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The phrase "a screen pass" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in the context of American football to describe a specific type of play where the quarterback throws a short pass to a receiver behind the line of scrimmage.
Example: "The team executed a perfect screen pass, allowing the running back to gain significant yardage."
Alternatives: "a short pass" or "a lateral pass".
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"So when Eli goes to throw a screen pass, it's immediately intercepted.
Running back Pierre Thomas caught a screen pass and burst up the left sideline.
METAIRIE, La .— There went Pierre Thomas, on a screen pass in the Superdome late last Saturday.
Three plays later, Hart completed a screen pass to Brian Leonard for 55 yards.
Do I have to repeat that a screen pass is stupid on third-and-2?
He caught a screen pass, but was tackled for a 6-yard loss.
That was when Philadelphia's Jeremy Maclin caught a screen pass and began to run down the left sideline.
"That's Football 101," Palmer said of Flowers's interception, which came on a screen pass intended for Denarius Moore.
The junior running back Trent Richardson ran for 126 yards and took a screen pass 61 yards for a touchdown.
Then, to set up the Titans' first touchdown of the game, McNair faked a screen pass to the right to George and then threw a screen pass over the middle to Wycheck.
"He fumbled the ball three times, he slipped a couple of times, dropped a screen pass," Paterno said.
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