Taimani is gone

HuskyJW

http://twitter.com/mikevorel/status/1471613310009167872?s=21

Tequilla

No sacred cows

PurpleSmoke

If he played as big as his ass was I’d be sad.

RoadDawg55

JAG

PasadenaHuskyFan

first portal out to make me a bit sad.

CuntWaffle

I hardly remember him doing anything. Then again my interest in UW football this year was at an all time low.

RoadDawg55

CuntWaffle said:

I hardly remember him doing anything. Then again my interest in UW football this year was at an all time low.

I don’t remember him doing much in 3 years and we were soft up front. Part of it was scheme but he’s nothing special. A decent rotational DT. He would have barely played from 2016-2018.

LongDukDong

He had like one good play this year. A sack in the backfield but can’t remember against whom…maybe cal? Yeah that’s proof we won’t miss him

PasadenaHuskyFan

RoadDawg55 said:

CuntWaffle said:

I hardly remember him doing anything. Then again my interest in UW football this year was at an all time low.

I don’t remember him doing much in 3 years and we were soft up front. Part of it was scheme but he’s nothing special. A decent rotational DT. He would have barely played from 2016-2018.

I think it is a bit of a loss. Did he make a lot of memorable plays? No. But dude was WIDE. That counts for something as a DT He has a physical profile that isn't so easy to replace

OreDawg

LongDukDong said:

He had like one good play this year. A sack in the backfield but can’t remember against whom…maybe cal? Yeah that’s proof we won’t miss him

I thought it was Oregon state. But yeah, the D kine didn’t do anything. Not gonna shed any tears over this.

PasadenaHuskyFan

OreDawg said:

LongDukDong said:

He had like one good play this year. A sack in the backfield but can’t remember against whom…maybe cal? Yeah that’s proof we won’t miss him

I thought it was Oregon state. But yeah, the D kine didn’t do anything. Not gonna shed any tears over this.

Taimani didn't have a sack this season, actually has zero career sacks. I think he recovered a fumble against the Beavs from a Tuitele sack?

RoadDawg55

PasadenaHuskyFan said:

RoadDawg55 said:

CuntWaffle said:

I hardly remember him doing anything. Then again my interest in UW football this year was at an all time low.

I don’t remember him doing much in 3 years and we were soft up front. Part of it was scheme but he’s nothing special. A decent rotational DT. He would have barely played from 2016-2018.

I think it is a bit of a loss. Did he make a lot of memorable plays? No. But dude was WIDE. That counts for something as a DT He has a physical profile that isn't so easy to replace

Change the scheme from our current bulls hit and let Voi actually get in the backfield. I’ve had enough of this two gap, take up blockers bullshit.

Alpo

OreDawg said:

LongDukDong said:

He had like one good play this year. A sack in the backfield but can’t remember against whom…maybe cal? Yeah that’s proof we won’t miss him

I thought it was Oregon state. But yeah, the D kine didn’t do anything. Not gonna shed any tears over this.

I thought he was coming on in the middle part of the season but then he disappeared again.

PasadenaHuskyFan

RoadDawg55 said:

PasadenaHuskyFan said:

RoadDawg55 said:

CuntWaffle said:

I hardly remember him doing anything. Then again my interest in UW football this year was at an all time low.

I don’t remember him doing much in 3 years and we were soft up front. Part of it was scheme but he’s nothing special. A decent rotational DT. He would have barely played from 2016-2018.

I think it is a bit of a loss. Did he make a lot of memorable plays? No. But dude was WIDE. That counts for something as a DT He has a physical profile that isn't so easy to replace

Change the scheme from our current bulls hit and let Voi actually get in the backfield. I’ve had enough of this two gap, take up blockers bullshit.

Tuitele seems to have a higher ceiling than Taimani, he should play more this season.

UW_Doog_Bot

RoadDawg55 said:

JAG

Might be but this roster is running thin at even JAG's at the moment. One more pickup we are going to need to make via the portal from UC Davis.

RoadDawg55

PasadenaHuskyFan said:

RoadDawg55 said:

PasadenaHuskyFan said:

RoadDawg55 said:

CuntWaffle said:

I hardly remember him doing anything. Then again my interest in UW football this year was at an all time low.

I don’t remember him doing much in 3 years and we were soft up front. Part of it was scheme but he’s nothing special. A decent rotational DT. He would have barely played from 2016-2018.

I think it is a bit of a loss. Did he make a lot of memorable plays? No. But dude was WIDE. That counts for something as a DT He has a physical profile that isn't so easy to replace

Change the scheme from our current bulls hit and let Voi actually get in the backfield. I’ve had enough of this two gap, take up blockers bullshit.

Tuitele seems to have a higher ceiling than Taimani, he should play more this season.

Not a fan of Tuitele either and he’s another overrated recruit that I don’t think actually had commitable offers to the blue bloods (like Smalls).

He had a big play vs Oregon State, but I don’t have high hopes for him. Bandes is worse tho.

haie

But how was Malloe overrated?

I remember Dennis saying Malloe had the greatest dline class in UW history in 2018.

RoadDawg55

haie said:

But how was Malloe overrated?

I remember Dennis saying Malloe had the greatest dline class in UW history in 2018.

Saama Paama, Tuitele, Bandes, and Ngalu. Not one legitimately good player from the bunch. Tuitele is the only one that might even end up being an average PAC 12 starter. This was the leveling up bullshit that was always dumb.

It’s hard to top a four man rotation of Vea, Gaines, Jaylen Johnson, and Qualls/Levi.

Sources

RoadDawg55 said:

haie said:

But how was Malloe overrated?

I remember Dennis saying Malloe had the greatest dline class in UW history in 2018.

Saama Paama, Tuitele, Bandes, and Ngalu. Not one legitimately good player from the bunch. Tuitele is the only one that might even end up being an average PAC 12 starter. This was the leveling up bullshit that was always dumb.

It’s hard to top a four man rotation of Vea, Gaines, Jaylen Johnson, and Qualls/Levi.

I'm not sure it's fair to compare production/development under Peterman vs. Lake, but as it stands, our DL has definitely underperformed.

louism2wash

Taimani started to come on last year but I echo the sentiments of those who say he hasn't lived up to the hype. He never seemed like he was in good shape. Huge frame but sort of got pushed around out there. This upcoming year was going to be make or break for him as Tunuufi and Peihopa had started to get lots of snaps. We're also most likely not running a 3-4 so the "nose tackle" position is probably going away.

chuck

The rush defense was at its best by a mile when Taimani and Tuli L were on the field. The pass rush was better without Taimani.

Not a great DT by any stretch, but he's a loss.