quarterback sneak
noun
: a usually quick run with the ball by a quarterback into the middle of the offensive line
Examples of quarterback sneak in a Sentence
He ran a quarterback sneak up the middle for a touchdown.
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The Super Bowl champion Eagles have run a quarterback sneak 108 times since 2022, almost double the amount of the second-place Bills (55), according to ESPN research.
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Jack Magruder, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
The Packers, who lost to the Eagles in the first round of the playoffs last season, have been among several teams voicing their distaste for the evolution of the traditional quarterback sneak into an all-out scrum.
—Dave Campbell, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
That’s the most quarterback sneaks stopped in one game in the Next Gen Stats era, the company said, which dates to 2016.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2025
Owners were set to vote last month but instead tabled the topic for more discussion of a play in which Jalen Hurts takes the snap on a quarterback sneak while two or three players line up behind him to try to push him past the first-down line or into the end zone.
—Schuyler Dixon, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
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Jack Magruder, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
The Packers, who lost to the Eagles in the first round of the playoffs last season, have been among several teams voicing their distaste for the evolution of the traditional quarterback sneak into an all-out scrum.
—Dave Campbell, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
That’s the most quarterback sneaks stopped in one game in the Next Gen Stats era, the company said, which dates to 2016.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2025
Owners were set to vote last month but instead tabled the topic for more discussion of a play in which Jalen Hurts takes the snap on a quarterback sneak while two or three players line up behind him to try to push him past the first-down line or into the end zone.
—Schuyler Dixon, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
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“Quarterback sneak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quarterback%20sneak. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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