Jabez Tinae, 2021 4* WR, Burien (Kennedy Catholic), WA (Committed)

RoadDawg55 said:

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Houhusky said:

RoadDawg55 said:

Husky fan opinions on QB’s are strange. Some will swear Keith Price was a really good QB. The same ones that say Price was good thought Taylor Kelly and Brett Hundley (both superior to Price) sucked.

HHB’s always gave Price a pass because of Sark’s trust issues comment and the Doog love of Locker. He’s always been the HalfBrain Doog Legend. He was an average QB that didn’t even last a full minicamp in the NFL. There is some merit to the fact he took a beating because of a shitty OL and wasn’t the same, but results are results and his were average.

The reality is we haven’t had a great QB since Tui. Pickett was good. After that, every QB has been pretty average and all were definitely inconsistent.

2011 Sophomore Kieth Price was a good QB...

Price put up 3000+ yards, 33TD, with a 67% completion percentage when the OL was terrible and his only offensive weapons were Polk and a fat/drunk ASJ.

That Baylor game when he outplayed RG3 by putting up 438 yards, 4 TDs, 0 INTs AND 3 rushing TDs on a half broken leg he was objectively great.

But that game broke him for the next season and he never fully recovered both from the leg injury and the yips he obviously had afterwards from running for his life.

2013 Price is also what I would classify as a decently good QB too... put up good offensive numbers throwing to Kevin Smith, Mickens, and a fatter/drunker ASJ.

I would do a lot of things to have a QB that could lead an offense to 38 points per game...

If UW had that over the past 4+ years we probably would have had a game in the national championship (or two).

IIRC, the OL went to shit after 2011 and KP hurt his knee in the 2012 opener against SDSU at the Clink. That season was as painful to watch on offense as the last two Browning seasons but at least we got to storm the field after beating Stanford and Oregon State!

In the game against Baylor in 2011 Price was already wearing his heavy knee brace on his left leg due to a lingering issue... he injured it further in that Alamo bowl game on one of his TD runs, 100%. He just toughed it out, he could barely walk after the game due to the swelling and he did irreversible damage to his knee.

I was there.

Price had knee problems to begin with and, as anyone who has dealt with weak knees knows, you hurt them every time you do anything. Either you take it and gimp your way through or you quit. He fucking battled like a trooper to get through his career like that. Some probably forget, but he had some scrambles and a couple of touchdown runs on that gimpy leg that were beyond epic. He managed to be a tough, mobile QB in spite of a bum wheel and nowhere near the speed or physique to play that style. It was pure heart and cleverness with the ball.

If Jake Locker, Isaiah Stanback, or Jacob Eason had half of the heart and winning attitude of Price they would have all been great QBs. Eason would have been a playoff QB. Instead the scrawny little dude was better than all of them.

Not sure I've heard anyone question Jake Lockers heart during his time at UW

Yeah I think Jake had plenty of heart he just didn’t know how to throw an accurate ball. He was pretty clutch though and showed up big in key moments. He just had days where he couldn’t hit the broadside of a barn.

He was clutch. He was mostly good when we needed it, sometimes great.