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POTDNorwegianHusky said:
I've always heard that it's easier to pass protect when you don't know where your QB is going to be because he likes to stay in the pocket for 0.4 seconds and then run around in circles like a chicken with its head cut off. That's why most respected QB gurus hold their QBs heads under water until they suffer minor brain damage.lawsandl said:StrongArmCobra said:
Because statistically Washington's defense has improved four years in row regardless of losing numerous big-time defensive players to the NFL over the years. Overall, UW's defense will be deeper and more talented than it's ever been during the Petersen era. There will be zero holes from a talent perspective at any position on defense. UW's biggest weakness on defense has been their pass rush from the edges. RS Sophomores Joe Tryon and Ariel Ngata, RS Freshman Zion Tupuola-Fetui, and true Freshman Laiatu Latu give UW the talent they need to vastly improve that weakness and turn it into a strength.lawsandl said:
Why would UW be better next year?StrongArmCobra said:
They bout to.lawsandl said:
😂 UW has a real dynastyStrongArmCobra said:It's simple, if he goes to UW he'll have a great college experiencing shitting all over this shit conference and going to the playoffs. If he goes to Oregon, somebody on UW's defense will break him in half. You can either play against the best defense in practice every day and be challenged to get better or you can plateau at Oregon and play against UW's defense every year in live games and get your ass kicked with lesser quarterbacks throwing you the ball. From this point on, you do not want to playing in the the North division for any team besides UW. At Oregon, you'll be retard fighting the other North teams for second place. The choice is yours. But it's really not that difficult.
On offense, UW returns 4 out 5 starters on the offensive line. Former 1st-team All-Conference 6'8 LT Trey Adams returns healthy for his Senior season. 1st-team All-Conference Center Nick Harris returns for his Senior season. RG Jaxson Kirkland was a Freshman All-American last season. He returns for his RS Sophomore season and with another year of physical development under his belt, the 6'7 long-armed behemoth will compete for All-Conference honors. At RT, Jared Hilbers likely gets the nod. The 6'7 soon to be Senior started most of the season at LT for UW while filling in for Trey Adams and there was no noticeable drop off between the two. LG is the only question mark. Last season's starter RS Junior Luke Wattenberg returns but RS Sophomore Henry Bainivalu and RS Freshman Victor Curne are both a threat to beat him out for the starting job.
At QB, UW will experience a major change in QB talent. Browning and Eason are on opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to college QB talent. It's a massive difference in talent at the most important position on the field.
At RB, Salvon Ahmed looks to replace Myles Gaskin as UW's new primary back. Ahmed needs to improve his decision making but his talent exceeds Gaskin's and he's a homerun threat every time he touches the ball.
All of UW's receivers return from last season along with an infusion of talent from Chris Petersen's best WR class to date: Austin Osborne, Marquis Spiker, and Trey Lowe.
At TE UW returns the best receiving TE in the country, Hunter Bryant, and traditional TE Cade Otton who's a quality blocker and threat in the passing game as well.
On top of all of the returning talent, UW also has a soft non-conference schedule to break in new players at key positions and get everybody dialed in for conference play. UW's conference schedule is also extremely favorable with games against USC, Oregon, Utah, Cal and WSU all being at home. Their toughest game will likely be Stanford on the road and Stanford doesn't have much of a home field advantage with sparse crowds. Out of UW's 12 regular season games, 7 of them will be at home. UW is undefeated at home the past two seasons. Their road games will be at BYU, at Stanford, at Arizona, at Oregon State, and at Colorado. That's probably the easiest road schedule in the conference.
Does that suffice?
Adams is a shell of himself (I would be concerned with him making it with back issues) and Hilbers is a stick and post OT. Also, Kirkland will always be limited physically. As much as Browning gets dogged, he made the OL look better than they were in pass pro. I can see pass pro being an issue next year with Eason back there.StrongArmCobra said:
Because statistically Washington's defense has improved four years in row regardless of losing numerous big-time defensive players to the NFL over the years. Overall, UW's defense will be deeper and more talented than it's ever been during the Petersen era. There will be zero holes from a talent perspective at any position on defense. UW's biggest weakness on defense has been their pass rush from the edges. RS Sophomores Joe Tryon and Ariel Ngata, RS Freshman Zion Tupuola-Fetui, and true Freshman Laiatu Latu give UW the talent they need to vastly improve that weakness and turn it into a strength.lawsandl said:
Why would UW be better next year?StrongArmCobra said:
They bout to.lawsandl said:
😂 UW has a real dynastyStrongArmCobra said:It's simple, if he goes to UW he'll have a great college experiencing shitting all over this shit conference and going to the playoffs. If he goes to Oregon, somebody on UW's defense will break him in half. You can either play against the best defense in practice every day and be challenged to get better or you can plateau at Oregon and play against UW's defense every year in live games and get your ass kicked with lesser quarterbacks throwing you the ball. From this point on, you do not want to playing in the the North division for any team besides UW. At Oregon, you'll be retard fighting the other North teams for second place. The choice is yours. But it's really not that difficult.
On offense, UW returns 4 out 5 starters on the offensive line. Former 1st-team All-Conference 6'8 LT Trey Adams returns healthy for his Senior season. 1st-team All-Conference Center Nick Harris returns for his Senior season. RG Jaxson Kirkland was a Freshman All-American last season. He returns for his RS Sophomore season and with another year of physical development under his belt, the 6'7 long-armed behemoth will compete for All-Conference honors. At RT, Jared Hilbers likely gets the nod. The 6'7 soon to be Senior started most of the season at LT for UW while filling in for Trey Adams and there was no noticeable drop off between the two. LG is the only question mark. Last season's starter RS Junior Luke Wattenberg returns but RS Sophomore Henry Bainivalu and RS Freshman Victor Curne are both a threat to beat him out for the starting job.
At QB, UW will experience a major change in QB talent. Browning and Eason are on opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to college QB talent. It's a massive difference in talent at the most important position on the field.
At RB, Salvon Ahmed looks to replace Myles Gaskin as UW's new primary back. Ahmed needs to improve his decision making but his talent exceeds Gaskin's and he's a homerun threat every time he touches the ball.
All of UW's receivers return from last season along with an infusion of talent from Chris Petersen's best WR class to date: Austin Osborne, Marquis Spiker, and Trey Lowe.
At TE UW returns the best receiving TE in the country, Hunter Bryant, and traditional TE Cade Otton who's a quality blocker and threat in the passing game as well.
On top of all of the returning talent, UW also has a soft non-conference schedule to break in new players at key positions and get everybody dialed in for conference play. UW's conference schedule is also extremely favorable with games against USC, Oregon, Utah, Cal and WSU all being at home. Their toughest game will likely be Stanford on the road and Stanford doesn't have much of a home field advantage with sparse crowds. Out of UW's 12 regular season games, 7 of them will be at home. UW is undefeated at home the past two seasons. Their road games will be at BYU, at Stanford, at Arizona, at Oregon State, and at Colorado. That's probably the easiest road schedule in the conference.
Does that suffice?
We will see on Ahmed. Really was expecting more of him.
Part of why the defense had improved is the god awful offense in our conference. I would be supremely surprised if you defense improves. I just didn’t see dudes at ILB,
Tyron looked to come on but Ngata didn’t impress. The you got dudes who’ve never played. -
Go to bed assholes
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I’d like to lock my cristoball in for #MyDucks.
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oregon is a shit school and eugene is a shit town. The only reason it’s even on the map is because one alumni dumped in a bunch of money to build some gaudy toys that attract children, and because they skirt the rules.
It’s like a Honda Civic with a tail on the trunk, ground effect lights, tinted windows and shiny red paint. At the end of the day it’s still a civic. -
@2001400ex true?!?!Passion said:oregon is a shit school and eugene is a shit town. The only reason it’s even on the map is because one alumni dumped in a bunch of money to build some gaudy toys that attract children, and because they skirt the rules.
It’s like a Honda Civic with a tail on the trunk, ground effect lights, tinted windows and shiny red paint. At the end of the day it’s still a civic. -
Passion said:
oregon is a shit school and eugene is a shit town. The only reason it’s even on the map is because one alumni dumped in a bunch of money to build some gaudy toys that attract children, and because they skirt the rules.
It’s like a Honda Civic with a tail on the trunk, ground effect lights, tinted windows and shiny red paint. At the end of the day it’s still a civic.Alert -
I would say Oregon is worse than Honda.Baseman said:
@2001400ex true?!?!Passion said:oregon is a shit school and eugene is a shit town. The only reason it’s even on the map is because one alumni dumped in a bunch of money to build some gaudy toys that attract children, and because they skirt the rules.
It’s like a Honda Civic with a tail on the trunk, ground effect lights, tinted windows and shiny red paint. At the end of the day it’s still a civic. -
You seem bitter...Passion said:oregon is a shit school and eugene is a shit town. The only reason it’s even on the map is because one alumni dumped in a bunch of money to build some gaudy toys that attract children, and because they skirt the rules.
It’s like a Honda Civic with a tail on the trunk, ground effect lights, tinted windows and shiny red paint. At the end of the day it’s still a civic. -
But better than Hondo2001400ex said:
I would say Oregon is worse than Honda.Baseman said:
@2001400ex true?!?!Passion said:oregon is a shit school and eugene is a shit town. The only reason it’s even on the map is because one alumni dumped in a bunch of money to build some gaudy toys that attract children, and because they skirt the rules.
It’s like a Honda Civic with a tail on the trunk, ground effect lights, tinted windows and shiny red paint. At the end of the day it’s still a civic. -
UW
Interior DL: Massive change, but similarly effective.
OLB: All back plus Latu, so slight improvement at worst.
ILB: Losing an All-American will hurt (fuck your WFTs, he was good), full stop. It's saved-by-freshmen or bust here.
DB: Even more chaos than DL, but they're going to be good. Push.
OL: Push. Long explanation redacted.
TE: ...maybe better? Lose NFLer, gain full season of Bryant.
WR: Same guys, so same guys. Another long rant redacted.
RB: Sorry Ballz, only place I'm not dooging with you. It's exactly "talent" where Gaskin had such an edge over everyone else on the roster. Either Cam Davis is another 2015 Gaskin, or nosedive here.
QB: First change in five years, so at least there's hope for substantive change in the offense. That being said, QB is always a crapshoot, and strong arm doesn't always equal better player. WTF me right in the ass, but Skinny's not the savior until he is. Push.
Oregon
QB: Still Herbert. Sorry, no need for further analysis after that. Expect a deviation of no more than one win until a change at the most important position is made. Quooking for your team? Ask Husky fans how that worked out the last two seasons. Only difference is the purple guys had a real coaching staff and mature program to surround the returning QB with, so the glass ceiling was 10 wins as opposed to 8.
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I don't know if this has already been posted in the last 300+ unread posts, but Blair Angulo said on the radio the other night that he expected a decision by Nacua by the end of this week (he felt it would be Friday).
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I wait for Eason to attempt a pass in a Husky uniform before I comment...thanks
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He doesn't even need to be good for an improvement. Just not so bad he holds the team back like Browning did. Not a tough bar to clear.greenblood said:I wait for Eason to attempt a pass in a Husky uniform before I comment...thanks
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You mean the guy that replaced Browning against Cal? In his defense, he did throw a td pass.UW_Doog_Bot said:
He doesn't even need to be good for an improvement. Just not so bad he holds the team back like Browning did. Not a tough bar to clear.greenblood said:I wait for Eason to attempt a pass in a Husky uniform before I comment...thanks
Also, if he is that bad we do actually have depth and competition to supplant the starter now. -
As much as we hate Browning, I still think we underestimate just how much he held back the offense. I see people consistently criticize our WRs, and it's somewhat fair given their lack of production and some notable drops towards the end of the year. But the way I see it, we really don't know what we have in that group because Jake could only throw to about 40% of their route trees. And the throws that were there and within his range he often didn't attempt because his vision was so fucking poor.UW_Doog_Bot said:
He doesn't even need to be good for an improvement. Just not so bad he holds the team back like Browning did. Not a tough bar to clear.greenblood said:I wait for Eason to attempt a pass in a Husky uniform before I comment...thanks
Also, if he is that bad we do actually have depth and competition to supplant the starter now. -
I agree with you about Browning. But the only other player to throw a meaningful pass at UW was terrible. You can’t really say anything until we actually see them in game action.GreenRiverGatorz said:
As much as we hate Browning, I still think we underestimate just how much he held back the offense. I see people consistently criticize our WRs, and it's somewhat fair given their lack of production and some notable drops towards the end of the year. But the way I see it, we really don't know what we have in that group because Jake could only throw to about 40% of their route trees. And the throws that were there and within his range he often didn't attempt because his vision was so fucking poor.UW_Doog_Bot said:
He doesn't even need to be good for an improvement. Just not so bad he holds the team back like Browning did. Not a tough bar to clear.greenblood said:I wait for Eason to attempt a pass in a Husky uniform before I comment...thanks
Also, if he is that bad we do actually have depth and competition to supplant the starter now.
I’m personally rooting for Yankoff. If anything, he’s going to be good fodder for the board. -
I'll let Georgia know this wasn't "game action".greenblood said:
I agree with you about Browning. But the only other player to throw a meaningful pass at UW was terrible. You can’t really say anything until we actually see them in game action.GreenRiverGatorz said:
As much as we hate Browning, I still think we underestimate just how much he held back the offense. I see people consistently criticize our WRs, and it's somewhat fair given their lack of production and some notable drops towards the end of the year. But the way I see it, we really don't know what we have in that group because Jake could only throw to about 40% of their route trees. And the throws that were there and within his range he often didn't attempt because his vision was so fucking poor.UW_Doog_Bot said:
He doesn't even need to be good for an improvement. Just not so bad he holds the team back like Browning did. Not a tough bar to clear.greenblood said:I wait for Eason to attempt a pass in a Husky uniform before I comment...thanks
Also, if he is that bad we do actually have depth and competition to supplant the starter now.
I’m personally rooting for Yankoff. If anything, he’s going to be good fodder for the board.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTdOojdEkmw -
He's already "attempted a pass in Husky Stadium," and he did so against the best defense in the conference.greenblood said:I wait for Eason to attempt a pass in a Husky uniform before I comment...thanks
“He’s definitely given us a great look. He’s going to be a great quarterback for sure,” UW defensive tackle Greg Gaines said Saturday. “He’s got a hell of an arm.”
“It’s been awesome, and it’s been competitive,” Jimmy Lake said. “Our two hard-work days of the week — our Tuesday and Wednesday practices — we let him go. He has the scout card, but it’s like, ‘Eason, let’s go. Try to dice us up. Try to beat us.’ And it definitely made us better, for sure, to have an elite quarterback like that to face week in and week out.
Link: https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-football/running-huskies-scout-team-5-star-qb-transfer-jacob-eason-definitely-made-us-better-uw-defense-says/ -
If you're not #TeamYankoff you don't belong here.greenblood said:
I agree with you about Browning. But the only other player to throw a meaningful pass at UW was terrible. You can’t really say anything until we actually see them in game action.GreenRiverGatorz said:
As much as we hate Browning, I still think we underestimate just how much he held back the offense. I see people consistently criticize our WRs, and it's somewhat fair given their lack of production and some notable drops towards the end of the year. But the way I see it, we really don't know what we have in that group because Jake could only throw to about 40% of their route trees. And the throws that were there and within his range he often didn't attempt because his vision was so fucking poor.UW_Doog_Bot said:
He doesn't even need to be good for an improvement. Just not so bad he holds the team back like Browning did. Not a tough bar to clear.greenblood said:I wait for Eason to attempt a pass in a Husky uniform before I comment...thanks
Also, if he is that bad we do actually have depth and competition to supplant the starter now.
I’m personally rooting for Yankoff. If anything, he’s going to be good fodder for the board.
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Happy Friday! Don't mind me, I'll just be refreshing @AsapPuka 247Sports profile waiting for the CBs to start dropping😂
— Melissa💜 (@Lissa_LovesYou) February 8, 2019
Jonah T's mom dropping hints. -
RatherBeBrewing said:
Happy Friday! Don't mind me, I'll just be refreshing @AsapPuka 247Sports profile waiting for the CBs to start dropping😂
— Melissa💜 (@Lissa_LovesYou) February 8, 2019
Jonah T's mom dropping hints.
If she would have refreshed HH she would have known I CB'ed him to Oregon already.
'Gratz. -
Not the same systemSources said:
I'll let Georgia know this wasn't "game action".greenblood said:
I agree with you about Browning. But the only other player to throw a meaningful pass at UW was terrible. You can’t really say anything until we actually see them in game action.GreenRiverGatorz said:
As much as we hate Browning, I still think we underestimate just how much he held back the offense. I see people consistently criticize our WRs, and it's somewhat fair given their lack of production and some notable drops towards the end of the year. But the way I see it, we really don't know what we have in that group because Jake could only throw to about 40% of their route trees. And the throws that were there and within his range he often didn't attempt because his vision was so fucking poor.UW_Doog_Bot said:
He doesn't even need to be good for an improvement. Just not so bad he holds the team back like Browning did. Not a tough bar to clear.greenblood said:I wait for Eason to attempt a pass in a Husky uniform before I comment...thanks
Also, if he is that bad we do actually have depth and competition to supplant the starter now.
I’m personally rooting for Yankoff. If anything, he’s going to be good fodder for the board.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTdOojdEkmw -
Passion said:
He's already "attempted a pass in Husky Stadium," and he did so against the best defense in the conference.greenblood said:I wait for Eason to attempt a pass in a Husky uniform before I comment...thanks
“He’s definitely given us a great look. He’s going to be a great quarterback for sure,” UW defensive tackle Greg Gaines said Saturday. “He’s got a hell of an arm.”
“It’s been awesome, and it’s been competitive,” Jimmy Lake said. “Our two hard-work days of the week — our Tuesday and Wednesday practices — we let him go. He has the scout card, but it’s like, ‘Eason, let’s go. Try to dice us up. Try to beat us.’ And it definitely made us better, for sure, to have an elite quarterback like that to face week in and week out.
Link: https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-football/running-huskies-scout-team-5-star-qb-transfer-jacob-eason-definitely-made-us-better-uw-defense-says/
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I think Yankoff will get flaccid and transfer once he gets buried in the depth chart.greenblood said:
I agree with you about Browning. But the only other player to throw a meaningful pass at UW was terrible. You can’t really say anything until we actually see them in game action.GreenRiverGatorz said:
As much as we hate Browning, I still think we underestimate just how much he held back the offense. I see people consistently criticize our WRs, and it's somewhat fair given their lack of production and some notable drops towards the end of the year. But the way I see it, we really don't know what we have in that group because Jake could only throw to about 40% of their route trees. And the throws that were there and within his range he often didn't attempt because his vision was so fucking poor.UW_Doog_Bot said:
He doesn't even need to be good for an improvement. Just not so bad he holds the team back like Browning did. Not a tough bar to clear.greenblood said:I wait for Eason to attempt a pass in a Husky uniform before I comment...thanks
Also, if he is that bad we do actually have depth and competition to supplant the starter now.
I’m personally rooting for Yankoff. If anything, he’s going to be good fodder for the board. -
This throw makes me as hard as a diamond (hi chatch!) but it is only one throw. His overall stats at Georgia were meh. Much better competition than the pac 12 makes me hopeful that he will be a stud but I’m in LIPO.Sources said:
I'll let Georgia know this wasn't "game action".greenblood said:
I agree with you about Browning. But the only other player to throw a meaningful pass at UW was terrible. You can’t really say anything until we actually see them in game action.GreenRiverGatorz said:
As much as we hate Browning, I still think we underestimate just how much he held back the offense. I see people consistently criticize our WRs, and it's somewhat fair given their lack of production and some notable drops towards the end of the year. But the way I see it, we really don't know what we have in that group because Jake could only throw to about 40% of their route trees. And the throws that were there and within his range he often didn't attempt because his vision was so fucking poor.UW_Doog_Bot said:
He doesn't even need to be good for an improvement. Just not so bad he holds the team back like Browning did. Not a tough bar to clear.greenblood said:I wait for Eason to attempt a pass in a Husky uniform before I comment...thanks
Also, if he is that bad we do actually have depth and competition to supplant the starter now.
I’m personally rooting for Yankoff. If anything, he’s going to be good fodder for the board.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTdOojdEkmw
Main point though is he will be better than Browning, I don’t think anyone could deny that. -
That's true...but he also doesn't have Gaskin behind him, and Ridley to throw to. I'm not saying he sucks by any means. However, I really need to see how this guy plays on the field at UW before I make an assessment. I also don't pay much attention to coach and player speak. They'll say any non locker room cancer player is talented.CuntWaffle said:
This throw makes me as hard as a diamond (hi chatch!) but it is only one throw. His overall stats at Georgia were meh. Much better competition than the pac 12 makes me hopeful that he will be a stud but I’m in LIPO.Sources said:
I'll let Georgia know this wasn't "game action".greenblood said:
I agree with you about Browning. But the only other player to throw a meaningful pass at UW was terrible. You can’t really say anything until we actually see them in game action.GreenRiverGatorz said:
As much as we hate Browning, I still think we underestimate just how much he held back the offense. I see people consistently criticize our WRs, and it's somewhat fair given their lack of production and some notable drops towards the end of the year. But the way I see it, we really don't know what we have in that group because Jake could only throw to about 40% of their route trees. And the throws that were there and within his range he often didn't attempt because his vision was so fucking poor.UW_Doog_Bot said:
He doesn't even need to be good for an improvement. Just not so bad he holds the team back like Browning did. Not a tough bar to clear.greenblood said:I wait for Eason to attempt a pass in a Husky uniform before I comment...thanks
Also, if he is that bad we do actually have depth and competition to supplant the starter now.
I’m personally rooting for Yankoff. If anything, he’s going to be good fodder for the board.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTdOojdEkmw
Main point though is he will be better than Browning, I don’t think anyone could deny that.
I felt the same way about Mariota when he won the starting job. Then in the first half of game one, he showed how special he was. Eason could very well be special, but I want to see it first. -
If we're doing these on HH, I'm flagging every one of them unless they're called CristoballzHillsboroDuck said:
If she would have refreshed HH she would have known I CB'ed him to Oregon already.
'Gratz. -
Wow at 0:28Sources said:
I'll let Georgia know this wasn't "game action".greenblood said:
I agree with you about Browning. But the only other player to throw a meaningful pass at UW was terrible. You can’t really say anything until we actually see them in game action.GreenRiverGatorz said:
As much as we hate Browning, I still think we underestimate just how much he held back the offense. I see people consistently criticize our WRs, and it's somewhat fair given their lack of production and some notable drops towards the end of the year. But the way I see it, we really don't know what we have in that group because Jake could only throw to about 40% of their route trees. And the throws that were there and within his range he often didn't attempt because his vision was so fucking poor.UW_Doog_Bot said:
He doesn't even need to be good for an improvement. Just not so bad he holds the team back like Browning did. Not a tough bar to clear.greenblood said:I wait for Eason to attempt a pass in a Husky uniform before I comment...thanks
Also, if he is that bad we do actually have depth and competition to supplant the starter now.
I’m personally rooting for Yankoff. If anything, he’s going to be good fodder for the board.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTdOojdEkmw
