Husky Jacks open thread [2019]

Domicillo said:

There is a limit of 5’11” to play receiver in this offense, young talent only gets to play immediately on defense and it’s a joke that at least two guys on this list for sure are playing on Saturday with injuries but otherwise...CONTENT

https://twitter.com/christiancaple/status/1166043294683430912?s=21

Who are the two guys on this list for sure playing on Saturday with injuries? And why is it a joke? What’s the joke—that they’re listed on the two-deep while being injured? That they’re going to play with injuries?

Ty Jones and Hunter Bryant?

Gwad said:

HonestDon said:

Domicillo said:

There is a limit of 5’11” to play receiver in this offense, young talent only gets to play immediately on defense and it’s a joke that at least two guys on this list for sure are playing on Saturday with injuries but otherwise...CONTENT

https://twitter.com/christiancaple/status/1166043294683430912?s=21

Who are the two guys on this list for sure playing on Saturday with injuries? And why is it a joke? What’s the joke—that they’re listed on the two-deep while being injured? That they’re going to play with injuries?

Ty Jones and Hunter Bryant?

Ty is in a sling

“it’s a joke that at least two guys on this list for sure are playing on Saturday with injuries”

What’s the joke?

FirePete said:

dnc said:

Bynum in the two deeps. None of the frosh/RS frosh receivers listed.

Cool already in the two deeps at safety. Probably a good move for him.

Cool?

Cool it!

DoogCourics said:

Really interesting stuff on his weight. We’ve talked about it a bit this offseason on the boreds. He mentioned everything he eats, so he’s trying. Sonics mentioned he has a crazy metabolism. And it makes sense. With what he’s eating and how cut up he is, his body is just not putting on extra weight, but he has plenty of muscle.

TSIO boys on the Pod said the coaches may have decided to keep his weight where it is and just take advantage of his explosiveness (best of our edge guys) rather than keep fighting a losing battle with packing on mass.

Inside sources tell me that a steady diet of alcohol and edibles will fix that

1to392831weretaken said:

Every year people nit and pick the depth chart, then every year it proves to be meaningless. I'm pretty sure Petersen puts just enough players in their correct place to make it look legit, then chooses the rest in some random fashion just to fuck with everybody.

I just watched the press conf, I get the impression the receivers will rotate just as the db's will, albeit maybe a little more stubbornly on offense.

Caple, rest in the WAM:


Jake Haener’s departure ‘awkward’ timing

Was he surprised by Haener’s decision to transfer from the program after losing the competition for the starting job to Jacob Eason?

“Timing is a little bit awkward,” Petersen said. “I think that was a bit surprising.”

What did Haener say to him, and how did he respond?

After Petersen told him Thursday afternoon that he was going with Eason, Haener informed coaches Saturday morning that he had decided to transfer. In an interview aired Monday afternoon with KJR-950 AM, Haener said there is a “very high possibility” that he will end up at Fresno State and that he will announce his decision in the next 24 hours.

The Huskies will have to adjust their game plan a bit. Petersen said previously that Haener would play some against Eastern Washington “because he deserves it.” Without him, redshirt freshman Jacob Sirmon is listed as Eason’s backup, and it doesn’t sound as if Petersen plans to play Sirmon in similar fashion, saying Sirmon “made nice strides, but it’s a little different” than giving Haener playing time.


A pointed message for the receivers

Is this the deepest group of receivers Petersen has had at Washington?

It’s no secret the Huskies are waiting for their first big-time playmaker to emerge at receiver since John Ross and Dante Pettis, but still atop the depth chart sit seniors Aaron Fuller, Andre Baccellia and Chico McClatcher.

Only one player younger than a junior — third-year sophomore Terrell Bynum — is listed on the two-deep. So perhaps Petersen is expecting one of his veteran players to take the next step to which he refers. Or perhaps we’ll see a younger player not currently listed — Austin Osborne? Trey Lowe? Puka Nacua? — make his way up the depth.


The new depth chart is here! The new depth chart is here!

• Petersen didn’t offer a clear update on Jones’ availability in the wake of the wrist injury he sustained at the beginning of spring practices. Jones did catch a few passes during the five practices open to media, but the injury clearly remains a factor.

• Bronson, he’s had quite the year, earning a scholarship at the end of spring practices and now earning a spot atop the depth chart on the d-line. I’d imagine Potoa’e still will play quite a bit, as will redshirt freshman Tuli Letuligasenoa, who is listed as the backup at the other d-line spot. And I’d imagine you’ll see some of redshirt freshman Taki Taimani, too.

• Third-year sophomore Henry Bainivalu, one of only three reserve o-linemen with game experience, isn’t listed as the backup right tackle — and isn’t on the depth chart at all. Instead, redshirt freshman Victor Curne is the backup right tackle, redshirt freshman Matteo Mele the backup at center and right guard and senior Henry Roberts the backup left tackle. In every camp practice open to media, Bainivalu was at right tackle with the No. 2 unit, with Mele and Roberts flipping between left tackle and center and Curne at right guard. Asked about Bainivalu’s progress in general, Petersen was vague: “He’s making progress, he really has. … We’ll just see how this thing continues to evolve.”

• True freshman Asa Turner is listed as the backup to Elijah Molden, presumably at nickel. I had fourth-year junior Isaiah Gilchrist pegged for that backup spot, but Turner, a four-star recruit from the San Diego area, is an intriguing option at nickel in coordinator Jimmy Lake’s system. Former UW cornerback Jordan Miller said it’s the hardest position to learn on the whole defense. Here’s how Lake described the nickel’s responsibilities last fall: “Those guys are taking on offensive linemen, they’re taking on fullbacks, they’re taking on stock blocks, right at the line of scrimmage, right now. But then you have to be fast enough to chase down all these wide screens. So it takes a special person that has all those talents that can do that.” It’s fitting that Lake might try Turner here. Notre Dame wanted Turner as a linebacker and UW wanted him as a safety. Nickel requires a bit of both skill sets.

• Another true freshman, cornerback Trent McDuffie, made the depth chart as a backup. This was easier to see coming, since McDuffie — a four-star recruit who was a national top-150 prospect from the L.A. area — took nearly every 11-on-11 rep with the No. 2 defense in practices open to media. McDuffie was the highest-rated of UW’s defensive back signees.

• As expected, true freshman Cam Williams is listed as a starting safety. Lake put him with the No. 1 defense during 11-on-11 periods in early spring, and he’s been there ever since. Petersen said Monday that “we’ve been extremely excited about Cam Williams since spring ball, just in terms of his attention to detail and picking it up.” Williams, a three-star prospect from Bakersfield, Calif., is listed ahead of junior Brandon McKinney, who has legitimate playing experience, so this is clearly a reflection of Lake’s belief in Williams’ potential.

• Sophomore Peyton Henry did indeed win the starting kicker job, but Petersen said true freshman Tim Horn will handle kickoff duties, meaning he is unlikely to redshirt.

• So that’s Williams, Turner, McDuffie and Horn as true freshmen listed on the two-deep. Which of the 2019 signees will play more than the four games allowed per NCAA redshirt rules? “We’re thinking about a couple of those DBs, a linebacker or two,” Petersen said. “We talked about Puka (Nacua). Tim Horn. We’ll just kind of have to see how these things evolve, to tell you the truth. We’re planning on playing a handful of these guys, but we’ll just kind of see how it goes down the road. We might end up playing more with injuries and all those things, and maybe it’s not a bunch the first game but a bunch more the fourth game. It’s kind of a work in progress with all those things.”

GrundleStiltzkin said:

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Everyone says so.

uzi said:

dnc said:

GrundleStiltzkin said:

https://twitter.com/PacificTakes/status/1166485385234604033

We have the best cloud seeders.

Everyone says so.

Somebody here put it best -- I forget who...

WSU must be one of the only teams in college football history to use home-field advantage as an excuse for losing.

Cuogs are special.

We are truly #blessed.

Anybody know if Ulofoshio is on scholarship yet? I think he's going to get some decent playing time this year.