Heat from the Edge
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It's beautiful. There is however one major thing left for them to work on. From Bill Connelly's piece on flaws in playoff contenders:
Washington
Record (Week 4 result): 4-0 (defeated Stanford, 40-22)
Rankings: 18th in AP, 24th in SP+, 18th in FPI
Current odds of reaching CFP: 3.8%
Fatal flaw: Getting the defense off the field. Washington's rebound has been immediate and comprehensive. A year after collapsing to 4-8, Kalen DeBoer's Huskies have already matched last year's win total, moving to 4-0 with Saturday night's comfortable win over Stanford. They sacked Cardinal quarterback Tanner McKee eight times in just 34 pass attempts, eased out to a 30-7 third-quarter lead and cruised.
Only two of those sacks came on third or fourth down, however, downs in which Stanford averaged 5.4 yards per play with a decent (all things considered) 43% success rate. For the season, Washington ranks 91st in success rate allowed on third-and-long and 79th on third-and-medium. The Huskies are forcing opponents behind the chains, then letting them off the hook. Upcoming road games against UCLA and Oregon could end unhappily if the Huskies' defense remains that accommodating. -
It's as though DeBoer is sleeping in his office and drinking @MikeDamone 's shitty Folger's coffee from a stained mug just to fix all the shit that annoys us. Littleton and Feeney have been replaced.
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It's been fucking maddening, and I still don't trust our defense.dnc said:It's beautiful. There is however one major thing left for them to work on. From Bill Connelly's piece on flaws in playoff contenders:
Washington
Record (Week 4 result): 4-0 (defeated Stanford, 40-22)
Rankings: 18th in AP, 24th in SP+, 18th in FPI
Current odds of reaching CFP: 3.8%
Fatal flaw: Getting the defense off the field. Washington's rebound has been immediate and comprehensive. A year after collapsing to 4-8, Kalen DeBoer's Huskies have already matched last year's win total, moving to 4-0 with Saturday night's comfortable win over Stanford. They sacked Cardinal quarterback Tanner McKee eight times in just 34 pass attempts, eased out to a 30-7 third-quarter lead and cruised.
Only two of those sacks came on third or fourth down, however, downs in which Stanford averaged 5.4 yards per play with a decent (all things considered) 43% success rate. For the season, Washington ranks 91st in success rate allowed on third-and-long and 79th on third-and-medium. The Huskies are forcing opponents behind the chains, then letting them off the hook. Upcoming road games against UCLA and Oregon could end unhappily if the Huskies' defense remains that accommodating.
But still, our success this year is based on boat racing teams. -
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The problem with being a stats junkie is you think our fatal flaw is our pass rush and not our secondarydnc said:It's beautiful. There is however one major thing left for them to work on. From Bill Connelly's piece on flaws in playoff contenders:
Washington
Record (Week 4 result): 4-0 (defeated Stanford, 40-22)
Rankings: 18th in AP, 24th in SP+, 18th in FPI
Current odds of reaching CFP: 3.8%
Fatal flaw: Getting the defense off the field. Washington's rebound has been immediate and comprehensive. A year after collapsing to 4-8, Kalen DeBoer's Huskies have already matched last year's win total, moving to 4-0 with Saturday night's comfortable win over Stanford. They sacked Cardinal quarterback Tanner McKee eight times in just 34 pass attempts, eased out to a 30-7 third-quarter lead and cruised.
Only two of those sacks came on third or fourth down, however, downs in which Stanford averaged 5.4 yards per play with a decent (all things considered) 43% success rate. For the season, Washington ranks 91st in success rate allowed on third-and-long and 79th on third-and-medium. The Huskies are forcing opponents behind the chains, then letting them off the hook. Upcoming road games against UCLA and Oregon could end unhappily if the Huskies' defense remains that accommodating. -
It's constant flashbacks of Trace McSorely converting 3rd down after 3rd down against us. It started with Kent State and hasn't really stopped since.YellowSnow said:
It's been fucking maddening, and I still don't trust our defense.dnc said:It's beautiful. There is however one major thing left for them to work on. From Bill Connelly's piece on flaws in playoff contenders:
Washington
Record (Week 4 result): 4-0 (defeated Stanford, 40-22)
Rankings: 18th in AP, 24th in SP+, 18th in FPI
Current odds of reaching CFP: 3.8%
Fatal flaw: Getting the defense off the field. Washington's rebound has been immediate and comprehensive. A year after collapsing to 4-8, Kalen DeBoer's Huskies have already matched last year's win total, moving to 4-0 with Saturday night's comfortable win over Stanford. They sacked Cardinal quarterback Tanner McKee eight times in just 34 pass attempts, eased out to a 30-7 third-quarter lead and cruised.
Only two of those sacks came on third or fourth down, however, downs in which Stanford averaged 5.4 yards per play with a decent (all things considered) 43% success rate. For the season, Washington ranks 91st in success rate allowed on third-and-long and 79th on third-and-medium. The Huskies are forcing opponents behind the chains, then letting them off the hook. Upcoming road games against UCLA and Oregon could end unhappily if the Huskies' defense remains that accommodating.
But still, our success this year is based on boat racing teams.
The good news is that this is presumably an easy fix. Morrell/Inge just need to repair whatever this schematic deficiency is. -
Our secondary sucks at covering during a scramble. It’s hard to do regardless, they are just worse than most at it.GreenRiverGatorz said:
It's constant flashbacks of Trace McSorely converting 3rd down after 3rd down against us. It started with Kent State and hasn't really stopped since.YellowSnow said:
It's been fucking maddening, and I still don't trust our defense.dnc said:It's beautiful. There is however one major thing left for them to work on. From Bill Connelly's piece on flaws in playoff contenders:
Washington
Record (Week 4 result): 4-0 (defeated Stanford, 40-22)
Rankings: 18th in AP, 24th in SP+, 18th in FPI
Current odds of reaching CFP: 3.8%
Fatal flaw: Getting the defense off the field. Washington's rebound has been immediate and comprehensive. A year after collapsing to 4-8, Kalen DeBoer's Huskies have already matched last year's win total, moving to 4-0 with Saturday night's comfortable win over Stanford. They sacked Cardinal quarterback Tanner McKee eight times in just 34 pass attempts, eased out to a 30-7 third-quarter lead and cruised.
Only two of those sacks came on third or fourth down, however, downs in which Stanford averaged 5.4 yards per play with a decent (all things considered) 43% success rate. For the season, Washington ranks 91st in success rate allowed on third-and-long and 79th on third-and-medium. The Huskies are forcing opponents behind the chains, then letting them off the hook. Upcoming road games against UCLA and Oregon could end unhappily if the Huskies' defense remains that accommodating.
But still, our success this year is based on boat racing teams.
The good news is that this is presumably an easy fix. Morrell/Inge just need to repair whatever this schematic deficiency is. -
The hope is things improve as more DBs get healthy. The good news is that the ones who have been playing are getting good experience during wins, not losses so far.
But if the pass rush doesn’t continue to play like it did last week, teams like Ucla with shifty QBs (I like to say shifty when referring to QBs who can run and throw), will kick UW’s asses. -
If we are bashing Folgers coffee then I am OUT
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