Huskies ranked #4 in Athlon preseason poll
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Aahhh Tony Parrish. Back when safeties were allowed to behead dudes. Dude could high-point ball better than any UW safety...well maybe since his predecessor anyway and I still give nod too Parrish. In contrast, Buddah Baker couldn't
UW had a good run at safety late 80's -until Parrish...then #25 and Akbar in 2000. After that it's been unsafe on the back-end. Good to see Petersen revive the position -
I agree with the #4 ranking though. We lost a great secondary, but we are lucky to have depth there.
If we would have lost Browning or Adams and McGary or the whole DL, I would agree with the thought premise of UW taking a step back. We didn't though.
This team should be better than last year. -
Buddah had skills no safety in UW history had. He couldn't be blocked. Milloy hit harder, Parrish was better playing centerfield, but Buddah was the best at making plays and being disruptive. I hate to complain about the coaching because we all know they are great, but moving him to nickel should have been done sooner.puppylove_sugarsteel said:Aahhh Tony Parrish. Back when safeties were allowed to behead dudes. Dude could high-point ball better than any UW safety...well maybe since his predecessor anyway and I still give nod too Parrish. In contrast, Buddah Baker couldn't
UW had a good run at safety late 80's -until Parrish...then #25 and Akbar in 2000. After that it's been unsafe on the back-end. Good to see Petersen revive the position -
Not sure I agree the nickel move should have come sooner, but I'm with the rest of this.RoadDawg55 said:
Buddah had skills no safety in UW history had. He couldn't be blocked. Milloy hit harder, Parrish was better playing centerfield, but Buddah was the best at making plays and being disruptive. I hate to complain about the coaching because we all know they are great, but moving him to nickel should have been done sooner.puppylove_sugarsteel said:Aahhh Tony Parrish. Back when safeties were allowed to behead dudes. Dude could high-point ball better than any UW safety...well maybe since his predecessor anyway and I still give nod too Parrish. In contrast, Buddah Baker couldn't
UW had a good run at safety late 80's -until Parrish...then #25 and Akbar in 2000. After that it's been unsafe on the back-end. Good to see Petersen revive the position
Buddah tackled ballcarriers Milloy and Parish would never have touched.
All three were great in their own ways as you laid out.
I'd rank them Milloy, Baker, Parish.
If Rapp can improve his coverage skills (and he has the athleticism to do so) he could legitimately be the whole package. He already has Parish's ball skills and Milloy's thump. -
Like Roadie said, the key to the offseason was not losing Vita (and Gaines, although he was like 1% to leave). But the second Vita returned we were set.
And if Kaleb and Trey return in 2018 shit could be off the rails. -
The move to Nickel got Budda out of doing what he was worst at, which was making plays on the ball downfield. He looked like a special olympics hurdler against Arizona on that deep ball (although Vea should have had the sack). The only TD we gave up against Stanford was Budda getting beasted on a jump ball.dnc said:
Not sure I agree the nickel move should have come sooner, but I'm with the rest of this.RoadDawg55 said:
Buddah had skills no safety in UW history had. He couldn't be blocked. Milloy hit harder, Parrish was better playing centerfield, but Buddah was the best at making plays and being disruptive. I hate to complain about the coaching because we all know they are great, but moving him to nickel should have been done sooner.puppylove_sugarsteel said:Aahhh Tony Parrish. Back when safeties were allowed to behead dudes. Dude could high-point ball better than any UW safety...well maybe since his predecessor anyway and I still give nod too Parrish. In contrast, Buddah Baker couldn't
UW had a good run at safety late 80's -until Parrish...then #25 and Akbar in 2000. After that it's been unsafe on the back-end. Good to see Petersen revive the position
Buddah tackled ballcarriers Milloy and Parish would never have touched.
All three were great in their own ways as you laid out.
I'd rank them Milloy, Baker, Parish.
If Rapp can improve his coverage skills (and he has the athleticism to do so) he could legitimately be the whole package. He already has Parish's ball skills and Milloy's thump.
It's not that Budda was bad in coverage, he just had kind of bad hands and his standout skill was snuffing out bubble screens or making plays outside the tackle on run plays. He's not an Earl Thomas centerfielder. Mayock and the other fucks truly plagarism my shit by comparing Budda to Bob Sanders. -
We need a new rule or maxim for this bored, like Godwin's Law. "As a thread containing mention of Budda Baker grows, the probability of comparing Butta to Earl Thomas approaches 100%."RoadDawg55 said:
The move to Nickel got Budda out of doing what he was worst at, which was making plays on the ball downfield. He looked like a special olympics hurdler against Arizona on that deep ball (although Vea should have had the sack). The only TD we gave up against Stanford was Budda getting beasted on a jump ball.dnc said:
Not sure I agree the nickel move should have come sooner, but I'm with the rest of this.RoadDawg55 said:
Buddah had skills no safety in UW history had. He couldn't be blocked. Milloy hit harder, Parrish was better playing centerfield, but Buddah was the best at making plays and being disruptive. I hate to complain about the coaching because we all know they are great, but moving him to nickel should have been done sooner.puppylove_sugarsteel said:Aahhh Tony Parrish. Back when safeties were allowed to behead dudes. Dude could high-point ball better than any UW safety...well maybe since his predecessor anyway and I still give nod too Parrish. In contrast, Buddah Baker couldn't
UW had a good run at safety late 80's -until Parrish...then #25 and Akbar in 2000. After that it's been unsafe on the back-end. Good to see Petersen revive the position
Buddah tackled ballcarriers Milloy and Parish would never have touched.
All three were great in their own ways as you laid out.
I'd rank them Milloy, Baker, Parish.
If Rapp can improve his coverage skills (and he has the athleticism to do so) he could legitimately be the whole package. He already has Parish's ball skills and Milloy's thump.
It's not that Budda was bad in coverage, he just had kind of bad hands and his standout skill was snuffing out bubble screens or making plays outside the tackle on run plays. He's not an Earl Thomas centerfielder. Mayock and the other fucks truly plagarism my shit by comparing Budda to Bob Sanders. -
i dont like it.GrundleStiltzkin said:
We need a new rule or maxim for this bored, like Godwin's Law. "As a thread containing mention of Budda Baker grows, the probability of comparing Butta to Earl Thomas approaches 100%."RoadDawg55 said:
The move to Nickel got Budda out of doing what he was worst at, which was making plays on the ball downfield. He looked like a special olympics hurdler against Arizona on that deep ball (although Vea should have had the sack). The only TD we gave up against Stanford was Budda getting beasted on a jump ball.dnc said:
Not sure I agree the nickel move should have come sooner, but I'm with the rest of this.RoadDawg55 said:
Buddah had skills no safety in UW history had. He couldn't be blocked. Milloy hit harder, Parrish was better playing centerfield, but Buddah was the best at making plays and being disruptive. I hate to complain about the coaching because we all know they are great, but moving him to nickel should have been done sooner.puppylove_sugarsteel said:Aahhh Tony Parrish. Back when safeties were allowed to behead dudes. Dude could high-point ball better than any UW safety...well maybe since his predecessor anyway and I still give nod too Parrish. In contrast, Buddah Baker couldn't
UW had a good run at safety late 80's -until Parrish...then #25 and Akbar in 2000. After that it's been unsafe on the back-end. Good to see Petersen revive the position
Buddah tackled ballcarriers Milloy and Parish would never have touched.
All three were great in their own ways as you laid out.
I'd rank them Milloy, Baker, Parish.
If Rapp can improve his coverage skills (and he has the athleticism to do so) he could legitimately be the whole package. He already has Parish's ball skills and Milloy's thump.
It's not that Budda was bad in coverage, he just had kind of bad hands and his standout skill was snuffing out bubble screens or making plays outside the tackle on run plays. He's not an Earl Thomas centerfielder. Mayock and the other fucks truly plagarism my shit by comparing Budda to Bob Sanders. -
One need not like the Laws of Physics. Some Laws simply exist naturally. We can call this one Roadie's Law.RoadDawg55 said:
i dont like it.GrundleStiltzkin said:
We need a new rule or maxim for this bored, like Godwin's Law. "As a thread containing mention of Budda Baker grows, the probability of comparing Butta to Earl Thomas approaches 100%."RoadDawg55 said:
The move to Nickel got Budda out of doing what he was worst at, which was making plays on the ball downfield. He looked like a special olympics hurdler against Arizona on that deep ball (although Vea should have had the sack). The only TD we gave up against Stanford was Budda getting beasted on a jump ball.dnc said:
Not sure I agree the nickel move should have come sooner, but I'm with the rest of this.RoadDawg55 said:
Buddah had skills no safety in UW history had. He couldn't be blocked. Milloy hit harder, Parrish was better playing centerfield, but Buddah was the best at making plays and being disruptive. I hate to complain about the coaching because we all know they are great, but moving him to nickel should have been done sooner.puppylove_sugarsteel said:Aahhh Tony Parrish. Back when safeties were allowed to behead dudes. Dude could high-point ball better than any UW safety...well maybe since his predecessor anyway and I still give nod too Parrish. In contrast, Buddah Baker couldn't
UW had a good run at safety late 80's -until Parrish...then #25 and Akbar in 2000. After that it's been unsafe on the back-end. Good to see Petersen revive the position
Buddah tackled ballcarriers Milloy and Parish would never have touched.
All three were great in their own ways as you laid out.
I'd rank them Milloy, Baker, Parish.
If Rapp can improve his coverage skills (and he has the athleticism to do so) he could legitimately be the whole package. He already has Parish's ball skills and Milloy's thump.
It's not that Budda was bad in coverage, he just had kind of bad hands and his standout skill was snuffing out bubble screens or making plays outside the tackle on run plays. He's not an Earl Thomas centerfielder. Mayock and the other fucks truly plagarism my shit by comparing Budda to Bob Sanders. -
#4 means we're in the playoff, right?
