the red zone

noun

American football

: the area of the field that is inside an opponent's 20-yard line

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Outside of the red zone, the Lions’ defense was aggressive. —

Ted Nguyen, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025 Despite getting stopped in the red zone, Wilson had success on the next drive. —

Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2024 Then rookie Ricky Pearsall was flagged twice for illegally lining up to first knock the 49ers out of the red zone and then to wipe out a big third-and-long conversion that took the 49ers to the Miami 2-yard line. —

Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024 The Saints have a takeaway on 19% of opponent possessions, which is 3rd in the league. 26.2% of the drives against New Orleans have reached the red zone, the 3rd-lowest rate in the league. —

Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the red zone

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