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defense (semi long poast)
dhdawg
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This is maybe the most disappointing part of this team. We have no ability to generate big plays on defense because of 2 reasons.
1. We don't take chances
2. We're slow. Yes having guys like Vea and Gaines is fantastic. Most of the time we are stonewalling them. And it means nothing because our lb aren't shooting gaps and making plays in he backfield. Taylor Rapp who's a safety is the only one who has that ability.
Credit to Stanford for playing a mostly clean game. No drops. Costello was accurate. No penalties / none were called (their rt was false starting every play).
The reason why teams like wsu do nnothing against us is because we are uniquely built to beat teams that make mistakes. Wsu will do the same this year turning the ball over and committing penalties. We have no ability to dictate the game. We don't force turnovers. We don't give the offense great field position. We don't get after the quarterback.
There's a lot of work to do on offense but there is still work to do on defense as well
1. We don't take chances
2. We're slow. Yes having guys like Vea and Gaines is fantastic. Most of the time we are stonewalling them. And it means nothing because our lb aren't shooting gaps and making plays in he backfield. Taylor Rapp who's a safety is the only one who has that ability.
Credit to Stanford for playing a mostly clean game. No drops. Costello was accurate. No penalties / none were called (their rt was false starting every play).
The reason why teams like wsu do nnothing against us is because we are uniquely built to beat teams that make mistakes. Wsu will do the same this year turning the ball over and committing penalties. We have no ability to dictate the game. We don't force turnovers. We don't give the offense great field position. We don't get after the quarterback.
There's a lot of work to do on offense but there is still work to do on defense as well
Comments
It is almost as if strength of competition makes a difference when evaluating a unit, and 6 games against 6 cupcakes wasn't telling us anything.
The main problem is outside of Kikaha and Mathis for a short season we have had absolutely zero heat from the edge.
Potatoe? Amandre? Anyone? The interior D can be all world, but it doesn't fucking matter without HEAT FROM THE EDGE.
I wish Petersen would get after the officials like that. If you can dictate the calls they make, you do it. Standing on the sideline with a scowl on your face doesn't scare anyone but the pussies on your team
They had a shit game. Unfortunately, that can’t happen with our shitty offense.
And the flags came flying shortly afterward.
Honestly, it’s the PAC 12, we are playing at Stanford, so the Ref’s probably fear more retribution to not getting Shaw’s calls right, and Peterman is fucked from the get go.
Just sayin. . .
This flies in the face of everything that has made our defense great.
When your gameplan is "not to lose" rather than "to win", you lose every time.
Unfortunately, my guess is they do the same thing against WSU and we get absolutely picked apart
Hercules Mata’afa wasn’t even offered a scholarship to Washington even though he showed early interest.
He had few offers because teams were lazy recruiters. His talent was obvious the moment he stepped on the field. You think Fetters flew to Lahaina to rate him?
Hercules Mata’afa would have red shirted his freshman year at Washington, had Peterman *not* fucked up his recruiting.
Whether it was laziness, severe talent mis-evaluation, fear of message board skewering by some dude named bannanasandblondes or Abundance, Peterman flat out missed.
UW would be a better defense with him right now, as well as next season.
You don’t think Brownsox could have benefitted from that kind of competitor chasing his ass?
Peterman fucked up Falk’s walk-on, too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_College_Football_All-America_Team