Sentences Generator
And
Your saved sentences

No sentences have been saved yet

"third-string" Definitions
  1. (usually of a player on a sports team) only used very occasionally when somebody/something else is not available

145 Sentences With "third string"

How to use third string in a sentence? Find typical usage patterns (collocations)/phrases/context for "third string" and check conjugation/comparative form for "third string". Mastering all the usages of "third string" from sentence examples published by news publications.

The Lions were down to their third-string running back and third-string tight end entering the game, but still netted 348 yards without a turnover.
He's a third string kicker at the University of Minnesota.
He was, however, on the third string as a college freshman.
Imagine if teams did this to every second or third string player.
It feels to me like you're walking into a third-string casino.
Third-string quarterback Jack Tuttle went 29 of 183 for 218 yards.
Utah lost decisively at Southern California, which was playing its third-string quarterback.
Third-string QB helps K-State beat Kansas Kansas State finished with its third-string quarterback because of injuries, but the Wildcats still topped Kansas 30-20 behind 128 rushing yards from running back Alex Barnes on Saturday in Lawrence, Kan.
The league always will have superstars, as well as third-string special teams fodder.
The Village Voice, where I was third-string film critic, was a particular champion.
Driskel is competing with QB Thad Lewis for the team's third-string quarterback position.
Third-string quarterback Luke Falk will make his second straight start in Week 5.
The third-string goaltender Jeff Zatkoff had started the first two games for Pittsburgh.
They even got Robert Griffin III, the team's third-string quarterback, into the action.
He'd simply slide back into a third string role behind Derek Carr and Matt McGloin.
The third-string quarterback from the 2017 team, Nate Sudfeld, also remains on the roster.
Buffalo also won with third-string quarterback Joe Webb playing the fourth quarter and overtime.
Devlin Hodges, the third-string quarterback behind Rudolph and the injured Ben Roethlisberger, filled in.
The Cardinals (4-6) dropped consecutive games despite third-string quarterback Blaine Gabbert's three touchdown passes.
Third-string running back Zach Green rushed for a career-high 373 yards and two touchdowns.
If New England's third-string quarterback, Jacoby Brissett, could beat the Texans, 22-0, on Sept.
It appears Allen is not quite ready; he has been taking reps with the third string.
The Mets were also dealing with a third-string catcher, so there are a couple of excuses.
But on a healthy Mets roster, he was no better than the third-string shortstop this season.
" Or, "I just decided to root for the Patriots because I like that spunky third-string quarterback.
Also of note: Anderson passed to third string QB Joe Webb, who is now playing wideout—crazy times.
Gordon, 24, was listed as third string for the Chiefs and ended last season on their practice squad.
There's the harried witness to the crime, and the third-string crook who helps with the frame job.
He'll likely be the third-string quarterback behind Joe Flacco and the first-round draft pick Lamar Jackson.
The third string would be pulling on the business models and having an alternative business model to that.
Winston started camp working with the third-string unit, then got reps with the first- and second-team units.
Hurts ran the offense most of the second half before giving way to third-string quarterback, freshman Mac Jones.
Penguins 5, Rangers 2 PITTSBURGH — A third-string goaltender put the Rangers in an early postseason hole on Wednesday.
Coach Doug Pederson has repeatedly said that Wentz is the third-string quarterback, behind Sam Bradford and Chase Daniel.
Farmer was the third-string catcher in the first two rounds and went 0-for-4 in five games.
Jeff Zatkoff, Pittsburgh's third-string goalie, made 35 saves for the win in his N.H.L. playoff debut in Game 1.
The Patriots struggled without Garoppolo, but held on to beat the Dolphins, 31-24, behind third-string quarterback Jacoby Brissett.
In 2015, he was relegated to third-string quarterback and worked only as a scout-team safety, throwing no passes.
That has often left Trump with second- or third-string advisers serving temporarily because they lack support for Senate confirmation.
He's third string behind Lamar Miller and Alfred Blue, but he showed flashes in 2015, too, so remember the name.
King, who has earned a role as the Cougars' third-string quarterback, relishes his opportunity to contribute as a wide receiver.
The Aggies had to play a third-string quarterback, Jake Hubenak, in a loss to Louisville in the Music City Bowl.
He chatted with tight end Zach Ertz, who scored the game's go-ahead touchdown, and the third-string quarterback Nate Sudfeld.
"It's not like, 'You're cleared, but ..." With Wentz out, third-string quarterback Nate Sudfeld will get another long look this week.
That's good news for another annual Browns tradition: The Third-String Quarterback Starting Week 17 has come to pass again in Cleveland.
The Patriots have plowed through the N.F.L. with little resistance this season — even doing so with a third-string quarterback when necessary.
The same can be said for the Penguins, who may be down to their third-string goaltender when they face the Rangers.
Their 210-play, 216-yard drive culminated in a 216-yard touchdown pass from Brees to Taysom Hill, the team's third-string quarterback.
The opening half featured a handful of big plays, with Arizona's third-string quarterback, Blaine Gabbert, consistently finding open receivers down the middle.
Purdue is a high-octane offense going up against a Minnesota defense that couldn't stop a third string quarterback at Maryland last week.
Third-string quarterback Alex Tanney led the Titans' offense most of the game, finishing 22-of-268 passing for 101 yards and an interception.
Except for a solo homer to third-string catcher David Ross to tie up the score 2-2, Chen was outstanding, striking out seven.
The Cardinals lost their second- and third-string weak-side linebackers during the game as Kareem Martin and Tristan Okpalaugo left with knee injuries.
Jones, Florida's third-string quarterback, ran 283 yards for a score with 269:28 remaining in the fourth quarter to finish off the scoring.
You can see them on this 2017 video giving an arresting performance of Bartok's Third String Quartet, my favorite of that composer's six quartets.
That left Griffin, Baltimore's third-string quarterback, to try to win it, and the former first-round pick was not up to the task.
Rams third-string running back Lance Dunbar scored on an 8-yard run with 6:40 left in the game for the team's only touchdown.
My first choice might be Harris because he's the guy I consider likeliest to break longer plays, but there's also a chance he's third string.
The Chargers are far from great this season, but this is Philip Rivers against an undrafted third-string rookie quarterback making his first career start.
But taking a third-string rookie quarterback making his first start against Tom Brady in New England is not something I am willing to do.
He was a third-string center whose main job was to face off in practice against the starting defensive unit, a punishing and thankless task.
Lions third-string quarterback David Blough was intercepted by linebacker Blake Martinez midway through the fourth quarter to help Green Bay get the tying points.
Wide receiver Allen Dailey caught a 23-yard touchdown pass from Gunnar Hoak and third-string quarterback Danny Clark rushed 2 yards for UK's final score.
This year, each player on the winning team — the New England Patriots — from the quarterback down to the third-string rookie, got the same $107,000 bonus.
Playing behind their third-string quarterback, Jacoby Brissett, they were shut out for the first time in almost 20083 years, losing to the Bills, 16-0.
Minshew expected to be the third-string quarterback but quickly found himself playing when one quarterback was moved to running back, and the other got injured.
Detroit led for much of the game despite starting Blough, a third-string quarterback who was acquired from Cleveland for a swap of seventh-round picks.
Houston, meanwhile, had never survived this round and had gotten here by beating an Oakland Raiders team that was forced to start its third-string quarterback.
Steele interviews dozens of coaches each spring and spends much of the time asking them about, say, the potential playing time of their third-string left tackle.
The 211 Playoffs included Florida State's stunning demise at the hands of Oregon and Alabama's loss to upstart Ohio State, which was starting its third-string quarterback.
The 2014 season saw the Buckeyes sneak into the playoff with a third-string quarterback — and then defeat Alabama and Oregon on the way to the title.
PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles (211-221) smothered the Jets' third-string quarterback, Luke Falk, and overwhelmed his offense on a day their own quarterback, Carson Wentz, was ordinary.
Detroit Lions undrafted rookie and third-string quarterback David Blough got the start on Thanksgiving, after injuries to Matthew Stafford (back and hip injuries) and Jeff Driskel (hamstring).
Third-string quarterback Michael Collins, the part-time starter for the Horned Frogs last season, finished the scoring with an 11-yard run on the game's final snap.
Playing with their third-string quarterback, Arizona dropped a 27-16 decision at Carolina a year ago and was held to an NFL playoff record-low 78 yards.
Al Pacino, Dennis Quaid and Jamie Foxx are, respectively, Tony D'Amato, Cap Rooney and Willie Beamen, the coach, first-string and third-string quarterbacks of your 2001 Miami Sharks.
Bears third-string quarterback Tyler Bray, who is competing for a roster spot behind Mitchell Trubisky and Chase Daniel, finished 19 of 29 for 180 yards and an interception.
Washington State, facing Oregon's third-string quarterback in freshman Braxton Burmeister, didn't allow the Ducks to score after the first quarter en route to a 33-10 victory Saturday.
The Dash's roster includes U.S midfield stalwarts Morgan Brian and Carli Lloyd; the Breakers have just one U.S player—Alyssa Naeher, the third-string goalkeeper on the national team.
University of Miami third-string quarterback Cade Weldon has three games left on a four-game suspension levied for an undisclosed violation of team rules, the school announced Tuesday.
Here's more from Woj: Meanwhile, rumors are flying about some other shenanigans that Butler was up to during practice: Sure, beating the starters with the third string is impressive.
Wentz tossed a 24-yard touchdown pass to third-string tight end Joshua Perkins to put the Eagles ahead 10-3 with 213:258 remaining in the first half.
Connor Cook, a rookie and a third-string quarterback, was no match for the Houston Texans in a 27-14 loss in a wild-card playoff game on Saturday.
He's gone from third-string back-up to touchdown-tossing machine in record time, even if it took a bionic neck and a green-eyed back-up to get there.
Makena Simis, the starting H-receiver on opening day, replaced third-string QB Caleb Hill on Montana&aposs second possession to be the Grizzlies&apos fourth quarterback of the season.
The Philadelphia Flyers have heated up as they make what likely is a futile run for a playoff berth, but they may have to continue with their third-string goaltender.
Henderson, who began the season as the third-string quarterback but has started the last three games — all wins — due to injuries, completed 27 of 27 passes, with no interceptions.
Whatever happens with the team's two lead guards, Wright and VanVleet will continue fighting for the third-string spot, back-up minutes, or, in a long-shot scenario, the starting spot.
Forced into action with New England up 13-0, Brissett, the team's rookie third-string quarterback, managed a more conservative offense the rest of the way, focusing mostly on the run.
The Jets are down to their third-string quarterback and facing one of the best defenses in the league this week as they travel to Foxboro to take on the Patriots.
The privileged teenage girls in "Oligarchy," attending a dysfunctional, third-string boarding school in the countryside north of London, get caught up in a mass-psychogenic, contagious version of anorexia nervosa.
Denver's Malik Jackson was also docked $8,681 for unnecessary roughness, and the Carolina Panthers third-string quarterback Joe Webb was fined $8,681 for unnecessary roughness on the final play of the game.
They leaned into the vacant locker of injured third-string quarterback Bryce Petty to hear each other speak following a victory that both saved the Jets' season while making it even murkier.
QUARTERBACK SHUFFLE:Former third-string quarterback Max Bortenschlager is showing signs of improvement for Maryland since taking over for Tyrrell Pigrome and Kasim Hill, both of whom sustained season-ending injuries in September.
The Knights scored on a second-quarter gadget play when third-string quarterback Quadry Jones threw a 229-yard pass to Adrian Killins Jr. with 253:2406 left in the second quarter.
A patchwork version of the New England Patriots visited Trump's White House on Wednesday, and while Tom Brady was absent, third-string backup Jacoby Brissett was on hand to take it all in.
Iowa State looks rejuvenated under third-string, walk-on quarterback—you read that correctly—Kyle Kempt, who helmed a 38-31 upset win over Oklahoma and a 31-13 gutting of Texas Tech.
Florida State scored on its first possession of the third quarter as third-string quarterback Jordan Travis ran for a 133-yard TD on his first snap as a member of the program.
"Honestly, he probably hates me catching him because we're like brothers," said Ross, 39, who is the Cubs' third-string catcher and has announced plans to retire at the end of the season.
With the loss of that star who quit school, and the loss of the next quarterback to a knee injury during basketball season, the Cubs were looking at starting a third-string quarterback.
McBride, who started the season as Tennessee's third-string quarterback, made his debut a week ago when Jarrett Guarantano was injured in the second quarter of the Volunteers' 24-10 win over Southern Mississippi.
Third-string quarterback Lynn Bowden, a converted wide receiver, rushed for 196 yards and two touchdowns to lead Kentucky to a 24-20 come-from-behind victory over Arkansas on Saturday night in Lexington.
The Raiders, who finished the game with third-string rookie Connor Cook at quarterback, lost their grasp on the AFC West title and the No. 215 playoff seed with Kansas City's win over San Diego.
We're featuring a report on how animals are expected to react during next week's total solar eclipse in America, and we're discussing how a third-string college football kicker scored a scholarship for upright behavior.
Red Sox 6, Yankees 5 BOSTON — No player who has been with the Yankees since the start of the season has played in fewer games than Austin Romine, their third-string catcher since early August.
Works performed will include selections from Bach's "The Art of the Fugue" (incomplete at his death), Britten's Third String Quartet (composed a year before he died) and Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 32 (the final one).
The franchise then swung for the fences by sending a boatload of draft picks to Tennessee for the No. 1 pick overall — used to select Jared Goff, who begins the season as the third-string quarterback.
THE TAKEAWAY Miami : The Hurricanes went from squeaking by in their last three wins by a combined 13 points to struggling much of the day against a 1-7 team relying on a third-string quarterback.
The Longhorns (123-1) struggled early on but used its rushing attack — and namely sophomore Warren III and third-string quarterback Jerrod Heard — to take control of the game with three touchdowns in the first half.
Third-string quarterback Jaylon Henderson passed for 292 yards and three touchdowns as No. 21 Boise State cruised to a 42-9 victory over New Mexico in Mountain West play on Saturday night at Boise, Idaho.
As Rutherford-Johnson has written on his blog, such a score is a "utopian extravagance," but it clears a space for a piece like Jürg Frey's Third String Quartet , a whispery procession of frail, gorgeous chords.
BILLS ARE SHORT AT QUARTERBACK The Buffalo Bills' third-string quarterback, T. J. Yates, is being evaluated for a concussion, leaving the team with just one healthy signal caller entering the final week of the preseason.
Faced with double-digit deficits heading into the fourth quarters of games in Milwaukee and Indiana, Coach Jeff Hornacek plugged Baker, a third-string point guard, into the lineup and watched the Knicks suddenly come alive.
The Kings continue life without Jonathan Quick as third-string goaltender Peter Budaj is expected to make his seventh straight start although No. 2 Jeff Zatkoff - like Quick out with a groin injury - is close to returning.
Randle is expected to be the Knicks' third-string point guard after the team concluded that it could not give Jennings the playing time he desired, and wanted to give the rookie Ron Baker an in-depth look.
The third-string quarterback Brock Purdy completed 18 of 23 passes for 318 yards and four touchdowns, helping lead Iowa State (2-3, 1-2 Big 243) to a victory at No. 25 Oklahoma State (4-2, 1-2).
The Raiders were making their first trip to the playoffs since the 2002 season, when they went to the Super Bowl, but it ended with a thud behind the struggles of their third-string quarterback, the rookie Connor Cook.
Bengals third-string QB Jeff Driskel was impressive in the second half, rushing for a team-leading 36 yards including an 18-yard TD. Driskel's 133-yard scoring pass to rookie receiver Josh Malone made the score 20-12.
EditorsNote: rewords second and third graf Michael Pittman Jr. caught 10 passes for 232 yards from third-string quarterback Matt Fink, and host Southern California knocked off 10th-ranked Utah 30-23 Friday night at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
After calling for a recount, trying to change the Electoral College vote, and smearing Trump with false intelligence information, liberals will now sit on the sidelines scowling like a third-string quarterback whose talents are more suited for the bench.
In this rubber match, which features two of the N.F.L.'s three worst teams, it's a tossup: The team that seems to be trying to lose (Oakland) versus one that might be down to its third-string quarterback (San Francisco).
Third-string quarterback Max Bortenschlager, pressed into action after Tyrrell Pigrome and Kasim Hill sustained season-ending ACL injuries earlier this year, finished 53 of 28 for 154 yards and two touchdown passes for the Terrapins (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten).
The 27-0 final score doesn't begin to cover it: The Pats were starting third-string rookie Jacoby Brissett at quarterback, had Rob Gronkowski and half the O-line effectively unavailable, and a short week to prepare for a full-strength Texans defense.
Similarly, the Jets (203-2) have had almost nothing go right, and will have to start Luke Falk, a third-string quarterback, on the road against the Patriots (2-0), who in the Tom Brady era have eaten visiting young quarterbacks for breakfast.
The Jets visit the New England Patriots (2-23) on Sunday with an 0-2 record, their third-string quarterback as the starter and only one offensive touchdown so far this season (a 9-yard reception by Bell in the opener against Buffalo).
Nearly 8.5 million people watched the episode last night, though, which explains why the thirsty-ass NFL—consumed with broadcasting The Shield to as many people as possible—decided to tweet about a guy who did not adequately challenge third-string quarterback Pat Devlin.
That fits a pattern policymakers have come to expect from Trump's play-it-by-ear White House: With qualified Republican candidates increasingly unwilling to dirty their hands in Trump's collapsing administration, the White House is stuck recycling the same third-string names into different roles.
Even after filling three eights and three fours, plus coxswains for each boat—the equivalent of first through third string—the Hawkeyes still have an additional 47 athletes, or over half the team, remaining, and all of them are counted toward Title IX compliance.
There was also the steady stream of news reports, attributed to anonymous sources in the organization, about Griffin's standing with the team, discord between coaches and management and a locker room divided over who should quarterback the team (Griffin is now listed as the third-string quarterback).
High drama was again palpable on Friday when the Rangers fell behind by 2-0, rallied for a 3-2 lead against the third-string goaltender Peter Budaj, and had a 93-3 advantage in the waning seconds as they were poised for their fifth straight victory.
The Penguins didn't have much choice in the matter—they started the series with third-string Zatkoff before turning to second-string goalie Matt Murray once he was available, all while Marc-Andre Fleury's status remains unknown—but they dispatched the Rangers relatively easily all the same.
When Jones was a third-string QB as a freshman at Ohio State, he once tweeted and then immediately deleted some words of wisdom, "we ain't come here to play school," which, you know, is an interesting point in the unpaid professional NCAA athlete kind of sense.
Chris Johnson started 2015 with a comeback story of his own but suffered a fractured tibia in late November; the injury afforded a chance to third-string back David Johnson, who since getting regular playing time has proven one of the league's most multi-functional runners.
So while New England getting shut out 16-0 by Buffalo on Sunday is significant for the Bills, it isn't much a cause for concern for the Patriots except perhaps a reminder that they can't come out flat with their third-string quarterback playing hurt and expect to win.
President Donald Trump honored the New England Patriots at the White House Wednesday for their historic Super Bowl win, and third-string quarterback Jacoby Brissett came armed with an open letter for former president Barack Obama, which he shared along with a photo of himself at the White House.
From the beginning, the Juilliard Quartet was known for its probing musicality (the group once devoted two full rehearsals to a single measure from Elliott Carter's Third String Quartet); hard-driving style, which for all its passionate intensity was considered refreshingly unsentimental; and deep commitment to contemporary music.
Jacob Zeno, the Bears' third-string quarterback, threw an 81-yard TD pass to Trestan Ebner five minutes into the fourth quarter on his first pass of the game (and just his fourth this season), and added a 78-yard catch-and-run to Chris Platt with six minutes to play.
Jacob Zeno, the Bears' third-string quarterback, threw an 224-yard TD pass to Trestan Ebner five minutes into the fourth quarter on his first pass of the game (and just his fourth this season), and added a 218-yard catch-and-run to Chris Platt with six minutes to play.
It was a similar story today: The Bills dominated the Patriots in every phase of the game, third-string quarterback Jacoby Brissett looked far more like a vulnerable rookie than he had the previous week and the Pats defense struggled to tackle LeSean McCoy or contain a Bills offense that lacked their best receiver.
Brady inherited a team that went 240-24 during his suspension, and that success fueled a perception that he, to some degree, was a product of Coach Bill Belichick's genius, and that quarterbacks were interchangeable within an organizational machinery that squeezed multiple victories from a backup, Jimmy Garoppolo, and a third-string rookie, Jacoby Brissett.
But the reality of playing the Ravens (212-2199, 215 percent) with a third-string inside linebacker and without JuJu Smith-Schuster, the rookie wide receiver who was suspended over an illegal block he delivered Monday, could delay the Steelers' clinching of the A.F.C. North, which would happen with a win or a tie.
Early Wednesday morning he launched into a Twitter tirade that included shots at controversial basketball dad LaVar Ball and the NFL that could have come from a third-string ESPN2 talking head, a retweet of a Hillary Clinton–bashing Trump fan, and a retweet of Fox News host Laura Ingraham who was, uhhhh, praising Charles Manson?
Bucks third-string center Miles Plumlee is in the first couple months of a four-year, $50 million contract that's on the short list for worst in the league, but if Milwaukee stretches it, they could carve $7 million worth of extra room this summer, which may be enough to chase a useful veteran at a position of need.
The loss for Oakland added to the misery of the Raiders, who have gone from Super Bowl contenders last week to a wild-card team that will play on the road in Houston next week potentially with a third-string quarterback under center as Carr's backup, Matt McGloin, injured his shoulder in the loss to the Broncos.
ABOUT KANSAS STATE (211-215, 123-212): The Wildcats come in off a 12-220 overtime win at Texas Tech that was highlighted by the play of third-string redshirt freshman quarterback Skylar Thompson who came off the bench to complete 5-of-8 passes for 96 yards, score on a one-yard run at the end of regulation to force OT, and completed an 8-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Byron Pringle to win it.

No results under this filter, show 145 sentences.

Copyright © 2024 RandomSentenceGen.com All rights reserved.