Sentences with phrase «run the ball as»

Cause of Death: Total yards, yards per carry, however you want to measure it, Alfred Morris had his worst game running the ball as a professional, finishing with 26 yards on 11 carries.

Their offense was clearly run the ball as much as possible and to it throw when necessary.

Unlike Hyde, Lewis is a reliable receiver and excellent in pass protection, had a good year running the ball as well.

The Longhorns would be happy to run the ball as frequently as possible, but they're not good at it; Johnathan Gray and Malcolm Brown have combined to average just 4.0 yards per carry behind a line that has suffered all sorts of personnel attrition.

In the mold of Michael Vick, the 6» 1», 214 - pound sophomore who gave such a thrilling performance in Virginia Tech's 46 - 29 Sugar Bowl loss to Florida State last January, the dream quarterback is now highly mobile, as dangerous running the ball as passing it.

Not exact matches

But on the last play of the game, as the Raiders tried to lateral the ball in desperation, chaos took over, and the Eagles were able to recover the ball and run it into the end zone for a 19 - 10 lead with the extra point pending.

«This is just a bit of a pullback because we've had a good run over the last few days, and there has been some nervousness that the Greece situation may not get resolved soon,» said Bill Schultz, who oversees $ 1.2 billion as chief investment officer at McQueen, Ball & Associates Inc. in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

I ran in parks with friends, hung out in the local boys» club after school, played ball, and once risked entering the abandoned home known as «the haunted house.»

But in the end, I will gladly sit in the stands with you as we watch guys run around kicking a ball on a field together.

Sometimes it seems unfair, this incongruity, and I know you often want to feel the wild side of your father, to be thrown in the air, to be curled up in a ball and squeezed, to run through the house as if you are being chased by a roaring lion.

Then I ran into a little trouble, I made my mozzarella into balls and sat them in the ladle to dip into the hot whey as I was told but my cheese was slow to get to the stretch and the last ball just wouldn't stretch at all.

Add one tablespoon at a time more of warm water until your dough begins to come together into a ball in the bowl of the processor as it's running.

I wake up dreaming of shoving carrot cake energy balls into my mouth as a I run out the door to rap along with Nelly on the treadmill.

I was running out of time so as soon as I had enough tofu balls made for dinner I abandoned the rest of the mix into the fridge.

Run the processor on high once more until the mixture comes together as a whirling sticky ball.

What's the point of having all these playmakers with no - one willing to make forward runs or space opponents as they all want the ball at their feet?

As for Giroud, he's really not cut to be an Arsenal striker coz I've never seen him running with the ball and taking on opposition players and score a goal ala Henry.

Selling Walcott would be good business, we'd get his 140K wages off the bill, get # 25 mill plus and as fans not have to deal with watching him run and leave the ball behind every time he's on the pitch!

He doesn't run as much with the ball) GAWD!!

«I feel like I'm more natural running with the ball as opposed to running off the ball for someone to play over the top.

So i think Walcott is a fantastic winger (when he is fit) but he will not be a good number 9, As a striker he becomes a one trick pony, running of the shoulder of the defender drifting into the spaces looking from the through ball from ozil or carzola etc..

I would put Welbeck down at a 3/4 for this match, he lost the ball in vital areas, probably as many times as Özil, and should've passed rather than trying to run through.

Iwobi recked my head last night he was weak and misplaced many passes he cant seem to control the ball its always running away from him he should not be in the middle in the middle you need good ball controllers with good eyes for passes long and short on the ground and above the ground >> > waterford yesterday were on top of us with no space giving to our players and we were scattered all over the place with no vision or leader ship too goals in the space of 3 minuets ok the first goal was a fluke but come on the second one???? and thats all what it takes to loose a match many times this season we cant play when the opposition seats in our face we have no cohesion or understanding we crumble away we need to start the game together as a unit a compact unit

If ozil wonders around the pitch moaning as he has, gets knocked off the ball like he really couldn't give a ****, makes little the effort to keep the team shape i.e. actually runs when he loses the ball (rather that standing looking like a little boy who's just had his ice cream taken off him) or the opposition breaks, then he is as much of a liability as he an asset.

But only seven pitches and five batters into the game, Atlanta led 3 - 0, and the fans seated in the Stick's outfield had caught as many of Swift's balls as had catcher Kirt Manwaring: two, courtesy of back - to - back home runs by McGriff and Justice.

Corey Seager breaks his bat on a ground ball — Morton had to avoid the bat, as it went to the side of the mound he falls off of — and the Astros end the threat while allowing only the one run.

Jack and Aaron, who can't pick half the passes that Mesut can, needlessly give the ball away on the regular — as Ramsey did several times yesterday — and no one says anything about that because they look like they run so hard.

McCullers hasn't given up a run yet, but three hit by pitches and two hits — now three hits, as Seager knocks a ball over the infield mid-sentence — isn't exactly inspiring confidence in that trend continuing.

Though Theo is not as strong as Giroud, at least he can run into spaces or run with the ball and take on opposite players to score a goal.

As much as i think that's ugly and a bit reckless as well, i think it's still better to have more players like him trying to penetrate defenses and run head on with the ball, than to have our team pass the ball at the edge of their box and do nothing elsAs much as i think that's ugly and a bit reckless as well, i think it's still better to have more players like him trying to penetrate defenses and run head on with the ball, than to have our team pass the ball at the edge of their box and do nothing elsas i think that's ugly and a bit reckless as well, i think it's still better to have more players like him trying to penetrate defenses and run head on with the ball, than to have our team pass the ball at the edge of their box and do nothing elsas well, i think it's still better to have more players like him trying to penetrate defenses and run head on with the ball, than to have our team pass the ball at the edge of their box and do nothing else.

I have Alexander as a top 10 talent because the guy is so polished and has pretty great skills in man, ball skills are great, and great in run support.

Even his lack of imp [act in the first half was not really Giroud's fault as hardly had a touch of the ball and I remember him running around to try to close the home team down without any help from the rest of the team.

if u hv noticed his runs off the ball and the way he face the goal rather than showing his back and trying hold game he plays as outright striker... and walcot is injured so he cant play upfront for time being and abt alexis to be honest i hv not seen him play as a striker much... and as of now we hvnt sign a new striker..

But blody hell, wenger play him as winger, and peoples often critism oziel couse cant defend, not traking the ball or not running enough like ramsey.

We could have had Cesc delivering those beautiful long balls from deep, same as he used to do for Henry and now does for Costa, to Welbeck who does much better up front as last man with space to run, not scuffing around in the box or Sanchez.

obviously I would prefer to have a much more suitable alternative in the defensive midfielder positions but if they focused more on defensive end and the occasional long - ball, this would allow Bellerin and Sead ample opportunities to bomb forward on their respective wings while still having enough cover to maintain their defensive shape... it would likewise allow for overlapping runs on both wings, thereby letting both Sanchez and Perez to cut inside and get shots away in and around the top of the box with their most dominant feet... if goals were needed I would sub Bellerin for OX and bring Ramsey in for Elneny then switch to a 3 -2-4-1 (more of a 3 -1-5-1 with Ramsey playing higher up the pitch) and I would only use Giroud as a sub when the game dictated it for tactical reasons... this would allow us to be a high energy team with incredible link - up play and a much more direct approach in the offensive end

However, literally half of Slimani's goals were tap ins, penalties or headers (what's the point when we rarely even cross the ball), while as Perez seems to make killer runs behind defense.

Also we had no midfield runners as they are all on the ball players, we could've done with better running from midfield.

Honestly if Lacazette is as hard working as everyone says then with him and Alexis chasing down every ball and our new formation solidifying the back line and xhaka sure to improve in his second run in I think this formation with Alexis and Lacazette using speed to run off the link up play of giroud and the balls being played to all three of them by xhaka and Ozil we would score enough goals to win any match next season.

if i am correct @ SD... your analysis shows you see the forest for the trees, most comments just give their opinion like they are playing Championship manager - as JT said coquelin has helped slightly fix the problem of the overexposure of our defence to counter attacks and the full backs don't both bomb forward as much, the reason monreal starts ahead of Gibbs - walcott always looks lost and confused now when he makes appearances, and never wants to create or get too involved in build up play just wants to run into the middle and get on the end of balls.

Jesus... Ramsey is the most backward and lateral passer of a ball I have seen in a midfielder and that's when he has control of the ball which is not that frequent as his close control is hardly a strong point... So that leaves running in to box scoring occasionally and then believing he is a striker... Like I said attributes of a bench player

If Canada's most brilliant adaptations to the offense formerly known as pro-style have been solutions for how to run the ball effectively between the tackles without dominant personnel, how does that translate at LSU, where the Tigers do have dominant personnel?

Serra has the ball on turnovers as they run the clock out and win this game 31 - 21 to go undefeated in WCAL divisional play.

Maybe I should pass it a little bit more or a little bit quicker, but as soon as I get back on the ball and there is an opportunity for me to run at someone, that is what I want to do.

This game had some exciting moments as fielders were kept off balance (on both sides of the ball) with timely kicking and aggressive base - running.

The next drive for the Lancers did not get better as FB Opeti Fangupo has a nice 7 yard run up the middle, but he fumbles the ball and the Spartans recover.

As for the offensive line, the Chargers can not run the ball on the right side of the line and Lynn doesn't seem to see this.

Dryer hit Fran as he was back to pass, jolting the ball loose, and Youngblood grabbed the fumble and ran it 10 yards to the Minnesota eight.

A slick counter-attack which started with Ramsey winning the ball inside his own half presented Ozil with a brilliant chance to score himself as he ran through towards Brad Guzan's goal.

Considering how much Derrick Henry struggled as a runner last week (28 carries, 51 yards), the Titans» only legitimate chance to win this game is to put the ball in Mariota's hands and let him throw (and run it himself).