EWU @ UW: Week 1 GDT

[MLEagle]

The defensive backfield looks completely overwhelmed and makes me worried for the rest of the year. Rest of the personnel groups look fine, just not playing well.

Not sure why Best has a problem getting the team ready for these FBS games, it seemed like a Baldwin specialty.

 

[Rjones61]

Good grief this is painful. I can't watch anymore.

 

[luckyintheorder]

The defensive backfield looks completely overwhelmed and makes me worried for the rest of the year. Rest of the personnel groups look fine, just not playing well.

Not sure why Best has a problem getting the team ready for these FBS games, it seemed like a Baldwin specialty.

Best is not looking to go anywhere, Baldwin was.

 

[EWURanger]

The defensive backfield looks completely overwhelmed and makes me worried for the rest of the year. Rest of the personnel groups look fine, just not playing well.

Not sure why Best has a problem getting the team ready for these FBS games, it seemed like a Baldwin specialty.

Agreed on the secondary. They look pretty bad. But we knew it was going to be an area where we’d take a big step back. Losing 5 corners with significant and a couple of safeties will do that.

 

[tomq04]

This game isn't telling us much about this team other than the ridiculous number of receiver drops.

 

[EWURanger]

The defensive backfield looks completely overwhelmed and makes me worried for the rest of the year. Rest of the personnel groups look fine, just not playing well.

Not sure why Best has a problem getting the team ready for these FBS games, it seemed like a Baldwin specialty.

Best is not looking to go anywhere, Baldwin was.

It is a fair point though. We haven’t been competitive in a single FBS game under Best. Granted, all 3 were really good teams but we were way more competitive under Baldwin. Two Pac-12 wins in a 3 year span.

 

[MLEagle]

Another question I have is if holding Barriere out of these last few scrimmages have hurt him a bit because he doesn’t look sharp at all today. Not horrible, but not sharp either.

 

[MLEagle]

Another question I have is if holding Barriere out of these last few scrimmages have hurt him a bit because he doesn’t look sharp at all today. Not horrible, but not sharp either.

 

[luckyintheorder]

The defensive backfield looks completely overwhelmed and makes me worried for the rest of the year. Rest of the personnel groups look fine, just not playing well.

Not sure why Best has a problem getting the team ready for these FBS games, it seemed like a Baldwin specialty.

Best is not looking to go anywhere, Baldwin was.

It is a fair point though. We haven’t been competitive in a single FBS game under Best. Granted, all 3 were really good teams but we were way more competitive under Baldwin. Two Pac-12 wins in a 3 year span.

Can see it both ways.

Different focus. The recruiting has been as good or better. Made the Natty with a backup in several key positions. These games are for the budget. Staying healthy and focused on the real goal is a priority. The FBS wins were nice, a championship is awesome.
Let's not forget new coaches in key roles. It's harder than it looks. Ton of talent and some players are going to have to increase their focus or a mediocre year may be in the offing.

 

[luckyintheorder]

OK, that was horrible..

 

[MLEagle]

I felt we were fairly stout up front and made some good plays. Backfield is troublesome. Not really much positive to say about the offense besides a couple isolated plays, but overall pretty bad performance by all specialists (qb, we, rb, te).

Good thing we have D2 team because we are not ready for a stout FCS opponent yet.

 

[Obzerver]

Drop goes the weasel. We're broke. I still have to take a dump.
**Good news we're not Idaho

 

[HeavyIsTheCrown]

The defensive backfield looks completely overwhelmed and makes me worried for the rest of the year. Rest of the personnel groups look fine, just not playing well.

Not sure why Best has a problem getting the team ready for these FBS games, it seemed like a Baldwin specialty.

Agreed on the secondary. They look pretty bad. But we knew it was going to be an area where we’d take a big step back. Losing 5 corners with significant and a couple of safeties will do that.

True, EWU also has a new OC & and new DC! I think Custer HAS to be better, (and I think he’ll step up his game in FCS play) because it looks like this season will depend on EB3, Custer, Ojoh & maybe Prunty stepping up and LEADING this team to a Big Sky championship and deep playoff run.

It can happen guys, this was a top FBS opponent with a great coaching staff. EWU has a somewhat soft regular season schedule and if they take advantage of that, we could see EWU snag a share of the conference title. GoEags!

 

[Rjones61]

One of my biggest concern was EWU's inability to break a tackle. Every first contact our guys went down immediately. Props to UW's excellent tackling discipline.

I kept expecting to see Barriere escape at least one tackle and throw downfield like VA used to do. But even if a defender grabbed the spike of his cleat it was a sack.

 

[LDopaPDX]

A few silver linings:
1. Washington looks *really* good
2. Most of the position groups had some good plays
3. Most of the mistakes on missed reads, dumb penalties pre-snap, dropped balls, and blown coverages are correctable

The bad news is that the DL looked small, slow, and totally ineffectual. I don’t see that as correctable. It’s reasonable to think Washington’s OL was so good they just blew us away, but the DL didn’t even show the ability to compete. I thought the loss of Moore would be catastrophic, and that may be prophetic... which sucks. I have no idea what Lindenwood will bring and even JSU’s bad OL might give us problems.

 

[EWU98]

A few silver linings:
1. Washington looks *really* good
2. Most of the position groups had some good plays
3. Most of the mistakes on missed reads, dumb penalties pre-snap, dropped balls, and blown coverages are correctable

The bad news is that the DL looked small, slow, and totally ineffectual. I don’t see that as correctable. It’s reasonable to think Washington’s OL was so good they just blew us away, but the DL didn’t even show the ability to compete. I thought the loss of Moore would be catastrophic, and that may be prophetic... which sucks. I have no idea what Lindenwood will bring and even JSU’s bad OL might give us problems.

Watching warm ups our punters were kicking bombs then come game time we were doing those sequibs. Man not a fan of those but I get the reasoning.

 

[60s Savage]

Beautiful day for watching football. Nice in the shade, but probably hot, muggy on the field. From warm-ups thru the game, I could not help but notice Eagle lack of enthusiasm, electricity, emotion, there being no jumping around, slapping hands or bumps even after a productive play, which were limited. Our offensive play seemed a half second out of sync, beginning with the first possession false starts. IMO, EB3 did great avoiding tackles, but too often, receivers missed critical catches. Custer made some nifty starts and cuts, but wasn't able to break free. Big PLUS, no fumbles, interceptions or obvious injuries. Special teams need some attention. Next Saturday's a new game. Proud of our Eagles, always!

 

[FormerEag]

A few silver linings:
1. Washington looks *really* good
2. Most of the position groups had some good plays
3. Most of the mistakes on missed reads, dumb penalties pre-snap, dropped balls, and blown coverages are correctable

The bad news is that the DL looked small, slow, and totally ineffectual. I don’t see that as correctable. It’s reasonable to think Washington’s OL was so good they just blew us away, but the DL didn’t even show the ability to compete. I thought the loss of Moore would be catastrophic, and that may be prophetic... which sucks. I have no idea what Lindenwood will bring and even JSU’s bad OL might give us problems.

Funny, I thought the DL was one of the bright spots today.

Not too worried about much of anything besides the defensive backfield and punting/place kicking (which was especially atrocious all day).

 

[luckyintheorder]

The defensive backfield looks completely overwhelmed and makes me worried for the rest of the year. Rest of the personnel groups look fine, just not playing well.

Not sure why Best has a problem getting the team ready for these FBS games, it seemed like a Baldwin specialty.

True, EWU also has a new OC & and new DC! I think Custer HAS to be better, (and I think he’ll step up his game in FCS play) because it looks like this season will depend on EB3, Custer, Ojoh & maybe Prunty stepping up and LEADING this team to a Big Sky championship and deep playoff run.

It can happen guys, this was a top FBS opponent with a great coaching staff. EWU has a somewhat soft regular season schedule and if they take advantage of that, we could see EWU snag a share of the conference title. GoEags!

Lots of "newnesss" . Eag's will be fine. WR's need to step up. DB's played well. LB's were awesome and DL was good. Eason was dropping that ball where no one but their best WR could catch it. This is how every team felt trying to cover Cooper Kupp. Eason looked every part a 5 star recruit and even when there was pressure got the ball out quick. UW is young, but that is a good team

Am unhappy with the urgency/explosiveness of the offense, some of this was the playcalling. The drops were plentiful and awful. The sky isn't falling. No one wants a repeat of 2017 and it shouldn't be. The talent level across the team is better, the schedule is manageable and Best understands what needs to happen from this point forward. Looking ahead to many big wins.