That seems to be the consensus on our huskies for 2016. A quite improved 6 win team that might win 5 games.
We have to protect the Rent. Win our games at home and add some road wins and we are in.
If we get improved OL play, we'll make a quantum leap. I'm hopeful that that will happen. All of sudden we will become a much more entertaining team to watch and a threat to win against pretty much anyone we are facing.I kinda get it.
We have the same QB and if we get the same QB play the win total doesn't change even though we have improved the team around QB.
What remains unsaid is that if we get improved QB play, we should improve dramatically.
Incorrect. Football is played in a vacuum. How a position is played has absolutely no effect whatsoever on any other position on the field.If we get improved OL play, we'll make a quantum leap. I'm hopeful that that will happen. All of sudden we will become a much more entertaining team to watch and a threat to win against pretty much anyone we are facing.
Ah, the summer, when every football team has a shot at the national championship...
If we get improved OL play and worse QB play, we don't improve. That's just the way it is.Incorrect. Football is played in a vacuum. How a position is played has absolutely no effect whatsoever on any other position on the field.
If we get improved OL play and worse QB play, we don't improve. That's just the way it is.
I understand the theory that improved OL line play will make it easier for the QB to improve (for many reasons) but that isn't automatic.
Yes, that is all true but it doesn't automatically make the QB better.Improved OL play sure as hell makes improvement from the QB more likely than regression. Not to mention improvement at the OL helps the run game, which also helps the QB.
I suspect that he will, but having more time to run through his options and not constantly having to scramble are likely to make him look a lot better regardless.Yes, that is all true but it doesn't automatically make the QB better.
Let's hope he improves after a year in the system.
If we get improved OL play and worse QB play, we don't improve. That's just the way it is.
I understand the theory that improved OL line play will make it easier for the QB to improve (for many reasons) but that isn't automatic.
Yes, that is all true but it doesn't automatically make the QB better.
Let's hope he improves after a year in the system.
Davis or Anderson. Coming out of the spring it was Anderson. But the way Davis moves for a guy his size, sheesh.Who's our #2 QB?
It also doesn't make him automatically worse. Most of us are cautiously optimistic that there will be improvement across the board on offense. You seem doubtful that Shirrefs will improve even if the OL improves. That's a puzzling stance.Yes, that is all true but it doesn't automatically make the QB better.
Let's hope he improves after a year in the system.
Your interpretation of my post is wrong.It also doesn't make him automatically worse. Most of us are cautiously optimistic that there will be improvement across the board on offense. You seem doubtful that Shirrefs will improve even if the OL improves. That's a puzzling stance.
Your interpretation of my post is wrong.
My point, again, is that the QB position will determine the amount of improvement by the Huskies. It was an attempt to explain why Steele saw us as much improved but didn't reflect that in his prediction. The truth is that no one knows Shirreffs ceiling. I hope he is John Elway. But at this point I don't have any evidence on which to venture a guess. And the Blue/White game didn't really hold any clues.
Anderson threw like half his completions for TDSDavis or Anderson. Coming out of the spring it was Anderson. But the way Davis moves for a guy his size, sheesh.
In defense of Phil Steele (and I haven't read it yet), I don't think the cited passages are crazy. Four of our 6 wins were against teams that weren't within smelling distance of the Top 100, and we got to 6 and 6 with a large positive turnover margin which Steele always looks for to even out over time. Does anyone really doubt that we could be a much improved team this year play by play over the course of the season and still not have it show up in the win column? I think that's extremely possible. We don't beat syracuse, BC and UVA playing the way we beat 'Nova and Tulane and Army.