Sentences with phrase «yardage situations»

Bill Belichick isn't afraid to be aggressive and Tom Brady is great in short yardage situations.

UMass was solid on standard downs last year (67th in Standard Downs S&P +), but that doesn't mean as much when you're miserable in short - yardage situations (126th in power success rate).

And Expect Kerryon Johnson, who might be the hottest running back in all of football, to take full advantage of a Tide defense that has struggled in short - yardage situations.

The run game was decent but unspectacular (and it was horrendous in short - yardage situations), and the defense was decent but inefficient, and Trubisky had to be awesome for the Heels to survive.

· On the other side of the ball, Alabama's defense ranks 96th in rushing Power Success Rate while Auburn's rushing attack ranks 12th in Power Success Rate, which measures an offense's ability to convert in short - yardage situations on third and fourth down.

He's averaging just 4.6 yards per carry, and despite being a 225 - pound block of granite, he hasn't been effective in short - yardage situations.

Those are usually used in short yardage situations.

Buffalo was pretty good at avoiding stuffs (59th in stuff rate, i.e. run stops at or behind the line) and strong in short - yardage situations (31st in power success rate).

I think with that duo and a bruiser for the short yardage situations we wouldn't need anything else at rb not to mention antone coming back from injury there is more than enough touches to go between the three of them.

I see him eeking out more critical short yardage situations than Barkley.

He is more powerful in short yardage situations, and I like having Green as an option at Tackle with Tyron's back problems.

«When Coach first asked me if I'd play fullback in short - yardage situations, I laughed,» he says.

Those tiny advantages inside the red zone, on special teams and in high - leverage short - yardage situations add up over the course of the game and could ultimately swing the matchup in Georgia's favor.

Kansas State wanted to dominate possession, so TCU shut down the K - State run game, especially in short - yardage situations K - State has long dominated.

Bowers would hit Veasy on an eight yard gain and the Bears brought in Enwere for a short yardage situation.

Not exact matches

Indicate that he's used in short yardage and goal line situations.

The staff had time to expand its third - down options to include second - down calls — in a third - and - long situation, Cincinnati could run a short - yardage pass or draw to set up fourth - and - 3.

Plus he needed quickness and decisive decision making in the backfield carries to find the holes, and strength and drive to make yardage in tough situations.

This is an over-generalization, but you can boil a lot of a line's performance down to two key situations: short - yardage and passing - downs pass protection.