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  • Alpo
    Alpo Member Posts: 98
    OreDawg 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
    PasadenaHuskyFan Member Posts: 611


    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.
  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,538 Swaye's Wigwam


    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
    haie Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 24,682 Founders Club
    But how was Malloe overrated?

    I remember Dennis saying Malloe had the greatest dline class in UW history in 2018.
  • Sources
    Sources Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 4,420 Founders Club

    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
    louism2wash Member Posts: 368
    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
    chuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,839 Swaye's Wigwam
    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.