RDA is the safety? He would be a big loss.
I feel like Manu stays but Bryant is probably an odd man out and I’d go 50/50 on the Coug leaving.
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I feel like Manu stays but Bryant is probably an odd man out and I’d go 50/50 on the Coug leaving.
houseofpain247
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deven Bryant, audric Harris, elishah jackett (OL), seems like we probably have a buried DB somewhere as well. I bet either dash beierly or treston McMillan transfers as well. Mcmillan seems to be above beierly in the backup QB pecking order so it could be dash
Allegedly, there's a few guys asking for big NIL upgrades and UW probably won't meet their asking price
AtomicDawg
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there are no high profile stars on the team expected to come back so that's interesting
How does this affect my prediction that Boston would be back?
PostGameOrangeSlices
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Don't give unproven players bags, give those bags to proven starters
HFNY
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RDA should be starting as a true soph and I badly hope he stays.
Here are the portal guys I see outside of Audric Harris:
WR: Kevin Green Jr.
OL: Elijah Jackett
Edge: Hayden Moore
LB: Deven Bryant (he will get snaps if he stays but probably wants a better shot at starting)
CB: Elias Johnson
S: Paul Mieneke Jr.
I suspect that Armon Parker Jr will medically retire.
I’ll add Vince Holmes and Leroy Bryant. Holmes still hasn’t gotten significant PT and he’s been in the portal before. Bryant lost his starting spot at slot to Clark. Possibly Fasaalo because he’s not got the feet to play P5 OT. As much as I’d like him to stay I could also see Henning dip out, He’ll be a RS Junior next year still sitting behind Hatchett. Buddha might go as well. Coming off injury he’d be sitting at 4th on depth even if Bryant ends up transferring.
houseofpain247
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Holmes pretty much lost any PT to RDA and Rahshawn Clark this year, didn't he?
There's a long list of guys who make complete sense to transfer out. Center could be interesting. I saw an analytics thing that Henning did really well coming in so wonder if there will have to be a choice made there about who is the guy moving forward.
I assume you have to prepare yourself for some painful losses who simply put themselves out to the highest bidder and you have to figure out your budget.
One of the guys who I assume outplayed his price tag coming in was McLaughlin. Roebuck probably commands a bigger payday, and Mills who came in as a high three-star, but played like a five star.
I assume losing Coleman, Boston, Willis, and Tacario Davis (thanks buddy) should open up some budget.
I assume you have to prepare yourself for some painful losses who simply put themselves out to the highest bidder and you have to figure out your budget.
One of the guys who I assume outplayed his price tag coming in was McLaughlin. Roebuck probably commands a bigger payday, and Mills who came in as a high three-star, but played like a five star.
I assume losing Coleman, Boston, Willis, and Tacario Davis (thanks buddy) should open up some budget.
houseofpain247
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Seems like a perfectly reasonable list. I do think the Henning/Hatchett conversation could be interesting at C as well. Hatchett seems high on leadership, but low on ability to not get injured and miss time. I'm not sure he's as good as he seems to be.
Tequilla
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RDA leaving would be a big loss … it's easy to say he should have played more (he probably could have) but he's also not the biggest dude and as a true freshman I think it's fair to wonder if he would have made it through the season in the Big10 playing full-time snape … he probably has no issue doing that in the PAC12
There's no question that there will be some WRs that leave (Harris being the 1st domino) … let's see who goes but by and large it was a position group that I think was a mixed bag this year outside of Boston and Roebuck … Vines-Bright was fine for a Freshman but he profiles more as a slot guy instead of an outside guy
LB is an area where the roster can honestly be upgraded IMO and something I've called out the balance of the season … Budda could leave I guess but who knows … Manu I'd be surprised if he left … Bryant to me is a bit of a JAG and I think we can do better … we need more LBs that have the size/athletic combo that ZRS has
Tequilla
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I'll be very interested to watch how this plays out …
We've historically proven that we will pay for guys that have proven that they've earned the money
We also have historically been a bit on the stingy side when it comes to guys that are "on the come" and maybe haven't earned those top-end levels yet
houseofpain247
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we better back up the Brinks truck for John Mills.
Tequilla
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I'd expect that Mills will be taken care of … he's going to be a 3 or 4 year starter here and his public visibility this year will position him to be a team leader going forward (both internally and externally) … add to that that he's a legacy player with the tunnel named for his Grandpa … I don't see any world where he's leaving UW as long as we're paying anywhere near market rate for him
PostGameOrangeSlices
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He led the team in tackles and only had a few coverage busts all year.
Absolutely pay him
PostGameOrangeSlices
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What does that even mean. We dont know what any of these players are making lol