Transfer Portal DL
Not as many dudes as I would have liked. Think I'd rather see the staff concentrate resources on 1 DT rather than spread it amongst 2 DTs who aren't as good.
Projected DT depth chart for next year:
1-tech: Portal DT OR RS-JR Jayvon Parker (depending on how he recovers) / RS-JR Armon Parker (will be be healthy?) / RS-SR Logan Sagapoulo (is he coming back?)
3-tech: RS-Soph Elinneus Davis / RS-SR Bryce Butler / RS-Frosh Omar Khan
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Now that teams know what shitty bowls they’re playing in and what bowls they’re not playing in I expect a little more beef to jump in the portal over the next week.
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Apparently Bryce Butler redshirted so he will be a RS-JR.
It will be very chinteresting to see how Jayvon Parker recovers from achilles surgery. I suspect he had it in early Oct so he'll probably be limited for all of fall camp.
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Against Rutgers which was September 27.
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If UW just finds a Big 10 starting level guard and tackle on offense and somehow comes up with two Big 10 level DTs to pair with the injured and the young they have coming back on the interior I’ll take my chances with the LBs, edge and safeties. Maybe strike gold with a MW or Big Sky level guy for added depth. If Valdez was your second or third DT off the bench instead of your best DT he’d have been a really nice pickup. Save the money and roll it over to 2026 for a playoff push. Lame take but UW is poor.
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Yes, the injury happened Sept 27th but the surgery probably happened within a week (early Oct).
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It wouldn't surprise me if they went for Moe as their only portal OL since McCree is back and Faasolo could compete with Azzopardi and Justin Hykelma for the starting spot at RT. Tafai would be the backup LT (or could also compete at RT).
LT: McCree / Tafai
LG: Moe / Finau
C: Hatchett / Watkins OR Henning
RG: Memmelar / Watkins
RT: Azzopardi OR Faasolo OR Hykelma
There's also a chance the staff tells Azzopardi that they don't see him starting in 2025 and that he'll be a backup so he's better to try his luck at Cal or Boise State. It may depend on if they are able to land the experienced RT from Stanford, who is bigger and stronger than Azzopardi (whose didn't look the part of a Big 10 starting OT).
Another wildcard is Elijah Jackett. It was said he had the highest ceiling of the 2023 OL recruits but has been banged up while not being able to put on much weight (listed at 6'7" 271 lbs). Jackett would need to put on another 25 lbs of mostly muscle to be in the two deeps. There's also a chance Memmelaar decides to medically retire though I'm sure the staff would prefer to have a RS-SR with starting experience return than one or two of the younger guys who haven't played much (or at all).
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What makes you think Hykelma is ready to be a starter?
Was he a late signee, 3 star who needs more tim?
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That would be very stupid and a huge indictment to Fisch's commitment to winning. Faasaol, Tafai, Hatchett, Assorpardi, and the others were absolutely wretched in the games where they played teams with a pulse on defense. Those guys do not automatically level up to competent just because they played a year. I would not be opposed to Fisch buying 3-4 new o linemen and telling some of those guys to leave. I really don't get this narrative of "we're fine at o line"
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It all depends what Carrol thinks of the guys on the roster. How much can these guys grow? What’s the ceiling? Fish has mentioned Hatchett many times as a part of the future. Memmalar needs to go. Tafai looks like a possible future RT but that’s not next year. Get Moe to replace Gaard and take your lumps with RS freshman Paki. They need a proven upper class LT so they can play McCree at RT. If they’re poor like many of us think them that’s about as discounted as next years line could get and possibly not get Demond killed.
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They need to go hard with whatever they can possibly do on the OL and DL next year in the portal, especially if they can get guys with more than one year. Thinking anything they had this year is an answer is dooging. I'm not saying it's not possible to have some turnaround but I would be shocked.
