Husky Jacks open thread [2019]

Prime cuts from Caple’s piece:

Eason was otherwise solid, too, completing all nine of his pass attempts during 11-on-11 periods, his lone misfire wiped out by an interference penalty against Hampton on a deep attempt to Spiker.

Eason said he’s trying to “improve on the little things — accuracy, decision-making, all that stuff around being a quarterback. I think I’ve done a better job of learning the playbook (throughout spring) and feeling more comfortable in the playbook and executing on plays, so there’s a lot of things that go into it, and I’ve got a lot of things to improve and a lot of things to get better at.”

Haener did throw three interceptions, two of which came during 7-on-7s within a three-play span. The first was picked by Molden on a throw intended for tight end Otton up the seam, and Bryant snagged the second on a pass that sailed over the head of its intended target.

Practice also ended with an interception, when Kyler dove to haul in a Haener pass that had been deflected. Haener threw it on the run, moving to his left, being chased by Bowman.




- Haener made a couple of nice throws after Eason’s bomb, too, but also threw two other passes during team periods that could have been intercepted.

- One of those came during the Cal game, I mean, practice on a throw over the middle intended for Chico that freshman safety Williams read perfectly but couldn’t quite haul in.

-The other came when Hampton secured perfect position on a deep ball up the right sideline but couldn’t secure it.

- Ngata was back at outside linebacker during team periods, while Ulofoshio was back on the inside. They have been rotating all spring. The play after Williams’ near-interception, Ngata got to Haener for what would have been a sack during a live setting.

- Mele still sidelined by an apparent injury, Roberts was at left tackle and Curne at right guard with the No. 2 line.

- For the first time, McKinney was out at starting Safety. The 1’s were Taylor and Gordon at Corner, Molden at Nickel, and Bryant and Williams at Safety. McKinney and Cook took the safety reps with the 2’s with Gilchrist at nickel and Hampton and Bush at corner.

- Sirmon nearly led a touchdown drive working behind the No. 3 offensive line, but Chico fumbled at the 1 on a completion to the 1-yard line. Sirmon made nice throws to Lowe and Bynum on the series.

- Bryant recorded a “sack” of Yankoff to cap Yankoff’s only 11-on-11 series.

- Haener on Eason: “We’re good buddies. There’s no drama or anything going on. It’s a quarterback competition. It’s football. I work as hard as I can. He works as hard as he can. We’re both trying to draw off one another, so it’s good for us.”

- Haener on his beautiful TD to Weaver last fall: “You try to take it in, but I try not to think about that game. A lot of people probably think about that game as my defining moment, but you’ve got to let that go. People (have) got to make mistakes, and you’ve got to go through it, and you’ve got to understand situations and everything and put it in perspective a little bit. So I definitely learned from it, but I don’t think about it a lot.”

- Eason on his controversial approach to throwing to receivers even though they aren’t wide open that UW fans haven’t seen in 4 years: “There’s aspects of that. Our coaches harp on that all the time — giving our receivers a chance, put the spotlight on them. The more of that we do, the better. Especially in spring ball. You get them more opportunities to go make plays.”

Julius has been limited while recovering from a shoulder injury he got last season. But today he was getting a lot of reps at Safety with the 2’s.