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  2. List of sports clichés - Wikipedia

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    "The best defense is a good offense." [ 4 ] "Midfield maestro" is a term used in association football to describe a midfield player who excels in the technical and creative aspects of midfield play and who often create goalscoring opportunities for the attackers, while at the same time controlling the tempo of the match and raising the game of ...

  3. Line defense - Wikipedia

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    Line defense is a strategy used in basketball. It is referred to as the "line defense" because of its formation on the court, which consists of two lines of defense. Three players at the front of the defense (at the half-court center line) and two players behind (between the center line and the team's own key).

  4. 5–3 defense - Wikipedia

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    The usage of the 5–3 defense accelerated as the T formation became more popular and more effective. [5] Dana Bible, in his 1947 coaching tome, called it the best defense against the T formation. [6] By 1950, the base defenses in the NFL were all five man line defenses, either the 5–3 or the 5–2 Eagle. [7]

  5. 'SNL': Our favorite sports sketches - from Michael Jordan to ...

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    Peyton Manning's "United Way" PSA digital short was really the first time we saw the Hall of Fame quarterback let his guard down and show a personality beyond buttoned-up, all-world quarterback.

  6. Is South Carolina’s defense the best in the nation? It’s ...

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  7. 5–2 defense - Wikipedia

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    The second significant version of the 5–2 defense is the 5–2 defense that Bud Wilkinson developed while he was a head coach at Oklahoma. The latter defense, also called the 5–2 Oklahoma, is supposed to have arisen from Bud's exposure to Earle Neale's 5–2 defense in a College All-Star game after the Philadelphia Eagles' first ...

  8. Ravens promote Zach Orr to defensive coordinator, 7 years ...

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    After finding no takers as a player, Orr joined the Ravens as a defensive analyst in 2017 and got his first real coaching job in 2021 as the Jacksonville Jaguars' outside linebackers coach under ...

  9. Eight-in-the-box defense - Wikipedia

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    The area occupied by defensive linemen and linebackers is often referred to as "the box". The box is usually about 3-5 yards in depth and spans the offensive line in width. . Normally five to seven defensive players occupy this area but frequently another player is brought into the box for run support against smashmouth-oriented offensive teams or short yardage situat