How to Use weak side in a Sentence

weak side

noun
Definition of weak sidenext
  • Head coach Adam Gase loves to flex his tight ends out wide, all alone on the weak side.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Phillips, the third round pick out of LSU, had a nice camp and filled in for Wilson at times on the weak side.
    — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 4 Sep. 2020
  • The front four shades to the weak side of the offense with the strong-side linebacker often walking up to the line.
    — Jeff McLane, Philly.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • In Saleh’s scheme, that often means aligning on the weak side.
    — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 22 June 2018
  • Do the Buckeyes have another source of strength on the weak side?
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 9 Mar. 2021
  • This season, Davis said, the plan is to move Jones to the weak side while Devon Kennard plays the strong side.
    — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2020
  • At the last second, Adebayo slid over from the weak side and batted away Tatum’s take.
    — Christian Clark | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 23 Sep. 2020
  • But Adebayo rotated over from the weak side and stuffed Tatum at the rim with his left hand.
    — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 15 July 2021
  • Kidd-Gilchrist blocked his shot on the weak side, and Kansas turned the ball over seconds later.
    — Alan Blinder, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2020
  • Crowder was in his wake with James rising from the weak side to challenge.
    — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Partizan are a weak side, and a team of United's stature should be able to come away with a win.
    — SI.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • From there, O’Neale has a bunch of options: shoot the open three, swing it to shooters on the weak side, whatever.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Joe Ingles’ rotation to cut him off from the weak side.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Jan. 2021
  • Lining up on the edge on the weak side, away from the tight end, the Bucks often have been short-timers who shined and then seized their chance to move on to the NFL.
    — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Aug. 2019
  • Miller predominantly works off the weak side and Chubb off the strong side.
    — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Queen still leads the team in tackles with 47, but has only recorded 13 playing on the weak side.
    — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 20 Nov. 2021
  • With 6:52 left in the first quarter, and Irving cradling the ball on the left wing, Hayward cut behind Crowder on the weak side for a lob.
    — Lee Jenkins, SI.com, 20 Dec. 2017
  • And usually two guys go to him which leaves me open roving to the basket or a guy shooting on the weak side.
    — Tania Ganguli, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Lee opened the season at strong side linebacker but switched to the weak side when Leighton Vander Esch went down to injury.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 5 Jan. 2020
  • Marshall lined up as the weak side linebacker in the Raiders’ base defense in camp and was the first linebacker off the field in the nickel package.
    — Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, 31 Aug. 2019
  • This La Nina, however, is forecast to be on the weak side as well as short-lived.
    — Leigh Morgan, AL.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Third-year player Tyus Bowser is more of a strong-side player than rusher from the weak side.
    — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 30 Aug. 2019
  • That would have put Mexico in the weaker side of the bracket against Switzerland instead of in the tougher side against Brazil.
    — Grant Wahl, SI.com, 2 July 2018
  • Simply put: Wide receivers are utilized to block back toward the line of scrimmage to seal the edge for a toss to the weak side of the formation.
    — Jeff Nowak, NOLA.com, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Safety Xavier Woods blitzed on the weak side of the formation, all but removing him from the equation.
    — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Marchand had a clean look at the net from the weak side and tried to go top shelf but Canadiens goalie Jake Allen snapped his glove to make the grab as time expired.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The Saints linebacker corps already has depth on the weak side and in the middle, but Burks could add some depth on the strong side with his cover skills and closing speed.
    — Josh Katzenstein, NOLA.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Robertson is the top backup on the weak side, but perhaps Davis can handle that role if injuries start to impact the group.
    — Josh Katzenstein, NOLA.com, 30 May 2018
  • The Hoosiers would rush to fill the lane and help a pass over, sometimes even dragging the lone weak side defender away from the corner to help, thus leaving shooters time and time again.
    — Joel Lorenzi, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Hofer on the power play gets to the net too easily, Gauthier stops his shot but the rebound goes to the weak side where Berezowski has an easy follow.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 5 Mar. 2022

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