University of Washington Offensive Rate Stats - Big10 Conference Games Only
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We gave up an average of 25 points to the qb’s that had a pulse.
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I asked ChatGPT to summarize in one paragraph for the tldr crew:
"Washington showed meaningful year-over-year improvement in both the run game and passing efficiency in 2025, largely due to a better offensive line and healthier tight ends, but still lagged behind top Big Ten programs—finishing just 12th in conference rushing and struggling against elite defenses, highlighted by a poor weather-impacted performance at Wisconsin. While quarterback Demond’s sack yardage and frequent short scrambles suppressed rushing averages, adjusted metrics were more respectable, and his rate-based passing stats actually improved 8–10% despite a thinner receiver group. Still, the passing attack lacked explosiveness against strong opponents, and turnovers—slightly above the conservative Big Ten norm—contributed to several losses. Overall, Washington sits at the lower end of the conference’s top competitive tier but, given the post-2023 rebuild and clear statistical progress from 2024 to 2025, appears to be trending toward true CFP contention in the near future."
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PGOS AI condensed version:
UW is good against bad and mediocre teams and sucks against good teams
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Aka play calling matters less when you have a significant talent advantage.
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Agree with what you're saying to an extent. Things that I would point out.
- When we have playmakers at LB the defense showed some stuff. Manu and ZDR can make game altering plays. Manu plays with some serious juice and wasn't really 100 percent. ZDR for a true freshman off a big injury was flashing.
- Our safeties are also going to be good next year assuming they come back. Both are pretty good tacklers and around the ball consistently.
- The Main Reason I agree with you is the DLine was void of difference makers. Overall, they developed into a decent run stopping unit but offer very little in the pass rush. The game wrecking plays you elude to need dudes in the front four to mess up the offense. We just didn't have that.
- When we have playmakers at LB the defense showed some stuff. Manu and ZDR can make game altering plays. Manu plays with some serious juice and wasn't really 100 percent. ZDR for a true freshman off a big injury was flashing.
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I have a gut feeling that DCB will be a game wrecker the moment he steps on campus.
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Rutgers was the "fastest" team in the conference running on average 70 plays a game. I'd say that probably has something to do with their defense being terrible and them often chasing games.
I don't necessarily see UW's defense as a "bend but don't break" scheme per se (although probably less aggressive than what Walters would ideally want to run) as it is the overall nature of B10 offenses being more of a grinding, run the clock bunch and the newer clock rules having the games move faster and as a result normalizing closer games.
Your point on QB quality in the conference is well taken but that's why I compare conference only games and against teams only in relation to their conference. This should normalize and index stats across the board. It's also worth pointing out that Rutgers actually had the most explosive passing offense in the conference when it came to yards per completion (blew my mind).
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I guess another testament to the defense was how much the offense hung them out to dry against the better opponents they faced. They even gave them the ball back against Oregon with a couple minutes left with a chance to score some points and at least make the outcome look better and Demond through an int that looked like a pass you only throw on the final play of the game as time is running out.
The defense also was really good in the 4th and short. I'm not looking up numbers but remember a lot of stuffs in those situations, including against good teams. I wonder what they paid Pepa to basically be a 4th and short specialist.
