Sentences with phrase «rushing defense in»

Despite having the third - best rushing defense in the NFL, the Chargers haven't defeated a team not named the Kansas City Chiefs since Week 2.

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..

Among the elders was linebacker Shane Conlan, an aggressive 6 ft. 3», 225 pound All - America who led the third - best rushing defense in the nation and ^ perfectly embodied the dual personality of the team.

We are talking about the No. 1 rushing offense in the NFL taking on the No. 3 rushing defense in the NFL; it should be an epic showdown.

Alabama boasts the top rushing defense in the country, and Gallman struggled against the FBS» No. 2 unit when Boston College reduced him to a season - low 48 yards.

This week he faces the Chargers, who currently sport the third worst rushing defense in the league.

North Dakota State has the best rush defense in the country.

Adam Schefter confirmed Thursday morning that Mark Ingram (toe, questionable) is expected to play despite not practicing all week, but a limited Ingram could lead to a more Alvin Kamara than usual against Atlanta's 31st - ranked rush defense in DVOA.

Bell's workload makes him matchup proof, although he'll have his hands full with the Texans» sixth - ranked rush defense in DVOA and eighth - ranked defense against pass - catching RBs.

The Titans will be able to run on New England's 30th - ranked rush defense in DVOA.

The Bears, with Mitchell Trubisky at QB, run plenty of RPOs, and they should have success on the ground versus Detroit's 28th - ranked rush defense in DVOA.

Not exact matches

Last year, in a talk at a conference on Mormonism and Islam at Utah Valley University, I asked my Mormon listeners why they had not rushed to the defense of Muslims in controversies such as the one that raged over the Park51 project near ground zero.

So CNN waits 5 days to spotlight Rush's comments in defense of capitalism as their MAIN web story.

Yeah, ok, it's not often I do this, but in defense of believers, even if I had it in my mind that I was going to a heaven when I die, that does not mean I would be in a rush to get there.

Penn State's Saquon Barkley didn't quite finish as high as anticipated in the Heisman Trophy voting, but he's still a dynamic rusher — and return specialist — and will give the Huskies top - rated rush defense a tough task.

because he can organize the defense, and are not rushing forward to make a tackle but is in contrast more awaiting.

If he's even 80 percent, that's bad news for a UCF team that ranks just 67th in the FBS in rushing defense.

But even if the offense struggles a bit in the playoffs, due to, oh, I don't know, rust, the Steelers defense — specifically, the pass - rush — has demonstrated through 16 weeks that it can change a game in a heartbeat with a timely sack or three.

Washington's defense in regular season: Allowed 92 rushing yards per game, best in FBS Washington's defense vs. Saquon Barkley: Allowed 92 rushing yards on one play

By adding Osi Umenyiora to replace John Abraham, the Falcons need to add some beef in the middle to help out their run defense and pass rush.

He's going to be a great edge pass rusher in the NFL and will help the defense get pressure on the quarterback.

It ranked fourth in rushing defense with 88.2 yards per game allowed and 12th in total offense.

Minnesota was second in both passing defense (192.4) and rushing defense (83.6) and first overall in total defense and scoring defense (15.8 points per game).

New England's defense is most vulnerable on the ground, ranking dead last in yards per rush allowed (5.0).

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.

On defense, a pass rush that was supposed to be among the league's elite has badly underachieved with just nine sacks in six games.

Ivory has rushed for 460 yards in four games, averaging 5.5 yards a carry, and New England's one weakness this season has been its run defense.

They rank 12th in the league in rush defense, but No. 5 in the league in passing defense.

The defense, once again led by Brian Urlacher, has been terrific, ranking first in rush defense and 13th against the pass.

Their rushing attack will move the ball and their defense will keep them in most games.

So in the last two games, both losses, Tittle has been unmercifully punished by hard - rushing defensive lines; the 49er pass defense has broken down; with Conner out for most of the Detroit game, the passing offense broke down, too.

There was LSU's defense, unscored upon by rushing in 11 straight games, and Notre Dame's offense, built around the skitterish Theismann and the fluid Gatewood, which was first in all the land.

MSU will now bring its top - ranked rush defense to Indianapolis to face Ohio State next week, and this one will be an all - out war in the trenches.

In so doing, Oklahoma plowed up 307 yards rushing against a team that had been proud of its defense.

The 6» 5, 260 - pound pass rusher led the SEC with 11.5 sacks, and his ability to get after opposing quarterbacks allowed the Aggies to rank second nationally in pass defense S&P + this season.

Nebraska may have come to Norman with the best rushing attack in the nation (395.6 yards a game), but the Sooners countered that with a scorched - earth defense that had yielded only 65.2 yards a game on the ground.

Florida's defense was fine without a strong pass rush, but the Gators did have Dante Fowler Jr.'s occasional brilliance (and I do mean occasional; he had 9.5 tackles for loss against Kentucky, Georgia, South Carolina, and East Carolina and 5.5 in the other eight games).

State ranked 39th in passing success rate, and while big - play prevention was a strength, a quick passing game was a good antidote for State's awesome run defense and aggressive pass rush.

On defense, Ndamukong Suh leads a front seven that managed 33 sacks a season ago and ranked sixth in rushing yards allowed.

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.

Adjust for opponent, and you've got a defense that ranked 12th in Rushing S&P +.

James Madison is one of the best rushing offenses in the country, and maybe they saw something in the film that will allow them to break through the tough Bison defense.

K - State aside, the run defense has been fine (28th in Rushing S&P +, and yes, that is adjusted for opponent), and the pass defense has been disruptive.

Not content to be just a nickel pass rusher, which was supposedly the original plan, Harrison has instead been a catalyst of sorts, transforming that Steelers defense from pretty much a joke early on this season to one that has again started to inspire just a liiiittle bit of fear in their opponents.

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.

San Francisco's defensive unit ranked fourth in the NFL in passing defense, limiting opposing quarterbacks to just 200.2 yards per game, while also ranking fourth in rushing defense, holding teams to 94.2 yards per game.

-- 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 +).

«To those who loved, as I did, the old - time football — the very thud of the ball, the scent of bruised grass, the mighty rush of a hundred men, the swift and cool defense — there is something insufficient in the presence of a whole university sitting and shivering in the chill wind around an arena where a few picked gladiators push and wrestle.»

In San Francisco's 45 - 31 shootout victory against the Green Bay Packers in the Divisional round, Kaepernick threw for 263 yards and two touchdowns, while shredding Green Bay's defense with his legs, racking up 181 rushing yards and two rushing touchdownIn San Francisco's 45 - 31 shootout victory against the Green Bay Packers in the Divisional round, Kaepernick threw for 263 yards and two touchdowns, while shredding Green Bay's defense with his legs, racking up 181 rushing yards and two rushing touchdownin the Divisional round, Kaepernick threw for 263 yards and two touchdowns, while shredding Green Bay's defense with his legs, racking up 181 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.

I'm get the feeling going to draft a DE in the second, and go with a run defense DL of Curry, McCoy, Allen and Gholston and rotate in a pass rushing DL on third downs of Spence, McCoy, Unrein and our 2nd round rookie