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- adjective belonging to the
third string of ateam ; one who plays behind thefirst andsecond strings . - adjective a
substitute orreplacement .
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Examples
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Moments after he called the third-string offense and defense onto the field -- which, he stressed, was for three plays only because of time constraints -- Reid walked toward the line of scrimmage and held everything up for a few precious seconds.
SI.com 2011
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Moments after he called the third-string offense and defense onto the field -- which, he stressed, was for three plays only because of time constraints -- Reid walked toward the line of scrimmage and held everything up for a few precious seconds.
SI.com 2011
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They faced third-string quarterbacks in wins over Miami, Detroit and Minnesota after Brett Favre left with a concussion.
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"I'll just tell you this, the one thing I know about Jay Cutler is he's tough," said third-string quarterback Caleb Hanie, who led a late comeback bid.
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They faced third-string quarterbacks in wins over Miami, Detroit and Minnesota after Brett Favre left with a concussion.
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They faced third-string quarterbacks in wins over Miami, Detroit and Minnesota after Brett Favre left with a concussion.
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"I'll just tell you this, the one thing I know about Jay Cutler is he's tough," said third-string quarterback Caleb Hanie, who led a late comeback bid.
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Getty Images Tim Tebow of the Denver Broncos If this sounds familiar, it's because his career arc so far mimics Tebow's, from the unlikely fascination (Lin is the first American-born Chinese or Taiwanese player) through the rock-bottom point (Tebow was third-string at the start of this season) to the freakish success (Tebow won seven of his first eight games as Denver's starter).
Meet Jeremy Lin, the New Tim Tebow Ben Cohen 2012
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Cal Sport Media/Zuma Press Greg McElroy Another Jets player railed against the team's splintered locker room Wednesday, when Greg McElroy, a third-string rookie quarterback, took the club to task for what he called its selfishness.
Jets Rookie Criticizes Locker-Room Mentality Chris Herring 2012
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And in perhaps the starkest contrast possible, they'll be replacing him with a third-string, undrafted rookie out of Arizona, Colin Baxter, who's been on the team for a little over two weeks.
O-Line Concern Is Front and Center Chris Herring 2011
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