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Dylan Morris, 4* 2019 QB, Graham (Graham-Kapowsin), WA (COMMITTED)

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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,240
    To me, it's difficult to really judge the USC and Alabama games because the passing game was so limited by Browning's shoulder ... we got away with it against Colorado because we were able to just run the ball down their throats.

    The most relevant game we can look back to in 2016 was Stanford and even then there's a bit of an issue because Stanford was missing their starting CBs in the game.

    But there were throws made in that game with respect to outs, etc. that I'm not sure it would have mattered and showed what our offense was capable of with Browning at full strength with his arm.

    By all of the metrics that I materially track each team against each other in the conference (9 each on offense/defense), UW comparatively to the conference ranked in the top 2 (conference games only) offensively in 7 of the 9 categories (those other categories were 4th in yards per rush and 6th in completion %) and in the top 2 in 6 of 9 defensive categories (no lower than 4th in any single category).

    The consensus is that Browning's shoulder injury took place at some point in the Oregon State game. In the 6 games prior to Oregon St, Browning was 112 for 154 for a 72.7% completion percentage (it wasn't built up just in the non-conference schedule as he was 72.9% in the 1st 3 conference games). In his first 6 games, his lowest completion % for any single game was 63.6% against Portland State. In the Oregon State game, Browning was 15 for 31 for a completion % of 48.4%. After the Oregon State game, for the remaining 5 conference games + P12 title game + National Semifinal Browning's completion % dropped to 57% and really only had strong games against Cal and the Cougs.

    Finally, the area where you can really tell that Browning's shoulder was limiting on offense was that his lack of arm strength didn't allow him to push the ball effectively down the field. This resulted in significant drops in his yards per attempt and yards per completion in the 2nd half of the season compared to the 1st half (Cal and Cougs as the outliers).
  • kh83
    kh83 Member Posts: 596

    No one actually read the last three posts right?

    I read them and promptly forgot them.
  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
    kh83 said:

    No one actually read the last three posts right?

    I read them and promptly forgot them.
    Truth.





    But still, hurtful.
  • haie
    haie Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 24,602 Founders Club
    Tequilla said:

    To me, it's difficult to really judge the USC and Alabama games because the passing game was so limited by Browning's shoulder ...

    stopped reading
  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,824 Standard Supporter
    I am hearing "we" won 12 games last season and made the CFP in only year 3 of Pete WITHOUT any black OL.