screen pass
noun
: 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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When called upon to make an impact at the end of the second quarter, Johnson did just that, taking a screen pass to the house on a 52-yard touchdown catch to give Buffalo a 21-17 lead.
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Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
But the Jets got two return touchdowns in a span of 36 seconds, and that allowed New York to continually fail on offense without maximum penalty before catching the uber-aggressive Browns in a zero-blitz at the right time on the screen pass that put them in positive pass yardage.
—Zac Jackson, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
Truth is, there’s a lot going on in our world, and seemingly little of it feels as a good as a 80-yard TD-run off a screen pass, or a game-ending, championship-securing double play.
—Andrea Williams, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Nov. 2025
The Saints tied it on a short screen pass from Caden Jones to Bey who made a slick cutback before reaching the end zone for a 15-yard scoring play with 24 seconds remaining in the half to tie it 21-21.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
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Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
But the Jets got two return touchdowns in a span of 36 seconds, and that allowed New York to continually fail on offense without maximum penalty before catching the uber-aggressive Browns in a zero-blitz at the right time on the screen pass that put them in positive pass yardage.
—Zac Jackson, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
Truth is, there’s a lot going on in our world, and seemingly little of it feels as a good as a 80-yard TD-run off a screen pass, or a game-ending, championship-securing double play.
—Andrea Williams, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Nov. 2025
The Saints tied it on a short screen pass from Caden Jones to Bey who made a slick cutback before reaching the end zone for a 15-yard scoring play with 24 seconds remaining in the half to tie it 21-21.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Screen pass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screen%20pass. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.
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