How to Use play-action pass in a Sentence

play-action pass

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  • 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
  • And that leaves the secondary exposed to a play-action pass.
    — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2024
  • 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 | Jgoodman@al.com, 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 | Minabinett@al.com, 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
  • The redshirt freshman completed a short play-action pass to Russell over the left side.
    — Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Travis also does an excellent job selling play-action passes and has a quick release.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2024

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