Sentences with phrase «scrimmage as»

No more watching defensive players hit our running backs behind the line of scrimmage as they run sideways waiting for a cutback lane.

When Brown tried to sit on Lynch's power with his punch, Lynch used the window wiper move to knock both of Brown's hands to the side, leaving him right there at the line of scrimmage as he raced to put a hit on Manning.

Halfback Ollie Matson, regarded by most pro coaches as the best runner in the business, returned a kickoff 105 yards for a touchdown and gained 69 yards in six tries from scrimmage as the Cardinal split - T attack continues to pick up momentum.

«What Williams and the other schools understand is that you learn just as much on the line of scrimmage as you do in the library stacks,» Steinbrenner says.

They are going to keep free safety Mark Barron as close to the line of scrimmage as possible, meaning only strong safety Robert Lester is guaranteed to be hanging back in coverage.

They swarm to the ball near the line of scrimmage as well as anybody, but they'll probably have to get behind the line occasionally.

Not exact matches

Manning came across as a laid back southern boy but on the gridiron he was a clinical, ruthless competitor with an off - the - charts football IQ who changed plays at the line of scrimmage to outsmart opposing defenses and torched opponents with a big arm and dead - on accuracy.

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger used «Dilly Dilly» as an audible call at the line of scrimmage in a game against Tennessee.

They might conceive of their arguments or differences as scrimmages for the larger game of life.

Sure he isn't as polished as Rosen I think people suffer from how rosen makes it look Sam was reading the whole field in the Utah and Colorado game At or behind the line of scrimmage is in Rosen's toolbelt as well elephant

He said limited preseason practice time mandated by the CIF — Milpitas played a scrimmage on Aug. 18 and opens the campaign Aug. 25 at home against American — is a concern, as is the loaded league schedule the Trojans play annually.

Because DPI can not happen until the ball is thrown, we can not have pass interference on this play because the players were not, as the rule says «more than one yard beyond the line of scrimmage... from the time the ball is thrown.»

As a true freshman in 2008, Baylor's slashing, scrambling quarterback led the Bears with 13 rushing touchdowns and passed or ran for 65 % of their yards from scrimmage.

So I use him at safety and move him around and use the versatility, have him near the line of scrimmage, playing back as a center fielder, etc..

He can be a more dangerous asset there because he can go in any direction: He can release for a pass attempt, he can be a front - side or backside blocker as if he were on the line of scrimmage, and most importantly, he can cross the formation at the snap and either seal the backside or release and be a weapon in the pass game.

The fullback initially looks the same, also, because he goes straight ahead for a step as if he is once again kicking out the end man on the line of scrimmage.

As a group, those guys ended up with eight pressures and a sack on the other 31 drop back passes, where there were only four or fewer rushers and they were all lined up on the line of scrimmage.

Interestingly enough, when Nkemdiche has to fight through contact, as he does here with the center back block and the tackle hinging on a counter play, he does a great job of keeping his feet and getting down the line of scrimmage to make the play.

As the second player in NFL history to gain 2000 yards from scrimmage 2 times, he probably should be there anyway.

While Rix entered the season needing just 2,315 yards to eclipse Chris Weinke as Florida State's alltime leading passer and had looked good in off - season scrimmages, his understudy had turned in what he describes as a «horrible» spring practice and wasn't much better in preseason camp.

Six months ago, George's right leg nearly shattered in two as he tried a chasedown block in a Team USA scrimmage.

As I blocked my defensive end up the field, he rolled back towards the line of scrimmage, and I follow him.

Sacramento Area Set For Massive Rugby Tournament What started back in 1983 as a humble preseason scrimmage...

Full concessions will be available, as well as the chance to see the Potters compete in an intersquad scrimmage, followed by an autograph meet - and - greet session on the filed.

What started back in 1983 as a humble preseason scrimmage between seven fledgling Sacramento Valley high school rugby clubs, has developed into the largest youth and high school rugby tournament in the Western Hemisphere (at least as far as we can tell).

That way he couldn't flick it into our secondary as quickly as he had done against everybody else,» said Madden, who also had his players belting Holman's receivers at the line of scrimmage.

«We're very sensitive to it, and we're monitoring it and we're still, as [general manager Ozzie Newsome] says, we're scrimmaging it,» Bisciotti said Sunday at a fan event with Roger Goodell at M&T Bank Stadium.

But suddenly the young man who says that he set his watch and dorm - room clock 10 minutes ahead to try to stay on schedule, who served as the Chiefs» co-captain, who spent time volunteering at last summer's Special Olympics and who had just appeared as one of nine varsity athletes on the university president's Christmas card, was being described as the instigator of a scuffle during an intrasquad scrimmage — a bad actor no longer wanted by his coach or teammates.

«I love it,» McVay says, adding that Washington could also use it as a check (an audible) at the line of scrimmage.

What has brought mobile quarterbacks to the fore is their effectiveness as an antidote to the faster, bigger defenders now crowding the line of scrimmage.

it was a view from the opposite end zone and showed Hockman signalling touchdown as soon as Laborn broke through the line of scrimmage, and was still 70 yards away from the end zone!

As the official explained it, Mariota was sufficiently behind the line of scrimmage and he took the snap in shotgun, so he's an eligible receiver.

Momentum should have pushed him out of bounds, but as he comes down, he looks behind him, back toward the line of scrimmage:

If you play as well in pressured games as you do in practice or scrimmage games, then you don't need me and I congratulate you.

Vita In my opinion can push the line of scrimmage back strong as an ox and fast enough to get in for a sack.

As Ben Borsellino, the coach of both Hoboken boys» traveling teams, prepared to organize his charges into a scrimmage, he was called to the sideline by Frank Cardillo, president of the Hoboken Youth Soccer League.

In desperation, Peterman, as he was going down, tried to throw the ball away, but it didn't reach the line of scrimmage, he was still in the pocket and there wasn't an eligible receiver in the vicinity.

Bull Cyclone did sometimes run scrimmages in the pond, except the only gator certified to have been in it was an itty - bitty one the coach's family had brought back from Florida as a souvenir.

The ends are split wide, the two halfbacks and the fullback arrayed close behind the line of scrimmage, and Bork, as isolated as a tree on a bare prairie, takes his station eight to 10 yards back of the center.

He tried to take off running straight ahead, but Ngakoue, who had gone as far as the left A gap before changing directions, took off like a shot and got to Brissett before he could make it past the line of scrimmage.

Langston Rogers, who served as Bull Cyclone's aide - de-camp and is now the sports information director at Ole Miss, swears that on one occasion when the coach got mad at the officials, he blustered onto the field between plays, right up to the line of scrimmage, and booted the ball 30 yards, soccer style, dead through the uprights.

If you're a Pacers fan, that has to hurt almost as bad as a compound ankle fracture suffered during a Team USA scrimmage.

These guys did however still get some action on Sunday night and as we mentioned above, shout out to Kimmel who dropped 25 huge points in their scrimmage game.

Evaluators just have to be patient & wade through a ton of plays where he's lined up as a 4 - or 5 - tech DE and told to play a passive, read & react role at the line of scrimmage.

As Norm Van Brocklin of the Falcons says, «If you do too much scrimmaging in practice, you find people getting into the brother - in - law act — not hitting anyone.»

Years ago the games were billed as practice scrimmages, and aside from a few fanatics no one showed up.

Amid the transfer - market hype and the barrage of preseason tournaments, many dismiss the Community Shield as another meaningless friendly, a glorified scrimmage — bearing no indication on how the upcoming season will unfold.

Match that with his great release off the line - of - scrimmage, and the proof is in the pudding as to why he is the nation's top receiver.

Michigan's held its first public scrimmage on Saturday, as 57,418 spectators at Michigan Stadium saw the Maize team beat the Blue team 31 - 29.

Once again, effective coaches and sponsors of clubs often use this principle as they involve their students in scrimmages, dress rehearsals, and reviews of bluelines.