Where does this team rank in Defensive stats? I can’t wait until the defense picks up.
“ Pro Football Focus charted that Washington had 6 contested catch opportunities and brought in 5 of them (3/4 for Odunze, 2/2 for Polk). Offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb does a tremendous job scheming open the Husky receivers. But when the Dawgs also reel in 80%+ of their contested catches? That’s when the offense becomes well and truly unstoppable like we saw on Saturday”
Better than you'd think and maybe not for the reasons you'd think.
From Fornelli's article.
Defensively, this team has yet to allow an opponent to score 20. It doesn't have the elite talent of a team like Georgia, nor has it been spectacular statistically, but it's been plenty good enough, and the best weapon it might have is Penix.
Teams are so terrified of what Penix and the Huskies' offense can do against them that it feels as if their only goal on offense is to keep the Washington offense off the field as long as possible, whether it means scoring points or not. And they should be terrified.
Better than you'd think and maybe not for the reasons you'd think.
From Fornelli's article.
Defensively, this team has yet to allow an opponent to score 20. It doesn't have the elite talent of a team like Georgia, nor has it been spectacular statistically, but it's been plenty good enough, and the best weapon it might have is Penix.
Teams are so terrified of what Penix and the Huskies' offense can do against them that it feels as if their only goal on offense is to keep the Washington offense off the field as long as possible, whether it means scoring points or not. And they should be terrified.
Better than you'd think and maybe not for the reasons you'd think.
From Fornelli's article.
Defensively, this team has yet to allow an opponent to score 20. It doesn't have the elite talent of a team like Georgia, nor has it been spectacular statistically, but it's been plenty good enough, and the best weapon it might have is Penix.
Teams are so terrified of what Penix and the Huskies' offense can do against them that it feels as if their only goal on offense is to keep the Washington offense off the field as long as possible, whether it means scoring points or not. And they should be terrified.
In the 17-29 range against the pass, that's just massive improvement. Especially given we've had nearly as many injuries as last year. Running numbers aren't as good but I'm less concerned about the run D.
We'll find out starting against Oregon how far we've really come but early returns are super encouraging.
Muhammad gives us a legit CB1 and the everything else moves up based on that.
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“ Pro Football Focus charted that Washington had 6 contested catch opportunities and brought in 5 of them (3/4 for Odunze, 2/2 for Polk). Offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb does a tremendous job scheming open the Husky receivers. But when the Dawgs also reel in 80%+ of their contested catches? That’s when the offense becomes well and truly unstoppable like we saw on Saturday”
From Fornelli's article.
Teams are so terrified of what Penix and the Huskies' offense can do against them that it feels as if their only goal on offense is to keep the Washington offense off the field as long as possible, whether it means scoring points or not. And they should be terrified.
We'll find out starting against Oregon how far we've really come but early returns are super encouraging.
Muhammad gives us a legit CB1 and the everything else moves up based on that.
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