How to Use play-action pass in a Sentence

play-action pass

noun

• The play was designed to be a play-action pass in the flat to fullback Khari Blasingame.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2022
• On the first play of the drive, Kelly dialed up a play-action pass.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2023
• Denbrock and Guidugli could draw up a play-action pass deep to Pierce on the first play.
  — Keith Jenkins, The Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2020
• The Ravens will run a play-action pass off their outside zone look.
  — Lance Reisland, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2022
• Like the jet sweeps that helped open lanes for Gurley by the mere threat and the play-action passes for Goff.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2019
• The 91-yard, play-action pass was set up with a fake handoff to Bigsby.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 1 Nov. 2020
• Payton Thorne will light you up with a play-action pass.
  — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 15 Oct. 2021
• Cuenca used a play-action pass, rolled out of the pocket and found Beard on a 31-yard pass to cap the drive with a TD and a 7-0 lead.
  — Eric Bem, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 21 Sep. 2019
• And even if that works, can the secondary hold up against play-action passing?
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2017
• Shanahan didn’t opt for a play-action pass with the Rams overplaying the run.
  — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Feb. 2022
• Below is a third-and-1 play-action pass from the Seahawks against the Falcons.
  — Lance Reisland, cleveland, 1 Oct. 2022
• With the score tied at 3 in the second quarter, the Lions ran a play-action pass on first down from their 39-yard line.
  — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 18 Sep. 2020
• For a wide-zone run team like the Bengals, Brown could excel at running the post route down the field on a play-action pass.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 23 Apr. 2021
• First, Brown got open downfield on a play-action pass for a 62-yard touchdown.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 21 Aug. 2020
• The first part of that scoring surge came when Olave caught a 37-yard touchdown pass from Justin Fields off a play-action pass.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland.com, 14 Sep. 2019
• His first completion was a play-action pass to running back Patrick Laird for a 2-yard gain out of the end zone.
  — Safid Deen, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Oct. 2020
• McCarthy found Corum on a play-action pass to get the day started.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2023
• Two plays later, Thorne found Hunt wide open on a play-action pass for a 12-yard touchdown.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Oct. 2021
• Penn State will attempt to run a play-action pass and use tight end Brenton Strange to pull and block him from the backside.
  — Lance Reisland, cleveland, 4 Nov. 2022
• The Trojans will have to run the ball and grind out drives, while also hitting on a few play-action passes.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, 10 Oct. 2017
• This Huskies team must establish the run early and often to set up the play-action pass.
  — Chris Wassel, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 19 Nov. 2019
• The Falcons run lots of stretch zone plays on offense, and are very effective with the play-action pass.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 23 Sep. 2017
• Ten of Ricard’s 11 targets came on the same basic play design: play-action pass, throw to the flat.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 7 Sep. 2020
• The play-action pass opens everything up for us, so to get the run game going in LA was pretty good.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 21 Feb. 2020
• That could open up play-action passes against the linebackers and secondary.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Sep. 2017
• For this offense to be effective, the Ravens need to have some balance and rely on the play-action pass.
  — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 15 Sep. 2023
• The Owls had just picked up a first down when quarterback Sam Glaesmann rolled out of the pocket on a play-action pass.
  — Glynn A. Hill, Houston Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2017
• Dallas has struggled to defend the play-action pass this year.
  — John Owning, Dallas News, 1 Oct. 2020
• And people are playing more to stop us from rushing, more running the ball and play-action pass or screens.
  — Dallas News, 24 Dec. 2022
• The Bengals ran a play-action pass, and Burrow scrambled to the right side of the field and found Bernard for a play that should have been a game-winning touchdown.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2020

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024