passing game
noun
sports
: ability to pass the ball
The football team needs to improve its passing game.
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Payton gave Davis Webb the title of offensive passing game coordinator in addition to his work as Denver’s quarterback coach, the team announced in naming Payton’s 2025 staff Thursday.
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Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2025
Jackson, a third-round pick in 2020, began his career in Detroit, where new Bears coach Ben Johnson was on the offensive staff, first as tight ends coach and then as passing game coordinator (2022) and offensive coordinator (2023).
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
Miami also added former Houston Texans offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik as senior passing game coordinator and had offensive assistant Parks Frazier move on for a passing game coordinator role with the Philadelphia Eagles.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
Morton spent the last two seasons as the Denver Broncos passing game coordinator and is now, coincidentally, Johnson’s successor as the Lions offensive coordinator.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
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Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2025
Jackson, a third-round pick in 2020, began his career in Detroit, where new Bears coach Ben Johnson was on the offensive staff, first as tight ends coach and then as passing game coordinator (2022) and offensive coordinator (2023).
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
Miami also added former Houston Texans offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik as senior passing game coordinator and had offensive assistant Parks Frazier move on for a passing game coordinator role with the Philadelphia Eagles.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
Morton spent the last two seasons as the Denver Broncos passing game coordinator and is now, coincidentally, Johnson’s successor as the Lions offensive coordinator.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Passing game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passing%20game. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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