Mad Son's Ramblings: Washington on the right track but not there yet

CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:

doogsinparadise said:

The problem is going away from stuff that works just to be cute and "smarter" than the other guys.

I think the issue is the slow developing run plays especially on the 4th & 1 situations. We? lined up and ran a QB sneak at one point in the game and got it. I don't know if it a 4th and 1 but it was a relatively easy pick up.

The counters are easy to pick on ... but they are low hanging fruit that masks the real reason short yardage plays fail which is due to lack of execution.

In particular, if you look at the counter on the 4th and 1 in the 2nd half there was 1) interior pressure that moved Eldrenkamp off of his route and late to his block point, 2) Sample letting the OLB on the line in untouched and focused on the secondary defender, and 3) the OLB that came in untouched blew up both Eldrenkamp/Daniels leaving Gaskin without an escort into the hole. If the play was blocked well it not only picks up the 1st down rather easily, but likely picks up the TD.

For those that want to just run the ball up the middle, that's exactly what we did after Coleman's OT run and immediately lost 3 yards due to interior penetration.

It's all about execution where at times we're very poor particularly when the opponent knows what is coming.

HFNY said:

McCaffrey is McCaffrey but IMHO, Stanford's OL isn't as good as it was last year.

I don't think Burns will do well in a night game @ Husky Stadium and his numbers against lesser secondaries aren't very good. I see him averaging less than 6 yards per attempt and throwing 2 INTs. UW will probably blitz more than they have so far this season but I've been pleased with how Mathis, Qualls, and Vea have looked as pass-rushers. We'll probably see Jaylen Johnson get some snaps which will help the rotation.

I see the home team winning 24-20.

Rather easily