passing game
noun
sports
: ability to pass the ball
The football team needs to improve its passing game.
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These are Baker Mayfield’s top-two targets in the passing game.
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Vincent Frank, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
The passing game was more cosmetic than consequential, other than setting up those field goals.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
That’s going to take better timing and rhythm from Nix in the passing game.
—Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2024
For a Sooners offense that lacked a passing game and knew its margin for error was already slim, the turnovers before halftime effectively ended any threat and turned a rivalry whose history is rife with unexpected outcomes into a result that should shock nobody.
—Andrew Greif, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
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Vincent Frank, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
The passing game was more cosmetic than consequential, other than setting up those field goals.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
That’s going to take better timing and rhythm from Nix in the passing game.
—Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2024
For a Sooners offense that lacked a passing game and knew its margin for error was already slim, the turnovers before halftime effectively ended any threat and turned a rivalry whose history is rife with unexpected outcomes into a result that should shock nobody.
—Andrew Greif, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
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“Passing game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passing%20game. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.
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