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play-action pass

[ pley-ak-shuhn ]

noun

Football.
  1. a pass play designed to deceive the defense by appearing to be a running play, in which the quarterback fakes a hand-off to a back before throwing a forward pass.


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Origin of play-action pass1

An Americanism dating back to 1960–65
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“Our vision is we get the run game going,” Roman said, “and the complementary play-action pass and the ability to throw the ball down the field when we can, or just check it down with numbing repetition underneath. That’s what we’re chasing.”

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“He’s why our pass game and our play-action pass and all that kind of stuff opened up because he sort of sets the standard with the run game and then when we do pass the ball, he’s there in our play,” quarterback Brock Purdy said.

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“He’s the reason why our pass game and our play-action pass and all that kind of stuff opened up because he sort of sets the standard with the run game and then when we do pass the ball, he’s there in our play,” Purdy said.

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For the Tide, it has to be all about running the ball, hitting teams over the top with the play-action pass and protecting a defense that isn’t as star-studded as years past.

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Jaxon Smith-Njigba was about as open as a receiver gets in the NFL on his 28-yard TD reception from Geno Smith on a play-action pass in the first quarter.

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