passing game

noun

sports

: ability to pass the ball

The football team needs to improve its passing game.

Examples of passing game in a Sentence

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As the Panthers’ brass stated, the draft wasn’t all about Bryce Young and the passing game. —Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 10 May 2024

This offseason the Dolphins seemingly put the offense’s focus on elevating the talent level at tight end, and balancing out the passing game by improving the No. 3 spot receiver spot. —Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 6 May 2024

The trio should be able to immediately provide aerial support for Young in the passing game. —Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2024

But his role in the passing game diminished over the final three months of the season. —Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2024

The 6-2, 200-pounder has the length to be disruptive in the passing game and covers enough ground to help against the run. —Ron Counts, Idaho Statesman, 19 Apr. 2024

But with several of the top wideout talents off the board, the Panthers prioritize a different position in the passing game, and again, land Sanders to spark a change in the playmaking department. —Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2024

In Davis' mock draft, Baltimore gives defending MVP Lamar Jackson another weapon in the passing game. —Ayrton Ostly, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2024

Denver had most of its offensive staff, along with general manager George Paton, at North Carolina for quarterback Drake Maye’s pro day last week and, on the same day, had passing game coordinator John Morton and others in Seattle to watch Penix work out. —Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2024