How To Use Downfield In A Sentence
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Greville was ponderous in clearing the sliotar downfield and when it popped into Donnelly's hand he sent McManus through and he rocketed it to the net.
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Kaufman nearly broke a long touchdown run in the first quarter, but he ran into teammate James Jett downfield.
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That, in turn, blocks his vision downfield, which leads to overthrows and underthrows.
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It was a lateral that was supposed to set up a pass downfield.
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He's very effective as a receiver if he has time to get his body turned downfield after the catch.
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But Mr. Junkin skipped his snap to holder Matt Allen, who fumbled the ball and then took off running before he chucked an errant pass downfield — a move of pure, white-hot panic.
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They're taking calculated shots downfield and guys are making plays.
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His lack of size and strength allowed bigger receivers to run through his jams or outmuscle him for passes downfield.
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Moss, meanwhile, began running out every pattern, even when he was a decoy, and he started throwing blocks downfield.
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Kaufman nearly broke a long touchdown run in the first quarter, but he ran into teammate James Jett downfield.
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He also must be more of a ballhawk on plays downfield, although those opportunities may be limited.
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Then on Saturday Knottingley just hoofed the ball downfield, chased it and hoped for a lucky bounce, which they got.
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He is very good in space, whether it's pulling on wide plays or getting a downfield block.
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While his arm strength is considered good, Rodgers threw the ball downfield twice in the four games the scout watched.
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He is smart, quick and agile enough to make blocks downfield, but lacks the initial pop to be an outstanding guard.
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Albion dug into their reserves and after good progress downfield, Brookes found the space to slot a drop goal over to give Albion a slight lead with 20 minutes remaining.
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The plan is for Rogers to be the flanker with Williams using his speed on the backside to get downfield and make big plays.
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With less than three minutes of the second half gone, Henderson latched on to a lax pass and hacked the ball downfield.
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More often than not it finished with the ball squirting forward in contact, whereupon Ronan O'Gara, with the breeze at his back, would send them downfield again.
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Driver caught seven passes for 78 yards and executed several downfield blocks.
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Bell is usually the first one downfield on punts, fighting through blocks and disrupting the return.
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Where once the talk was all of defensive "naivety", self-expression and the obligatory pre-match juju frenzy, neurotic defensive caution has taken over – vast rippling centre halves hoofing the ball miles downfield like a tiny balloon in those scrolling African skies.
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Gilbride has strong-armed Drew Bledsoe to throw downfield.
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But Hansen got back onto his feet in the blink of an eye, somehow got downfield, and dove to make a game-saving, shoestring tackle at the seven-yard line.
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Even their convincing five-try win over Japan was blemished by the sight of their smaller opponents demolishing their scrum, pushing them downfield with rolling mauls and causing turnover after turnover.
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Both like to overpower cornerbacks with their size and strength and use their speed to get downfield.
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Similarly both round-ball and oval-ball England teams pass the ball backwards and sideways quite a lot before hoofing a long ball downfield and straight out of play.
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he caught the ball and ran downfield 15 yards
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QB Trent Green must recognize when the Colts' safeties creep up to the line, then look for TE Tony Gonzalez downfield.
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Dilger doesn't hesitate to sell out on a block downfield or on the line.
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For me, the big moment of "The Big Picture" was standing in front of Pollock's shimmering, lacertine labyrinth "One: Number 31, 1950," and looking downfield at David Smith's "Australia" 1951.
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Moss attacks vertically, using his speed to streak downfield and his size and leaping ability to snatch passes away from defenders.
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The downfield resonance is attributed to molecules (mostly DCPC) on the highly curved region of the bicelle torus.
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He can pull on running plays and screens and get downfield to throw a block.
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Of course, it doesn't hurt that Olbermann's delivery is quite simply the best in broadcast journalism, but he also had something to say, and he said it and he meant it and he didn't give a damn about the inevitable sniping from the sidelines, he was taking that ball all the way downfield.
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The running game has been ineffective because of injuries and poor blocking, and the receivers don't have the speed to make the downfield passing game a threat.
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When Troy Polamalu intercepts a pass and dashes downfield, my spirits soar.
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The equalizer was a total of two picks by Eagles 'CB Asante Samuel, who as usual was jumping routes as opposed to covering his man downfield.
Undefined
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Emanuel badgered and bothered the home player-manager sufficiently on the edge of his own box to win possession before striding confidently downfield.
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This also limits his ability to make downfield blocks on linebackers.
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At its most brutal (and most English) form, some teams simply play a long ball downfield for a sprinting striker.
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He passed me the ball, and I took it downfield before being cut off by second-string defense player Oliver.
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Saints 14 49ers 20, 5:42 3rd quarter Three and out for the 49ers, a failed flea-flicker derailing the drive, as Smith pitches the ball back to Gore before the running back attempts to return the ball to him with a short backwards pass which, had it succeeded, would have allowed the quarterback to take a shot downfield with the defence out of position.
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A few minutes later, Gloucester launch a huge kick downfield.
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His exceptional quickness and agility allow him to get downfield and make blocks at the second level of the defense.
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Parry was running downfield , covering a kickoff when a teammate was knocked down and rolled into Parry's leg.
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Running the ball, the move came to nothing and Waterloo went back downfield for a decisive fourth try when Graham was isolated and dispossessed inside his own 22 and centre Mark Tattersall strode over to seal the comeback.
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The final pass was intercepted and swept downfield for him to apply the finish, a chance at one end, a goal at the other within seconds.
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He's a good athlete who has the ability to get downfield and make blocks.
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he threw to a downfield receiver
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Dean belted the ball downfield and over the Edinburgh line.