Huskies 13th In S&P+ (Wait till you see where the offence ranks)

[RoadDawg55]

Our defence will be better than last year by a mile. Offense obviously did enough good stuff for the math nerds so in DyMo I trust

I’m worried about the DT’s. We really need those guys to get better.

Definitely need improvement, but there's plenty of reason to expect it. Taki is bound to be improved as he's a veteran now. Tuli is healthy, Bandes and Tuitele have experience and time in the conditioning program, and there are some other good looking young guys. This isn't a Sark/Ty/Gilby/Neu DL room. It's actually deep and spread across multiple classes.

Also one of the best thing about Bowman is thst he can slide in and put his hand down and be really effective in run D and as an inside rusher.

If Bowman gets hurt its the difference between 11-2 or so and 8-5

Not kidding

Stop it.

The only player on this team who might possibly have 3 win value is Ulofoshio just because there is literally nothing behind him.

Losing Bowman would hurt but the edges look shockingly deep even with all the hits they've taken.

I feel much better at edge than MLB.

Bowman and ZTF being out leaves out with what, Smalls and McDoogie?

Not exactly proven players...

Eddie is a stud and Sirmon is 80% of the way to being a stud. He has a ton of promise but just needs to finish the fucking play.

Ive thought all the backup Lbs have looked good too when given a chance. Better than Smalls and friends thus far.

Plus, dline is just more important than LB

By all accounts Trice killed it in spring and is killing it so far in the fall.

McDonald has gotten a lot of love from the coaches.

I'll take Smalls' chances of being good this year over Sirmon's rather easily.

Martin has talent and experience.

Then you've still got Lolohea.

That's at least five guys for two spots if Bowman were out. I am confident a couple of those guys would emerge.

Plus it's probably too early for Himes but he's there also.

At MLB with no Ulo there's Sirmon, Heimuli who I expect big things from this year, Tafisi and Bruener who just got switched back from edge - telling you which position the coach's feel is deepest.

There are no true freshman MLB's who could surprise you and sneak into the rotation. No senior LBs who could make emerge in their last year in the program. It's a massively thin position with an All American starter and a few question marks.

Edge without Bowman beats MLB without Ulo in talent, and depth and is at least a push in snaps.

I'd hate to lose either of them but Ulofoshio is the one indispensable player on this team.

(I'm not even gonna consider the possibility of ZTF returning but that is apparently a thing as well)

Good points. Bowman is just such a rock for d line. He pressures well and holds the edge.

Even with Eddie in we still got bullied by Stanford which is what a lot of my analysis is based off of. Bowman makes. Huge difference in the physicality of the front seven. Dude is a forced fumble machine too.

Smalls will get better no doubt and McDonald played a bit. Trice is a total unknown.

Fair.

I'm one of the fortunate few who didn't actually watch the Stanford debacle. But I did watch all of Utah and Oregon State and didn't see a noticeable difference with him being in versus Oregon State and out versus Utah. We got way too pushed around by both of those offenses IMO.

Which is why our Dline is TBD right now as @RoadDawg55 and I are saying

Taki, Tuli, Bandes, Smalls got their shit pushed in.

Doesnt matter how good the other units are when you get manhandled up front

They played 2 down on the line with Tuli being injured last year. Recipe for disaster.

Look for the twins to be well above average and Bandes and Tuitele to contribute a lot more.

Apparently Siaosi Finau was winning 1 on 1s against good O linemen in spring

They 2 down stuff is bullshit. Bowman and ZTF played on the edge. Two 300+ guys and two guys around 280 is a big front 4. It’s not the reason we were weak against the run.

What were they running when Vea was playing?

Mostly two down lineman. I’m our base D, we have always played four guys up front. It’s not a 2-2-2-5. That was some idiotic shit from DDY that the lemmings grasped onto.

We do use nickel as our base defense so we are down a man in the front 7. The Buck/Sam are essentially DE’s that every now and then cover (which real DE’s also do from time to time).

 

[YellowSnow]

We're just lucky @CanadianDAWG doesn't write his posts in English and French

 

[Canadawg]

French in BC is like Jimmies recruiting. It exists but you rarely encounter it.

 

[HairyBallsDawg]

I don't know how S&P is calculated but did they take into account that we only played 4 games last year and all of them were home games?

And on top of that a team that had to do all of their game preparation in a park in Bellevue beat us?

 

[lawsandl]

Our defence will be better than last year by a mile. Offense obviously did enough good stuff for the math nerds so in DyMo I trust

I’m worried about the DT’s. We really need those guys to get better.

Definitely need improvement, but there's plenty of reason to expect it. Taki is bound to be improved as he's a veteran now. Tuli is healthy, Bandes and Tuitele have experience and time in the conditioning program, and there are some other good looking young guys. This isn't a Sark/Ty/Gilby/Neu DL room. It's actually deep and spread across multiple classes.

Also one of the best thing about Bowman is thst he can slide in and put his hand down and be really effective in run D and as an inside rusher.

Just to be a contrarian, Taki is JAG. Tuli has flashed. I wasn’t impressed with either Tuitele and Bandes last year. They were R-Fr but they weren’t close to ready to being championship caliber DT’s.

Tuitele not getting his pec fixed worries me. I didn’t think he was all that high of an upside guy to begin with, despite his ranking. Lake and Gregory have already talked about Peihopa playing this year.

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"Emotionally ready and physically gifted."

- Robert Gregory IV

strong hawaiian kirkland vibes in this pic, in 3 years he’ll be shredded frankenstein

Dude could be one of the strongest on the team already. 3 years could = monster.

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Also, Gaaaaaaaaaaaard

The top bench was 415?

 

[PostGameOrangeSlices]

Our defence will be better than last year by a mile. Offense obviously did enough good stuff for the math nerds so in DyMo I trust

I’m worried about the DT’s. We really need those guys to get better.

Definitely need improvement, but there's plenty of reason to expect it. Taki is bound to be improved as he's a veteran now. Tuli is healthy, Bandes and Tuitele have experience and time in the conditioning program, and there are some other good looking young guys. This isn't a Sark/Ty/Gilby/Neu DL room. It's actually deep and spread across multiple classes.

Also one of the best thing about Bowman is thst he can slide in and put his hand down and be really effective in run D and as an inside rusher.

Just to be a contrarian, Taki is JAG. Tuli has flashed. I wasn’t impressed with either Tuitele and Bandes last year. They were R-Fr but they weren’t close to ready to being championship caliber DT’s.

Tuitele not getting his pec fixed worries me. I didn’t think he was all that high of an upside guy to begin with, despite his ranking. Lake and Gregory have already talked about Peihopa playing this year.

View attachment 42570

"Emotionally ready and physically gifted."

- Robert Gregory IV

strong hawaiian kirkland vibes in this pic, in 3 years he’ll be shredded frankenstein

Dude could be one of the strongest on the team already. 3 years could = monster.

View attachment 42573

Also, Gaaaaaaaaaaaard

The top bench was 415?

Pause on chest legit rep would be my guess

 

[lawsandl]

Our defence will be better than last year by a mile. Offense obviously did enough good stuff for the math nerds so in DyMo I trust

I’m worried about the DT’s. We really need those guys to get better.

Definitely need improvement, but there's plenty of reason to expect it. Taki is bound to be improved as he's a veteran now. Tuli is healthy, Bandes and Tuitele have experience and time in the conditioning program, and there are some other good looking young guys. This isn't a Sark/Ty/Gilby/Neu DL room. It's actually deep and spread across multiple classes.

Also one of the best thing about Bowman is thst he can slide in and put his hand down and be really effective in run D and as an inside rusher.

Just to be a contrarian, Taki is JAG. Tuli has flashed. I wasn’t impressed with either Tuitele and Bandes last year. They were R-Fr but they weren’t close to ready to being championship caliber DT’s.

Tuitele not getting his pec fixed worries me. I didn’t think he was all that high of an upside guy to begin with, despite his ranking. Lake and Gregory have already talked about Peihopa playing this year.

View attachment 42570

"Emotionally ready and physically gifted."

- Robert Gregory IV

strong hawaiian kirkland vibes in this pic, in 3 years he’ll be shredded frankenstein

Dude could be one of the strongest on the team already. 3 years could = monster.

View attachment 42573

Also, Gaaaaaaaaaaaard

The top bench was 415?

Pause on chest legit rep would be my guess

It’s not like it matters all that much.