downfield
Away from scrimmage
Downfield refers to the direction toward the opponent's goal in football and similar field sports.
A quarterback throws downfield; receivers run downfield routes.
The term works as both adverb and adjective: He threw the ball downfield, a downfield pass.
The opposite is upfield, toward one's own goal.
One who accepts transmission
- quarterbackPassing position in football
- passMove beyond or decline
- endzoneFootball field's scoring rectangle
- touchdownSix-point gridiron play
wideout · yards · spiral · route · coverage · cornerback · safety · interception
receiver
One who accepts transmission
- quarterbackPassing position in football
- passMove beyond or decline
- endzoneFootball field's scoring rectangle
touchdown · wideout · yards · spiral · route · coverage · cornerback · safety · interception · sideline
playbook
Documented set of tactics
- formationCreation or arrangement
- blitzSwift, overwhelming offensive
- audibleCapable of being detected by ear
zone · play-action · sweep · blocking · rush · offense · snap · scrimmage · drive · march
attack
Aggressive act against another
feed · assist · clearing · transition · fastbreak · shooting · cradling · checking · faceoff · groundball
- Downdownhill, downstairs, downstream, downwind, downfall
- MRI/NMRMRI scan, resonance, T1, spectrometer, scanner
- directionsnorth, south, east, west, left
down, field, downward, battlefield, airfield, downwards, fielding, midfielder, midfield