passing game

noun

sports

: ability to pass the ball

The football team needs to improve its passing game.

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The Charlotte, North Carolina, native and Howard University graduate also has extensive college experience, most recently serving as the assistant head coach and passing game coordinator under Jim Harbaugh at Michigan. —

C.j. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2025 The Detroit Lions have hired former Stanford head coach David Shaw as their passing game coordinator per insider Tom Pelissero. —

Sean Treppedi, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025 Former Broncos passing game coordinator John Morton landed Detroit’s offensive coordinator position earlier this week. —

Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 30 Jan. 2025 After spending the 2023 season as San Francisco’s passing game coordinator, Kubiak served as the New Orleans Saints’ offensive coordinator last season. —

Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 27 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for passing game