A few thoughts

I stayed out of the game thread last night for my own sanity's sake so I'm sure most (or even all) of this has been covered, but here are some observations:

Morris is accurate, confident and decisive. We still need to see how he responds to a pass rush that beats him up and turning it over, but he looks legitimately above average at the very least and probably good. Even his deep ball issues seem to be improving. If he can stop the Jake Locker ten yard overthrows he's going to be really tough to beat. He might even hold Sam off for a year if that happens.

The receiver drops are massively aggravating but I think they will work themselves out. Everyone is trying too hard to make a play right now, as they settle in it will start to come. The more important thing for me is they're all open - the lot of them. Not counting the TE's we have five or six receivers who can consistently get open and a scheme that gets them open. The catches will come.

This team believes in itself and is having fun. Jimmy Lake is a cocky son of a bitch and it may bite him in the ass at some point but right now he has this team believing and enjoying itself for the first time since Azeem Victor died and someone else inhabited his body. The emotion of Ulofoshio and Morris especially is so refreshing and contagious. We've long dreamed of a team that talks shit, now we have a team and a coach who do. Enjoy it while we can.

The defense is NASTY. Aside the two drives where OSU got to us on the ground (with probably the best RB in the conference) the first and second team defense have been nails. They shut down Arizona for three quarters yesterday while only getting one turnover despite hitting hard, rushing the passer well and being constantly around the ball. They'll play better opponents but even so they'll get more TO's most games. Best talent we've had yet + Kwat back at DC = best UW defense of the Pete/Lake era.

I can't remember a bigger turnaround from one game to the next from a ST unit. Didn't look like the same unit aside from the Henry misses. Coverage units should be good with as much speed and athleticism as we have. Returners should be good at worst. This unit should make some things happen.

Speaking of ST: The fake FG set the tone for the game. Jimmy No Balls big balled the first drive and we never looked back. Absolutely love the decision, the play call, the execution. Cockiness comes when coaches believe their players can impose their will. Contrast that with Pete's infamous unwillingness to go for it on fourth down early in his tenure. If there's one area Lake seems to have potential to be a clear upgrade over Pete it's in his mentality. That shit's contagious and it appears to already be spreading.

I'm assuming guys like Cam Davis (who has surprisingly good hands), Heimuli and Smalls are going to get more and more PT as we go. Which brings me to my last thought:

This team is YOUNG. Aside from two corners (where we simply reload), Kirkland and maybe Otten) what major contributors are we likely to lose after this season? They could be really good for awhile. Especially if Morris takes a step (he should) and/or Sam is even better (he should be).

The defense collapse down the stretch is disconcerting and the over reliance on the running game still has me nervous, but damn that shit was impressive yesterday. Hard not to be cautiously optimistic. Gotta destroy teams and keep the foot on the gas going forward.

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JaWarrenJaHooker

If Morris continues to improve and we(?) keep winning, Huard sits on the bench in 2021

backthepack

If Morris continues to improve and we(?) keep winning, Huard sits on the bench in 2021

He already was going to.

theknowledge

If Morris continues to improve and we(?) keep winning, Huard sits on the bench in 2021
He already was going to.

ISHIT but when he gets to UW Sam will not have thrown a pass in a live, full pads game in over two years. He’s amazing but if Morris keeps improving then he sits and the competition the next year will deliver UW an elite signal caller.

Woof

Lots of good points. Here are my adds.

Morris still needs to work on selling the play action a bit more. There were some good ones, some ok ones, and a couple where I had to rewatch multiple times to figure out if it was play action or Morris was just fumbling with the ball.

We ran 5 wide out of a 3 TE set (13 personnel) multiple times. Otton, Redman, and Westover split wide. This could eventually be a delicious mismatch, especially with Cam and his hands.

We also ran a play a couple times where we unbalanced the line and moved Curne outside Kirkland and let Otton play RT. Otton's blocking was very very nice.

The young guy that impressed me in limited time was Fabiculanan. Seemed to have a nose for the ball and a willing tackler. Bandes and Tuitele looked decent, and I'd love to get to a point where they can rotate in a bit more.

bananasnblondes

If Morris continues to improve and we(?) keep winning, Huard sits on the bench in 2021

That would be a very good thing.

dnc

Morris has really good pocket movement, he’s really good at manipulating angles so he step into his throw on time. Has a much much better arm than I expected. He’s automatic 20 yards and in. He looked to have found the right trajectory on his deep balls later in the game which phew if we hit on 40% of those we are going to curb curb stomp people. That game should have been 60-6 in the early 4th if we didn’t have those drops, i’m really not that worried Jalen and Puke are too good not to figure it out. Jalen is going to be a dominant deep threat, ho lee shit he was open downfield at least 4-5 times in that game.

It’s really common sense. This midget noodle isn’t good enough, play the high ceiling guy.

backthepack

Morris has really good pocket movement, he’s really good at manipulating angles so he step into his throw on time. Has a much much better arm than I expected. He’s automatic 20 yards and in. He looked to have found the right trajectory on his deep balls later in the game which phew if we hit on 40% of those we are going to curb curb stomp people. That game should have been 60-6 in the early 4th if we didn’t have those drops, i’m really not that worried Jalen and Puke are too good not to figure it out. Jalen is going to be a dominant deep threat, ho lee shit he was open downfield at least 4-5 times in that game.
It’s really common sense. This midget noodle isn’t good enough, play the high ceiling guy.

Right click, copy, paste. This is the message bored equivalent of this

dnc

Morris has really good pocket movement, he’s really good at manipulating angles so he step into his throw on time. Has a much much better arm than I expected. He’s automatic 20 yards and in. He looked to have found the right trajectory on his deep balls later in the game which phew if we hit on 40% of those we are going to curb curb stomp people. That game should have been 60-6 in the early 4th if we didn’t have those drops, i’m really not that worried Jalen and Puke are too good not to figure it out. Jalen is going to be a dominant deep threat, ho lee shit he was open downfield at least 4-5 times in that game.
It’s really common sense. This midget noodle isn’t good enough, play the high ceiling guy.
Right click, copy, paste. This is almost as big self-own as this

Butt unlike BYU, you're owning it.

Anus Angel 1, Moroni 0

GrundleStiltzkin

Race has done it again!!

CFetters_Nacho_Lover

Lots of good points. Here are my adds.

Morris still needs to work on selling the play action a bit more. There were some good ones, some ok ones, and a couple where I had to rewatch multiple times to figure out if it was play action or Morris was just fumbling with the ball.

We ran 5 wide out of a 3 TE set (13 personnel) multiple times. Otton, Redman, and Westover split wide. This could eventually be a delicious mismatch, especially with Cam and his hands.

We also ran a play a couple times where we unbalanced the line and moved Curne outside Kirkland and let Otton play RT. Otton's blocking was very very nice.

The young guy that impressed me in limited time was Fabiculanan. Seemed to have a nose for the ball and a willing tackler. Bandes and Tuitele looked decent, and I'd love to get to a point where they can rotate in a bit more.

TYFYS. I did not see this during the game.

dnc

Lots of good points. Here are my adds.

Morris still needs to work on selling the play action a bit more. There were some good ones, some ok ones, and a couple where I had to rewatch multiple times to figure out if it was play action or Morris was just fumbling with the ball.

We ran 5 wide out of a 3 TE set (13 personnel) multiple times. Otton, Redman, and Westover split wide. This could eventually be a delicious mismatch, especially with Cam and his hands.

We also ran a play a couple times where we unbalanced the line and moved Curne outside Kirkland and let Otton play RT. Otton's blocking was very very nice.

The young guy that impressed me in limited time was Fabiculanan. Seemed to have a nose for the ball and a willing tackler. Bandes and Tuitele looked decent, and I'd love to get to a point where they can rotate in a bit more.
TYFYS. I did not see this during the game.

Me neither