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UW Defense Thoughts Thread

HeretoBeatmyChest
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The UW defense gave up roughly the same amount of ppg in 2013 as 2012 (when you adjust for Idaho St game) yet the yards per play was down quite a bit and UW was 20th nationally and tied for 3rd in the pac-12 with USC behind UO & Stanford.

Gone are Parker, Fuimaono, Ducre, Shamburger, Watson.

2013 recruits of note to fill the depth chart are Mathis (so), Farria (so), Qualls at DL, O'Brien, Constantine, Bierra, Victor at LB, Kelly, Walker (so), King (so) at DB. I thought the 2013 recruiting class on D was excellent. All of the guys except one or two were highly recruited. Great timing with Petersen on board to develop these guys. I don't know who of these guys will have the biggest impact this season but hopefully its the DB's. Kelly was the scout team defense award winner last year. Maybe Budda and one of the other true frosh DB's can surprise.

Overall this should easily be the best defense since 1997 and have way more depth than any other group since then. With guys like Kikaha, Shelton, Shaq and Peters there is a lot of potential star power. Does anyone think any of these guys can be in the convo for All-American?
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  • PostGameOrangeSlices
    PostGameOrangeSlices Member Posts: 27,921
    HeretoBeatmyChest said:

    The UW defense gave up roughly the same amount of ppg in 2013 as 2012 (when you adjust for Idaho St game) yet the yards per play was down quite a bit and UW was 20th nationally and tied for 3rd in the pac-12 with USC behind UO & Stanford.

    Gone are Parker, Fuimaono, Ducre, Shamburger, Watson.

    2013 recruits of note to fill the depth chart are Mathis (so), Farria (so), Qualls at DL, O'Brien, Constantine, Bierra, Victor at LB, Kelly, Walker (so), King (so) at DB. I thought the 2013 recruiting class on D was excellent. All of the guys except one or two were highly recruited. Great timing with Petersen on board to develop these guys. I don't know who of these guys will have the biggest impact this season but hopefully its the DB's. Kelly was the scout team defense award winner last year. Maybe Budda and one of the other true frosh DB's can surprise.

    Overall this should easily be the best defense since 1997 and have way more depth than any other group since then. With guys like Kikaha, Shelton, Shaq and Peters there is a lot of potential star power. Does anyone think any of these guys can be in the convo for All-American?

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 11,453
    HeretoBeatmyChest said:

    The UW defense gave up roughly the same amount of ppg in 2013 as 2012 (when you adjust for Idaho St game) yet the yards per play was down quite a bit and UW was 20th nationally and tied for 3rd in the pac-12 with USC behind UO & Stanford.

    Gone are Parker, Fuimaono, Ducre, Shamburger, Watson.

    2013 recruits of note to fill the depth chart are Mathis (so), Farria (so), Qualls at DL, O'Brien, Constantine, Bierra, Victor at LB, Kelly, Walker (so), King (so) at DB. I thought the 2013 recruiting class on D was excellent. All of the guys except one or two were highly recruited. Great timing with Petersen on board to develop these guys. I don't know who of these guys will have the biggest impact this season but hopefully its the DB's. Kelly was the scout team defense award winner last year. Maybe Budda and one of the other true frosh DB's can surprise.

    Overall this should easily be the best defense since 1997 and have way more depth than any other group since then. With guys like Kikaha, Shelton, Shaq and Peters there is a lot of potential star power. Does anyone think any of these guys can be in the convo for All-American?

    I'm not saying you are wrong but we haven't exactly had a good defense since 1997 and even 1997 we were all bitching and complaining about them while that season was going on.
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  • LouieLouie
    LouieLouie Member Posts: 12
    The only real loss from last year is Parker. Ducre would be nice with a lack of depth at CB but none of the other 3 were especially talented players. Feeney over Fui at OLB is a big upgrade. Budda over Shamburger could be an instant upgrade, and will definitely be a huge upgrade in the future. And Watson was more of a liability on defense than anything.

    This defense has a chance to be real good with a lot of depth in the front 7 for the first time in what seems like forever. I expect Josh Shirley to absolutely blow up this year. He seemed like a guy who was in Sark's doghouse for whatever reason, and was never really put in a position to succeed.
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,259
    I thought last year that our strength was our back 7 ...

    This year I think our strength will be our front 7 ...

    The LB corps should be a top 2-3 in the conference group.

    Peters is a nice building block in the secondary. But ultimately this defense will be judged by how much the young kids grow up in the back.

    One positive in our favor? The early season schedule is very forgiving to a team breaking in a young secondary.
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  • AtomicDawg
    AtomicDawg Member Posts: 7,372
    If Budda is starting then we have a shitty backfield. His shoulder will last a couple of games before he is sidelined. Beaver or someone else needs to see dr feelgood this off season and claim that spot.
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  • [Deleted User]
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    AtomicDawg said:

    If Budda is starting then we have a shitty backfield. His shoulder will last a couple of games before he is sidelined. Beaver or someone else needs to see dr feelgood this off season and claim that spot.

    Disagree. He's a talented recruit who can do a lot of things. If he is starting I wouldn't look at that as a bad thing.

    Beaver from what I've been reading is having a good spring and he was a highly sought after recruit who is entering his third year in the program. I look for him to have a big year for us.
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  • AtomicDawg
    AtomicDawg Member Posts: 7,372
    5-9 180lbs doesn't scream Pac 12 safety to me. I could be wrong and he could even develop into that, but I am not excited at the thought of him starting. To me it tells me our safeties suck. If he was getting spot duty I would feel a lot better about it.

    If he has amazing ball skills then that is great, but he is going to have to make a lot of tackles on people much bigger than him on a consistent basis if he is playing a lot of snaps. I would bet Sven's 20 bucks his shoulder doesn't last the entire conference season and then is spending the off season getting it repaired next spring.
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  • CFetters_Nacho_Lover
    CFetters_Nacho_Lover Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 32,881 Founders Club
    For comparison, Earl Thomas is 5-10, 202 lbs. I agree that it's worrisome for Baker to be starting as a true freshman but his isn't that far off what it needs to be.
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