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How to use backfield in a sentence

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With three sacks and 10 tackles for loss, Doss can disrupt the opponent's backfield.
The team is so weak at cornerback that forcing the action in the opponent's backfield is the only way it can succeed.
He fires off the ball, disrupts the backfield and makes plays all over the football field.
The quarterback hands the ball off deep in the backfield to create the illusion of an inside zone play.
To use four wide receivers, the Chargers took some basic pass protection away from the line of scrimmage and the backfield.
He made three tackles in the Buc backfield and two more at the line of scrimmage.
After taking a handoff deep in the backfield from the quarterback, the tailback picks a hole based on the blocking in front of him.
An effective run stuffer, he also can get into the backfield and pressure the quarterback.
He has shown the versatility throughout his career to play any position in the defensive backfield.
They entered the offseason with a depleted defensive backfield, so adding a quality cornerback or safety is likely.
You'll be lucky to get out of the backfield with your ball carrier, but at least you won't be able to complete as many long bombs.
They will shift from the line of scrimmage to the backfield, or split out as receivers.
He flung his great body forward, as if he planned to take out the entire Notre Dame backfield, and whammed.
He is frequently sent after the quarterback on middle blitzes yet has the quickness to cover receivers out of the backfield.
Though he might not get statistical credit, Rogers has a knack for blowing up plays by quickly penetrating the backfield and forcing running backs to change direction.
On the next several possessions, the defense began to barge into the backfield.
You might even see him lined up in the backfield once or twice.
Gardner audibled to send his fullback from the backfield to the line, and had to corral a high snap with the play clock winding down.
A hulking defender breaks into the backfield and takes him down with a vicious clothesline tackle.
On Bush's first touchdown reception, he lined up at tailback, but tight end Dominique Byrd was also in the backfield, creating a dilemma for the defense.
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Casad, Clark and Phillips made up a backfield that would have been a credit to any of the colleges.
Suddenly Stover, in the backfield, watching like a cat, started forward with a cry.
He was a backfield man and one of West Point's main line backers.
Their backfield features Nathan Arcey and Erin Madden, two of the conference's three leading rushers.
Our answer was to return two backs to the backfield and play more smash-mouth football with our offensive linemen and fullbacks.
The backfield coach has the picking of men for their positions.
You see our backfield was pretty light and the wet field slowed them up.
But Elmore bobbled the snap on the team's first play of the drive, and Henningsen picked the ball up in the backfield and run untouched for the touchdown.
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