No surprise here. Also no surprise to anyone that Chris Petersen's response pisses me the Hell off!In the Halloween spirit, let’s analyze the scariest statistic for Washington’s erratic offense.
In 2016, the Huskies converted 44.12% of their third down attempts, ranking third in the Pac-12.
In 2017 and 2018, they finished first — at 45.39% and 45.36%, respectively.
The conclusion: even as other aspects of the offense fluctuated, UW produced a relatively consistent third-down conversion rate.
Which makes this season’s dramatic decline all the more surprising.
Through eight games this fall, Washington is moving the chains on 35.35% of its third down tries, which ranks 106th nationally and 11th in the Pac-12 (only ahead of California). They’re converting 41.38% in wins and 26.83% in losses. The chasm is even more evident in conference play, where UW is converting just 25.76% of the time (as opposed to 54.55% in the nonconference.)
It doesn’t matter, apparently, that Washington touts a talented quarterback, an experienced offensive line and a corps of capable running backs.
Any way you slice it, the Huskies are (literally) falling short.
In other words? We don't know what to do because we can't run the WildCat and we only know how to convert 3rd downs when our first round pick of a QB is standing on the sidelines watching!“One thing, you mentioned it earlier, one thing that might have changed us a little bit on third down was when Rich (Newton) went down. He's an effective runner in those situations, those third-and-medium situations. But we still have a good scheme. We've still got guys who can make plays, but we've got to get better in those situations."
You just can't make this shit up. Do you think that Dabo Sweeney has ever answered to why he lost a huge rivalry game because he failed twice on third down, and Watson, Kelly Bryant or Trevor Lawrence were out so they could run Wildcat!? It is almost as if they only have one game plan, and it is the same for Cyler Miles, Jake Browning or Jacob Eason!
Part of Vorel's prediction?
A little different than mine, but makes sense. I truely believe we will blow a lead late, and it will happen because we fail to move the ball on offense, lose the lead, then are forced to punt and watch the last six minutes melt away after tackler after tackler are drug past the sticks with another third down run were we have two safeties playing prevent 20 yards off the ball hoping that our front 7 magically got better over the bye week.Washington, on the other side, will struggle to consistently run the ball against the nation’s premier rushing defense. It’ll also continue to hit predictably frustrating roadblocks in the red zone. Junior quarterback Jacob Eason will make a few noteworthy plays, but not enough.
Eason is not Browning or Miles and this defense doesn't hold a candle to the past five or so years. STOP FREAKING COACHING LIKE THAT ISN'T THE TRUTH!