The playbooks in Blitz include 38 passing plays, a punt and a field goal.
Baltimore gave up both a punt return and a kickoff return for touchdowns to the same guy.
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Those distinctly Russian advantages persuaded enough investors that, for all its risks, Rosneft was worth a punt.
The dreaded 50-plus points came when Norwich Free Academy blocked a punt for a safety with 3:25 to go.
And it is this ease that has attracted vast numbers of people to take a punt on becoming an author.
He appeared in just 12 games for the Jets sometimes as a Wildcat quarterback, sometimes as a punt-protector, sometimes as a receiver.
Some may be taking a punt on governments as much as companies.
Announcers are never afraid to second-guess a coach for calling a passing play instead of a run, or a run instead of a punt.
He runs a number of funds that allow patient investors to take a punt on a basket of ideas that may produce a long-term pay-off.
Eventually the temptation to take a punt on property becomes overwhelming.
If the 49ers hadn't fumbled a punt in overtime and handed the game to the Giants, it might have been the longest football game in history.
In this decade, the Steelers have had a disturbing knack for giving up the big play on special teams: a punt or kickoff returned for a touchdown.
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But if the banks and investment funds (and hedge funds who've taken a punt on the Euro's survival) are not to be made to lose money who does?
He appeared in just 12 games for the Jets sometimes as a quarterback in the Jets' derivation of the "Wildcat" formation, sometimes as a punt-protector, sometimes as a receiver.
These were firms that barely stayed afloat in the boom and both creditors and employees were taking a punt on their promise to pay debts and generous health-care benefits.
Cromartie, though, has muffed two kicks this season: a kickoff at Oakland that led to a Raiders touchdown and a punt against Buffalo that led to a Bills touchdown.
And there could be retailing of equity stakes - that is, aimed at the small-scale investor wanting to take a punt on a small-scale company with a big idea.
It is acceptable to take a punt on a promising youngster on a tour - as is the case with Adil Rashid - but not on a 34-year-old whose form, on last inspection, had deserted him.
Imagine a stadium full of grown men and women brought to tears when The Saints blocked a punt against the Falcons and ran it back for a touchdown in their first home game since Hurricane Katrina.
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But Tuck sacked him on third down on the Patriots' next possession, forcing a punt, and the game took on a similar feeling to that 17-14 Giants upset in Super Bowl XLII: the Giants weren't going away.
Later, with less than two minutes remaining in the first half, the Patriots made the mystifying decision to fake a punt on their own side of the field a move that Mr. Pryce said was born of desperation.
Partly to address that, it took what now looks like a disastrous punt (though other investment banks have done likewise) in creating a hedge-fund venture in 2005 run by John Costas, the former head of investment banking.
As both sides showed the signs of a sapping encounter, a hopeful punt was spilled by Marras full-back Craig Benson just short of the line, and a gleeful Stewart Sanderson took full advantage to collect the bobbling ball and fall over the line.
One is said to have taken a huge and disastrous punt on a strengthening euro.
The same direct approach brought the opening goal after 20 minutes when a long punt downfield from Manuel Neuer sent Klose racing clear.
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Clinch scored the first of his two tries to reduce the deficit and then team-mate Sovatabua went over after collecting a long punt from Clinch.
The Tory peer, and David Cameron's adviser on growth, said offering a referendum on EU membership would be a "punt" that would "drive away inward investment".
Ipswich's keeper handled the ball outside his penalty area following a hopeful punt forward and three minutes later replacement keeper Arran Lee-Barrett was picking the ball out of his net.
After a long punt into the box from Diamanti, Franco clashed with Vermaelen and referee Martin Atkinson was soon reaching for the red card after getting the nod from his assistant.
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