The defense is not dominating
They got better through last season and they will do the same this year. Football is all situational now and the shut down D is a thing of the past.
With PENIX and the offense this D can be good enough.
What Penix did yesterday and what he has done is generational. Enjoy it. Depending on how it plays out he can become the GOAT at UW and the last great Pac 12 QB
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Pete had TUFF defenses, and a puffy little ginage of an offense.
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Yeah, the defense is B-/C+ level. They will probably have a few games where they will play at A- level. Hopefully we avoid any D level games. I have hope that part of the issue yesterday was that they game planned to keep the qb from running. The edges dropped back a lot instead of rushing.
As for Penix, he's probably the best QB I'll see at UW in my lifetime. Hope we take advantage of his talent this year. -
Anybody remember that incredible LSU defense in 2019 when Joe Burreaux threw 60 TD passes and and Justin Jefferson and Ja'Marr Chase caught almost 40 of 'em combined?
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Dropped pass played a big role in yesterday's game.
Against USC, those are first downs.
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The Penix throw to Polk just short of the goal line at the open end of the stadium is one of best throws I’ve ever seen in person. That throw was stunning.
The db room better have a hunger for competition. Outside of Jabar other guys will have opportunities to win a starting job. Plenty of items to correct on defense.
The o-line needs tweaking and they did some tinkering. Johnson didn’t look great but the defense got in the backfield quickly. The rb’s weren’t given much day light. -
outside of one conference, yes.RaceBannon said:Football is all situational now and the shut down D is a thing of the past.
this team is good enough to make the playoffs talent wise IMO. Little concerned a one dimensional O and subpar D against a Georgia might look eerily similar to UW - Alabama 2016.
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D just needs to be good in pieces rather than a whole unit. Be opportunistic and get big plays here and there to give the offense a chance to get ahead.
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banks is out to take a job he brought it yesterdayjecornel said:The Penix throw to Polk just short of the goal line at the open end of the stadium is one of best throws I’ve ever seen in person. That throw was stunning.
The db room better have a hunger for competition. Outside of Jabar other guys will have opportunities to win a starting job. Plenty of items to correct on defense.
The o-line needs tweaking and they did some tinkering. Johnson didn’t look great but the defense got in the backfield quickly. The rb’s weren’t given much day light. -
Yeah Banks and Nixon should absolutely be #1s on the depth chart on Monday. I know coaches act like depth charts don't matter but in both cases you had backups that performed and starters who absolutely sucked (Jackson and Johnson)WilburHooksHands said:
banks is out to take a job he brought it yesterdayjecornel said:The Penix throw to Polk just short of the goal line at the open end of the stadium is one of best throws I’ve ever seen in person. That throw was stunning.
The db room better have a hunger for competition. Outside of Jabar other guys will have opportunities to win a starting job. Plenty of items to correct on defense.
The o-line needs tweaking and they did some tinkering. Johnson didn’t look great but the defense got in the backfield quickly. The rb’s weren’t given much day light. -
Nixon gave a pretty good Wayne T impersonation yesterday.jecornel said:Johnson didn’t look great but the defense got in the backfield quickly. The rb’s weren’t given much day light.
Johnson just needs to be solid in pass pro until he works off the rust and gets comfortable with the system
