Sentences with phrase «run the ball against»

The coaching staff has decided to give personnel looks to the opposing offense to encourage running the ball against them and is willing to play the percentages of them being able to stop enough multiple play march down the field drives and be stingy enough about stopping touchdowns to allow this team to hold others to a low enough score to allow an average offensive showing by our offense to score enough points to win.
You just had to run the ball against that lineup.
The Rebels struggle to run the ball against better fronts.
Without a trace of irony, Ford predicted that Kaepernick would «get lit up» and that «they might give him a rockin» pretty good» if he tried to run the ball against the Seattle Seahawks.
«It changed my perspective on how you run the ball against the zone blitz.
The Vikings are likely going to struggle running the ball against a terrific Eagles run defense.
But Philly should be able to run the ball against Atlanta.
Coming off an emotionally draining loss in Pittsburgh, this is a tough spot for the Ravens, who will have trouble running the ball against a Browns defense that leads the NFL in yards per carry.

Not exact matches

If other teams are able to run the ball a lot against them, they will draft some good defensive players.
Last game he played against Parma he battled like mad in winning the ball, running with it half of the pitch and in the end scoring a goal by beating the keeper in a cool way.
It was WRONG tactic to start Giroud against a high pressing side He can't get anywhere near the ball and when he does he can't run with it When would we learn?
Their goal while against run of play and an own goal was good goal because the midfielder did well to see a better opportunity and passed the ball.
The Englishman can make runs down the flanks, catch on to quick through balls and would be better suited to play on the counter attack, which we may have to do against a team like Manchester City.
Bosa does a great job of coming off the ball and getting his hands inside on blockers against the run so that he can control them.
That series where Minnesota ran the ball 4 or 5 times against us, moving down the field 75 yards for a TD, is still a nightmare.
I don't know if Foles will be able to hit him on deep balls like he did against the Vikings, but Smith can definitely run by anybody the Patriots put on him.
The hammering, slammering LSU gameplan Miles wanted against Florida last week happened against South Carolina, with the Tigers running the ball 53 times and reducing South Carolina's d - line to powder by the fourth quarter.
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However, against the run of play, All Saints went on a great counter attack and shot at the goal, which the Eton Messi goalkeeper managed to save but failed to keep hold of the ball which All Saints player, Luca Raimo managed to tap into the back of the net.
Even when we win the ball against the run of play, we sideways pass and let the get numbers behind the ball.
St. Louis is still enjoying the win against the Nationals, but when it comes time to play ball again, they will ride the momentum of a four - run ninth inning on Friday night that saw the team's offense produce nine runs.
When you are playing football and you got a high ball to control the slightest touch will push you off it for sure eguaro pushed mustafi but mustafi should have stock his leg out to bring him down or elbowed him in the face well i would have done that Arsenal were not hungry enough for the cup if they were we would have seen some blood running down of some Manchester players Arsenal need to defend in packs of wolves The first half was not to bad we should have scored though but yes no back bone no hunger and no fight What is going to happen on Thursday how are we going to line up against them??? I need to see Arsenal fight like man stand up like man and use their skill and agility to turn Manchester to a loosing side Well if we do nt we need to separate the real man from the phony ones period
If Arsene Wenger and his assistants decide against adjusting their tactics to get the best out of their marquee summer signing by letting him run with the ball at defences, Lacazette needs to take the initiative by training and watching game film to learn how to thrive in Arsenal's system and in English football in general.
Seattle shows better in multiple key categories, namely on the defensive side of the ball, where the Seahawks rank first in the league against the pass and third against the run.
Outside of one play against LSU, once he tucked the ball, he was running.
He ran the ball 30 times in a losing effort against the Green Bay Packers in Week 6.
He'll need to play the game of his life in that regard against Alabama because MSU probably won't be able to run the ball.
Richie Ashburn of the Phillies, who plays center field as it was meant to be played, needlessly threw a ball away one day against the Braves, into the dugout behind third base to let a run score.
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.
While Flacco receives much of the credit for Baltimore's offensive success, newly appointed offensive coordinator Jim Caldwell placed a renewed emphasis on running the ball, resulting in success against Indianapolis and Denver in the playoffs.
Knowing that the Seahawks have had their struggles in the passing game, I fully expect the Cardinals to load up the box against the run and dare them to throw the ball.
Theo was running like crazy out there to create space — the problem he has is that he can't win a high ball against Terry / Cahill... so don't play those balls!
Not to mention that sometimes you need to run multiple ball handlers together against certain teams.
Leave it to Lewan to promptly get an unnecessary roughness penalty a play or two after he got into the game for retaliating against a Saints defensive lineman who pushed him while they were both running to the ball.
To be honest I would allow sanchez and ozil to roam freely in attack, in other words sanchez could come wide in some attacks, make runs through the middle in others etc, and the same with ozil, can come out wide to collect the ball or roam into the middle to feed sanchez and walcott through balls to run on to... In the attacking sense it does nt really matter to me, they both are good in different aspects so they could be used for different roles against different opponents.
If Notre Dame can run the ball well, the Irish defense could have enough success against an Arizona State offense that is often forced to bail itself out on passing downs (and just as often succeeds at it).
On both home runs, the ball looked like home plate had a restraining order against it and it had to leave the premises as fast and emphatically as possible.
lst season at stamford bridge, was the first time i saw that 4 -1-4-1 formation being used, and for some weird reason i feel a very strange negative vibe and well all know the outcome.the manager has come back with this formation and its not yielding result, but he still sticks with it.i do nt know much about formations dear friends, but if you are playing a slow dm in arteta and a very very slow cb, then you are toast against quality teams with sound tactics.wen playing wellbeck as a lone striker, i think 4 -2-3-1, will work better, but if we have a big player like oliver (boooos), thn we can try the 4 -1-4-1, thingy cos he can hold the ball for our midfielders to run in.but on the overall, shame on wenger for not giving our defence a good cover DM.NO BODY PLAYS A SLOW DM / CB AND EXPECT TO B REGARDED AS CHAMPIONSHIP MATERIAL.IT HURTS GUYS, REALLY HURTS.
My guess is that Rex tries to run the ball a thousand times like he did in the first half against the Dolphins and keep the game within a respectable three scores.
... he played there against crystal palace, Everton 2 season ago and it was a disaster... our build up is majorly done closer to d centre circle than d oppositions box... that's y girouds hold up play is vital... either we go with dat path or we look for a striker who is lightning quick (so when we make d final pass, it doesn't get wasted), uses both legs to shoot on sight, with good accuracy... playing Sanchez, who is not very good with his back to goal as a 9 is useless and though fast, holds on to d ball a lot tryn to get d best angle to shoot... we need a striker who is very intelligent with d timing of his runs... too bad Walcott is as intelligent as a sheep, cld have been d perfect cf...
He didn't appear to be seeing the ball well last night, and until that happens it won't really help him to go up against the Darvish / Nola / Thor / DeGrom types we may run up against in the next week.
I am not sure whether it would have been better for the Arsenal and Germany international star to be in the starting line - up against Azerbaijan today, because Mesut Ozil has not kicked a ball in anger for over a month and so could certainly do with the run out.
Fielding Gem When the Kansas City Royals» George Brett hit his 300th career home run last week against the Indians in Cleveland, the ball was retrieved in the rightfield bleachers by Ralph Gay, a 55 - year - old fan on an outing from a nearby veterans» hospital.
Probably having his hand in all three goals against City, (an assist, an immaculate run and finish that if Sanchez was the one doing it people would've had to change their pants, hustling for a loose ball that forced sloppy defending that led to a goal, again!
Even our own match against Basl this week was touched by fortune, as the run of the ball went perfectly for Lucas Perez on his first two goals, while a similar incident when the ball rebounded off Ospina fell perfectly for the keeper to gather ahead of the unlucky Basel striker.
I remember one game in particular against Leeds in which we were losing and Keown picked the ball up and ran most of the length of the pitch, weaving his way through, only for his shot to hit the corner flag.
Theo is an expensive failure and to keep giving him the chance when he has repaid the clubs faith with being a bottler and acting as if he's a lazy git (watched him a number of seasons ago against Blackburn away and all he did was run up and down the wing without even calling for the ball to draw defenders away from the centre) I hate to say it but in my mind Alan Hansen was right when he said that «Walcott has not got a natural footballers brain» It infuriated me at the time but its been proven to be true I feel he's been collecting his money for too long without a result to justify keeping him in our employment.
Bellerin was the provider again a few minutes later as he ran rampage against the tiring defence and played a peach of a ball for Giroud to tap in.
People want to think that we can plug any RB into the offense and they will succeed b / c of the threat of JJ and how defenses will play the pass against us, but the truth is Free is first since Turner to succeed at running the ball in our offense.
NACHO MONREAL 5.5 The Spaniard look good on the ball but had a torrid time throughout the game as danger man Sadio Mane ran the rule against the defender on the night causing him so much problems with pace and trickery on the left wing.
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