screen pass
nounDefinition of screen pass
: a forward pass in football to a receiver at or behind the line of scrimmage who is protected by a screen of blockers
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The snap from center sailed by the Saints quarterback, who was able to pick up the football in stride running backward, turn and find Gunner Campbell with a short screen pass. — Al.com Reports, al, "Briarcrest Christian (Tenn.) spoils Bob Godsey’s debut at Madison Academy," 24 Aug. 2019 Molina’s first catch was a simple screen pass that had Potts looking left, finding Molina, who raced down the left sidelines, before stepping out at the three, a splendid 39-yard gain. — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, "Deer Park has some things to iron out after scrimmage loss to Summer Creek," 24 Aug. 2019 The middle score was a 43-yard screen pass from quarterback Hyrum Boren to Jared Wilson. — Danny Shapiro, azcentral, "Arizona high school football: Key Week 1 game roundups," 23 Aug. 2019 Immediately before that play, however, Jones erred on a call for a screen pass that Whisenhunt said probably would have resulted in an easy touchdown. — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, "Improving Cardale Jones must pass more preseason tests to make Chargers’ roster," 21 Aug. 2019 Samuel looks like the kind of player who can make a screen pass exciting. — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, "Kurtenbach: Two rookies might take the 49ers’ offense to the next level in 2019," 11 Aug. 2019 However, Smith struggled by holding the ball too long at times and his longest completion was a 23-yard screen pass to running back Rashaad Penny. — oregonlive.com, "Seattle Seahawks open their preseason with a win: The good and the bad," 9 Aug. 2019 Later, there was a play-action fake and another 8-yard completion to Sherfield, followed by the biggest offensive output, a short screen pass to Johnson for a 14-yard pick up. — Bob Mcmanaman, azcentral, "Cardinals rookie Kyler Murray looked calm and in total command against Chargers," 9 Aug. 2019 Baker suffered the injury trying to defend a screen pass to running back Kenyan Drake and struggled to get off the field. — Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, "Dolphins LB Jerome Baker leaves Monday’s practice with injury; Mike Hull placed on reserve/PUP list," 5 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'screen pass.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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