pass catcher
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5.4
- noun
- Jargon
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- Well, Brown was drafted in part because he's a pretty good pass-catcher.
- leading pass catcher in the NFL
- leading pass catcher
- pass catchers in the league
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Just as we saw with Tampa Bay last week, it's often a wide receiver or tight end that is responsible for the block that springs huge gains, and having a group of pass catchers who are willing blockers is a necessary part of a big-play running game.
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Tight end Mychal Rivera is a very reliable pass-catcher, and Rajion Neal also has good hands out of the backfield.
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Basically, an athletic pass catcher who doesn't do a great deal of blocking.
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So far this season, I recall as many easy passes dropped by Niners pass catchers as superb ones made.
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This is a clear sign that Celek's blocking assignments had little to do with his production as a pass-catcher.
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The screen was well set up for a big gain, but Peterson still availed himself well as an occasional pass catcher.
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With another 12 catches, Bowe will become their career-leading pass catcher for a wide receiver, ahead of Henry Marshall.
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While it seems intuitive that Rudolph could line up on the line out wide as a receiver (and he frequently does), he's rarely a threat there because he still has to put all of his talents together to be an effective pass catcher in most situations.
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Williams caught a career-high 10 passes for a career-high 131 yards to lead all pass catchers in the game and help lead the Wildcats to a 28-27 overtime victory over Valpo.
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The quarterback just threw a pass to the wide receiver, who is an excellent pass catcher.
Synonyms
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2.7
A person who gets something someone sends, gives, or throws
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6.5
A player near the side of the field who catches passes in American football
A football player who catches passes from the quarterback
An American football player who stands near the sideline to catch passes
Surface Forms
Morphology
pass + catcher
The compound is transparently formed from 'pass' (an act of sending the ball) + 'catcher' (one who catches), so the meaning 'a player who catches a forward pass' is directly derivable from the constituents. This agent–noun composition is a common, literal pattern found across languages and in sports vocabulary, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Pass catcher comes from a simple picture: pass is the ball thrown by the quarterback and catcher is the player who catches it. That's why pass catcher means 'a receiver', a player whose job is to catch forward passes.