passing game

noun

sports

: ability to pass the ball

The football team needs to improve its passing game.

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After nine seasons in the CFL, Brady coached for the Indianapolis Colts and Philadelphia Eagles before landing on Jim’s Chargers staff as the passing game coordinator. —

Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024 Hoping to restart the offense, offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett was then stripped of play-calling duties just a few days later in favor of passing game coordinator Todd Downing. —

Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 23 Nov. 2024 Instead he’s taken advantage of the underneath space created from the two-high safety scheme opposing defenses are utilizing in the passing game to use Smith and he’s taken advantage of the seven-man fronts in the run game to run the ball. —

Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024 Detroit was expected to be able to run the ball and rely on Jared Goff's connection with TE Sam LaPorta and WR Amon-Ra St. Brown in the passing game. —

Tyler Everett, Newsweek, 19 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for passing game