Sentences with phrase «on playing quarterback»

Because they fall apart when the physical part of the game comes and they've been working on playing quarterback against air and no pads for most of the year at specialized quarterback camps or whatnot, trying to get the fundamentals down and all that.

Despite incredible potential at receiver, Florida recruit Torrance Gibson is focusing his recruitment only on playing quarterback

When Nagashima insisted on playing quarterback for one play, Collins showed him how to work a sprint - out pass.

Not exact matches

«My favorite memory is just playing games on Madden all the time when I was younger,» said Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson.

After Trump said in September that players should be fired for protesting, several players and others within the NFL began kneeling on the sidelines as the anthem played at games, continuing the demonstration started in 2016 by Colin Kaepernick, a San Francisco 49ers quarterback at the time, to protest racial inequality and police brutality.

While quarterbacks often get blamed for a poor offense — and there are some mediocre quarterbacks starting around the league — poor offensive lines can create a domino effect on offense: less protection for the quarterback, shorter passes, shorter runs, fewer exciting big plays.

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's Steelers lost as Denver quarterback Tim Tebow (No. 15) threw an 80 - yard touchdown pass on the first play of overtime for a 29 - 23 victory Sunday.

The Christian Hall of Famer and former football coach Tony Dungy predicted the Philadelphia Eagles» quarterback would «play well because his Christian faith would allow him to play with confidence» as he spoke on air during Sunday's Super Bowl.

In sub packages on 3rd down he rushes the quarterback off the EDGE which is why he was so valuable because he plays inside in base.

Oh, and if an Eagles linebacker gets fooled on a play action fake, the best thing for him to do is keep going and rush the quarterback.

Each player remains on track to play against the Vikings, a scenario that will afford quarterback Aaron Rodgers his full arsenal of weapons in the passing game.

If one of them isn't breathing down your quarterback's neck on any given play, then the other one likely is.

(Mind you there is a whole other conversation to be had about how the Texans» coaching staff didn't do either of their quarterbacks any favors and how there wasn't anybody open on a lot of the plays when Savage got taken down, just like this one.

Meyer and coordinator Steve Addazio stubbornly ran Brantley on options in 2010, then rotated him out for freshmen Trey Burton and Jordan Reed, who played quarterback as a mongoose with a trebuchet for an arm and an elephant throwing with its trunk would have.

On the Buccaneers» final defensive play of their 21 — 0 road rout of the 49ers on Sunday, rookie defensive tackle Gerald McCoy burst into the backfield and grabbed quarterback Troy Smith around the legOn the Buccaneers» final defensive play of their 21 — 0 road rout of the 49ers on Sunday, rookie defensive tackle Gerald McCoy burst into the backfield and grabbed quarterback Troy Smith around the legon Sunday, rookie defensive tackle Gerald McCoy burst into the backfield and grabbed quarterback Troy Smith around the legs.

He ran No. 68 slap over, and I swear it looked like a fucking avalanche had fallen on Houston quarterback Tom Savage when Campbell took him down on that play.

The most polarizing quarterback in the NFL kept on polarizin'today after word got out that he declined to participate in any Wildcat plays on Sunday after being passed over for third - stringer Greg McElroy.

Quarterback Matt Cavanaugh found Gordon Jones for an early touchdown but broke his wrist on the play.

He has pinned the Raiders» drafting of JaMarcus Russell on Davis, saying he «begged» the owner to take receiver Calvin Johnson instead and sign Jeff Garcia to play quarterback.

But Missouri's Drew Lock proved that big plays are there for the taking with enough time and the right athlete on the other end of the throw, and no quarterback on the regular season schedule was closer to what Georgia will see from Mayfield.

A stunning number of athletes are playing the game, particularly in the NFL, which showed it has a big following among players when Raiders quarterback Derek Carr began talking about it on Twitter.

He calls plays without a sheet, takes calculated risks on fourth downs, and recalls the little things, like the fact that his quarterback got hurt on play No. 14 of the Clemson game.

If you're a team like the Dolphins or Browns, who could miss out on Peyton Manning and one of the top two quarterbacks in the draft, you may have to think about making a play for Hoyer.

With its homebody quarterback running the show, Baylor has an excellent chance to sweep its nonconference schedule — after an off weekend, the Bears host UConn, Division I - AA Northwestern State and Kent State before beginning conference play at Oklahoma on Oct. 10.

I had Bennett with seven total tackles, including two tackles for a loss, two pressures and three hits on the quarterback, as well as two other plays where he didn't make the tackle but he totally blew everything up so his teammates could.

Michigan quarterback Jake Rudock is playing his last college football game on Friday, leading the Wolverines against Florida in the Citrus Bowl.

On the first play following the interception, 49ers quarterback Elvis Grbac threw a pass behind fullback William Floyd and into the hands of Dallas linebacker Fred Strickland at the San Francisco 15.

The Cornhuskers will play the season with a black number 18 on their helmets, in memory of former quarterback Brook Berringer, who was killed in a plane crash on April 18.

In two seasons, he has had four different quarterbacks throw at least 100 passes, and depending on how things play out, he could have two more this fall.

On their second play, quarterback Andy Dalton threw a 71 - yard strike to tight end Tyler Eifert to the Giants 8 - yard line.

«I was traveling for work and had to watch it a day late on the DVR, but the introduction to America of [new offensive coordinator] Chip Kelly and the great version of quarterback Dennis Dixon, which included both a Statue of Liberty play and fake Statue of Liberty, was the first of countless giggle sessions, both as an Oregon fan and a college football fan.»

Alumni of Nevada, Delaware and all fans of quarterback play can bet on practically every decision made by Colin Kaepernick and Joe Flacco.

On a play during the Tigers» 34 - 31 victory over West Virginia in the Insight.com Bowl, Smith wasn't sure if Mountaineers quarterback Marc Bulger had handed off to tailback Amos Zereoue, so he tackled them both.

THE LINEMAN: In Missouri's 13 - 12 upset of Nebraska, Middle Guard Herris Butler blocked an 18 - yard field - goal attempt, recovered a fumble that led to a Tiger score and sacked the quarterback on a vital fourth - and - four play.

After watching Covey play the six - game jayvee season, including a game in which Covey completed 47 of 77 passes for 520 yards, Edwards sensed that the latest branch on the Cougars» Gifford Nielsen - Marc Wilson - Jim McMahon - Steve Young - Robbie Bosco family quarterback tree had shown itself.

You have to see him come off the edge on a blitz on third - and - 3 on the Panthers» 7 - yard line only to find himself staring down one of the most elusive quarterbacks in the game today in Russell Wilson on a bootleg play with open room in every direction.

They played zone behind their four - man rush which meant several guys kept their eyes on the quarterback in their drops.

It's possible that Roethlisberger audibled away from a quarterback sneak on one or both plays, but whoever made the call not to bulldoze ahead with the 6» 5 quarterback will have some explaining to do.

With Quarterback Don Meredith and Flanker Bob Hayes playing a game of catch — Meredith threw five TD passes and Hayes caught three of them — DALLAS (4 -0-0) demolished Philadelphia (2 -3-0) 56 - 7 and took dead aim on the NFL single - season scoring record of 466 points held by the 1950 Los Angeles Rams.

Even on plays where he didn't necessarily get pressure or hit the quarterback, I still saw Spence getting clean wins as an edge rusher repeatedly.

On my tour of NFL camps, I've asked five men — two coaches, three quarterbacks, anonymously — what they thought of the play call and the execution of the play.

I'd much rather see the Bills give up all those yards and points while getting after the quarterback and playing press man, rather than the crap I just watched on the coaches tape.

They promptly squandered their good field position when Jags quarterback Blake Bortles threw an interception on the second play of the drive.

I circled the down and distance markers to drive home the point if you didn't get it before that having a mobile quarterback would have certainly helped on this play.

It worries me when I read stories, like the one from the MMQB on Tuesday, about his mom calling his college coach to remind him that Jackson was signed to play quarterback not kick returner.

Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith was sacked on an ill - advised play - action pass and the Dolphins got a cheap safety on the first play of the drive.

But the Wildcats picked off quarterbacks Lamar Jordan and Austin Apodaca three times and scored on drives of two plays and 80 yards, three and 77, four and 53, four and 51, and four and 75.

One of the deftest quarterbacks in his school's history (in a game against Missouri in the Orange Bowl he was tackled on 32 plays although he actually carried the ball only 11 times), he became a coast artillery officer and, later in the war, a bomber pilot, then returned to Tech to handle the delicate job of distributing season tickets to alumni.

At Florida, Reed was lost in the shuffle early, waffling back and forth from quarterback to tight end, but for his last two seasons there he insisted on playing tight end.

There were a lot of things that just made me cringe: poor quarterback play from both sides, suspect game plans, stupid gimmick plays, bad pass protection and the list goes on and on.