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  • Dardanus
    Dardanus Member Posts: 2,623
    Pass protection from the OL is a concern for me. As Roaddawg said, the OL has been good at run blocking, and with a run-first offense that should work in their favor. However, I have not seen anything promising in their ability to create a pocket. Hopefully the new coaching will be able to improve this, but until I see it I'm going to have doubts.
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  • whatshouldicareabout
    whatshouldicareabout Member Posts: 13,015
    Dardanus said:

    Pass protection from the OL is a concern for me. As Roaddawg said, the OL has been good at run blocking, and with a run-first offense that should work in their favor. However, I have not seen anything promising in their ability to create a pocket. Hopefully the new coaching will be able to improve this, but until I see it I'm going to have doubts.

    I think Cozzetto put all of his emphasis on run-blocking rather than pass-protection. Our OL helped Sankey to a school record 1870 yards last year yet that same OL gave up 30 sacks. That should never happen.

    Stausser seems competent enough to coach both run-blocking and pass-protection, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a drastic improvement over last year. The OL at BSU gave up 26 sacks last year, but only gave up 26 in the previous 3 seasons before that.
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  • CuntWaffle
    CuntWaffle Member Posts: 22,500
    I think the offense should do great under an actual offensive minded coach this year. The line on paper should be one of the better in the conference. WR/TE will be good even with String/ASJ (Getting Campbell to stay was huge and I think Perkins could step up and be a solid target this season)

    It always hurts when you have to replace your starting QB and RB in a single year but I think the talent we had at those positions was good enough to where it won't hurt us too much.

    I think they will be a top 6 offense in the Pac, but I also think they might be in the bottom 6, either way it will be interesting.
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  • puppylove_sugarsteel
    puppylove_sugarsteel Member Posts: 9,133
    edited July 2014
    D Wash is NOT a natural runningback. He'll be a good change of pace but I don't see him as a starter. He isn't fluid and doesn't have the vision nor does he have the hips. You can tell he was a WR convert.

    Oh, if Kasen is all that he should be we have thee second best WR group in the conference next to UA or CAL. If String didn't pummel a cunt, we'd have had the best group in the conference hands down.

    The o line will be dominant at times and should have no problem pass blocking. Strausser's Oline' s don't give up many sacks
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
    puppylove_sugarsteel said:

    D Wash is NOT a natural runningback. He'll be a good change of pace but I don't see him as a starter. He isn't fluid and doesn't have the vision nor does he have the hips. You can tell he was a WR convert.

    disagree
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  • whatshouldicareabout
    whatshouldicareabout Member Posts: 13,015
    RoadDawg55 said:

    It's tough to predict where the offense will be ranked without knowing what kind of offense they will run, and what pace they run it at. Teams with lesser offenses might gain more yards because they run the no huddle. Other than Oregon and UCLA, what school has an offense that is better going into the season?

    I'd guess ASU will have a better offense this year than last year. I think Sark is carrying over the up-tempo attack that he used at UW last year and could see an improvement over the average of the season (since the offense under Kiffen sucked). And I expect the offenses to be better for Wazzu, Utah, Cal and Colorado. Oregon State has some OL issues, I'll wait to see how Stanford's new OL is and Arizona still has an unsettled QB and RB issue that's much worse than our QB/RB situation.
    puppylove_sugarsteel said:

    D Wash is NOT a natural runningback. He'll be a good change of pace but I don't see him as a starter. He isn't fluid and doesn't have the vision nor does he have the hips. You can tell he was a WR convert.

    Polk was a WR convert. If Washington can run like Polk, I'd be more than happy.
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  • CuntWaffle
    CuntWaffle Member Posts: 22,500
    I have to agree with poopylove and say I don't really understand the Dwayne Washington hype here. He looks like he could be pretty good. He didn't do anything against meaningful teams. Had a monster game against OSU but so did Sankey and a guy who basically has 1 leg.

    I am in LIPO mode with Washington but I think people are jumping the gun with him.
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