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Dwayne Washington aka Dwiz Nasty (part 2)
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Before the injury: 63 carries 239 yards, (3.8 ypc & 3 TD) with long runs of 12,11,11 and 9.
After the injury: 69 carries 458 yards (6.64 ypc & 6 TD) with long runs of 68, 66, 60 and 18.
The only bad game after the injury was the bowl game which could be an aberration as the whole team sucked donkey dick.
As far as competition, he did nothing against Stanford & Oregon but had an okay game against Cal (12 for 53). The competition at the end of the season was actually more difficult than at the start. Both WSU & OSU according to SRS were less terrible than the 4 non-conference teams which DW didn't do much against. Maybe chalk it up to loss of Johnny Nansen?
Anyway, DW clearly improved after the injury. He had a very nice TD run against UCLA and I recall saying he looked like a real tailback. Then he hit multiple home runs against weak teams & Arizona before not doing much in the bowl game.
A reasonable goal for DW should be to average 100 yards/game against the 7 or 8 worst teams in the schedule. He should definitely surpass 100 against the likes of Sac St, Utah St, WSU, OSU. I don't know who will have mediocre defenses, maybe include Cal, Arizona, USC. Its a conference of weak defenses aside from Stanford.
He had 700 yards last year in 12 games with minimal time against Stanford and Oregon. So 1000 yards is a good expectation. That was only his first full year as a running back. He has two years left and there is no reason he shouldn't be more productive.
The key is for him to really show up in the games that are somewhat winnable or 50-50.....Arizona, Cal and Utah....all at home. Can he run for 100 on those guys? His performance was huge at Arizona last year. Can he do that in multiple games this upcoming season? If he runs for 400 yards against those 3 teams, I don't care if he goes 13 for 25 against Stanford.
After the injury: 69 carries 458 yards (6.64 ypc & 6 TD) with long runs of 68, 66, 60 and 18.
The only bad game after the injury was the bowl game which could be an aberration as the whole team sucked donkey dick.
As far as competition, he did nothing against Stanford & Oregon but had an okay game against Cal (12 for 53). The competition at the end of the season was actually more difficult than at the start. Both WSU & OSU according to SRS were less terrible than the 4 non-conference teams which DW didn't do much against. Maybe chalk it up to loss of Johnny Nansen?
Anyway, DW clearly improved after the injury. He had a very nice TD run against UCLA and I recall saying he looked like a real tailback. Then he hit multiple home runs against weak teams & Arizona before not doing much in the bowl game.
A reasonable goal for DW should be to average 100 yards/game against the 7 or 8 worst teams in the schedule. He should definitely surpass 100 against the likes of Sac St, Utah St, WSU, OSU. I don't know who will have mediocre defenses, maybe include Cal, Arizona, USC. Its a conference of weak defenses aside from Stanford.
He had 700 yards last year in 12 games with minimal time against Stanford and Oregon. So 1000 yards is a good expectation. That was only his first full year as a running back. He has two years left and there is no reason he shouldn't be more productive.
The key is for him to really show up in the games that are somewhat winnable or 50-50.....Arizona, Cal and Utah....all at home. Can he run for 100 on those guys? His performance was huge at Arizona last year. Can he do that in multiple games this upcoming season? If he runs for 400 yards against those 3 teams, I don't care if he goes 13 for 25 against Stanford.
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Most of the time you get him running into the backs of linemen, sometimes you get homeruns. That YPC is great, obviously, but a lot of that is just his long runs. I don't want to 'take them away', but when you compare that to Sankey's YPC, Sankey's YPC was so much more impressive because it really reflected YPC not just the fact that he housed 2 and got 2 yards every other time.
The jury is still out with D-Wawrsh, but his inconsistent performances contribute to an offense with no identity or consistency.
The Styx man makes a great point though about consistency. Washington is the king of the 1, 2, -1, 3, 50, 2, 6, 4, 0 carry line. The overall average looks great but his average is more tied to outliers than it is normally distributed. Moving his average in non HR type plays more into a consistent 3-5 yards per carry would be huge not only for him, but for this offense as the last thing that we need is 2nd and long situations. Right now, you feel best when you see Washington get the carry on 2nd and 3 instead of 1st and 10.
There's no question that he's part of the rotation and needs to be a big factor in the offense for the team to be successful. But pinning hopes on him to be THE answer is probably expecting too much.
Thomas, ive never seen you post or answer a post regarding husky football during the season either.. I just asked for for your simple opinion on D Wash, the team, Lindy etc..(I mean, thats the thread topic). Look how you respond.
You just hang on the fringe, lurking around for an opportunity to sneak in and post "free pub" or something else unrelated , unclever and not fun
Last time pennis you ignorant board-whore. You just dont trot out an offensive line with 1 returning starter, the rest freshmen and sophomores, 2 230lb NON-FUCKING BLOCKING, pass-cathing only TE's , an uninstinctive TB, a WR corps without its best player (Ross) and a QB who LITERALLY CANT HIT THE BROADSIDE OF A BARN, and expect to just run it on downfield. Doesnt work that way!! 9 guys will be keying on your tailback and QB. Under center, Lindy would be pummeled every play before he even put the ball in DWash's bread basket. You with me so far?
This team is so far away from a power-running team its silly. You gonna hope Coleman turns into Herchel Walker overnight, Dante Pettis turns into Amari Cooper, 225lb Josh Perkins turns into a 265lb matchup nightmare in Cam Cleeland (best blocking /pass catching TE since Breuner) overnight?
Fuck dude gain a little perspective. You just dont seem to get it. Take a few years Pennis, watch a little football, understand the game THEN CHECK FUCKING BACK WITH A CLUE smokewagon.