UW Defense Thoughts Thread

Eklund's Budda Baker adventure was amazing. He was wrong on every single prediction even though he had stalked the kid for about 2 years. Never got anything right, not once. Then predicting UCLA and Baker choosing UW solidified him as one of my favorite Husky players ever. What a troll job.
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In Eklund's defense, his kid had the crud.
 
5-9 180lbs doesn't scream Pac 12 safety to me. I could be wrong and he could even develop into that, but I am not excited at the thought of him starting. To me it tells me our safeties suck. If he was getting spot duty I would feel a lot better about it.

If he has amazing ball skills then that is great, but he is going to have to make a lot of tackles on people much bigger than him on a consistent basis if he is playing a lot of snaps. I would bet Sven's 20 bucks his shoulder doesn't last the entire conference season and then is spending the off season getting it repaired next spring.
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Nickel corner at worst for Budda. He's probably as big as Parker was his first two years, and he is much faster/quicker. You make a valid point about his shoulder, but I don't think we have enough talent at CB/S for him not to be a heavy contributor.
 
The HHB's always love to point out all the times Eklund is wrong but what about the times he is right?

Has he ever been right about anything? Ever?!
 
The HHB's always love to point out all the times Eklund is wrong but what about the times he is right?

Has he ever been right about anything? Ever?!
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Of course he has.

He was right that we had nothing to worry about when that silly girl reporter from Texas (blond?) tried to tell us Daeshon Hall might decommit.

He was right that Myles Jack was seriously considering UW and invited walk on Ryan Turman could be the X factor in his recruitment.

He was right that UW was not going to take Patrick Enewally.

He's right all the time. Stop twisting.
 
Eklund is always right. As I said before, all the kids he predicted to UW who went elsewhere were committed (although most silent commits) to UW before they changed their mind. High School kids do this stuff all the time. One morning they go to the shower first, next morning they hit up the fridge. Unpredictable.
 
Eklund's Budda Baker adventure was amazing. He was wrong on every single prediction even though he had stalked the kid for about 2 years. Never got anything right, not once. Then predicting UCLA and Baker choosing UW solidified him as one of my favorite Husky players ever. What a troll job.
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His reasoning was even better. "Well, everyone had Budda down to UCLA and UW, and then he picked Oregon. When he picked Oregon, there was no chance for him to open up his recruitment again."

The truth: I don't have a fucking clue what Budda is doing, and my sources are either terrible or completely made up.

"Kaleb McGary will go to Oregon State because there is too much asphalt in Seattle. He wants to major in Agriculture too, and if he wants to be a farmer, he should go to Oregon State."

The truth: I have been following recruiting for years, but still fall for obvious bullshit that will have no factor with his decision.

"I've been right about a lot. I guessed Will Dissly and Dante Pettis to UW."

The truth: Anyone could have guessed guys without any other PAC 12 offers were going to UW. Anyone who is still paying you for your insight should immediately douse themselves in gasoline. We will take care of the rest.

 
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I loved the McGary to WSU/OSU prediction too because he likes to hunt and fish. Because we all know in Pullman and Corvalis you can wake up, grab your gun, and go into your backyard and hunt some deer/bear.

 
I loved the McGary to WSU/OSU prediction too because he likes to hunt and fish. Because we all know in Pullman and Corvalis you can wake up, grab your gun, and go into your backyard and hunt some deer/bear.
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Reuben Foster loves to fish, therefore he will shock the world and come to UW.

He isn't telling anyone he's coming to UW though, because then some scary SEC coaches would talk him out of it. But he's coming to fish, you watch.
 
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In reality, we can roll with a single high safety look (Budda) if Kelly can hold down the other corner spot. Assuming we get decent play from our LB's in pass looks will help cover up whoever is playing the in the box safety role in pass defense.
 
I really don't see Baker starting as a problem. Talented freshman start all the time and I'd feel better with him back there than a 5th year guy like Will Shamburger who was another Doog legend who totally sucked ass.
 
In reality, we can roll with a single high safety look (Budda) if Kelly can hold down the other corner spot. Assuming we get decent play from our LB's in pass looks will help cover up whoever is playing the in the box safety role in pass defense.
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assuming we get some heat from the edge. I can see that against half of our schedule but not sure we will have the pass rush. Technically we should between kikaha, shirley, hudson and Farria so not a bad thought. I don't know enough about how flexible Peterman was on their schemes though if that is something they would do.
 
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I really don't see Baker starting as a problem. Talented freshman start all the time and I'd feel better with him back there than a 5th year guy like Will Shamburger who was another Doog legend who totally sucked ass.
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Agree. He should be better than Shamburger. He will probably be better in coverage than Parker too.
 
Petermans entire offense is predicated on flexibility - would be surprised if his d wasn't similar
 
The thing I hope for the defense this season is that one or two of our young DT step up. We have been pretty lucky the last couple years with Danny Shelton basically not missing a snap. I suspect an injury to him would have been the most damageable to the team. So let's see if we can give him a bit of help.
 
The thing I hope for the defense this season is that one or two of our young DT step up. We have been pretty lucky the last couple years with Danny Shelton basically not missing a snap. I suspect an injury to him would have been the most damageable to the team. So let's see if we can give him a bit of help.
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Yes this is a big key.

Kikaha coming back last year was huge for the DL. Kikaha, Tanigawa and Smith all came back healthy after missing 2012. Really fortunate for that...added at least 1 victory to the overall total.

Hopefully Qualls and Mathis can add push and Farria heat.
 
I'm most excited about Qualls. I want him to be a more mobile interior beast alongside big danny.
 
Looking forward to Lindquist taking the reigns on offense.

Colin Tanigawa's transition to RB is curious, to say the least. He certainly has the attitude and is ready to rumble; it'll be interesting to see how this plays out. Or not.
 
Looking forward to Lindquist taking the reigns on offense.
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Hi Hugh!
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You're thinking I'm racist for thinking Lindquist will win the QB comp? Because its seems like you're insinuating that I believe Lindquist will win because he is white.

You're the racist, More_Cock!!!
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You are reading way too much into one simple sarkastic comment and badly pressing.
 
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