Sentences with phrase «play defense in»

At the same time, in those markets where your current franchise is the incumbent and itelf under disruptive attack, you have to play defense in order to prevent the next wave from catching you».

Just as the name implies, players won't play defense in the Attack Mode.

Education groups control the state's biggest super PACs, and while reformers and unions will likely take sides along most partisan lines in November, supporters of charter schools and tax credits for donations to private schools have focused on targeting eight incumbent Democrats in the primaries, forcing the New York State United Teachers to play defense in support of allies.

Democrats hope to play defense in two Long Island seats, as well as a Hudson Valley district that's being vacated by Sen. Greg Ball.

But there is an underlying concern that should Saland lose, Republicans could have to play defense in what was once considered a safe seat.

The Jags want to run the ball and play defense in Foxboro.

For example, some brilliant person at Arsenal actually believed Squillachi could play defense in the EPL.

We have only 6 players who can play defense in the team.

If we had played defense in the first quarter against the Colts, we would have been in the playoffs.

When Rubio played defense in the half - court on Westbrook, Westbrook did not once get in the lane, except for a couple of times when Adams put solid screens on Rubio.

The 25 - year - old shooting guard, who may be up for «NBA Defensive Player of the Year» at the end of the year, had a hilarious quote about playing defense in the NBA All Star Game.

But Democrats are also playing defense in the northern suburbs of New York City and for the Queens seat held by Sen. Joe Addabbo, which could hinder their chances of gaining an upper hand.

Nevertheless, Republicans are likely to be playing defense in all but one, perhaps two districts.

Overall, I always felt like I was playing defense in the hospital.

Invesco has the data on how playing defense in retirement can keep your savings safe.

Not exact matches

«During the Trump Administration, we will shift from playing defense at the FCC to going on offense,» Ajit Pai said in December last year, a month before president - elect Donald Trump appointed him as the new chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

49ers cornerback Richard Sherman came to the defense of Reid during his introductory press conference with the team in March, arguing that Reid deserves a contract for playing like one of the top 10 safeties in the NFL.

Though his effort may wane on defense at times, and he preserves energy for a late postseason run — he's now played into June seven years in a row — part of it is that no player in the NBA carries as much responsibility as James.

The offense runs through him, and though the Cavs, like all teams, have plays that they run, a lot of the time, it's James dictating the action and poking holes in the defense.

The Department of Defense has only classified these figures once before — in 2015, when the Obama administration «was trying to portray the war in Afghanistan as all but over,» as the New York Times put it; today, the Afghan government appears to be playing defense, aDefense has only classified these figures once before — in 2015, when the Obama administration «was trying to portray the war in Afghanistan as all but over,» as the New York Times put it; today, the Afghan government appears to be playing defense, adefense, as well.

The new Defense Clandestine Service, which is part of the Defense Intelligence Agency, is expected to play a large role in human intelligence and espionage in Africa.

Jokes aside, Kirk Cousins is still playing for his next contract, be it in Washington or elsewhere, and the Giants defense can't stop arguing with each other long enough to shout out coverages to each other.

That means they must play defense against Republicans, especially in 10 states that Trump won.

In football terms, we tended to play defense, as opposed to trying to score.»

The Steelers traded for Eagles nickelback Brandon Boykin in the off - season, and he didn't even play defense Thursday night.

The transformation afforded Mylan new protections under Dutch law, such as a takeover defense known as a stichting, which kicked in last week and likely played a role in pushing Teva away.

For one, half of American defense contractors believe that the fields they play in — unmanned technology, cybersecurity and satellites — are ripe for commercial - sector disruption, per a recent McKinsey survey.

«In this environment, the big tech companies try to keep a low profile and play defense rather than take positions that draw attention.

In the June 13 issue of Canadian Business, I wrote about how investors can play defense with their equity allocation.

The administration official said the pivotal role the steel and aluminum industries play in defense munitions and economic security will easily justify the 232 citation.

Traditional high - yielding stocks may not play proper defense in equity portfolios as interest rates rise.

Nick Foles proved he could still play with a steady performance against the Giants in his first start for the Eagles this year after Carson Wentz went down with a season - ending injury, and the Philadelphia defense proved they're still fearsome when they essentially won Eagles» Christmas game against the Raiders on their own.

When you consider the turbulence that's rocked equity markets in recent weeks, it's understandable that BAML would start urging investors to play defense.

But factors other than political ones were at play as well, including a big (5 percent) drop in shares of defense behemoth United Technologies after it announced plans to buy another company for what some analysts deemed an exorbitant price.

He plays a leadership role in Blue Wolf's investments in the energy services and aerospace & defense sectors.

We also suggested that sometimes the best move in stock trading is to play defense, and that now may be one of those times.

Tribune Publishing, of course, has found itself in the harsh glare of public scrutiny of late («Tribune Publishing prepares to play more defense»).

Since his election, Trump's pushback against Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis on expanding the Afghanistan troop presence (which Trump backed down on) and his promises to bring back 2,000 Americans in Syria «very, very soon» (let's see) play strongly with his base.

Risk management plays a key role in both offense and defense.

Today, most participants in the debate about welfare reform» at least those outside the realms of the ACLU and the Children's Defense Fund» agree with Olasky that the government has not and can not offer this kind of effective compassion, and that consequently we must enlarge the role private charities play in the lives of the underclass.

Recently Vice-Minister of Defense Colonel Inocente Montano accused the archbishop and Auxiliary Bishop Gregorio Rosa Chávez of «playing into the hands of the guerrillas» and «tilting the human rights statistics in favor of the guerrillas.»

And today, rather than playing defense, American seminaries like Mundelein in Chicago are exploring how the Church might go on offense — not in an offensive way, but by developing new models of a 21st - century apologetics that invites disenchanted post-moderns to experience the divine mercy and come to know the truths to which that experience leads.

All this in defense of a document that left the ordinary citizen with little or no role to play in the new government.

Fact is, ANYTHING could change the way people are playing, from personal things in life or things like coaches giving bounties, and I highly doubt a 3rd tier QB made the defense play better, or special teams play better or made those 50 yard game winners go through the up rights... you have no idea what you are talking about and it is quite evident.

But one can not ignore the fact that professional military officers seem to have played a considerable role in getting rid of their civilian overlord, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

Plantinga plays «defense» because he is an adherent of a popular epistemic perspective — affirmed by many theists and nontheists alike — that maintains that defense is all that is required with respect to beliefs formed the way Plantinga contends that belief in God is formed for most «intellectually sophisticated adult theists» (FP 3: 312).

Plantinga does not play defense because he believes that his brand of theism holds some privileged position or because he is not interested in learning from others or because he is not involved in a common quest for truth with his critics.

(Ezekiel 18:25 - 30; 33:17 - 20) The prophet, therefore, rose in defense of divine fair play, and asserted that Yahweh's rewards and retributions, in dealing not only with the nation but with individuals, were exactly just.

As Castelli later reported to Galileo, he «commenced to play the theologian,» and in defense of reconciliation of Scripture and the new science apparently acquitted himself well.

When the author recalls the long gallery of persons whom, in the course of this inquiry, he has come to know with the impetuous but temporary intimacy of the stranger — sharecroppers and plantation owners, workers and employers, merchants and bankers, intellectuals, preachers, organization leaders, political bosses, gangsters, black and white, men and women, young and old, Southerners and Northerners — the general observation retained is the following: Behind all outward dissimilarities, behind their contradictory valuations, rationalizations, vested interests, group allegiances and animosities, behind fears and defense constructions, behind the role they play in life and the mask they wear, people are all much alike on a fundamental level And they are all good people.