defensive backs
Pass defense players
Defensive backs are football players who defend against passing plays, positioned in the secondary behind the linebackers.
The group includes cornerbacks, who cover wide receivers, and safeties, who provide deep coverage and run support.
Their defensive backs got torched all game.
The term is almost always plural, referring to the unit collectively.
- cornerbackDefensive back covering receivers
- instinctsInnate behavioral tendencies
- interceptionSeizing something in transit
- pick sixInterception returned for touchdown
- tackleGear or takedown
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Pass-catching offensive players
receivers · wideouts · tight ends · running backs · split ends
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Football's front-row players
defensive line · linebackers · pass rushers · defensive ends · defensive tackles
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