Crossword clues for cornerback
cornerback
Wiktionary
n. (context American football Gaelic football hurling English) The defensive players who are in position on each side farthest laterally from the ball and whose principal responsibility is to defend against passes
WordNet
n. a defensive football player stationed outside the linebackers
Wikipedia
A cornerback (CB) (also referred to as a corner) is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in American and Canadian football. Cornerbacks cover receivers, to defend against pass offenses and make tackles. Other members of the defensive backfield include the safeties and occasionally linebackers. The cornerback position requires speed and agility. A cornerback's skillset typically requires proficiency in anticipating the quarterback, back-pedalling, executing single and zone coverage, disrupting pass routes, block shedding, and tackling. Cornerbacks are among the fastest players on the field.
Usage examples of "cornerback".
Father John expected to find Ted Gianelli, the stocky, black-haired FBI agent and former cornerback for the Buffalo Bills.
The left cornerback sliced in to make an anklehigh tackle just as Taft was getting set to turn it on.
Then, on a column sweep, Taft turned the corner and picked up speed just as a lane opened and suddenly he was gone, out into open territory, and I watched from my knees as he dipped and swerved and cut past a cornerback, one motion, accelerating off the cut and heading straight for the last man, the free safety, and then veering off just slightly, almost contemptuously, not bothering to waste a good hipfake, still operating on that first immaculate thrust, cruising downhill from there.
But, except for cornerback Leroy Butler, the secondary was a disaster.
Defensively, coordinator Ray Rhodes made a great move by switching cornerback Leroy Butler to strong safety, replacing retired veteran Mark Murphy.
Butler, who had been a decent cornerback, emerged quickly as a standout safety.
During the fourth quarter on Saturday, the Bruins freshman cornerback was carted off the field with a possible concussion.