Will Pete Kwiatkowski, Husky Defensive Coordinator, have our number again?

[WisconsinCoug]

Pete Kwiatkowski joined Coach Petersen's UW staff shortly after Petersen came to Seattle and has built the Pac-12's most consistent defense in his four years. The 2018 season will mark his fifth at Washington and first as co-defensive coordinator after serving as the Huskies' defensive coordinator for four years. He has owned the Air-Raid defensively for the past 4 years or so.

During the Arizona game Bob Wischusen, ESPN play-by-play announcer asked color commentator Brock Huard how do you stop this Air-Raid offense? Huard replied that you have to mix-up the looks on defense and not just rush three and drop eight. He also said guys like Pete Kwiakowski studied the routes in the Air-Raid system, and just doesn't drop into a zone, but more like a man zone with defensive backs and linebackers heading for the break area of the routes.

My question, is there anything Leach can do to break this type of strategy? Should we go vertical more often to keep them honest. It also seems that teams have to respect the threat of our run game also, which includes our QB GM.

 

[BiggsCoug]

Pete Kwiatkowski joined Coach Petersen's UW staff shortly after Petersen came to Seattle and has built the Pac-12's most consistent defense in his four years. The 2018 season will mark his fifth at Washington and first as co-defensive coordinator after serving as the Huskies' defensive coordinator for four years. He has owned the Air-Raid defensively for the past 4 years or so.

During the Arizona game Bob Wischusen, ESPN play-by-play announcer asked color commentator Brock Huard how do you stop this Air-Raid offense? Huard replied that you have to mix-up the looks on defense and not just rush three and drop eight. He also said guys like Pete Kwiakowski studied the routes in the Air-Raid system, and just doesn't drop into a zone, but more like a man zone with defensive backs and linebackers heading for the break area of the routes.

My question, is there anything Leach can do to break this type of strategy? Should we go vertical more often to keep them honest. It also seems that teams have to respect the threat of our run game also, which includes our QB GM.

Run the ball. Make the uw defend the middle of the field, then run sideline to sideline defending backs catching the ball. Then bombs away.

Make their defense defend run and pass and every inch of the field. Dont let them just pick one. Make them pick them all.

 

[Coug90]

Pete Kwiatkowski joined Coach Petersen's UW staff shortly after Petersen came to Seattle and has built the Pac-12's most consistent defense in his four years. The 2018 season will mark his fifth at Washington and first as co-defensive coordinator after serving as the Huskies' defensive coordinator for four years. He has owned the Air-Raid defensively for the past 4 years or so.

During the Arizona game Bob Wischusen, ESPN play-by-play announcer asked color commentator Brock Huard how do you stop this Air-Raid offense? Huard replied that you have to mix-up the looks on defense and not just rush three and drop eight. He also said guys like Pete Kwiakowski studied the routes in the Air-Raid system, and just doesn't drop into a zone, but more like a man zone with defensive backs and linebackers heading for the break area of the routes.

My question, is there anything Leach can do to break this type of strategy? Should we go vertical more often to keep them honest. It also seems that teams have to respect the threat of our run game also, which includes our QB GM.

F him and F them. We do what we do this year and nobody has stopped us. Cal was closest and is playing better D right now than UW and we should have put 30+ on them if not for some mega weirdness and shitty one sided officiating.

There’s no reason to change the game plan. He doesn’t have the air raids number. They had NFL talent all across their D line the last few years and we were predictable on offense. Neither is the case this year. We are at home. We are better. We have one of the best QBs in the country. The best OLine in the conference. The best receivers in the conference. Two NFL running backs. And a massively underrated D that is playing fast and loose, bottling up the run, getting after the QB and forcing turnovers. The matchups favor us this year. We should dominate this game.

 

[dgibbons]

Pete Kwiatkowski joined Coach Petersen's UW staff shortly after Petersen came to Seattle and has built the Pac-12's most consistent defense in his four years. The 2018 season will mark his fifth at Washington and first as co-defensive coordinator after serving as the Huskies' defensive coordinator for four years. He has owned the Air-Raid defensively for the past 4 years or so.

During the Arizona game Bob Wischusen, ESPN play-by-play announcer asked color commentator Brock Huard how do you stop this Air-Raid offense? Huard replied that you have to mix-up the looks on defense and not just rush three and drop eight. He also said guys like Pete Kwiakowski studied the routes in the Air-Raid system, and just doesn't drop into a zone, but more like a man zone with defensive backs and linebackers heading for the break area of the routes.

My question, is there anything Leach can do to break this type of strategy? Should we go vertical more often to keep them honest. It also seems that teams have to respect the threat of our run game also, which includes our QB GM.

He got demoted. Jimmy Lake is the DC.

IMO, the key to stopping the air raid is getting pressure with 3-4 man rush. Crush the pocket, zone under neath, with the safeties high to take away the fade/takeoff up the sideline. uw is the only team we've played that has been able to do so consistently. But Vea, Qualls, Shelton, etc. are all gone. So are King, Jones, Baker, etc.

 

[Observer11]

The huskies have been able to drop 8 and bring pressure with the other 3 - but aside from Gaines, they have nobody who can get after it like Vea, Qualls, et. al.

If they try to drop 8 this year, Minshew is going to torch them with 7 and 8 yard scampers until they respect his mobility. Then he'll pick them apart.

Lake is nowhere near Kwiatkowski when it comes to schemes. He is an incredible recruiter of talent though. He just doesn't have the talent to do what they've done the past couple years.

 

[BleedCrimsonandGray]

F him and F them. We do what we do this year and nobody has stopped us. Cal was closest and is playing better D right now than UW and we should have put 30+ on them if not for some mega weirdness and shitty one sided officiating.

There’s no reason to change the game plan. He doesn’t have the air raids number. They had NFL talent all across their D line the last few years and we were predictable on offense. Neither is the case this year. We are at home. We are better. We have one of the best QBs in the country. The best OLine in the conference. The best receivers in the conference. Two NFL running backs. And a massively underrated D that is playing fast and loose, bottling up the run, getting after the QB and forcing turnovers. The matchups favor us this year. We should dominate this game.

Don't forget that part of their (UW) gameplan is to have the dbs hold the shit out of anyone that runs in their vicinity. I mean, when your dbs don't have to drop back into coverage because they can just stand 4-7 yards off and hold, eliminating the route entirely, you've also enabled that db to play the sideline to sideline run or swing pass. That one little thing that UW has gotten away with the past 4 years has taken away 3 different parts of our offense, leaving us to attempt to run between the tackles. Pretty easy to gameplan when you only have to defend the run between the tackles.

So the real question is: do the refs call it or not?

Someone else mentioned it, but Leach needs to speak up, or Claeys or whoever because pitching a fit in the media works.

 

[CougEd]

The huskies have been able to drop 8 and bring pressure with the other 3 - but aside from Gaines, they have nobody who can get after it like Vea, Qualls, et. al.

If they try to drop 8 this year, Minshew is going to torch them with 7 and 8 yard scampers until they respect his mobility. Then he'll pick them apart.

Lake is nowhere near Kwiatkowski when it comes to schemes. He is an incredible recruiter of talent though. He just doesn't have the talent to do what they've done the past couple years.

Did Kiatkowski leave the program? They will pull out the same d that they have the last three years . And the same one cal did the last two years .

We will see if Gardner is the difference .

 

[CrimsonDisciple]

In order to keep Jimmy Lake, Kwiatkowski moved over. He’s a lifer with Petersen and Jimmy wants to move up the ladder.

 

[CougEd]

In order to keep Jimmy Lake, Kwiatkowski moved over. He’s a lifer with Petersen and Jimmy wants to move up the ladder.

I know the transition and why it was done to keep lake on the staff, but it isn’t like Kwiatkowski isn’t around and his game plan isn’t accessible . Lake knows what has been successful keeping WSU under 20.

 

[avabob1]

Some people forget that this will be the first time we have been 100% at QB for awhile in an Apple Cup.

No question Huskies will be the best team we have played to date, but we might be the best team they have played.

 

[BiggsCoug]

Some people forget that this will be the first time we have been 100% at QB for awhile in an Apple Cup.

No question Huskies will be the best team we have played to date, but we might be the best team they have played.

It would be interesting to see how many years WSU has gone into the AC starting their backup QB.

 

[Fab5Coug]

It would be interesting to see how many years WSU has gone into the AC starting their backup QB.

2017: Falk
2016: Falk
2015: Bender (backup)
2014: Falk (backup)
2013: Halliday
2012: Tuel (co-starter, I guess?)
2011: Lobbestael (I guess he was kind of a backup, but was there really any difference)
2010: Tuel
2009: Lobbestael (¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
2008: Lopina (¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
2007: Brink
2006: Brink
2005: Brink
2004: Brink (who was the starter by that point)

So, twice, maybe 3 times in the last 15 years?