Sentences with phrase «to move the chains»

These are middle - of - the - road starters that are capable of moving the chains and winning games.

Both offenses have struggled to move the chains over the course of the season.

We need a running back who can consistently move the chains.

A quick pass to Davis moves the chains again, then Rashaan Evans gets a personal foul for ripping Stidham's helmet off at the end of a short run.

Tagovailoa rushes for nine yards, then Harris moves the chains with a six - yarder.

Ohio State moves the chains once with a pair of solid rushes, but Mike Weber is stopped for one yard on the ensuing first down, and that effectively ends the drive.

A Browning - to - Ahmed sidearmer moves the chains once, but Browning can't find anyone open on the following third - and - 9.

Three Barkley carries move the chains, then McSorley finds Johnson on a post route for an 18 - yard gain.

Two Rodney Anderson rushes move the chains, Mayfield finds Mykel Jones for 11 yards and another first down, then Dimitri Flowers, out of an H - back position, jukes his cousin, safety Tre Flowers, to the ground and catches a wide open Mayfield pass.

A Barrett keeper nearly moves the chains but doesn't, and PSU calls its last timeout with 39 seconds left.

Hoop's catch rate was actually pretty good, but he couldn't seem to move the chains ever.

So yes, allthough it might not be «PC» I blame Genos abilty for all of this - if you cant play with pain you cant move the chains.

Oh ok, well there is Welker moving the chains again.

Michigan moves the chains once and then punts, but not until calling two timeouts due to confusion and / or an expiring play clock.

The logic behind this hypothesis was simple enough: If teams are able to rush the football effectively then they are able to continually move the chains, eat clock, and stay within striking distance of their opponent.

He was a go - to receiver that could move the chains for Jets quarterback Josh McCown and could land into a similar role for Jaguars QB Blake Bortles.

Cincinnati moves the chains one time in the fourth quarter.

He uses his legs to move the chains about three times per game, and on third - and - 10 or more, his passer rating is 176.

After a deep jump ball to Smith falls incomplete, Foles hits a slanting Ertz on third - and - 6 from the 29 to move the chains as the clock ticks under eight minutes., but Patrick Chung sticks Clement short of the chains on second down, then Devin McCourty stops Smith for no gain on third - and - 1.

A TE who can help move the chains would allow us to move on from Witten.

Green Bay's secondary is decimated by injuries, and the Panthers should have no problem moving the chains against the Packers» 30th - ranked third - down conversion defense.

He is an excellent third - down scrambler, which moves the chains, which furthers Bama's baked - in field position advantage.

Throughout the game, Denver converted over twice as many third downs as Cincinnati, moving the chains roughly sixty percent of the time.

C.J. Anderson converted on a crucial fourth - and - two and kept helping the Broncos move the chains in conjunction with Devontae Booker.

The environmental impact is bad (but what I want is not act) but because of the rut problem I'm not putting local stores out of business — just moving my chain store shopping online from the brick and mortar location

Harris dives over the top to move the chains on fourth - and - 1, then Hurts and Ridley connect for 13 yards to the Clemson 1.

Hurts fires quickly to Ridley for 9 yards, and after off - setting penalties (illegal man downfield for Bama, pass interference for Clemson), Scarbrough gains 6 yards to move the chains again.

CMC / Stew / Cam pulled 8 into the box, but couldn't move the chains.

The problem I see for the Seahawks is, no matter how well they run the ball, they will still have to find a way to move the chains with their passing game.

Despite yet a sixth sack, USC is able to move the chains a bit more, but the Trojans just don't do «hurry up» no matter what offensive coordinator Tee Martin says.

Juwan Johnson drops a hurried pass by Trace McSorley on second down, but Barkley shakes free on third - and - 11, taking a short pass 12 yards to move the chains.

Stafford and Cousins are experienced QBs as well, that given time without harassment will move the chains and put up a lot of points.

A QB that can move the chains... and dare I say it?

Clemson starts at the 5 after a nice Scott punt, and Bryant completes passes to Cain and Renfrow to move the chains, but Terrell Lewis nearly picks off a second - and - 10 pass from the 26, and Bryant can't connect with Rodgers on third down, and the Tigers have to punt again.

Peters is moving the chains, and he'll be asked to do the same in Madison, especially since there's one more commonality among these scoring drives: The run isn't really an option.

With Hogan pulling safeties over the top or toward the sideline, Edelman had the space to move the chains.

, and UM quarterback Brandon Peters completes a third - and - 9 pass to tight end Sean McKeon to move the chains again (check!).

But his actual impact will be whether he can move the chains.

Michigan's first drive just about follows the «scoring on Wisconsin» script: Wisconsin commits a holding penalty to move the chains (check!)

Nine consecutive runs gain 40 yards, move the chains three times, and force Michigan to burn its final timeouts.

Seattle took over in its own territory, and used Robert Turbin to move the chains and convert a third down and short.

Josh Jacobs and Hurts move the chains with a pair of rushes, then it takes a fourth - and - 1 conversion to move the chains a second time.

The score was not indicative of Bishop Gorman's ability to move the chains and the Spartans didn't put it away until a TD with 1:30 left.

«Teams want mobile quarterbacks who can move the chains,» said the Bears» Smith.

There were no big plays, but he moved the chains.

I believe this is Trubisky's 1st year as a starter (I believe that 3 is the preferred number); Kizer could quite clearly use another year of seasoning and Watson threw a fair amount of interceptions the closer the pass was to the LOS (you know, the passes that «move the chains»).

Against a set of great Pac - 12 pass rushes, Brett Hundley has leaned on tight end Joseph Fauria (10 - for - 18 for 146 yards on passing downs) and Z - receiver Shaq Evans (12 - for - 17 for 133) to move the chains, occasionally taking shots downfield with redshirt freshman Steven Manfro and senior Jerry Johnson (combined: 15 - for - 30 for 190 yards).

The Tigers aren't explosive — they have recorded just 11 gains of 30 - plus yards, 110th in the country — but they move the chains and wear you down.