Dom Hampton and Carson Bruener change everything for this defense
If there's another game this year where Hampton and Bruener don't start somebody needs to be shot.
Those two unlocked something tonight.
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Hampton looks sort of Chancellor like. He's got the potential to be an enforcer. Something this defense sorely missed.
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Probably Jimmy’s extension. FYFMFEdnc said:Getting two hitters who are also sure tacklers on the field made us an entirely different defense. Voi was huge too.
If there's another game this year where Hampton and Bruener don't start somebody needs to be shot.
Those two unlocked something tonight.
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Carson played the best game a UW LB has played since Peak Azeem. It wasn't just the number of tackles (or the sack/FF) but the way he tackled. He hit people, they went down immediately. He hurt people. We haven't seen that in ages. So pumped for his future.
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Voi looked good too. If we can get decent coaching, the door hasn't completely shut on the talent. It's closing fast, though
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Wait. If food closes, I’m fucked.bananasnblondes said:Voi looked good too. If we can get decent coaching, the door hasn't completely shut on the talent. It's closing fast, though
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but what about elite Himouli, @backthepack ??????
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I haven't been a Mishael fan but he looked good tonight.BroadcastingDawg said:Hampton looks sort of Chancellor like. He's got the potential to be an enforcer. Something this defense sorely missed.
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I only watched the first half and now im out drinking. Was he actually hit sticking and hurting people?dnc said:Carson played the best game a UW LB has played since Peak Azeem. It wasn't just the number of tackles (or the sack/FF) but the way he tackled. He hit people, they went down immediately. He hurt people. We haven't seen that in ages. So pumped for his future.
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I don't think he knocked anyone out of the game but he laid the wood (lol!) multiple times. Maybe it's just been so long since I saw an LB hit somebody but I thought he looked awesome. Had a sack of McKee where he caused a fumble too. Player of the game as much as I want to give it to Dom or McMillan.PostGameOrangeSlices said:
I only watched the first half and now im out drinking. Was he actually hit sticking and hurting people?dnc said:Carson played the best game a UW LB has played since Peak Azeem. It wasn't just the number of tackles (or the sack/FF) but the way he tackled. He hit people, they went down immediately. He hurt people. We haven't seen that in ages. So pumped for his future.
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He's making solid hits and good tackles because he knows how to play angles and doesn't have cement shoes. The other lbs are always grasping and never squaring up because they're either slow, misplayed the angle, or abundance.PostGameOrangeSlices said:
I only watched the first half and now im out drinking. Was he actually hit sticking and hurting people?dnc said:Carson played the best game a UW LB has played since Peak Azeem. It wasn't just the number of tackles (or the sack/FF) but the way he tackled. He hit people, they went down immediately. He hurt people. We haven't seen that in ages. So pumped for his future.
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Stanford is the softest team in the Pac. Let’s see how Voi and Carson play next week before crowning them
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Husky football script says we find an ILB in week 9 like in 2019 when we? found Eddie against Oregon
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I auto assumed Bruener would join our stable of trusty lunch pail weight room coach on the field type MLBs but I'll be damned if I didn't see the motherfucker actually break down the ball carrier. I thought I was seeing things.
He's obviously a slow learner if he hasn't mastered the take bad angles, avoid using leverage, close late finish with arm tackle being drug forward by ball carrier limiting to 7-12yd gains approach. BG needs to get this guy on board, force his ass to watch Kyler Manu film till it sinks in -
this. stanford is dogshit lets see what they do against my ducksSonnyShackelford said:Stanford is the softest team in the Pac. Let’s see how Voi and Carson play next week before crowning them
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Cam Davis unlocked something on offense too, though we should keep in mind Stanford was #12 in rushing defense in the Pac12. Nevertheless, the running game was impressive.
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Time to do the doog dance
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I liked Powell in the slot and bookie deep with dom. Bookie took some bad angles but this duo looked much better. Not sure if it was the opponent making them look good… just hate seeing the safety back pedaling 40 yards on 3rd and 7.BroadcastingDawg said:Hampton looks sort of Chancellor like. He's got the potential to be an enforcer. Something this defense sorely missed.
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Ffs the team still sucks. Davis still sucks. Stanford sucks. The conference sucks. Nothing else matters.DerekJohnson said:Cam Davis unlocked something on offense too, though we should keep in mind Stanford was #12 in rushing defense in the Pac12. Nevertheless, the running game was impressive.
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It seemed more like the o line was finally able to push guys around. This was the first time they opened holes and Davis was able to run through them.DerekJohnson said:Cam Davis unlocked something on offense too, though we should keep in mind Stanford was #12 in rushing defense in the Pac12. Nevertheless, the running game was impressive.
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Stanford is no Montanabananasnblondes said:
It seemed more like the o line was finally able to push guys around. This was the first time they opened holes and Davis was able to run through them.DerekJohnson said:Cam Davis unlocked something on offense too, though we should keep in mind Stanford was #12 in rushing defense in the Pac12. Nevertheless, the running game was impressive.
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It cannot be understated how big the difference was in NOT having ASA fucking turner backpedeling and intentionally taking poor angles like a pussy.
Radley Hiles played pretty well at safety AND it gave the defense some actual versatility because Hiles can actually tackle and cover the slot in man so the defense can actually rotate to a cover 1 sometimes.
The interception that Sirmon got in the 2nd quarter to stop a long Stanford drive into the UW redzone was because the defense disguised itself as its typical soft cover 2 deep safeties but it was actually an aggressive cover 1 man with Hiles covering the slot WR and the Standford QB panicked when he realized he read the pre snap defense incorrectly.
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Voi got good push and is not huge but has lateral quickness, the rest of the interior is soft. Bookie was 30yrs off LOS and backpedaling on obvious run downs. We stacked more innthe box which was nice. Bruner has the physical abilities and IQ, Pops brought him up right.
Davis and McGrew are a nice combo.
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I remember a single Cam Davis run from this game. It was 3rd and 1, and the play was a dive to the right side. There was a hole--not a huge hole, but the kind of hole where, sitting on my couch, I just assumed he'd fall through it for an easy first down. Instead, he just... misses it. Like, not misses seeing it, just gets the approach wrong and runs right into his guard instead, bounces back, and by the time he can resume forward momentum, the hole has closed and he's brought down short of the line to gain. Failed 4th down sneak followed.
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And I was mad because the fucker finished with 99 yards. Now, its hey dumbass, he would've had 100 if he could have picked a first down there.1to392831weretaken said:I remember a single Cam Davis run from this game. It was 3rd and 1, and the play was a dive to the right side. There was a hole--not a huge hole, but the kind of hole where, sitting on my couch, I just assumed he'd fall through it for an easy first down. Instead, he just... misses it. Like, not misses seeing it, just gets the approach wrong and runs right into his guard instead, bounces back, and by the time he can resume forward momentum, the hole has closed and he's brought down short of the line to gain. Failed 4th down sneak followed.
I sat there wondering what the fuck had even happened, it was so baffling.
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I thought Bruener was an assassin in the Arky State game. If I remember correctly, he popped the ball loose twice from hitting dudes.
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Davis had some issues with running into the blockers. There was one downfield a bit where the blocker was trying to spring him for a bug Olay and had a chance, UT instead stumbled right into his path at the worst time and got run into.1to392831weretaken said:I remember a single Cam Davis run from this game. It was 3rd and 1, and the play was a dive to the right side. There was a hole--not a huge hole, but the kind of hole where, sitting on my couch, I just assumed he'd fall through it for an easy first down. Instead, he just... misses it. Like, not misses seeing it, just gets the approach wrong and runs right into his guard instead, bounces back, and by the time he can resume forward momentum, the hole has closed and he's brought down short of the line to gain. Failed 4th down sneak followed.
I sat there wondering what the fuck had even happened, it was so baffling.
He's limited but pretty good. He doesn't cut real well, at least at that stadium. Then he makes some nice moves to beat would be tacklers, but doesn't see well as he's doing it and usually goes left when he should go right (or vice versa) and doesn’t run into daylight when it's there.
He's also deceptively fast when he gets going upheld. He's way more explosive and has way more potential to outrun somebody and house one than McGrew. I'm a firm believer that you have to play the RBs who can house it. Long, running TDs are important and all the good teams get them. -
So i remember Napoleon when he arrived as a freshman and the guy had no sense of play development timing... it was hilarious watching him literally bounce 5 yards backward after slamming into the asses of the offensive lineman prior to the expected hole opening... after the bounce the linemen would turn around and look at this young idiot and say JFC, WTF.
We had bigtime mean AF linemen at the time that really understood their assignments and it was amusing to watch the learning curve and the interaction with the linemen. This kid will figure it out ~ because we haven't had it since he has been here, he didn't get the benefit of watching the junior senior RB's that have mastered the art of following the blocks in the great tradition.
I'm not saying he is NIP, just that its one of the things kids have to learn, especially if take it to the house speed is what got them the scholi in the first place. -
He's in his third year in the programDawgsCanDance said:So i remember Napoleon when he arrived as a freshman and the guy had no sense of play development timing... it was hilarious watching him literally bounce 5 yards backward after slamming into the asses of the offensive lineman prior to the expected hole opening... after the bounce the linemen would turn around and look at this young idiot and say JFC, WTF.
We had bigtime mean AF linemen at the time that really understood their assignments and it was hilarious to watch the learning curve and the interaction with the linemen. This kid will figure it out ~ because we haven't had it since he has been here, he didn't get the benefit of watching the junior senior RB's that have mastered the art of following the blocks in the great tradition.
I'm not saying he is NIP, just that its one of the things kids have to learn, especially if take it to the house speed is what got them the scholi in the first place.
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But hasn't had many game reps, and apparently nobody on this team gets better in practice anymore.dnc said:
He's in his third year in the programDawgsCanDance said:So i remember Napoleon when he arrived as a freshman and the guy had no sense of play development timing... it was hilarious watching him literally bounce 5 yards backward after slamming into the asses of the offensive lineman prior to the expected hole opening... after the bounce the linemen would turn around and look at this young idiot and say JFC, WTF.
We had bigtime mean AF linemen at the time that really understood their assignments and it was hilarious to watch the learning curve and the interaction with the linemen. This kid will figure it out ~ because we haven't had it since he has been here, he didn't get the benefit of watching the junior senior RB's that have mastered the art of following the blocks in the great tradition.
I'm not saying he is NIP, just that its one of the things kids have to learn, especially if take it to the house speed is what got them the scholi in the first place.
