He's going to manage stuff at the line of scrimmage.
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He did a nice job on the line of scrimmage.
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Kizer covered the ball 21 yards behind the line of scrimmage.
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That score was another play Manning changed at the line of scrimmage.
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"Just trying to get back to the line of scrimmage," Hopkins said.
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One day, he'd run around behind the line of scrimmage like Fran Tarkenton.
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There are three Rams linebackers at the line of scrimmage on this play.
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They do a very good job at the line of scrimmage with pass selection.
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But the skills are different on the other side of the line of scrimmage.
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There's no question we could have made some changes at the line of scrimmage.
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Their abilities and the way they can dominate the line of scrimmage is huge.
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Accelerometers tell coaches how quickly a defensive back gets to the line of scrimmage.
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This wasn't some shoving match at the line of scrimmage that got out of control.
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" A sideline microphone picked up Brady's plea: "He was blocked on the line of scrimmage.
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Five Raiders had shots at Chubb near the line of scrimmage before he broke away.
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He also called audibles at the line of scrimmage more often than he had under Kelly.
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His senior year, nearly half of his 59 tackles — 28.5 — came behind the line of scrimmage.
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"We just wanted to win the line of scrimmage and be physical," Coach Kilani Sitake said.
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Personally, I have to have a better plan when I get to the line of scrimmage.
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It's almost like you control the line of scrimmage and do what you want to do.
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In the NFL, once you cross the line of scrimmage you can only toss the ball backward.
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He was able to clear the line of scrimmage without touching anybody, and that was the plan.
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Skull-smashing, rugby-like scrums gave way to forward passing and a less congested line of scrimmage.
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Oregon's 6-foot-6 quarterback gracefully stiff-armed Wisconsin linebacker Jack Sanborn at the line of scrimmage.
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Despite Fitzpatrick's arm clearly not going forward, the ball somehow squirts out well beyond the line of scrimmage.
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So, much like they did against Tom Brady, Denver had to decisively win the defensive line of scrimmage.
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"The story of the game was the turnovers and how we attacked the line of scrimmage," Swinney said.
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College overtime eliminates the heart of football: the field-position trench war fought over the line of scrimmage.
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Trying to spot Kamara at the line of scrimmage, McVay said last week, was akin to finding Waldo.
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Bortles completed 29 of 38 passes, with an interception on a ball tipped at the line of scrimmage.
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"Kyle Shanahan sees man coverage on the backend, but five guys across the line of scrimmage" Orlovsky explains.
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Gorman's defense pinched in around the line of scrimmage, assuming that Harley would tuck the ball and run.
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This is like football, with players taking stances at the line of scrimmage before the ball is snapped.
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Billick called McVay a brilliant coach, praising his ability to change up looks at the line of scrimmage.
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He has to read the opposing team's defense and sometimes change the play at the line of scrimmage.
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Royal status aside, she's a frail old lady and isn't up to being on the line of scrimmage.
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Fitzgerald disappears at the line of scrimmage and shows up between the hashmarks, Palmer's dart already en route.
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Calling out directions in TV jargon, they sounded similar to NFL quarterbacks making audibles at the line of scrimmage.
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This game, a potential postseason preview, will be decided by the oversized earth movers at the line of scrimmage.
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Upon taking the handoff, Bell approaches the line of scrimmage as if groping for a light-switch in darkness.
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He also forced three fumbles, returning one for a touchdown, and deflected eight passes at the line of scrimmage.
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He weaved through the line of scrimmage and dodged an attempted open-field tackle for the 30-yard score.
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So while the since-departed offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin was shouting plays into his headset, call sheet covering his lips, at the line of scrimmage during an early drive against Washington, Saban was calmly situated 15 yards past the line of scrimmage, roughly parallel with Washington's safety, seeing what the Huskies were doing.
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"Got to be better in our man-to-man coverage, especially at the line of scrimmage," Franklin told the media.
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Think late-career Antonio Gates, laboring off the line of scrimmage and jogging in mud, but somehow still catching balls.
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So, you have a quarterback who played in the spread and never took a snap at the line of scrimmage.
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It looked initially like Mahomes crossed the line of scrimmage when he threw the ball, which would negate the touchdown.
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McKenzie easily scored after Allen flipped him the ball behind the line of scrimmage after faking a handoff to Gore.
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They have receivers who, when healthy, can change the entire way a defense has to play at the line of scrimmage.
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The Yale coach established the line of scrimmage, the system of downs, the center snap, names for many of the positions.
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Wistert was often outweighed by the man across the line of scrimmage in his nine N.F.L. seasons, all with the Eagles.
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The Hilltoppers elected to go for two and the win, but their pass attempt was tipped at the line of scrimmage.
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But Pittsburgh had jumped offside, racing across the line of scrimmage before the snap in an effort to block the kick.
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First, Shanahan is able to recognize that the Packers are in man coverage, with five players on the line of scrimmage.
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He was intercepted at the line of scrimmage on Oregon's second possession by linebacker Jack Sanborn, who also had eight tackles.
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Those strange things often happen when rookies are starting all over the field on both sides of the line of scrimmage.
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Wentz commands the line of scrimmage NFL Network's Mike Mayock famously compared Wentz to Andrew Luck prior to this year's scouting combine.
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Taylor's 30-yard scamper, untouched from the line of scrimmage, made the score 153-0 with 3:48 left in the half.
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Ole Miss (4-6) established complete control of the line of scrimmage against the Aggies (0-38), finishing with 447 rushing yards.
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Trubisky rushed the offense to the line of scrimmage, but LaFleur threw his challenge flag, and the completion was overturned by review.
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On Pro Football PHILADELPHIA — Carson Wentz stood at the line of scrimmage Tuesday morning, his arms outstretched, and waited for his cue.
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The additions will also allow Stefanski to call more play-action, which will help quarterback Baker Mayfield at the line of scrimmage.
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Kennedy was unexpectedly quick for his size, which enabled him to explode off the line of scrimmage when the ball was snapped.
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The macro perspective that Beasley developed now guides him nearly 15 years later, every time he heads to the line of scrimmage.
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Auburn's defense was so dominating at the line of scrimmage that the Aggies managed only 12 yards rushing in the first half.
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The game was an exchange of punts until late in the first quarter when Sanchez's pass was tipped at the line of scrimmage.
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But just before Bryant reached the line of scrimmage, he tossed to a wide-open Witten in the end zone for the score.
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Gabbert took seven sacks, ran towards the line of scrimmage when he didn't have to multiple times, and worst of all, attempted passes.
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A failure to control the line of scrimmage can result in a QB like Alabama's Jalen Hurts on the loose in open space.
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Some teams even approached the line of scrimmage knowing they might change the play called in the huddle before the ball was snapped.
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The play is echoed up and down the line of scrimmage as the Steelers point, jump around and shout out reminders and tendencies.
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Noah Ruggles attempted a 56-yard field goal, but it was deflected at the line of scrimmage by Nick Hampton as time expired.
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After the Vandy punt that followed, Conner busted through a crowd near the line of scrimmage and dashed 2271 yards for another score.
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The Utes' second possession was more of the same — 10 plays, 72 yards — as they established their superiority at the line of scrimmage.
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Pass protection collapsed, and as Mariota scrambled toward the line of scrimmage, he appeared to throw the ball away, conceding yet another drive.
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What he found was that Cobb ran 49 percent of his routes right at the line of scrimmage, on flat or slant routes.
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"The line of scrimmage in the NFL is a big inspiration for player silhouettes," said Kevin Flynn, director of product marketing for the CWL.
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They're second to last in the NFL in percentage of runs stopped at or behind the line of scrimmage; only the Broncos are worse.
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Osweiler completed 14 of 27 passes for 223 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions, one on a ball tipped at the line of scrimmage.
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If one of the safeties has "come down to the box," poised at the line of scrimmage, that means the defense expects a run.
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One of the first rule changes, passed in 1880, was the idea of snapping the ball from the line of scrimmage to the quarterback.
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He's also doing a lot of things on the line of scrimmage, which is very impressive to us as we prepare to play him.
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On third-and-27 with the Giants crowding the line of scrimmage, Lynch took full advantage of guard Kelechi Osemele's block to bust loose.
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Still, the Jaguars' pass rushers were able to get to Brady, chasing him out of bounds and sacking him near the line of scrimmage.
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Instead of being obliged to brutalize the opposition at the line of scrimmage, MMA offers legitimate ways to win without trauma and with humanity.
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And more plays are being changed at the line of scrimmage, perhaps a result of having a quarterback with 14 years of N.F.L. experience.
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He could decipher plays at the line of scrimmage and then call them out to his teammates, as if he knew every possible outcome.
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Arkansas got a fourth-down stop at the Tigers' 103 after Bazelak fumbled a snap and recovered the ball behind the line of scrimmage.
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Over and over on Sunday, Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger held the football behind the line of scrimmage waiting for a receiver to break open.
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In the NFL, forward passes can only happen from behind the line of scrimmage — the place where players set up before a play begins.
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Unable to budge Clowney off the line of scrimmage at the point of attack, the Raiders rushed for a paltry seven yards on 10 carries.
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Unable to budge Clowney off the line of scrimmage at the point of attack, the Raiders rushed for a paltry 7 yards on 10 carries.
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Rookie Cody Kessler has managed well enough, but without a deep ball he limits the offense to about 15 yards past the line of scrimmage.
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"We just didn't do a good enough job of controlling the line of scrimmage, winning our gaps and tackling," Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett said.
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McCaffrey bounced away from trouble behind the line of scrimmage and sprinted for an 11-yard touchdown in the final minute of the first quarter.
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In a hilarious passage, he describes a youth football game where the defense kept blocking his end-zone attempts right around the line of scrimmage.
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He was stopped two yards short of the line of scrimmage and as he went down, Perry Riley of the Raiders stripped the ball away.
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"We lost in the one area we've been undefeated this year — the line of scrimmage," Whittingham said after dropping to 11-2 for the season.
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"The offensive line did an incredible job controlling the line of scrimmage today, and that made my job easy," said the 24-year-old Bell.
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The strip of sidewalk between a chauffeured limousine and an unhooked velvet rope formed the line of scrimmage between the celebrities and the tabloid press.
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On a second-down run, running back Jonathan Stewart was tackled behind the line of scrimmage, and he left the game with a left foot injury.
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After pump-faking a throw, as Mahomes got to the line of scrimmage, he threw a quick dart pass to Travis Kelce in the end zone.
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But if his center of gravity were any lower, he would be underground, and he bursts through the line of scrimmage like the Kool-Aid Man.
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Bolles initiates the linebacker right around the line of scrimmage and then proceeds to bullrush him for at least 15 yards, well clear of the actual play.
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The constant hand combat at the line of scrimmage irritated his shoulder, he said, and hinted at a deeper problem that necessitated a magnetic resonance imaging examination.
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McElwain said the Florida defensive wall — nine players lined up across the line of scrimmage with two safeties roaming just behind LSU's tight formation — created the advantage.
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He's far smaller than Tremaine but he can play near the line of scrimmage and deliver big hits, but is not lost in man-to-man coverage.
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With the Steelers stacking the right side of the line of scrimmage, Fournette found a hole on the left side and broke through to the open field.
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They ran a unique fast-paced no-huddle offense in which quarterback Jim Kelly read the defense at the line of scrimmage and called the play accordingly.
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This means there's essentially no downtime, guys are just running around all the time, scrambling to the line of scrimmage, and then scrambling during the action play.
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Rookie running back Aaron Jones' 212-yard run, during which he was stopped at the line of scrimmage but escaped to his right, was the key play.
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If Mahomes&apos whole body had crossed the line of scrimmage, the pass would have been illegal, but Mahomes&apos toe-drag kept him behind the line.
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Georgia ended the half with a 40-yard throw that was promptly erased because quarterback Jake Fromm had crossed the line of scrimmage before throwing the ball.
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If the Cowboys play a fair amount of soft coverage and let the Packers throw the ball around at the line of scrimmage, that plays into Adams' game.
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And so rookie wide receivers come out of college and hit the professional ranks only to find they don't get jammed at the line of scrimmage as often.
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Middle linebacker Joseph, who took over for last year's leading tackler B. J. Goodson, led Clemson with 53 stops, including three behind the line of scrimmage, at Auburn.
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He skipped through some traffic at the line of scrimmage and out-ran Sun Devils' defenders into the end zone for the third-longest rush in school history.
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A century of football evolution later, quarterbacks throughout college and the N.F.L. regularly call plays not in the huddle, but as they wait at the line of scrimmage.
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Safeties have been forced to develop hybrid skills: sprinting the length of the field alongside fleet tight ends and charging at the line of scrimmage in run support.
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Dalvin Cook burst up the middle, stepped through a tackle at the line of scrimmage and evaded rookie safety Darnell Savage near midfield for a 75-yard touchdown.
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Roethlisberger went up to the line of scrimmage quickly and appeared to be faking a spike attempt, only to raise up and hit Brown open in the end zone.
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Or that on the field there were times when he would run to the line of scrimmage, unable to recall what his quarterback had just told him to do.
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The winning drive began after the 49ers failed on a fourth-and-1293 at the Baltimore 35, when Jimmy Garoppolo had a pass deflected at the line of scrimmage.
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"Foos made a beautiful run, escaping a couple of potential tacklers at the line of scrimmage and plowing on after being hit again at the 19953," read one story.
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With Norman covering Beckham on nearly every play, the two tangled frequently, especially on running plays when they engaged in hand-to-hand combat at the line of scrimmage.
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He looks ready to take off—the defense starts swarming; Smith's left foot touches the line of scrimmage—until at the last moment he backpedals, cocks his arm, and throws.
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Taylor did most of the work, taking the swing pass near the line of scrimmage and scampering through defenders on the way to the end zone down the left sideline.
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They then gave the ball to rookie fullback Andy Janovich, who ran a dive—a traditional short-yardage running play designed to thrust him straight into the line of scrimmage.
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The Patriots had opened the game in the no huddle, sometimes snapping the football so quickly that the Packers linebackers still had their backs turned to the line of scrimmage.
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The spread offense forces defenses to cover the entire field as well as each eligible receiver, and it also helps negate size and speed disadvantages at the line of scrimmage.
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That was in part because opposing defenses sent more players closer to the line of scrimmage (in the box) to try to stop Elliott, leading to more single coverage downfield.
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When the Pats begin an offensive play, the Browns decline to approach the line of scrimmage and send a few players into the Patriots' backfield before the snap, clearly offsides.
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The final score indicated dominance on both sides of the line of scrimmage, a signature performance for a Crimson Tide team that had been criticized for not having more of them.
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With the Giants leading 10-03 and starting at their 22, Barkley ran right, cut back to the left at the line of scrimmage and raced 78 yards for a touchdown.
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Yet the real payoff came in his exposure to a new brand of football: an offense that flummoxed opposing defenses just by hurrying to the line of scrimmage before every play.
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With quarterback Carson Palmer wide left, Williams took a shotgun snap and faked an inside handoff to David Johnson before dancing outside and eluding De'Vante Harris at the line of scrimmage.
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However, the players at this game are not the usual defenders guarding posts or strikers scoring goals but linebackers and quarterbacks huddled round the line of scrimmage and aiming for touchdowns.
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For all of his wobbly throws, Manning never lost his line-of-scrimmage mastery, that ability to check into favorable plays, especially in pressure situations, and the Broncos will miss that.
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It limited his ability to wage the kind of hand-to-hand combat that is typical on the line of scrimmage but he was nonetheless a disruptive force in opposing backfields.
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Earlier in the second quarter, Bryant fumbled as he was tackled behind the line of scrimmage and cornerback C.J. Coldon recovered the ball and returned it 213 yards for a score.
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Harris then took the ball to the right side and very nearly got brought down at the line of scrimmage before stumbling for an 11-yard gain and a first down.
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The tale of Saturday's two playoff games is all about the headline names who will not be taking their Pro Bowl talents to the line of scrimmage in Houston and Seattle.
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Or how every single ex-ballplayer says "The National Football League" or "dominating the line of scrimmage" like they get paid by the syllable and get performance bonuses for the bass level.
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Mosley iced it with 14:15 left when he snared a poor throw by Moore near the line of scrimmage and turned it into his first career interception return for a touchdown.
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Because even though I still can't tell you what the hell a line of scrimmage is, I do know one thing for sure: The fountain of youth isn't found at Office Depot.
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Trailing 225-234, the Chiefs were at their 234 with 29 seconds left when the Cowboys used three linemen and a linebacker near the line of scrimmage and dropped everyone else back.
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Much of his yardage came in garbage time or on short throws to running back Saquon Barkley (nine grabs, 25 yards), and 22 of his completions were behind the line of scrimmage.
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Much of his yardage came in garbage time or on short throws to running back Saquon Barkley (nine grabs, 99 yards), and 11 of his completions were behind the line of scrimmage.
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"I thought we were beat at the line of scrimmage on both offense and defense in the first two-thirds of the first half," San Diego State head coach Rocky Long said.
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The dreamy part: Tennessee's Alvin Kamara receives a pass from Joshua Dobbs before the line of scrimmage, and rips a neat little cut behind the defensive line, who are now making chase.
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The ball caromed far from the line of scrimmage before Ebukam scooped it up and ran untouched into the end zone — the first turnover of Mahomes's career to result in a touchdown.
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The rule book's definition — any act more than a yard beyond the line of scrimmage that "significantly hinders" a player's ability to catch the ball — differs from the "clear and obvious" standard.
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Williams caught a first-down pass from Aaron Rodgers at the line of scrimmage and, as he turned in the left flat, was corralled immediately for no gain by linebacker Nigel Bradham.
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Instead, some of the Italians, to use football terminology, crossed the line of scrimmage (the "advantage line") and moved into the England backfield, hoping to sow confusion and maybe steal the ball.
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The Chiefs linebackers began sneaking toward the line of scrimmage, and Brady saw them, changing a play in a pre-snap read and throwing over the middle to Edelman for 14 yards.
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Starting defensive linemen at least a yard off the line of scrimmage, in theory, gives offensive linemen more time to brace before being hit and to stand upright to avoid helmet hits.
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With Henry deployed essentially as a decoy against a Spartans defense that stacked the line of scrimmage, Coker torched Michigan State for 286 yards passing and two touchdowns in a 38-0 victory.
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The best counter an offense can make is to go no-huddle, making no substitutions and racing to the line of scrimmage after plays in order to prevent Alabama from making its swaps.
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If there is one safety deep with both cornerbacks just off the line of scrimmage — this is Cover 3, what Seattle usually shows — expect the quarterback to look first for his tight end.
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He graduated in 2015, and recalled performing at bowl games, mostly before Rutgers joined the Big Ten, where a decent team is on the other side of the line of scrimmage every week.
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If a team's offensive line is porous, he said, he focuses on the line of scrimmage, wondering from where the defensive pressure will come, because it's difficult to pay attention to anything else.
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Mahomes made a brilliant, heads-up play on his fourth touchdown by dragging his toe to keep from crossing the line of scrimmage as he threw to Travis Kelce in the end zone.
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Jimmy Garoppolo threw a 63-yard pass to Kittle, who was streaking across the line of scrimmage and Kittle easily stepped away from a diving C.J. Gardner-Johnson, breaking into the open field.
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Bill Pennington: The Patriots haven't scored but if the Rams secondary doesn't move closer to the line of scrimmage and tighten up its coverage, it's going to be a long day for them.
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The strongest part of Peppers's skill set is tackling near the line of scrimmage, which makes him similar to Landon Collins, the safety the Giants allowed to enter free agency a few days ago.
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If anything, the overemphasis on San Francisco's running would seem to play into Shanahan's overall strategy of designing plays that all look the same at the line of scrimmage but unfurl in countless ways.
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Standing on his 30-yard line, 5 yards behind the line of scrimmage, in a shotgun formation, Mahomes took the snap and started drifting back as the 49ers' defensive line closed in around him.
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Mailata has had to learn not just the physical movements but also many dozens of offensive plays, as well as what to do when blocking assignments are suddenly changed at the line of scrimmage.
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Mailata has had to learn not just the physical movements but also many dozens of offensive plays, as well as what to do when blocking assignments are suddenly changed at the line of scrimmage.
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The key play on the drive came when Keenum ran toward the line of scrimmage, backpedaled and threw a short pass to tight end David Morgan, who broke three tackles for a gain of 250.6.
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Watchig Eli hook sliding seven yards behind the line of scrimmage six times a game during an 215-22004 season will be like watching Harrison Ford pretending to act in that fourth Indiana Jones movie.
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He even ran for a touchdown, a clear indication it's the postseason, as Brady seldom ventures beyond the line of scrimmage in the regular season unless there's a five-alarm fire in the backfield. 4.
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At the same time, in the late 1970s, the NFL implemented the Mel Blount Rule, which confined press coverage to within five yards of the line of scrimmage, thereby making it easier to throw downfield.
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The officials had another big blunder when Mahomes had scrambled about one-and-a-half yards past the line of scrimmage before throwing to Kelce for a 29-yard catch early in the second half.
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Jared Goff saw him streaking down the middle of the field to take advantage of a safety's having cheated toward the line of scrimmage and hit him for a sensational 53-yard catch-and-run.
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There is little doubt that the New England coaches, in their game preparation, had noticed New Orleans lining up in the tight formation along the line of scrimmage and knew how to exploit the situation.
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But he also developed a lasting connection with Coach Nagata at a transformative moment in Eunice and across the South, when the line of scrimmage became a front line of a profound new social order.
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On fourth-and-goal at the 1, Denver running back Phillip Lindsay broke a tackle at the line of scrimmage and used all of his 190 pounds to fight his way into the end zone.
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On fourth-and-goal at the 1, Denver running back Phillip Lindsay broke a tackle at the line of scrimmage and used all of his 190 pounds to fight his way into the end zone.
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Quarterback Jameis Winston was tackled at the 5-yard line as time expired, past the line of scrimmage where he couldn't throw a pass, but too late to run to the end zone for a score.
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THE TAKEAWAY Colorado was unable to spring holes for Lindsay on offense and was overpowered at the line of scrimmage on defense in the second half to make its climb to become bowl eligible a little steeper.
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Joe Theismann, the former Washington quarterback who won the N.F.L.'s Most Valuable Player Award in 1983, recalled a time when he thought he had spotted a foul by a defensive player at the line of scrimmage.
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After a Jimmy Garoppolo pass was batted down at the line of scrimmage by Chris Jones, the Chiefs put pressure on him again, forcing the San Francisco quarterback to simply throw the ball away on third down.
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The N.F.L. is now a pass-happy league, so it is common for a host of players on both sides of the line of scrimmage to have to dash downfield for 50 yards on several successive plays.
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"There would be times I would come to the line of scrimmage and I would wink and smile at a defensive back and let him know that I'm getting ready to come right at you," Ware says.
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Buffalo&aposs pursuit of AFC East kingpin New England was stymied by the New York Jets, who controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides in a 34-21 win that never was close in the second half.
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Bentley regained South Carolina's lead when he leaped high over the line of scrimmage on a sneak at 4:21 for his second TD. He scored the game-winner in a late rally at Ole Miss last Saturday.
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But let's say that after Cole broke through the line of scrimmage and was into the secondary, the L.A. Stallions quarterback went all John Wick on the Cleveland defensive line and started double tapping them in the skull.
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Shakir lined up as the quarterback in the wildcat formation and sent an underhanded forward flip to Collingham behind the line of scrimmage, and the tight end scored on a 2-yard play to make it 42-3.
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The Dolphins, who had lost two starting defensive linemen due to injury, got Seattle into a fourth-and-four situation with 2:08 remaining after star Ndamukong Suh batted down a Wilson pass at the line of scrimmage.
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Moss shook off cornerback Corey Webster so hard at the line of scrimmage that Webster fell, and after that, Moss gained easy entry into the end zone to put New England ahead, 163-10, with 2:42 left.
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The Bears and Patriots were particularly effective, using 6-20183 fronts — six men on the line of scrimmage, one off-ball linebacker — to disrupt L.A.'s zone running game, and Cover-4 to squelch deep play-action designs.
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The challenge for the big-time programs, then, is to find a way to counter the disruption of the spread while also bringing the focal point of the game back to what happens at the line of scrimmage.
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Except, as referee Craig Wrolstad soon clarified — echoing a loud voice that must have been ringing in his head — there could be no penalty because the defender had been blocked within one yard of the line of scrimmage.
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For the broadcaster John Madden, the device was transformative, greatly enhancing his ability to describe what the 22 men on the football field were doing, especially the linemen battling at the line of scrimmage during a running play.
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Freshman running back Brittain Brown's 1-yard run on the first play of the fourth quarter brought the Blue Devils within 21-16, but Jones was stuffed at the line of scrimmage on the ensuing two-point conversion attempt.
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"If tracking data shows an edge rusher is quicker off the line of scrimmage than anyone else, teams will reverse-engineer his combine stats to find out how they could scout for that skill," writes The Ringer's Kevin Clark.
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That's what happened on Gordon's first big play, a 43-yard run to open the second quarter: Watch 55 (Sean Spence) cheat towards the line of scrimmage at the beginning of that play and come right at the center.
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His determined burst across the line of scrimmage thrust him into the Jets' defensive backfield with too much speed and vigor for anyone to catch him — a fitting finish to one of his better days in a memorable season.
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The standout wide receivers, Ja'Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson, each logged more than 3003,400 yards, and the offensive line emerged as a strength after starting the season confronting questions over how well it could control the line of scrimmage.
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Two plays after the reversal, on 3rd-and-goal from the New England 7-yard line with 9 seconds left, Roethlisberger went to the line of scrimmage having communicated that he would spike the ball to stop the clock.
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"We all know he is very explosive from the line of scrimmage and also when he gets the ball in his hands," Pryor said of the rookie, who had 104 yards and two touchdowns in his last game in Week 2.
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The teams in this weekend's N.F.L. playoffs rank among the most efficient practitioners of the increasingly common line-of-scrimmage passing game, in which offenses deploy teammates on what are called rub routes, or pick plays, to spring open targets.
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By contrast, Alabama and Michigan State stepped onto the Dallas Cowboys' home field still favoring, almost stubbornly, pro-style offenses that seek to control possession by establishing the run, converting third downs and dominating the line of scrimmage on defense.
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But there&aposs really kind of an emphasis on being the complete player because there&aposs not a whole lot of tight ends that can run routes the way he runs and be productive blocking at the line of scrimmage.
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Manning, who became the face of the NFL as a glamour quarterback and ubiquitous TV pitchman, has been hailed for his meticulous preparation and ability to find holes in opposing defenses as he surveys them at the line of scrimmage.
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Ertz caught a short pass near midfield and ran down the left sideline, eluding two defenders to get across the goal line, but a Philadelphia receiver had lined up a step behind the line of scrimmage to warrant the costly flag.
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Elway, who retired after leading Denver to back-to-back Super Bowl championships, said he marveled at the way Manning would go to the line of scrimmage and read defenses rather than do the reading as he dropped back to pass.
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"One minute you're sitting at the 50-yard line, the next minute you may decide to go stand in the end zone or on the line of scrimmage," said DJ Roller, co-founder of NextVR, which hosted the VR event.
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No two Giants had been more maligned than Manning and Beckham for the three-game losing streak the team took into Sunday, and as the two waited at the line of scrimmage, they watched as the Ravens' defenders continued to realign.
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Some of his running lanes at LSU were wide enough to drive latter-day Trent Richardson through, and I've spoken with experts who believe we haven't seen Fournette make enough mid-run direction-change decisions near the line of scrimmage.
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He was even hammered when he was not behind the line of scrimmage — on a hit by linebacker Jaylon Smith on a 1-yard gain before the Giants' first points on Aldrick Rosas' field goal late in the third quarter.
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He likewise has the license, according to Gentry, to "Omaha" play calls from the bench — referring to the former N.F.L. quarterback Peyton Manning's famed penchant for shouting "Omaha" at the line of scrimmage whenever he wanted to change a play.
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Instead of taking a knee — as they obviously should have — quarterback Joe Theismann tried to connect with a receiver near the line of scrimmage, but Raiders linebacker Jack Squirek snagged the ball out of the air for the pick-six.
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Oakland cut Kansas City's lead to 063-24 left to play on a 26-yard field goal by Tavecchio, who had missed from 45 yards and had a 217-yarder deflected at the line of scrimmage in the second quarter.
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It requires size, complicated footwork, a high degree of intelligence and, usually, the acquired wisdom — gained over years of high school and college competition — needed to win the battles against defensive players who come charging across the line of scrimmage.
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It requires size, complicated footwork, a high degree of intelligence and, usually, the acquired wisdom — gained over years of high school and college competition — needed to win the battles against defensive players who come charging across the line of scrimmage.
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Huddles remain the pervasive norm, but increasingly, many are condensed to several harried seconds, as quarterbacks bolt to the line of scrimmage and rely on hand signals and code words to communicate a new play to teammates as they line up.
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FLORIDA 24, GEORGIA 1383 Jordan Scarlett scored for the sixth consecutive game, and Florida's defense controlled the line of scrimmage as No. 14 Florida (6-1, 4-1 SEC) held visiting Georgia (4-4, 2-4) to a season-low 23 yards.
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. — When Isaih Pacheco, a sophomore running back at Rutgers, burst past the line of scrimmage, slipped an Ohio State linebacker's grasp and raced to the end zone for a 22017-yard touchdown, it set off a New Year's Eve-like celebration.
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The Ravens' final drive covered 34 yards in 12 plays, killing the final 6:28, and began after the 49ers failed on a fourth-and-1 at the Baltimore 213 when Jimmy Garoppolo had a pass deflected at the line of scrimmage.
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You can answer to Child Protective Services for letting your children walk alone in your neighborhood, but not for dropping them off at a boxing gym, or enrolling them in a MMA clinic, or allowing them to bash helmets on the line of scrimmage.
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Wisconsin changed the momentum in the second quarter, and it began with an interception at the line of scrimmage by Van Ginkel, a 26-224 outside linebacker who jumped up on the right side and picked off a Rosier pass at the Miami 24.
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He scooped up the ball and rolled to his right about 20 yards behind the line of scrimmage and found wide open receiver Tyler Lockett in the middle of the field for a gain of 35 yards down to the Vikings' four-yard line.
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That continuity allows the Rams to make dummy calls at the line of scrimmage, drawing defenders offside or, as the NFL Network analyst Shaun O'Hara speculated, fooling them into expected the inverse of an actual call, like a run instead of a play-action pass.
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On second-and-7.33 from the Baltimore 27.3-yard line, he faked a handoff, eluded one Texan behind the line of scrimmage, shed four tackles, darted into open space and then careened into another defender, punctuating a 225-yard scamper with power and urgency.
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The premise is that the braces are needed to protect the vulnerable joints of linemen, who are often hit on the side or the back of a knee by other players who are falling in the so-called trenches, near the line of scrimmage.
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Chased by two defenders, Rodgers, off his back foot, side-armed a pass from 14 yards behind the line of scrimmage that zipped just over the hands of Jimmy Graham and into those of Jamaal Williams, streaking toward the back corner of the end zone.
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Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, the first overall pick in the 2017 draft, made two run stops in the first quarter — one when he tackled Daniel Lasco for a 2-yard loss and one when he stopped rookie Alvin Kamara at the line of scrimmage.
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After a pass interference penalty against Clemson on third down, running back James Conner bounced out of a cluster at the line of scrimmage and dashed 33.83 yards for a touchdown to pull the Panthers within 3.8-21.0, setting up the late-game heroics.
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On this play, Enunwa lined up before the snap as the Z (strong-side) receiver and began to motion across the formation before he stopped and came back to position himself as an H-back off the line of scrimmage, just outside the Jets' two tight ends.
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With so little time in the job, Jones has not made sweeping changes in the way England plays, although its backs are lining up closer to the advantage line — similar to the line of scrimmage in football — when on attack than they did at the World Cup.
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Some, including John Madden, have discussed eliminating the three-point stance—the stance in which linemen crouch with one hand on the ground—which is used by players at the line of scrimmage to launch themselves into opponents on every snap, usually accompanied by head contact.
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But the talent was all in place, including a pair of potential Hall of Fame ends in Von Miller and DeMarcus Ware, a deep pool of inside pass-rush talent, and Aqib Talib and Chris Harris—corners who can pressure receivers at the line of scrimmage.
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The league had made it a point of emphasis for 2019, prioritizing holds at the line of scrimmage, where, they reasoned, lobster blocks — when an offensive lineman grabs an opponent from the back at the torso or shoulders, usually on a run play — made the game unsafe.
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Coach Jon Gruden decided to go for the win with a 2-point conversion, rather than tie the game with an extra point, and that decision blew up for the Raiders when quarterback Derek Carr's pass was deflected to the ground at the line of scrimmage.
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He is not a must start week in and week out, but in his last two games he does have nine receptions for 155 yards and with opposing defenses stacking the line of scrimmage in order to slow down Leonard Fournette, Lee will almost always see single coverage.
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When N.F.L. owners meet starting Monday in Florida, they also will consider moving the line of scrimmage up 5 yards to the 25 on kickoff touchbacks, allowing coaches and players to use video rather than just photos on sideline tablets, and expanding the penalties on horse-collar tackles.
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Joe Brady, a 30-year-old receivers coach plucked from the New Orleans Saints staff, worked with offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger to build a scheme that allows Burrow to walk up to the line of scrimmage and, with a vast array of offensive weapons, hunt defensive formations for mismatches.
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ABOUT FLORIDA STATE (2-113, 0-0 ACC): James played near the line of scrimmage and received much of the credit for holding Jackson to only 32 yards rushing in last season's 41-21 win - a "spy" role that could fall into the lap of linebacker Matthew Thomas this time around.
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The Lions (in Week 225) used primarily Cover-22018 against the Rams with moderate success, and Vic Fangio's Bears shut them down a week later with heavy doses of Cover-25.5 behind 215-237 fronts (six men on the line of scrimmage, one off-ball linebacker) to disrupt McVay's outside-zone running game.
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The Titans forced turnovers on three straight possessions spanning parts of the second and third quarters, including an interception by defensive back Curtis Riley on a pass that was deflected near the line of scrimmage by linebacker Avery Williamson and an interception by safety Da'Norris Searcy on a pass that was tipped by receiver Marqise Lee.
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The Patriots won a replay review to help set up their initial touchdown when it was determined that Manning's pass parallel to the line of scrimmage in the flat to running back Ronnie Hillman, at first ruled incomplete, had traveled backward, allowing linebacker Jonathan Freeny's recovery of the loose ball at the Broncos' 22-yard line to stand.
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He may have to add some of that bulk back in the pros, but he has shown no ill-effects in terms of power when attacking the line of scrimmage and may just be the rare slender (slender is relative in this case) tackle, who succeeds based on top-notch run-stopping ability and excellent technique.
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As awkward as the Rams' defense looked on that play, with rushed communication at the line of scrimmage and with cornerback Marcus Peters leaping in vain to deflect the pass from Drew Brees that — like most of his other throws Sunday, like most of his other throws this season or across his career — was centimeter-perfect.
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He has carried the ball 73 times for 162 yards, including 2 touchdowns and a 61-yard scamper in the second quarter that showed off his development at the position as he spun out of a tackle at the line of scrimmage, shed another tackler down field, and then turned on the jets on the long run.
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The Utes, who found themselves down 703-0 at halftime, were no more successful on two other fourth downs in the first half: Huntley was swarmed at the line of scrimmage when he tried to scramble on fourth and 2 at the Oregon 31, and a false start on fourth and 1 from the Oregon 38 prompted a punt.
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But although football is certainly somewhat different in the red zone—with fewer than 20 yards left behind the line of scrimmage, players are bunched more closely together, and there is no threat of a deep pass—it is hardly so distinct that a defence resembling Swiss cheese on 80% of the field could credibly turn into an impermeable forcefield in the remainder.
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The team's fortunes rose in the late 21971s when Coach Bob Devaney turned the offense over to his coordinator, Osborne, who — in part for fear that cold, blustery game days would disrupt his quarterbacks' passes — featured the run-heavy option offense that maximized the Cornhuskers' strength: pushing around opponents at the line of scrimmage or, failing that, running over and around them.
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"Tyrod Taylor, if they open it up for him, let him run it more at the line of scrimmage, let him throw more across the middle of the field..." Given Taylor's physical tools, and the success he had last year working within tight constraints, any sign he'll be trusted to make more plays is a positive one for the Bills offense.
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