Sentences with phrase «play for defense»

And we know that maybe the most valuable play for a defense is the sack / fumble.»

Not exact matches

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.

Those three and, more recently, Ya'alon's successor, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, have taken aim at Bennett for «playing politics» with national security discussions, all but accusing him outright of leaking information about cabinet meetings.

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.

StriVR's VR technology, designed by former Stanford kicker Derek Belch of StriVR Labs, uses 360 - degree high definition video capture of each position on the football field and every play on both offense and defense for each team it works with.

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

Wentz is at home facing a Denver defense playing its third straight road game, so there's potential for a breakout game.

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 survFor 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 survfor commercial - sector disruption, per a recent McKinsey survey.

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.

Having a diversified portfolio is the best way for 99 % of 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.

For example, Balin and Haddon explain why you should play offense rather than defense.

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.

Leading the bruising Fighting Irish defense was senior linebacker Manti Te'o, whose play this season has earned him consideration for the Heisman Trophy and has helped lead a storied squad back to the top of college football after years of floundering.

Stanford came out in a double - eagle defense, with both safeties up close and the cornerbacks playing man - for - man on the Husky wideouts.

«And that's what we talked about: Shea, when he got called back up, it's all about confidence for him and playing better defense and I think we're seeing real good results right now.»

Many here are looking for a «Beast» to break up play and convert defense to offense at the drop of a hat all the while striking fear into our opponents.

actually ozil said it in an interview he prefers to play on the right wing so can cut in for the defense splitting pass..

Right now we're looking set for 7th place, and despite the fact our defense is weak, we might sell a WC winner and play a LB as CB.

I remember just a few yrs ago we had no depth at CB, what a luxury to have chambers & gabriel step in, and get playing time, lets see what they got... if they are up for the challenge and deliver, we have a very deep solid defense...

As regards our defense i won't blame the players too much for last night result, the manager is to be blamed for not fully prepared and playing players out of position, i think if the manager had called the players in a week earlier than he did, Mustafi at least would have been fit to play, but the result wasn't that bad as most fans make it seems..

@well they havent been as successful as under pep but did win treble season before this.hope the two madrids can stop them winning for nxt few season.but in reality, teams havent devised a formula to counter possession play other than defensing deep which risks teams like barca having chance to keep attacking.so until teams understand how to overcome posesion, they wil probably keep getting success...

Ei for arsenal the next game is always a panic station because of one or two things.However i am always scared when i see a certain three players in the team.They are not supposed to be there yet keep being there.I do not want to mention names but just start from the defense to the attack and you might know them.By the way i hope Walcott plays we need someone like him to be inform because he can really help us.

If you think for a second Arsenal wants a big, tackling brute in front of our defense... then you you have no idea how we play.

Safeties Devon Key, Ta'Corian Darden (a nickel back), and Drell Greene all return after combining for 15 tackles for loss and 13 passes defensed, and corner DeAndre Farris, one of the only DB regulars to play all 13 games last year, had 14 passes defensed, which was top - 40 in FBS.

Playing as part of a defense that is more of a fit for his particular talents along with a starting role made Cornelius Washington an easy choice for the Lions» breakout player of 2017.

But the problem for the Pacers now is that the Cavaliers can play four shooters without LeBron without sacrificing defense.

You could see Cech going out a few times and it kinda felt like he didn't trust the 3 players he had in front of him, who are not the regular 3 you'd see if everyone is fit for sure, but I thought for a makeshift defense we were alright, and thank god we didn't play Elneny as a CB.

I'll go a step further if Van Djik hasn't signed for Liverpool I would try to make a move and here is why: 1) Prem experience 2) Southampton plays a similar style of football than Arsenal 3) He can play in both a 3 and 4 man defense with his ability on the ball 4) Mustafi has been up and down and I don't know which one we're getting ahead of next season and will it be for 38 weeks 5) Mertesacker will go into a non playing role 6) Chambers has played well at Boro but well enough to play a big role into this team... not really and could be used in any deal for Van Djik 7) Koscielny is our best defenders but is dealing with a chronic injury not only that he hasn't made the best decisions at times Everything mentioned above will free wages but also increase Wenger money to spend!

Came within a two - point conversion of going to overtime with Texas A&M in that 59 - 57 loss, and sadly can not have Johnny Manziel play defense for them, either.

The Louisville defense has held three opponents below what will likely end up being their per - play averages for the season.

We are all thankful to Arteta for what he's done, but his role yesterday was to calm play down, hold the ball, protecting the back four, but instead, for large periods of the game, Tottenham needed just one pass to get from their defense to our box.

He did still make plays last season even though it didn't appear that he was a good fit for that defense.

The defense doesn't have Do nt» a Hightower and has played without Trey Flowers, Alan Branch, Malcom Brown, Kyle Van Noy, and Stephon Gilmore for extended periods of time.

I disagree about the defenders, we have 3 young CB ready for gametime and could very well be our future defense, I am waiting for some of the older ones to retire to hope and see them play more.

The ties over, so I would try to win the game but the players are only playing for the shirt imo, it's not impossible, but highly improbable they have a mean defense, let's cement 3rd and retain the fa cup (relatively poor) I know because of the expectation and all the noise the club was making last summer but its a slight improvement.

I said some time ago that his coming deep to play causes problems for the opposition's defense.

The Steelers offense will present the biggest challenge for the Bills defense, but if we play them, it means we've won a playoff game.

Florida loses to LSU, 17 - 16, in what has become a classical fashion for the program: The defense plays well enough to get the job done, but the offense can't do much of anything.

For a Team that has gotten extremely far in past seasons based on Defense and hustle, they've taken an extreme leap on the Offensive end and it has them playing at a Championship level.

The Defense for both Teams were making tons of plays..

There's a sense it's a little too late for the Bucks to make a meaningful comeback, especially with the defense the Celtics have been playing all game, but Brad Stevens calls a timeout after Milwaukee cuts the lead down to 14.

VENTURA KEYS TO VICTORY: Coach Ann Larson likes to play defense, and if she can find a way to slow down Osborne, keep the score low, and seniors Svannah Paige and Aubrey Knight play well, the Cougars could be playing for a first ever state championship.

And Kos played superb defense, scored the amazing header for the first goal, and was the first player in the box to send the ball over to Giroud to start the 2nd.

The Defense really played excellently for the entire Game.

Their Defense played well for the most part against a complete Team Rasky attack.

The offense will have to step up again and the defense will have to play big in one of the most anticipated games coming up on Sunday afternoon as # 1 Team McNichols hosts # 2 Team Hanessian in a clash of titans that will ultimately determine once and for all who our clear # 1 should be!

Bellotti: I think [Oregon LB] John Bacon making the play — he was physical, but not the niftiest linebacker — for him to make an open - field tackle on the fly sweep on a fourth down play, that fired the defense up.