Sentences with phrase «runs against a defense»

With all of that stated, one of the things that has a sizable impact on what play the offense runs against a defense is the pre-snap look.

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He'll have his work cut out for him against a Tennessee defense that ranked seventh against the run.
Touting her foreign policy credentials and defense of Israel, Jewish leaders flocked to Clinton as she ran against Barack Obama in the Democratic primaries.
Switching over to the Eagles» defense, the first thing I want to say is my personal advice is to them, and anybody else it may concern, is that they should never run three - man rush against Brady.
The Titans defense ranked 21st in DVOA, including an awful 24th against the pass and a more impressive 7th against the run.
Against a defense that ranked 14th in DVOA against the run during the regular season, the Seahawks should see big gains in SupeAgainst a defense that ranked 14th in DVOA against the run during the regular season, the Seahawks should see big gains in Supeagainst the run during the regular season, the Seahawks should see big gains in Super Bowl.
The Jags are going to lean heavily on Fournette in a smash matchup against the Bills» horrendous run defense and this game could get out of hand early, which could scale back Bortles» volume in a big way.
With State selling out against the run, Coker and Lane Kiffin did what Kiffin always wants to do: nibble around with quick passes to the perimeter, then, once the defense is officially spread too thin, go deep.
The Jags are expected to rely heavily on the running of Leonard Fournette against a terrible Bills run defense.
Glasgow's absence was felt against the Hoosiers, who ran for a total of 307 - yards against the No. 1 ranked Wolverines defense.
The Chargers come into the game at 3 - 3 and are second in the league in defense against the run.
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 Stanford Cardinal were in complete control of the 13th annual Foster Farms Bowl, riding a powerful running attack and a strong defense to a 45 - 21 win against the Maryland Terrapins on Tuesday night at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif..
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.
Jernigan may not have had the pass rushing numbers that we expected, but he was a big part of why this line was # 1 in pressures and as you mentioned, his defense against the run game was magnificent and better than anyone expected.
Look, I understand that it's hard to run against the Cardinals» defense and shape the offensive game plan accordingly.
The 2017 UT defense struggled pretty dramatically against a decent run game (107th in Rushing S&P +) but completely dictated the terms against opposing passing games.
The Broncos also ended the regular season with the No. 3 defense in the league overall, not coincidentally because they ended the regular season as the No. 2 defense in the league against the run (surrendering just under 80 yards on the ground a game on average).
Their defense also held up against the run much better than I would have thought they would.
Also we were bad on defense against running QBs last year even after our defense got its shit together.
-- and there's no guarantee that Leonard Fournette and company will find traction against a Notre Dame defense better against the run (48th in Rushing S&P +) than the pass (84th in Passing S&P +).
+ How Covington acquits himself defensively against an ultra-elite wing threat (and if he can maintain his hot shooting while expending so much energy on the other end) + Our team defense (especially on the perimeter) + Jah making himself a net - positive vs. Zaza + Our mental toughness response to a patented Golden State Run ™ + TJ's offensive QBing vs. GS's team defense + Dario's composure against a professional irritant + Justin Anderson and his steel pipes finishing with a 1 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 line (that would be one foul and one corresponding turnover when he subs in and immediately knocks Draymond into the second row with a happily illegal screen and gets subsequently ejected.
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).
That's a little bit better, but don't forget that the Bears» defense was historically bad against the run just a season ago.
No, no, no ox to start ahead of walcott, theo can come in after 60 mins to run riot against a tired UTD's defense.
Oh, and Elliott essentially clinched that Ohio State victory with an 85 - yard TD run against Robinson's defense.
He doesn't have to do everything; he just needs to keep his average over about 5 yards per carry for the defense to fail against run / pass options and play action.
When the defense was too good against the run, RU had no Plan B.
If you deduct the one 70 yard run he somehow managed (the longest of his career) and the 127 yards he ran for against the Redskins (the worst rushing defense in the league) his average was actually quite pedestrian..
Michigan found out it's hard to do a better imitation of Wisconsin than Wisconsin does, especially when running against Wisconsin's defense becomes impossible.
Against a pretty solid Arizona run defense, there's great value on taking the Under for Darkwa's rushing yardage.
In regulation, Karlos Williams and Mario Pender combined to rush 16 times for 35 yards against a Clemson defense that got gashed by Georgia's run game in Week 1.
Against tight defense, and when Madrid on the attack CR7 usuall stays in the front, and benz dropping back to collect the ball from the central mid or wings... This allows the wingers (Asesnio / isco or Bale / vazquez) and LBs to run forward on the wings..
Philly ran a very effective offense last week against a fast but under - sized Falcons defense, and the Eagles managed only 15 points.
Teams can control the ball for four or five yards per try against them (and that is just what Miami, with a driving, control type of offense, might do on September 17), but seldom does the defense permit long touchdown runs or passes.
The Badgers swarmed to the ball against the run and only struggled in pass defense a couple of times.
Days before the game against Alabama, Marley faced a group of reporters, called the Crimson Tide's running game «one - dimensional» and all but promised that the Hurricane defense would shut it down.
A former backup quarterback at Florida, Schottenheimer often pilots the scout team, the unit that runs the offense of that week's opponent against the Rams» first - team defense in practice.
Walter's ability to fill quickly against the run has been the key to the Niners» 3 - 4 defense.
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.
USC's defense was efficient for the most part in 2015, especially against the run.
On offense, they want to run multiple actions to try and gain an advantage against the Celtics» switching defense.
Not getting excited until I see it against an elite defense allowed to hit him not running vanilla packages.
The weapons were the same ones they have been using all season: the passing of Steve Bartkowski, the running of William Andrews and Lynn Cain, and the hard hitting of a young defense that is murder against the run.
The Vikings are likely going to struggle running the ball against a terrific Eagles run defense.
City and Dortmund both ran rampant against our defense, two posts and a brilliant save and Kashri on offside saved us in the City game, with Dortmund we had no such luck.
UCLA's run defense is decent and seems to have improved in recent weeks; Arizona's Ka'Deem Carey, he of the 400 - yard performance against Colorado, gained just 71 yards in 20 touches versus UCLA, and Utah's John White gained just 48 in 12 a few weeks earlier.
That the Tigers finished the Georgia game on a 13 - 0 run with Franklin out is encouraging (and a reminder that the team is more than just the quarterback), but now Mauk has to steer the ship for 60 minutes, first against Florida and its elite defense this Saturday, then against South Carolina next week.
He's solid against the run and better in pass coverage than Fletcher, and he has an excellent grasp of the defense.
Against a defense that ranked only 51st in Rushing S&P + last season, Michigan found no opportunities to run.
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