Sentences with phrase «playing any defense at»

«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).

If Gausman and Bundy can be reliable pitchers, if Cashner doesn't regress, if Cobb can pitch a sub - 4.00 ERA with half his games in hitter - friendly Camden Yards, if Tillman can have a huge comeback year, if the bullpen continues to be strong, if Brach can be a solid closer until Britton's return, if Davis and Trumbo can find their batting stroke again, if Mancini and Schoop replicate last season, if Manny continues to be Manny at short and with his improved swing, if Adam is still Adam, if Beckham can learn to play defense at 3rd and be August - Beckham instead of September - Beckham at the plate, if the catchers can somehow do their part, and if the O's figure out their right field situation (and all of that put together is one big IF).....

Good luck Grant Fuhr, because we don't plan on playing any defense at all.

That's how I thought Miguel Cabrera would play defense at third.

They put up stats, but they're not playing defense at a level that can be successful.

Not exact matches

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.

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

Identifying the underlying emotion eliminates the defense or pretenses and helps them quickly cut through all the noise that stands between them and the core issues at play.

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.

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.

It is still possible, at the moment, to play good defense here, both in terms of public policy and in legally defending Church - based institutions from the assault of the dictatorship of relativism.

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.

The USC defense isn't playing too bad, and it's the only thing saving the Trojans at the moment.

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..

Wolters makes a good back up that plays decent defense and has position flexibility at 2B / SS — important when you only carry a 4 man bench.

Our fullbacks still pushed on when we were attacking and we did not play our defense deep in our own half at every oppurtunity.

His defense allowed 118 points per 100 possessions in conference play; Cal was next closest at 110, and the conference median was 105.

Wenger has always set up his teams to attack and entertain the fans, sometimes maybe at the expense of leaving the defense exposed at the back, and Wenger grudgingly admitted that tactics still have a part to play over a whole season.

It is the guy who feels Wilshere must be accommodated in each game as long as he is match fit, at roles that force other players out of their element — take a case study — Can you ask Welbeck to play in Defense?

I agree that at this point Mesut needs to go, but in his defense he hasn't played «central midfeild» as you say, all season.

Seems like you could play a switch heavy defense on the perimeter and let Leonard use his verticality to effect shots near the rim, which he's really good at.

His ability to run the offense, hit open threes and play lock down defense seems to be at an all - time high, or equivalent to what he did in the Finals three years ago.

When Romo was at the helm he did the same thing, he could read the defense and audible the play that needed to be run, his mistakes were often times the same mistakes we saw Dez and other WRs get into (dropped balls, running with the ball loose (murray I am looking at you), and tipping the ball up in the air).

This line has to hold up if the IU defense is going to improve, and that will mean at least a couple of redshirt freshmen or sophomores playing at a high level.

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!

He also stole 30 bases and scored 108 runs, while playing well - regarded defense at second.

We were shaky at the beginning of the season when Allegri tried to experiment our attacking play, leaving the defense exposed.

The fact he plays on a stacked team at defense might hurt his chances though.

I could be wrong but did anyone notice that in attack, we seemed like we were playing with two strikers (3 -4-1-2) and in defense we seemed almost like a full bus at the back (4 -2-3-1) when we played against Sydney.

Not to mention that the opposing teams love going at him when he's trying to play defense.

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.

CLOVIS WEST KEYS TO VICTORY: Against top teams the Golden Eagles have been near or above their 74.1 points per game scoring average, and if they can score at least 70 points and play solid team ball with the kind of defense they have shown — except in the second game against Centennial - Las Vegas when they lost 70 - 46 at the MLK in Stockton — coach Craig Campbell and his girls should win again just like they did in a 70 - 67 overtime victory over Poly at the Nike TOC.

If you play him at 3 - 4 OLB, then his run defense skills are diminished by scheme.

He gives Eli his best running back ever which will keep the defense honest and allows us to return to play action which is Eli at his best.

As always a defense can not perfectly play all possible options the offense has, so it must give up something somewhere at all times, that is just the nature of the beast on defense.

We're salivating at a defense led by Embiid, Simmons, and the excellent Covington — plus Fultz playing free safety — that could legitimately be the best defense in the league.

But if you take the full body of play where he played especially when Hicks went down (i, e, vs the Panthers)---- to me looked like the total package, complete 3 down all situation linebacker that was one of big reasons this was an elite defense when it was playing at an elite level.

Too bad they couldn't learn how to play man - to - man defense in their one year at Duke forcing coach K to go with the zone.

After such a slovenly win, the old Jimmy Johnson would have icily pointed out the slipshod defense his team had played and that for the fifth straight game his club had received at least seven penalties.

All 5 of those teams play stellar team defense, that I think is more heavily indicative of the fact that at least 3 - 4 of those head coaches are in the top 5 in the league.

The Mavericks wouldn't thumb their nose at his return, either: He could upgrade the defense significantly, supplying shot blocking, along with 6» 11» Raef LaFrentz, that would enable the Mavs to play tighter D on the perimeter.

At least with Colorado Montez just played to his potential, albeit aided by our defense.

From front to back, the Bears defense is nearly flawless, or at least playing that way right now.

Arsenal Has NOT played well even in the games they won had they been playing a team with Good attackers they would have lost those games as well as the opposition had plenty of chances to score but failed to hit the target that is not down to good defense just the other teams was poor at finishing that Arsenal had a clean sheet.

Murray will undergo an MRI of the foot on Monday to further evaluate the injury, and if he can not play next week at Carolina, Felix Jones is likely to start against the Panthers» underwhelming run defense.

«The Falcons defense is playing good football at the right time of year.

Playing strong team defense and surging at the right time offensively, Wales — now at +800 on the odds to win Euro 2016 — have shocked the football world with their deep Euro 16 run thus far.

Baylor at West Virginia -12.5: Neither of these teams play any defense, but West Virginia has more firepower.