Eason aside - Player you were either surprised by or most excited about after game 1.
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I thought Sirmon really looked the part at linebacker. Great size and instincts.
MJ is a hitter imagine him at 235.
The o line pass blocked beautifully.
Rice flashed. Better at using his hands than I expected.
Benning looks like he has a non stop motor. I expect him to get drafted.
It looks like offensively we understand that we can attack the middle of the field. God Damn Browning was so fucking bad.
All in all I very pleased. Last year was incredibly frustrating. This year and this team looks like fun.
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Lol MJ is exactly 235Penace said:I thought Sirmon really looked the part at linebacker. Great size and instincts.
MJ is a hitter imagine him at 235.
The o line pass blocked beautifully.
Rice flashed. Better at using his hands than I expected.
Benning looks like he has a non stop motor. I expect him to get drafted.
It looks like offensively we understand that we can attack the middle of the field. God Damn Browning was so fucking bad.
All in all I very pleased. Last year was incredibly frustrating. This year and this team looks like fun. -
tafis needs more reps, physically he is there. pretty sure he killed somene yesterday he was out there for blood
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I already knew fuller was good but I love how he keeps the defender away from where the catch is. It will be real fun to watch now that the dawgs got a gun slinger.
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Ya I guess you're right ha. Well 240 then or something...GreenRiverGatorz said:
Lol MJ is exactly 235Penace said:I thought Sirmon really looked the part at linebacker. Great size and instincts.
MJ is a hitter imagine him at 235.
The o line pass blocked beautifully.
Rice flashed. Better at using his hands than I expected.
Benning looks like he has a non stop motor. I expect him to get drafted.
It looks like offensively we understand that we can attack the middle of the field. God Damn Browning was so fucking bad.
All in all I very pleased. Last year was incredibly frustrating. This year and this team looks like fun. -
I wasn't disappointed in Tryon at all. I think people just--again--need to reset their expectations for what this defense asks their OLB to do. It's not wide-9, pin your ears back, get deep, and bend to the QB. A lot of the time they're asked to engage the OT, lock out, and hold the edge. Once locked out with the OT, they've lost any speed advantage, and the only option to get to the QB is to collapse the pocket in. It's not sexy, but it's been effective. I LOVE Tryon in this role. To me, he doesn't look too stiff at all for this. If anything, he's a more twitchy and maybe slightly less strong Benning.
When questioning Tryon's athleticism, I'd recommend focusing more on how quickly he can disengage and get out to the sideline for inside help on screens or keep up with backs on outside runs or swings/flares. He's elite at that for his size. Gets out there in a hurry, and few running backs are going to beat him to the edge.
For whatever reason, the staff long ago decided that pressure isn't the most important thing, and that bringing it from the secondary is the preferred method anyway. I was kind of hoping that would change this year (was expecting big things from Tryon/Ngata after reading what they both did all camp), but, if this last game is any indication, it looks like another year of more of the same.
So #1 total defense and #1 scoring defense? Okay, guess we'll just have to settle for that... -
I walked past Huard and Savvy on the lower concourse at halftime.
Huard looks like a typical 16 year old with Husky gear on, Savvy looked decked out in Supreme or some other expensive brand. Big boy. -
More of the same in methodology? Sure, I'd agree that we're not going to see a sudden shift to a front seven that prioritizes pressuring the QB. But we didn't have that approach in 2016 or 2017, yet we were still near the top of the league in sacks. Last year was the outlier, and while our approach doesn't look to have changed much, yesterday suggested that our pass rush is going to look a lot more like 16/17 than the anemic crap we had last year.1to392831weretaken said:I wasn't disappointed in Tryon at all. I think people just--again--need to reset their expectations for what this defense asks their OLB to do. It's not wide-9, pin your ears back, get deep, and bend to the QB. A lot of the time they're asked to engage the OT, lock out, and hold the edge. Once locked out with the OT, they've lost any speed advantage, and the only option to get to the QB is to collapse the pocket in. It's not sexy, but it's been effective. I LOVE Tryon in this role. To me, he doesn't look too stiff at all for this. If anything, he's a more twitchy and maybe slightly less strong Benning.
When questioning Tryon's athleticism, I'd recommend focusing more on how quickly he can disengage and get out to the sideline for inside help on screens or keep up with backs on outside runs or swings/flares. He's elite at that for his size. Gets out there in a hurry, and few running backs are going to beat him to the edge.
For whatever reason, the staff long ago decided that pressure isn't the most important thing, and that bringing it from the secondary is the preferred method anyway. I was kind of hoping that would change this year (was expecting big things from Tryon/Ngata after reading what they both did all camp), but, if this last game is any indication, it looks like another year of more of the same.
So #1 total defense and #1 scoring defense? Okay, guess we'll just have to settle for that... -
Don't know if anyone else noticed but tuli was benchpressing his counterpart on the ewu line back 5 yards into the pocket every play he was in. And he is a freshman. Love it.
