How to Use the red zone in a Sentence

the red zone

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• In that game, the offense reached the red zone one time and settled for a field goal.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
• The Ravens also scored on three of their five trips inside the red zone and held the Texans to 7-for-22 on third and fourth down.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 10 Sep. 2023
• As the clock rolled over to the fourth quarter, San Francisco inched into the red zone.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
• The Rams converted two of three trips to the red zone into touchdowns.
  — Adam Grosbard, Orange County Register, 19 Oct. 2024
• The Dolphins never found a player who had the red zone skills of Gesicki.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
• And all from where his current team ranked last leaguewide in terms of efficiency: the red zone.
  — Oliver Thomas, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
• With Florida opening the quarter inside the red zone, a delay of game and a false start stalled the drive.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
• Pearsall also had a touchdown reception from Purdy in the the red zone.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
• The key for Miami will be not repeating some of the red zone struggles from last year’s game.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 9 Sep. 2023
• But Speaks was flagged for roughing the passer this time, moving Pittsburgh into the red zone with a new set of downs.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2023
• This game could come down to the red zone, where, admittedly, the Ravens have been better as an offense.
  — Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2024
• Even after a 41-yard pass play led LSU into the red zone, the Trojans stood tall with three straight stops, forcing a field goal.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024
• Another big play was when Patrick Mahomes found Justin Watson for a 25-yard gain to get them near the red zone.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
• Though both drives ended in the red zone, the Renegades settled for two field goals and went into halftime down 12-9.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 23 Apr. 2023
• Goff found his top target on a slot fade in the corner of the end zone on the third play from the red zone to make the lead two touchdowns with just over six minutes left.
  — Jared Ramsey, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2024
• Coleman and Luke each had second-half touchdowns inside the red zone.
  — Justin Spears, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2023
• On the next possession, the Red Wolves had a promising drive end in the red zone on a fumble from running back Brian Snead.
  — Mike Harley, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2023
• The game wasn’t perfect, as the Cowboys struggled from the red zone (going 2 for 6), but there were so many positives.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
• That’s not including the the two costly interceptions that Nix threw in the red zone in each of those losses.
  — Dj Siddiqi, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
• Of note, however: For the first time since training camp opened, an 11-on-11 period took place outside of the red zone.
  — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2023
• The 16th play of an encouraging drive — and incredibly, the 10th from inside the red zone.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2024
• Sometimes Johnson can throw some real darts inside the red zone.
  — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2023
• All three are aiming to build upon what the Knights were good at last year — moving the ball quickly on offense and getting stops in the red zone on defense.
  — Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2023
• The difference, in part, was that the Giants failed to convert on their only trip to the red zone — the Bengals were 1-for-2 — and couldn’t produce any explosion plays.
  — Andrew Greif, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2024
• For the first time in camp, Deshaun Watson and the first-team offense dominated the red zone periods.
  — cleveland, 7 Aug. 2023
• During their first practice, the Commanders focused on the red zone, and Daniels was clearly the team’s best quarterback.
  — Sam Fortier, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
• Where things went wrong was in red-zone efficiency — Baylor scored only two touchdowns in five trips to the red zone, while Texas State was three for three.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023
• Rohan Nadkarni With the Lions needing to convert a fourth down trailing 20-16, the Buccaneers defense held up and got the stop in the red zone with less than a minute to go.
  — NBC News, 16 Sep. 2024
• Monken’s offense at Georgia did not have any problems finishing drives last season — the Bulldogs scored a touchdown in 68.7% of their trips to the red zone, best in the country.
  — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2023
• During Denver’s second possession, just as the Broncos were finding a groove and nearing the red zone, a holding call pushed them back to first-and-20.
  — Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024