screen pass
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- noun
- /skriːn pæs/
- Jargon
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pase pantalla
- The quarterback threw a screen pass to the running back, who was surrounded by blockers.
- throw a screen pass
- complete screen passes
- call a screen pass
Examples
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The Titans, finally, called a screen pass and had it set up beautifully.
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The 49ers need to call more screen passes this year, bottom line.
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Looks like a screen pass.
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I think we saw more screen passes this week, which seemed to work.
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Scott drops a screen pass on second down.
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Third and 20, he throws that screen pass, gave the first down to Ward.
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Watch, it'll be a screen pass to the right.
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We really suffered against the blitz, and all year long we had the same question: where are the screen passes?
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Cooper caught seven passes for 162 yards and two touchdowns Saturday, and one screen pass he housed was called back due to a penalty.
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Finally, the first touchdown would be scored on a 63-yard screen pass from Robert Marve to Akeem Hunt, making it 13-3.
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Synonyms
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A throw toward the opponent's end to move the ball downfield
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A play in American football where a player throws the ball forward to a teammate
A short forward pass to a player running toward the sideline in American football
How Far
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a pass in which the receiver is protected by blockers' is directly derivable from combining 'screen' (to shield) with 'pass' (an act of sending the ball): it denotes a pass that involves shielding the receiver. This compositional relation follows normal English word-building and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Screen pass comes from the picture on the football field: teammates make a short wall, a screen, of blockers in front of the receiver while the quarterback throws a short pass. So the term means a short forward throw where the teammate who catches the ball is 'protected' by blockers.