HRYK, until Washington faces a team that plays nickel defense man handles Rome and McMillen at the line of scrimmage and forces Washington to run 25 times a game.
HRYK, until Washington faces a team that plays nickel defense man handles Rome and McMillen at the line of scrimmage and forces Washington to run 25 times a game.
Nobody’s physically manhandling Rome (or Polk) at the line and I don’t think anyone’s quick enough to do it to Jalen either.
HRYK, until Washington faces a team that plays nickel defense man handles Rome and McMillen at the line of scrimmage and forces Washington to run 25 times a game.
Nobody’s physically manhandling Rome (or Polk) at the line and I don’t think anyone’s quick enough to do it to Jalen either.
There are too many options to shut us down. We will face a team that will have a CB good enough to shut down one guy. All three aren’t getting shut down. No team has that.
Add in Westover gaining Penix’s trust, the big play ability of Bernard, and an OL that has given Penix time to throw ever since he has played for UW. Point is, the only guy we depend on is really Penix.
HRYK, until Washington faces a team that plays nickel defense man handles Rome and McMillen at the line of scrimmage and forces Washington to run 25 times a game.
Nobody’s physically manhandling Rome (or Polk) at the line and I don’t think anyone’s quick enough to do it to Jalen either.
There are too many options to shut us down. We will face a team that will have a CB good enough to shut down one guy. All three aren’t getting shut down. No team has that.
Add in Westover gaining Penix’s trust, the big play ability of Bernard, and an OL that has given Penix time to throw ever since he has played for UW. Point is, the only guy we depend on is really Penix.
HRYK, until Washington faces a team that plays nickel defense man handles Rome and McMillen at the line of scrimmage and forces Washington to run 25 times a game.
Nobody’s physically manhandling Rome (or Polk) at the line and I don’t think anyone’s quick enough to do it to Jalen either.
There are too many options to shut us down. We will face a team that will have a CB good enough to shut down one guy. All three aren’t getting shut down. No team has that.
Add in Westover gaining Penix’s trust, the big play ability of Bernard, and an OL that has given Penix time to throw ever since he has played for UW. Point is, the only guy we depend on is really Penix.
I think the Kwatcox defense was a problem schematically last season. I know both Texas and even Cal had some talent in the secondary too, but they were doing something that either the Deboer offense or Grubb the play caller had a hard time adjusting too.
That's the only thing that could get in the way. I'm just not scared of Cal though, and Texas would be a long way down the road before they're a concern
HRYK, until Washington faces a team that plays nickel defense man handles Rome and McMillen at the line of scrimmage and forces Washington to run 25 times a game.
Nobody’s physically manhandling Rome (or Polk) at the line and I don’t think anyone’s quick enough to do it to Jalen either.
There are too many options to shut us down. We will face a team that will have a CB good enough to shut down one guy. All three aren’t getting shut down. No team has that.
Add in Westover gaining Penix’s trust, the big play ability of Bernard, and an OL that has given Penix time to throw ever since he has played for UW. Point is, the only guy we depend on is really Penix.
I think the Kwatcox defense was a problem schematically last season. I know both Texas and even Cal had some talent in the secondary too, but they were doing something that either the Deboer offense or Grubb the play caller had a hard time adjusting too.
That's the only thing that could get in the way. I'm just not scared of Cal though, and Texas would be a long way down the road before they're a concern
It would seem the way to disrupt the UW offense would be to make them dink and dunk and take away the big pass plays. It’s obviously easier said than done because nobody seems to be able to do it.
We can talk offense all day long, but after the MSU game, I feel better about the defense. There will become a game when the offense will not be firing and we will need more possessions to score. The '91 defense ain't walking through that door, but a defense that can get timely stops will be the difference maker this season on how far we go. IMO
Penix will likely have a couple off-games where he's missing receivers. If those games come against Oregon or SC, we probably lose. Against anyone else, we're probably in the clear
Only a small handful of coordinators could properly shut down the air raid, and that was an offense predicated on short, easy routes that any retard with an ounce of accuracy could operate in.
Conversely, there is no realistic formula for stopping this iteration of Grubb's offense. You need exceptional defensive talent at all three levels, a coaching staff in the 95th percentile of defensive acumen, and a good deal of luck in hoping for an off day from Penix or a rash of catastrophic injuries.
Coaches like Sirmon, Wilcox, and Kwat all seemed to fit criteria #2 and found a workable blueprint, but none of them, not even Texas, had the horses to actually win the game.
Feels like half the teams going to play in the league. If they don't win 12 games we will look back on it as a total ball dropping
Holy shit, keep it in your pants. The Sqwad looks great, but hasn't done anything yet. Let's see them beat a decent team on the road before declaring 11-1 a failure.
I'll be happy if they can beat Arizona without giving me heartburn.
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Add in Westover gaining Penix’s trust, the big play ability of Bernard, and an OL that has given Penix time to throw ever since he has played for UW. Point is, the only guy we depend on is really Penix.
That's the only thing that could get in the way. I'm just not scared of Cal though, and Texas would be a long way down the road before they're a concern
We're going to have to dink and dunk at some point. Hopefully we're patient and disciplined enough to do it properly for long drives.
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Conversely, there is no realistic formula for stopping this iteration of Grubb's offense. You need exceptional defensive talent at all three levels, a coaching staff in the 95th percentile of defensive acumen, and a good deal of luck in hoping for an off day from Penix or a rash of catastrophic injuries.
Coaches like Sirmon, Wilcox, and Kwat all seemed to fit criteria #2 and found a workable blueprint, but none of them, not even Texas, had the horses to actually win the game.
I'll be happy if they can beat Arizona without giving me heartburn.