Sentences with phrase «points against that defense»

If the offense would have done something, even just chewing up some more clock, the 14 points against the defense wouldn't look as bad

It took a superhuman effort from Heisman winner Johnny Manziel for an opponent to score more than 28 points against this defense, and in an era of prolific offenses, only two teams scored more than even 17.

Week 3 in Baltimore will be tough for Cleavland scoring a single points against that defense.

Not exact matches

If there's a new point in his speech Monday, it's likely to be a defense against calls for his dismissal from board positions over his support of Trump.

In the AFC title game, against the Jaguars» league - best passing defense, Brady took control of the game, carving up Jacksonville to erase a 10 - point fourth - quarter deficit in minutes.

I think the only defense against such an unprincipled politician who will say or do anything to get power, is to point out as loudly and publicly as possible the many untruths and contradictions he is trying to pull over on the Alberta public.

Each point might have been expanded; each of them also needs, what there has not been space to provide, a defense against criticism.

Quindlen was moved to her defense of survival over behavior by Vice-President Quayle's moralistic judgment against Magic Johnson, and in this she has a point.

The main issue is not whether sex abuse occurred, as defense attorneys have pointed out, but how the Archdiocese of Philadelphia - Monsignor William Lynn in particular - handled the allegations against priests in the diocese.

... Irreducible complexity is a negative argument against evolution, not proof of design, a point conceded by defense expert Professor Minnich.»

Plantinga's famous «Free - Will Defense», Griffin points out, is by Plantinga's own admission not a theodicy — an attempt to explain the existence of evil — but rather simply a defense against the charge that «A good God exists» and «Evil exists» are logically incompDefense», Griffin points out, is by Plantinga's own admission not a theodicy — an attempt to explain the existence of evil — but rather simply a defense against the charge that «A good God exists» and «Evil exists» are logically incompdefense against the charge that «A good God exists» and «Evil exists» are logically incompatible.

His Politics of Experience (Penguin Book) amounts to a defense of the validity of the individual's internal experience against external pressure — «the alienated starting point of our pseudo-sanity».

To take an extreme speculative possibility, the Arizona shooter, if mentally disturbed, may for all we know have had a delusion that Giffords was the leader of an elaborate secret government conspiracy against him, so that from his point of view, the shooting was an act of self - defense.

(Even with the way Michigan's defense was fading, scoring 41 points and averaging 5.9 yards per play is impressive against that unit.)

Considering this game pits the nation's top ranked defense (Alabama allows just 10.3 points per game) against Manti Te'o and the nation's second - ranked D (allowing 10.7 ppg), that modest total is hardly a surprise.

These guys too are near the top in terms of Defense as they are tied for 5th in the points against category, allowing just 64 points per Game.

They can get baskets from multiple guys at multiple positions on the floor and are becoming very difficult to contain but their true improvement is on the Defense end where they are allowing just 61.2 points against (3rd best in the League).

(Adjusted offense estimates points scored per 100 possessions against an average team, and adjusted defense estimates points allowed).

The 2017 No. 5 overall pick is in a prime position to bounce back against a Texans defense that's allowed an additional 6.1 points per game and 75.3 passing yards per game since losing J.J. Watt (leg, IR) and Whitney Mercilus (pec, IR) in Week 5.

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 NiAgainst 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 Niagainst 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.

Sunday's matchup against the Lions sets up well for Collins with the Ravens as 3 - point home favorites against a Lions defense that's allowed an additional 8.4 points per game and 76.2 rushing yards per game since losing defensive tackle Haloti Ngata (biceps, IR) in Week 5.

from where i'm sitting, conor's strengths: - long and athletic - great power in his hands and feet - throws with speed & accuracy - uses all 8 points of contact (and uses them all in multiple ways)- uses good footwork to circle away from power shots and to control pace / location of fight - has shown good to great TD defense (until tired)- has good chin (tested several times and the proof appears to be in the pudding, as they say)- displays good head movement which allows him to absorb fewer strikes while within range - excellent counter puncher (able to get in and out fast using his karate style stance)- has shown better conditioning at lw than fw or ww - has incredible fight iq (lone exception in the ufc was against nate in first fight when he was clearly fatigued)

Miami comes in with a middle - of - the - road defense ranked No. 15 (23 points per game allowed) to go against the Jags» bottom - ranked offense, which has posted just 15 points per contest.

Against what proved to be the best defense in the country, one that would hold Oklahoma's epic offense to 19 points in the BCS Championship, Rodgers didn't throw an incompletion for the first 51 minutes.

Not only are the Bengals 5 - 1 on the road, but they also put up 37 points against Indianapolis, 42 against Baltimore and 38 against Pittsburgh, three teams in the top 10 in the NFL in total defense....

Buffalo, which had only 31 turnovers during the regular season, committed five against a defense that allowed the fewest points in the NFL this year and is a typical Johnson - coached unit: speedy, tenacious, starless and opportunistic.

Missouri: The Tigers showed an epic second - half turnaround, scoring 48 points against the Bulldogs, who lead the SEC in scoring defense and field goal defense.

This week against the Patriots, the defense limited New England's prolific offense to just 16 points, but the Broncos» offense could only answer with a single field goal.

Maryland (7 - 6) could only muster 222 total yards, including just eight yards on the ground against the Cardinal, which came into the game ranked second in the nation in scoring defense (16.0 points per game) and fourth in total yards allowed per game (287).

Olden and Bane are too small to play small forward for long stretches and not good enough ball handlers to run point against pressure defense.

His post defense against Duncan, transition defense and defensive rotations were more important than any amount of points he could have scored.

Because Tech's defense has not allowed 30 points since Nov. 5 against North Carolina.

Texas» defense has allowed just 4.1 yards per play and allowed just 27 combined points in three games against teams not named BYU.

The Cardinals faced third - and - five on their own 42 in the second quarter last Saturday at home against a defense that had dominated the previous five years, giving up 17.0 points per game, second - best in the nation.

Nobody obliterates a lesser team's defense like the Tigers, who have, over the last two seasons, averaged 66 points per game against UConn, Eastern Michigan, Idaho, Missouri State, and Delaware State.

Against Michigan, State became the first team since Week 1 to have any success against the Wolverines» defense but still found itself down two Against Michigan, State became the first team since Week 1 to have any success against the Wolverines» defense but still found itself down two against the Wolverines» defense but still found itself down two points.

The No. 5 Badgers have allowed more than 17 points just once all season and head into Saturday's game against No. 24 Michigan with the top - ranked defense in the country, according to Def.

USC scored 600 points in 12 regular season games — 70 on Arkansas, 45 on Oregon, 34 on Notre Dame, 55 on Washington State, 51 on Stanford, 50 on Fresno State, 66 on UCLA — and then scored 38 against a Texas defense that was just about the best of the season.

Despite coming off a thrilling 33 - 31 road victory against Eastern Michigan last week, the 6 - 4 Cardinals continue to give up lots of points and find themselves ranked near the bottom of the nation in overall defense.

Philly ran a very effective offense last week against a fast but under - sized Falcons defense, and the Eagles managed only 15 points.

The Tigers have scored 10 points or fewer in all three SEC contests, managed only 19 against a poor Clemson defense and have only managed more than 20 points once, in an overtime win over Louisiana - Monroe.

But Washington's favorite backup, Kirk Cousins, took the field against a Jacksonville defense that was torched for 34 second - half points in last week's come - from - ahead loss and proved he can get the job done.

That offense scored 7 points against the 30th ranked Defense in the league.

The semis will be run on a best - of - seven basis, with the leader on points facing the No. 4 boat and No. 2 against No. 3; the best - of - seven final to produce the challenger is scheduled to begin Jan. 14, and the Cup defense itself will start Jan. 31.

The Spartans have a top - 50 offense and should be able to score some points against a Fresno defense that is aggressive but prone to allowing a big play or two.

Put Holding, Mertesacker and Mustafi at Back who will add some Solidity in defense... indecisiveness of Monreal lead to Stoke Goal... Back line could have been easily Mustafi, Mertesacker and Holding with Ox at RWB and Kolasinac as LWB... Another point is here Ozil was totally underperformed... He was also ineffective against Leicester... Why Iwobi wasn't included in team instead of Ozil??

I think we scored 31 points in the game, which I think was pretty good against a pretty good defense that actually shut out Ohio State last week.

At least they were able to contain the Packers offense, but scoring just nine points against their sub-par defense is nothing to be happy about.

Thames exploded for a postseason - high 31 points against a De La Salle defense that was holding opposing teams to 38 points per game.

If the returning experience on defense can help reduce the 21.5 points against average from a year ago, the Falcons could be a juggernaut by season's end.