How to Use downfield in a Sentence

downfield

adverb or adjective

• The two outside receivers ran downfield to block on the run plays.
  — James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 13 Sep. 2021
• That allowed Allen to stand comfortably in the pocket and look downfield much of the day.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Sep. 2020
• Lawrence marched the Jaguars right back downfield, finding Laquon Treadwell for 20 yards on fourth-and-1.
  — Dennis Waszak Jr., courant.com, 26 Dec. 2021
• Instead of a likely Falcons fourth down play from the 44, Atlanta rolled downfield for their first score to make it, 7-3.
  — Steve Svekis, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Oct. 2021
• The Broncos had marched downfield early in the first quarter, but the drive stalled after they were stopped short on fourth-and-1 at the Cobras 14-yard line.
  — Alex Kushel, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Sep. 2019
• Without a heavy rainstorm (as there was against Notre Dame), Michigan should be able to throw downfield more.
  — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2019
• The Packers raced downfield to spike the football with 3 seconds left, and Mason Crosby kicked the game-winner.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2022
• Stroud coolly drove the Buckeyes back downfield in the waning seconds, and Ruggles hit his easy field goal.
  — Greg Beacham, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Jan. 2022
• For starters, there’s no question the Bears wanted to take more vertical shots downfield.
  — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 15 Sep. 2021
• Auburn failed to record a sack and had just one hurry for the game, as Clifford frequently had time to get set and find his receivers downfield.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 19 Sep. 2021
• The Saints not only controlled the line of scrimmage against Detroit last week, but saw passing lanes open up downfield.
  — Luke Johnson, NOLA.com, 12 Oct. 2020
• When Lamb celebrated, Cooper ran downfield as the first to join him.
  — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 2 Oct. 2021
• Baltimore won the coin toss of overtime, and Jackson marched his team downfield and found Brown again for the game-winning touchdown.
  — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2021
• Mahomes required the Bills defense to respect his legs and in turn opened up options downfield.
  — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2022
• The ball was moved downfield quickly and when Vertonghen failed to intercept the final pass, Haraguchi sprinted clear.
  — Ryland James, chicagotribune.com, 2 July 2018
• Max Ringwall, who plays for Eisenhower, caught a pass and ran downfield before pointing to Jack.
  — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2017
• The Sabers have no fear in this regard and probably attack downfield more than a great majority of teams.
  — Mark Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2017
• Duke had driven downfield and had a second-and-10 play from the Pitt 12-yard line when quarterback Brandon Connette tried to run a read-option play to his left.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2022
• The 2019 version of Stanley would lift the Ravens in two ways, giving Lamar Jackson more time to look downfield and mitigating the team’s overall lack of depth at tackle.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 28 Oct. 2021
• Facing a second-and-5 from Miami’s 38, Mayfield takes the snap and keeps his eyes downfield looking for Landry across the middle or a streaking Beckham deep.
  — cleveland, 27 Nov. 2019
• Around the 36th minute, Watson made a sharp outlet pass in his own end and immediately sprinted downfield all the way into the Latin box, ready to receive a cross, though the ball ended up out of play.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2019
• With a pass rush already severely compromised by injury, the 49ers need to be able to cover receivers downfield.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 11 Oct. 2020
• Center Jason Kelce shoved aside two defenders on the same run play several yards downfield.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 19 Sep. 2021
• Beyond that, there were a handful of plays in which McCarthy pushed the ball downfield and showed off the talent that earned him dozens of scholarship offers and a lofty ranking from recruiting sites.
  — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 5 Sep. 2020
• Herbert explained afterward that the plan always will be to look downfield first before checking down to Ekeler.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2021
• Thorne said his biggest areas of adjustment were learning the size and speed of college defenders, and working to keep his eyes downfield when moving out of the pocket.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2019
• When most other high school teams are trying to spread their offenses out and throw the ball downfield, Fyffe is trying to bring everyone closer together and run it right at you.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 6 Oct. 2021
• There were multiple plays designed to target him downfield in Week 2, Brees said, but either the defensive alignment or pressure took them away.
  — Jeff Nowak, NOLA.com, 25 Sep. 2020
• After throwing mostly screens and short passes last week at Minnesota, Milton was forced to look downfield more often against the Spartans.
  — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2020
• And that extra protection for Lombardi also allowed his receivers time to run their routes downfield, which led to five completions of 30-or-more yards.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2020

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