Sentences with phrase «on short yardage»

Smith also made a big tackle on special teams, and stoned big Bo Scarbrough on a short yardage third down pass play.

A great tight end added to this mix would impact us in the red zone and on short yardage a lot more than zippy backup receivers.

Not exact matches

S&P + ranking has been dragged down by niggling issues and situational breakdowns: awful short yardage execution (101st in power success rate) and too many big plays on passing downs (107th in passing downs explosiveness).

Those tiny advantages inside the red zone, on special teams and in high - leverage short - yardage situations add up over the course of the game and could ultimately swing the matchup in Georgia's favor.

Ellison has solid hands and is a check down / short yardage target on passing downs.

They killed FSU in short - yardage and held the Seminoles to 6 - for - 16 on third downs.

In fact, after the Sooners» coaches studied all their game film of 1967, Fairbanks said that «our average gain on all plays going over Kalsu, including short yardage and goal line plays, is 6.2 net yards rushing... This is what we coaches grade as... near perfection.»

It did pretty well last year despite the walk - ons, ranking 22nd in Adj. Line Yards (though dismal in short - yardage) and 52nd in Adj. Sack Rate.

To do that with a thin offensive line and to convert on short - yardage third downs, UC planned to call for Kiel to run the ball out of a pass look.

· On the other side of the ball, Alabama's defense ranks 96th in rushing Power Success Rate while Auburn's rushing attack ranks 12th in Power Success Rate, which measures an offense's ability to convert in short - yardage situations on third and fourth dowOn the other side of the ball, Alabama's defense ranks 96th in rushing Power Success Rate while Auburn's rushing attack ranks 12th in Power Success Rate, which measures an offense's ability to convert in short - yardage situations on third and fourth dowon third and fourth down.

As he maintains, the Buckeyes did have some success running the ball on the Spartans with power runs behind some double TE formations in short - yardage scenarios, and on a play where they caught the Spartans in a stunt.

UMass was solid on standard downs last year (67th in Standard Downs S&P +), but that doesn't mean as much when you're miserable in short - yardage situations (126th in power success rate).

It's not for lack of trying, but they just don't win close games because short yardage, getting stops on third downs and coming up with big late - game turnovers just haven't been the team's forte in recent years.

Bowers would hit Veasy on an eight yard gain and the Bears brought in Enwere for a short yardage situation.

Shotgun is pass - heavy, while Goal Line relies a lot on short - yardage running plays.

With its own rules and easy controls to pick up, it put more focus on trying to execute a piledriver on an opposing QB than to execute a short - yardage play.