Sentences with phrase «season against the run»

He's always been good as run support and played great last season against the run and pass but before that it's questionable.

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After starting the season 9 - 2, the Ravens have dropped three - straight games, which easily could have been four if it wasn't for an improbable 30 - yard catch and run by Ray Rice on a 4th - and - 29 against the San Diego Chargers.

It's hard to bet against Jackson with his dominant second half to the season, but the Seahawks have proven their ability to neutralize an opposing team's stud running back.

This summer MillerCoors has been running a blind taste test in bars called «Know Your Beer» in which it puts Lite up against Bud Light with a goal of reaching 500,000 consumers by the end of the season.

Some will say no Santi after his blinder against saints & though I agree I would still play El Neny reason being, Psg are low on confidence they have had a poor start to season and their fans are already on managers and teams back, therefore we need a fast start on the front foot pressing harassing not letting these players who are top class majority of them to settle & El Neny loves to press has unbelievable energy can run all day, and most of all keeps it simple with his passing.

We've dropped a few points, but this is a great chance to go and win against a big team and get our season up and running.»

Perhaps he just needed a run of games and some confidence and that first goal of the season against Swansea has clearly helped.

Our season got started with a good win against Watford and we are hoping the new signings (Lucas and Mustafi) hits the ground running.

Francis Coquelin may now be the lynchpin of Arsenal brilliant recent run, but it seems strange to think that just a few months ago he was playing in the Championship with Carlton, therefore he is the only Gunner with first - hand experience against Reading this season.

Its unlikely he'll get a harder run out this season than against Costa at the Allianz and if we do manage to get a result it could do wonders for his confidence.

Though he made just one catch against Illinois, Washington frequently lined up as a wideout; Missouri coaches believe their running back will emerge as one of Daniel's favorite targets this season.

Look back to the very start of the season, when the knives were out for the boss after Arsenal picked up just a point from the first two games against Liverpool and Leicester, after which we went on an 18 game unbeaten run.

There is nothing wrong with being positive and we could get ourselves a run going against smaller teams after the City match, but it looks like it is going to be «too little too late» again this season.

His goal undoubtedly gave Milan the lift that they needed in such an important game, as having struggled against all the top teams so far this season, they were finally able to end their barren 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.

Arsenal's start to the season finally got up and running third time lucky against Watford on Saturday, although it has been a relatively shakey start for the Gunners in the league.

I'm frustrated at the way the club is being run and disappointed at our result against Liverpool, however I wouldn't say I'm in a state of panic about what is going to happen to Arsenal this season.

The hope is, however, that the 2018 season becomes the first berm against that flood of losses, and that the young core put together after a years - long teardown will finally start to score more runs than their opponents.

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Their play - action schemes became indefensible with TE Kyle Efaw and these speedy wideouts running on conflicted defenders, like on the winning play against Virginia Tech in the season opener:

This Team started the season, their first run together, with 3 of 4 Games against Teams currently Ranked in the Top 5 (Lalez, Maione and Sternberg)..

The North has the weakest W / L record by division and Team Maione already ran the gambit once in their own division (whom they will close the season against)-- so the question becomes — can they go undefeated?

Arsenal have very few Cup games left to rotate in except the Europa League, and our tie against Ostersunds will probably see the end of that run, so it would appear that Arsenal has little need of most of our second team for the rest of this season.

A potential matchup against Miami FL would make for huge drama at the end of the season, especially if the Hurricanes can run the table — Miami has the sixth - best playoff odds at +260.

They'll finish the season with head to head match - ups against the top Teams in the League which is a great preview for their Playoff run!

BOB CRAIG, HB Ran back a kick 66 yards against Dartmouth for his standout play but has borne brunt of Navy attack on the ground for almost the entire season.

We have had many missed opportunites earlier this season in PL and a terrible run of 14 games with 5 losses, 5 draws and four wins with two of those wins against championship sides.

Brooks recently rewatched tape of a play against South Carolina last season in which Mahelona flew through the line of scrimmage after the snap, his body practically parallel to the ground, and wrapped up running back Daccus Turman five yards deep in the backfield.

Sure, we could have run up against awful Ben and him gift us 4 INTs, but we also could have run into pissed off Ben throwing for 5 TDs like he did against us not that long ago, regular season last season (43 - 16).

History is against Arsene Wenger's side as they are yet to beat Chelsea when they have been managed by Mourinho — a run that extends to 13 games following the clash at Stamford Bridge earlier in the season in which the home side were 2 - 0 winners.

Rookie back Karim Abdul - Jabbar rushed for 152 yards against the Jets and became the first Dolphin in 18 years to run for 1,000 yards in a season.

His last game in the FA Cup against Spuds last season, he was so good up and down and got injured because he made 2 tackles consecutively, 1 in the Spuds half and had to run back to help the right back in our half, that's how he injured himself tackling a spuds play in our right back position.

Green Bay Packers running back Eddie Lacy has suffered a concussion in the team's season opener against the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night and will miss a minimum of 10 days, according to NFL.com's Ian Rapoport, He left the game in the third quarter and did not return.

They ran up against the No. 1 seed Syracuse in the quarterfinals and finally the Huskies saw their season come to an end with a close 58 - 55 win.

City are unbeaten in 11 meetings in the Premier League against Swansea and ran out convincing 4 - 0 winners when these teams met at the Liberty Stadium earlier in the season.

Martinez, who missed the entire 2012 season because of torn ACL, decided against a home plate collision / tagging the base and ran straight to the dugout.

Yaz inspired Popowski with home runs in all three games against California, giving him 10 for the year, or two fewer than he totaled all last season.

Costa has scored less Champions League goals than Rickie Lambert this season, while he failed to find the net at any point during the Blues» triumphant Capital One Cup run — although he did strike via a deflection during the final against Tottenham Hotspur.

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).

Running against Danica for the first time since February, Townley managed a lead - lap finish at Michigan and had his second - best result in seven races this season.

That Toral goal is a big boost for Arsenal as it not only ends their run of not conceding, which includes the first leg against us at the Emirates, but because it was the winning goal for Birmingham it also weakens their chances of promotion and that is a huge priority for them this season.

The only time he was beaten for pace this season ws against Diego Costa, and on that instance, he wasn't the only one beaten — Koscielny ws beaten too as costa ran in between him n Per.

here's my big hope, is that hopefully with the return of walcott and that win against anderlecht maybe something might (like bad form) break in the season for us now and we hopefully go on a bit of a winning run til Jan, we have not got a really bad fixture til then mostly mid to lower league team (apart from the pool and united) not to be underestimated but winnable, we might just save our season till the next window very important period for us if we want to do anything in the league this season, if in top 2 or 3 buy jan i for one will be chuffed to bits then with all players back push on from there for massive optimism is my middle name COYG

That's a little bit better, but don't forget that the Bears» defense was historically bad against the run just a season ago.

Marcus Rashford is proving this season that dreams can come true, and the 18 - year - old striker continued his fairytale run for Manchester United with the opening goal against Manchester City this afternoon.

San Diego Chargers running back Melvin Gordon could be back this season despite being carted off with a hip injury in the team's 28 - 16 loss against the Carolina Panthers.

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.

This is on what these two are truly arguing; Wenger uses the cup as an example against Neville but Neville isn't really belittling our ability to win games, but rather, that in the long run of a whole season it is more likely for us to drop points due to relying purely on skill which is far more linked to form then something like physicality.

The win sets the Red Devils up nicely for the Manchester derby next weekend as they look to avenge the 1 - 0 defeat they suffered at the Etihad earlier in the season and end a run of four straight losses against their city rivals.

... 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...