I’ll break it down like Fisch won’t. I’m a lifelong UW fan. I think UW OL will struggle, especially Left Tackle, against upper tier teams. I expect good blocking TE to regularly line up on left side to shore it up & for Jedd/Carroll to rotate in several players to that Left end position over first 5 games to find the right fit. Against l…
I’ll break it down like Fisch won’t. I’m a lifelong UW fan. I think UW OL will struggle, especially Left Tackle, against upper tier teams. I expect good blocking TE to regularly line up on left side to shore it up & for Jedd/Carroll to rotate in several players to that Left end position over first 5 games to find the right fit. Against low to mid tier teams, UW OL will do fine. No starter on OL will be lighter than 300 lbs. Portal entries from San Diego State (Azzopardi), Ohio State (Vimahi) and Portland State (center, Titialli) make up bulk of new OL. Azzopardi will be the best of the bunch to protect QB blindside. Also brought in OT Maximus McCree, from Maryland who is tall & experienced but needs to put on some pounds. There are stout O lineman in the program already too, like Hatchett, Memmelaar + new exciting freshman Paki Finau who arrives on Montlake even before weight room & nutrition regimen at 6’5 and 300 lbs. Another frosh OL to watch for is 6’8, 300lb East Palo Alto, CA product, Soane Faasolo.
O Line is biggest hole on this team, but maybe the offense can mask weakness with quick passes and horizontal stress on opposing defenses. Rogers can do it with his experience in the air raid.
I’ll break it down like Fisch won’t. I’m a lifelong UW fan. I think UW OL will struggle, especially Left Tackle, against upper tier teams. I expect good blocking TE to regularly line up on left side to shore it up & for Jedd/Carroll to rotate in several players to that Left end position over first 5 games to find the right fit. Against low to mid tier teams, UW OL will do fine. No starter on OL will be lighter than 300 lbs. Portal entries from San Diego State (Azzopardi), Ohio State (Vimahi) and Portland State (center, Titialli) make up bulk of new OL. Azzopardi will be the best of the bunch to protect QB blindside. Also brought in OT Maximus McCree, from Maryland who is tall & experienced but needs to put on some pounds. There are stout O lineman in the program already too, like Hatchett, Memmelaar + new exciting freshman Paki Finau who arrives on Montlake even before weight room & nutrition regimen at 6’5 and 300 lbs. Another frosh OL to watch for is 6’8, 300lb East Palo Alto, CA product, Soane Faasolo.
You're right - that's more than we'll get out of Fisch. Good breakdown.
O Line is biggest hole on this team, but maybe the offense can mask weakness with quick passes and horizontal stress on opposing defenses. Rogers can do it with his experience in the air raid.
I agree, I think the offense is going to be very balanced. Also, the LB and Secondary will be good as well w/ some big Safeties playing downhill.