Time to Lightly Doog - Offense
I was breaking down a projected depth chart recently and realized I like the team more than I thought I would. I'm still not predicting fireworks, but here's why I feel good about the team (defense in another post) with no negativity. We know what to worry about already.
QB - #1 Will Rogers #2 Demond Williams Jr.
I didn't hear people mention Rogers is the second leading all-time passer from the SEC until recently and would have been #1 had he stayed. Leach had prolific passers in the Pac-12 which didn't mean they were studs but he's easily one of the best QBs in the Big 10 and good enough. For example, if he was the starter in 2021, UW could have won as many as 10 games, even with Jimmy.
Williams is an exciting guy waiting in the wings who is about as exciting a backup as they've had in a long, long time.
RB - #1 Jonah Coleman #2 Cam Davis
Watching Coleman's tape makes me depressed UW couldn't have gotten a guy like him the past two seasons. He's the best back UW has had since Gaskin and he kind of looks like bigger Gaskin. Davis is a very solid #2 and was great when we needed 1-3 yards in 2022, quietly scoring a ton of TDs.
WR - #1 Denzel Boston #2 Jeremiah Hunter #3 Giles Jackson #4 Rashid Williams #5 Kevin Green Jr. #6 Keith Reynolds
Boston is a major tipping point. There's talk about him being there with the three guys who got drafted last year and I want to believe it and at the least he has the body and looks the part with movement to be that. Hunter is mega underrated, super productive in Justin Wilcox' offense/QB torture chest in Berkeley. Giles was huge when called upon last year and the younger receivers below have been called out during practice.
TE - #1 Quentin Moore #2 Keleki Latu
I'm dooging on Moore simply because on Dillon Johnson's first big run against USC he blocks three damn guys which makes the play. At worst, he's a great blocking TE. Latu is huge so there's that.
OL - LT Soane Faasolo LG Gaard Memmelaar (I think he's not hurt?) C Landen Hatchett (sounding promising) RG Zachary Henning RT Drew Azzopardi
A healthy Memmelaar and Hatchett is getting me dooging. I'm only really worried about LT here as Henning was the best non starter on the UW OL last year by the end of seasons according to some. Having the Ohio State and Portland State transfers as backups is nice.
Comments
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Huff apparently loved Faasolo. The staff obviously thought enough of Henning to get him ready last year.
We deserve to have reasonably high expectations if everyone stays healthy.
Rogers having a guy like Hunter that is as sure handed as they come has me dooging.
Major major dooging here but Boston has the talent to step into the role that Tetris McMillan had in Fisch's offense last year.
And then obviously we haven't had a back like Coleman in a very long time.
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I'm with you except I can't get the doog feeling about the OL yet. Even if the starting 5 are really good, I'm afraid the first couple of injuries, which always come, will be devastating to the offense.
Skill positions look good though. I liked Rogers from the start.
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From what I've read, Vimahi has been the starter at RG this fall, so I'd be surprised if he's a backup.
I'm wondering how Faasolo compares to Marcus Bryant (Mizzou) and Chris Adams (Memphis) this year. Will be chinteresting to watch
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It's a good point, especially since Hatchett and Memmelaar I still believe are rather questionable. Look at even last year, Buelow going down was a borderline disaster and really hamstrung them against Oregon the first time and ASU. I'd love to see Memmelaar and Henning at guard over Vimahi, but that could depend on the health of the aforementioned guys.
I'm sure Faasolo won't be on Bryant's level but I guess you have to also consider Faasolo could be the starting LT for the next four years while Bryant was a one and done. Adams who the fuck knows. One of the weirdest things I can remember in Husky offseason recruiting.
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Yeah, the more I look at the roster, the doogier I get.
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I can't believe it's another season
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I think the OSU transfer is going to start instead of Henning, but if Henning beats him out that means he is legit
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I like Boston but I don’t think he’s going to live up to the hype. Hope I’m wrong. Speed is lacking
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PGOS and I have been preaching that this team will be in the mix, those big road gaymes will be tough. Do we have the depth and talent to suck the air out of Beaver Stadium during whiteout, smoke weed and talk shit while pointing at scoreboard in Eugene? I doubt it, but I’m not underestimating this staff, they are all win at all costs mercs that know football. Dan Lanning and Co might have their hands full. We are beating Michigan at home, the rest of the way will be chinteresting
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Doog Lite. Tastes Great. Less filling.
