stopper

As teams build their rosters each offseason, they look for shooters such as Knecht, for defensive stoppers such as Jarred Vanderbilt, for offensive initiators or enforcers or for shot blockers.

He was a run stopper and a quarterback chaser.

“I don’t put that on anybody,” Cronin said, alluding to the need for everybody on his team to be a stopper.

The bottle stopper was cork, which had expanded over time and stuck to the glass, while the wire which held it in place had rusted away.

Smith is hardly a stopper to whom England have attached a pair of gloves.