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prevent defense

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

From Salon Oct. 3, 2024

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 Jan. 16, 2024

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 Oct. 16, 2023

“That was against a prevent defense on third down,” Bradshaw said.

From Seattle Times Feb. 3, 2022

Instead he relies on a sort of prevent defense, rushing only four and allowing arguably the worst secondary in the NFL to get picked apart.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 15, 2019

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