Sentences with phrase «team plays defense»

A sound strategy is to target a game where neither team plays defense and the game has a high over / under.
The reasoning is simple enough — neither team plays defense which leads to high - scoring games and unpredictability.
This exemplifies the way both teams play defense, really: Alabama swarms, and LSU attacks.
Baylor at West Virginia -12.5: Neither of these teams play any defense, but West Virginia has more firepower.
That's how the 2016 PIT team played defense and ended up with some damn good defensive stats under Sullivan.

Not exact matches

49ers cornerback Richard Sherman came to the defense of Reid during his introductory press conference with the team in March, arguing that Reid deserves a contract for playing like one of the top 10 safeties in the NFL.
The offense runs through him, and though the Cavs, like all teams, have plays that they run, a lot of the time, it's James dictating the action and poking holes in the defense.
StriVR's VR technology, designed by former Stanford kicker Derek Belch of StriVR Labs, uses 360 - degree high definition video capture of each position on the football field and every play on both offense and defense for each team it works with.
The rule he sites is correct referring to the act from the individual player but the big picture is that the offensive team can not hinder the defense from making a play - that's intereference.
Fact is, ANYTHING could change the way people are playing, from personal things in life or things like coaches giving bounties, and I highly doubt a 3rd tier QB made the defense play better, or special teams play better or made those 50 yard game winners go through the up rights... you have no idea what you are talking about and it is quite evident.
To give them a fighting chance against more talented teams, they emphasized fundamentals — tough defense, team play, ball control, hustle.
As everyone surely predicted, Texas A&M is a run - first team reliant on its backs, offensive line, and timely play from its defense.
These guys haven't played team defense this well in a decade.
Wenger has always set up his teams to attack and entertain the fans, sometimes maybe at the expense of leaving the defense exposed at the back, and Wenger grudgingly admitted that tactics still have a part to play over a whole season.
@well they havent been as successful as under pep but did win treble season before this.hope the two madrids can stop them winning for nxt few season.but in reality, teams havent devised a formula to counter possession play other than defensing deep which risks teams like barca having chance to keep attacking.so until teams understand how to overcome posesion, they wil probably keep getting success...
you must be kidding, maybe against mid-table teams... Walcott is only good against teams play with high defense line....
«I haven't been around it much, but we're playing well in all three phases of the game: offense, defense, and special teams.
We got Gabriel Paulista in the team and he can play every single position in the defense.
Good looking team, but we are still week in defense, although if all those players play and run and fight we can do it.
That's more big plays on defense than most teams make in a game most weeks.
I'll go a step further if Van Djik hasn't signed for Liverpool I would try to make a move and here is why: 1) Prem experience 2) Southampton plays a similar style of football than Arsenal 3) He can play in both a 3 and 4 man defense with his ability on the ball 4) Mustafi has been up and down and I don't know which one we're getting ahead of next season and will it be for 38 weeks 5) Mertesacker will go into a non playing role 6) Chambers has played well at Boro but well enough to play a big role into this team... not really and could be used in any deal for Van Djik 7) Koscielny is our best defenders but is dealing with a chronic injury not only that he hasn't made the best decisions at times Everything mentioned above will free wages but also increase Wenger money to spend!
The fact he plays on a stacked team at defense might hurt his chances though.
Not to mention that the opposing teams love going at him when he's trying to play defense.
For a Team that has gotten extremely far in past seasons based on Defense and hustle, they've taken an extreme leap on the Offensive end and it has them playing at a Championship level.
They're efficient scorers who can also play off the ball and they play excellent defense that has been rewarded by All - Defense team seledefense that has been rewarded by All - Defense team seleDefense team selections.
The Defense for both Teams were making tons of plays..
Rare is the team that has enough time to let downfield passing plays develop against Georgia's defense, which ranks second nationally behind Alabama with just 5.58 yards allowed per pass attempt.
They were one of the best defensive teams in this league and their defense came up huge in the final play of their 2018 Winter season.
Team Gordon played with an aggressive defense but couldn't match the chemistry and cohesive attack that Team Merritt presented.
Their Defense played well for the most part against a complete Team Rasky attack.
The offense will have to step up again and the defense will have to play big in one of the most anticipated games coming up on Sunday afternoon as # 1 Team McNichols hosts # 2 Team Hanessian in a clash of titans that will ultimately determine once and for all who our clear # 1 should be!
CLOVIS WEST KEYS TO VICTORY: Against top teams the Golden Eagles have been near or above their 74.1 points per game scoring average, and if they can score at least 70 points and play solid team ball with the kind of defense they have shown — except in the second game against Centennial - Las Vegas when they lost 70 - 46 at the MLK in Stockton — coach Craig Campbell and his girls should win again just like they did in a 70 - 67 overtime victory over Poly at the Nike TOC.
Instead we got Joe Lee Dunn 2.0 where everyone on defense runs around like chickens with their heads cut off, and we give up big play after big play and get blown out by decent SEC teams.
They certainly are playing the best of any New England team entering the playoffs: Anchored by nosetackle Vince Wilfork (page 66), the defense held four of its final five opponents to seven points or fewer.
This defense reminds me a lot of the Joe Lee Dunn era, dominates inferior teams and gives up huge plays against good teams.
The Steelers» Super Bowl teams of the mid-1970s won with defense and the running game; by the time 1979 rolled around, Terry Bradshaw was winning championships by playing bombs away.
After such a slovenly win, the old Jimmy Johnson would have icily pointed out the slipshod defense his team had played and that for the fifth straight game his club had received at least seven penalties.
Mullen's offensive play - calling and meddling in the defense has caused this team to underperform.
This is a different team when Allen Crabbe is playing well — he shot way below his averages even though he had some nice games - DLo's defense.
Going Up tempo with Patrick in Ace for a few plays to get the defense in a Dime look, then motion Harrison into the back field and allow Patrick to lead block could be devastating to teams.
we are a team who plays defense the moment we score a goal.
Palmer appeared mostly on special teams, but did play well when he was on defense, too.
All 5 of those teams play stellar team defense, that I think is more heavily indicative of the fact that at least 3 - 4 of those head coaches are in the top 5 in the league.
If you are asking your defense to score for you to win a game, then you are doing football wrong and should look into having a better plan and team next time you go play.
I like to see the other teams thought and opinions on the series going on, and I will always try to be as respectful as I can be, but this comment shows you don't know how the Blazers play defense... Kevin Durant dropped 50 on the blazers, and the warriors lost.
Arsenal Has NOT played well even in the games they won had they been playing a team with Good attackers they would have lost those games as well as the opposition had plenty of chances to score but failed to hit the target that is not down to good defense just the other teams was poor at finishing that Arsenal had a clean sheet.
Sometimes a group of 18 - 22 year olds, talented as they may be, runs into a team that plays really good zone defense and the players just sort of lose their damn minds.
Our team plays a reading defense, so experience is the most important thing for me.
Team defense and physical play didn't necessarily stop LeBron, but it slowed him down just enough.
If you think what he did this year qualifies as a career year, imagine what he could do if he played for a team where offense was encouraged to thrive in a system that also valued defense.
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