prevent defense

American  

noun

Football.

1. the defensive strategy of adding a defender to prevent completion of a long pass or other long gain.

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Example Sentences

"In football parlance, we were in a prevent defense to not lose when we never had anything to lose because I don’t think we were ever ahead."

From Salon

I think I think they’re in a situation where they’re playing like a little bit of Prevent Defense and I think this is like I think this is a tricky thing.

From Los Angeles Times

All night long it seemed amiable, and Walz - the former high school defensive football coach - sat back in a prevent defense.

From Salon

The requests were made to prevent defense counsel and/or their client from trying to “poison these proceedings” and intentionally turning the trial “into a circus.”

From Slate

And it remains unclear whether renouncing the 2009 document will prevent defense lawyers in future cases from using similar victim-blaming concepts — just with alternative terminology.

From Scientific American