

The Michigan offense had been struggling to find the end zone all game against the Maryland defense until Drake Johnson finally got loose.

The 49ers offense is already facing an uphill battle against the Jaguars» league - best defense in DVOA, and they'll have to move the ball without the services of RT Trenton Brown (shoulder, IR).

Because the defense knows the offense doesn't want to risk an incomplete pass — which would stop the clock — it loads up against the run.

He spent time on offense, defense and special teams and recovered a fumble against Oklahoma that was key to Iowa State's biggest win of the year.

At least they were able to contain the Packers offense, but scoring just nine points against their sub-par defense is nothing to be happy about.