Sentences with phrase «pass defense s&p»

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Nickel defenses have one extra defense back to help with pass defense, or to have an extra player to send on blitzes.

Three groups that support lifting the ban - the Palm Center at the University of California at Santa Barbara, OutServe and Knights Out - said Monday that lawmakers should pass the defense bill whether or not it includes language ending «don't ask, don't tell.»

Despite that apparent progress, in 2007 Bruno refused to bring a gay - marriage bill for a vote in the Senate, and just last year he threatened to pass a Defense of Marriage Act to negate Paterson's directive to state agencies to recognize same - sex marriages performed out of state.

A majority of the Senate is ready and willing to pass the defense bill, but conservatives carrying water for the White House's stay - the - course Iraq strategy are determined to stand in the way.

Rep. Buck McKeon, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has said he would rather pass no defense bill at all than one which doesn't ban marriage for gay and lesbian service members.

New England's real weakness is its pass defense, where they rank 31st.

Brett Hundley ($ 5,100 DraftKings, $ 6,400 FanDuel): It's great that Hundley just put up three touchdowns against the tough Steelers and now faces the Buccaneers, who are 30th in pass defense DVOA — but Hundley has scored more than a touchdown in just one game and has never passed for more than 245 yards.

Starters Josh Metellus and Tyree Kinnel return to help the nation's No. 1 pass defense in 2017, but the key for the safeties this year is to strengthen their man - to - man coverage.

Long and Hill combined for 4 interceptions and 13 pass breakups, and helped Michigan become the nation's top pass defense (150.1 yards a game).

Todd Davis ranked 44th among linebackers in tackles in 2017, and as you can see, he doesn't really accumulate pass defense stats, and has only one forced fumble in four seasons.

Carson Wentz lit up Arizona's pass defense throwing for four touchdowns including scores of 59 yards and 72 yards.

Devon Key, Roger Cray, DeAndre Farris, Ta'Corian Darden, Antwon Kincade and Dionte Ruffin all played valuable minutes for a unit that ranked 40th in pass defense this year.

All contributed to a defense ranked first in the nation in total defense (236.9 yards per game) and rushing defense (80.5 yards per game); second in scoring defense (12.0 points allowed); and second in pass defense (156.4 yards per game).

Still, Miami's sack rates were the worst part of its pass defense ratings.

The pass defense was a risk - reward experiment — second in passing success rate, fourth in Adj. Sack Rate, 82nd in passing IsoPPP (which measures the magnitude of the successful plays)-- but the run defense was more reactive than aggressive.

Relatively speaking, the pass defense was further along than the run defense, though really, only three teams ran the ball well, and two (Ohio State and Navy, which combined to gain 658 yards at 5.9 per carry) ran well against most.

Our pass defense, we didn't go up the field.

We add a guy like Landry and we improve our entire pass defense.

It should be stout against the run and better in pass defense if Patrick Peterson bounces back from a rough 2014 campaign at cornerback and Tyrann Mathieu does what he did during training camp, which was make plays.

Stuckey says: Even without QB Josh Rosen, UCLA should be able to shred a Kansas State pass defense allowing 7.6 yards per pass attempt (92nd in the nation).

UConn's pass defense is only going to improve by so much, but a stable lineup could produce in 2019, at least.

It might be a tenuous couple of years for the pass defense.

That spells trouble against the No. 1 pass defense in the NFL through Week 16.

In getting off to an 0 - 2 start, Cincinnati's pass defense looked like a sieve, quarterback Jeff Blake had to run for his life behind a green offensive line, and running back Ki - Jana Carter was already questioning his future with the Bengals after playing eight quarters in the NFL.

If Sawvel can find pieces in run defense, the pass defense should be fine.

Of course, from carefully studying the passing game, he became an expert at pass defense.

As goes the ASU pass defense, so goes ASU.

The Oilers» pass defense was up there in the rankings only because no one bothered throwing against them.

While LSU doesn't necessarily miss Tyrann Mathieu and Morris Claiborne in its pass defense — in 2011, the Tigers either broke up or intercepted passes on 37 percent of opponents» incompletions; in 2012, they are doing it on 35 percent of incompletions and still rank third in Passing S&P + — they miss the pair tremendously in the return game.

He'll be hard - pressed to snap that interception streak against the NFL's top - rated pass defense, although interceptions haven't been racked up by a Seattle secondary that finished 18th in the category.

Despite a decent pass rush and a secondary loaded with upperclassmen, the Tech pass defense was woefully inefficient, and the defense bent too much to be considered a bend - don't - break unit.

Tony Romo is playing some of the best football of his career, but it's on his pass defense to stop Calvin Johnson.

If the secondary can keep the same first - stringers on the field (Robertson in particular), the pass defense should be fine.

This was still an elite pass defense, but there were glitches.

But with the No. 15 run game (which is probably better than that with the mobile Barrett running the show) and the No. 2 pass defense, they're still a more complete team than most contenders.

The Chiefs are No. 23 in the NFL in pass defense and No. 11 against the run, so an aerial attack is certainly a possibility for the Broncos, although snaps for Sanders may be limited.

Senior Ben Hart and junior Justin Burrage command a stifling pass defense that has picked off 19 passes in 10 games.

The wind factor is another negative for the Bills offense if McCoy isn't his usual self: They'll be forced to throw in adverse passing conditions with subpar receivers against the league's best pass defense.

Vea would help both the run and pass defense more than any any other player in this draft and there is not even a close second.

The Sooners are 3 - 0 and get a bye week before hosting West Virginia, which might have the best pass defense remaining on the schedule.

He kept the second - ranked Dolphins pass defense guessing by spreading the ball around to nine different receivers, even without a single target to Torrey Smith, who was clearly hobbled by a lingering knee injury.

Faced with major inefficiency in pass defense, Pellum has attempted to give his secondary help and attack even less with his front.

Despite the loss of its best pass rusher and best on - ball defender (and despite some lucky misses by Rudock), the pass defense was still fast and opportunistic.

You probably know them as the Legion of Boom, but there's more to Seattle's historic pass defense than nicknames.

Our biggest needs as a team after QB are getting QB pressure and pass defense.

If you value stout pass defense, this game is for you.

The Mountaineers have thus far had the best pass defense in the country, allowing opponents to complete just 45 percent of their passes for two touchdowns, nine picks and a paltry 78.6 passer rating.

It's one thing to struggle, especially against a strong Minnesota pass defense, but it's another to struggle in a way that induces flashbacks.

The best pass defense team, New Orleans, is replaced by Kansas City, and the second best, Philadelphia, is replaced by Pittsburgh.