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dropback

[ drop-bak ]

noun

  1. a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level:

    Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of dropback1

Noun use of verb phrase drop back
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Example Sentences

Yet thanks to their coverage unit, they’ve managed the 10th-best sacks-per-dropback rate, sixth-best opponent passer rating and second-best defensive success rate.

He said that was not a problem with Jurgensen, a dropback passer who stayed in the pocket created by the offensive line.

Everything looked like a nail to Brown’s Wolverines, who blitzed quarterbacks on just over 40 percent of dropbacks during those four games.

Even better, DBOE is based on the probability of a play being a dropback, a metric that’s fairly opaque to a defensive play-caller since they often simply match big bodies to big bodies when the offense trots out their personnel.

The Tennessee Titans’ reclamation of Ryan Tannehill — third in the league in play-action dropback percentage and fourth in the league in QBR this season through Week 6 — adds further evidence.

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