The defense is not dominating

All I know is that one of those guys is keeping Heims seat warm while he gets his reads down. Enough said on that
 
Dillon Johnson is probably still hobbled by his knee. Look at his highlights while at Mississippi. He had better burst than he showed yesterday. I would sit him next week.
 
Powell had a pass break up I believe. ZTF was literally invisible. I thought Voi T. had the best motor yesterday. I wanted to see Heims as well.

Did Powell play at all? Or ZTF? Or Tuputala?

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Would like to see Bruener get a bit more run out there with the first unit. Kid plays with his hair on fire. Tuputala continues to underwhelm despite all the hype IMO...

It's still incredible how mediocre the group of Tuli, Bandes, Ale, Tui are in the middle...
 
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Secondary looks improved and MJ Ale looked like an actually guy yesterday. That was a fun development. ZTF doesn't have the same twitch/bend sinc his injury, need more heat up the middle to make up for it!
 
The open field tackling still leaves a lot to be desired. Overall they looked quicker and hit harder than I saw at any time last years and the two outside corners were pretty lockdown

I'm not gay for Asa and his flowing locks like a few of you guys, but I will grant that the TFL he made was a spectacular play. He came in fast and with a purpose on that one. That's the kind of physical talent the dude has. Hopefully he keeps being willing to put it to use

I think they schemed conservatively against BSU to try to keep that guy from running.
 
Would like to see Bruener get a bit more run out there with the first unit. Kid plays with his hair on fire. Tuputala continues to underwhelm despite all the hype IMO...

It's still incredible how mediocre the group of Tuli, Bandes, Ale, Tui are in the middle...
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Interior d line was fine yesterday. Nothing up the middle and when we did get pressure they were the ones applying it.
 
The open field tackling still leaves a lot to be desired. Overall they looked quicker and hit harder than I saw at any time last years and the two outside corners were pretty lockdown

I'm not gay for Asa and his flowing locks like a few of you guys, but I will grant that the TFL he made was a spectacular play. He came in fast and with a purpose on that one. That's the kind of physical talent the dude has. Hopefully he keeps being willing to put it to use

I think they schemed conservatively against BSU to try to keep that guy from running.
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Yeah the only way boise was scoring more than 2 touchdowns was Green being able to get outside the pocket.
 
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Ztf was actually setting the edge a few times. The gameplan from Boise was clearly to get the ball out in about a second so I'm not worried about the pass rush
 
Secondary looks improved and MJ Ale looked like an actually guy yesterday. That was a fun development. ZTF doesn't have the same twitch/bend sinc his injury, need more heat up the middle to make up for it!
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Wonder where I’ve heard that before… neither did Sidney Jones
This team will miss Martin I’m afraid. ZTF wouldn’t have been drafted and will likely it make the NFL 52 man I think the best UW can hope for is situational pass rush from ZTF.
 
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Secondary looks improved and MJ Ale looked like an actually guy yesterday. That was a fun development. ZTF doesn't have the same twitch/bend sinc his injury, need more heat up the middle to make up for it!
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Wonder where I’ve heard that before… neither did Sidney Jones
This team will miss Martin I’m afraid. ZTF wouldn’t have been drafted and will likely it make the NFL 52 man I think the best UW can hope for is situational pass rush from ZTF.
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The D missing Martin is exactly what I said to my friend. JM was well-rounded and just a very good college football player.

UW had some things not go their way during the 1st half (missed calls or ticky-tack calls) but weathered those well.

I thought Bandes flashed on a play.

Someone would have had a sack on the safety play when the BSU QB threw it away (I thought he was inside the tackles and they shouldn't have reversed it but didn't see the replay).

Mish Powell looked good in the 1st quarter and then it seemed like BSU stopped throwing his way but picked on Elijah Jackson instead?

Overall, special teams were very solid and that was nice to see. Great punting and very good return along with aggressive kick / punt coverage.
 
Secondary looks improved and MJ Ale looked like an actually guy yesterday. That was a fun development. ZTF doesn't have the same twitch/bend sinc his injury, need more heat up the middle to make up for it!
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Wonder where I’ve heard that before… neither did Sidney Jones
This team will miss Martin I’m afraid. ZTF wouldn’t have been drafted and will likely it make the NFL 52 man I think the best UW can hope for is situational pass rush from ZTF.
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The D missing Martin is exactly what I said to my friend. JM was well-rounded and just a very good college football player.

UW had some things not go their way during the 1st half (missed calls or ticky-tack calls) but weathered those well.

I thought Bandes flashed on a play.

Someone would have had a sack on the safety play when the BSU QB threw it away (I thought he was inside the tackles and they shouldn't have reversed it but didn't see the replay).

Mish Powell looked good in the 1st quarter and then it seemed like BSU stopped throwing his way but picked on Elijah Jackson instead?

Overall, special teams were very solid and that was nice to see. Great punting and very good return along with aggressive kick / punt coverage.
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special teams has been hitting hard as fuck since this staff took over
 
The defense did a good job of never letting the QB get comfortable. The ball had to come out quick and they forced some bad throws.

If you watch Penix's dropbacks vs. Green's you see a big difference in how much time they have.

Voi and Ale flashed a little. This DL will generate sacks against less mobile QBs.
 
Secondary looks improved and MJ Ale looked like an actually guy yesterday. That was a fun development. ZTF doesn't have the same twitch/bend sinc his injury, need more heat up the middle to make up for it!
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ZTF never had much bend, but he used to weigh 280 and put people on skates. No idea why the coaches tried to turn him into something he isn't.
 
Secondary looks improved and MJ Ale looked like an actually guy yesterday. That was a fun development. ZTF doesn't have the same twitch/bend sinc his injury, need more heat up the middle to make up for it!
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ZTF never had much bend, but he used to weigh 280 and put people on skates. No idea why the coaches tried to turn him into something he isn't.
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Said this last year and got WTF’d into oblivion because he was recovering from injury and couldn’t lift. Fast forward 12 months and he’s still way too light and playing like a speed rusher.

He also can’t tackle in space but that’s a different story. He needs to get back to 270+ and bull rush the fuck out of people.
 
I'm here for the ZTF overreactions over one game when the edge rushers were set to contain the mobile QB
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The problem is that he isn't very good at playing the contain role and doesn't tackle well in space. He's a pass rush specialist. Personally I'm not worried about his pass rush yet because of what you said, but I am worried about him holding up well against some of the PAC 12 offenses that also have mobile QBs.
 
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