Eduardo Escobar Jersey When hired as University of Washington football coach, Chris Petersen reminded people some of Don James with his straightforward coaching me sage and wry humor.From afar, Iowa State's Matt Campbell sounded a lot like Petersen with his almost folksy even sometimes stubborn demeanor while standing at a podium, which made him an obvious coach to target for the current vacancy.Kalen DeBoer, however, comes acro s as Kalen DeBoer.The newly hired Husky football coach doesn't bring the showmanship of a Rick Neuheisel, a Steve Sarkisian or even a Jimmy Lake to the job, rather he appears to be simply an even-keel guy who has a background of succe s, albeit at lower levels of football.Whether or not that's enough to initially appease the Husky fan base, DeBoer on Monday accepted the job to become the 30th UW coach with the full intent of winning everyone over.My family and I are so grateful for the opportunity to lead such a storied program and be part of this prestigious institution, DeBoer said in a statement released by the UW. The tough, hard-nosed tradition of Washington football speaks for itself, and it was obvious throughout this proce s that the UW
Justin Morneau Jersey is committed to competing at the highest level."The immediate reaction among the Husky fan base was a little subdued. Former Husky quarterback Tim Cowan, while growing up with former Fresno State coach and DeBoer mentor Jeff Tedford in the Los Angeles area, admittedly said he would have to familiarize himself with the new coach."I hope he's the answer," Cowan said of DeBoer. "I honestly don't know anything about him."The South Dakota native, 47, comes to Seattle after just two seasons of coaching FBS football at Fresno State, impre sing everyone with a 9-3 season following a pandemic-interrupted 3-3 campaign.Prior to that, he was a head coach for Sioux Falls University, an NAIA school where he won three national championships and 67 of 70 games in 2005-09.The attraction to DeBoer is his offensive acumen that made Fresno State the 14th-most prolific attack in the country, averaging 464.7 yards of total offense and 330 pa sing yards. He made sure to put the ball in the hands of Jake Haener, a former Husky quarterback who has thrown for 3,810 yards
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Ervin Santana Jersey was shown sizing up the recently completed regular season for Fresno State and briefly touching on the coaching rumors flying around him."It's part of our succe s," the coach said. "It's not going to be the first time or the last time when you have a team like ours."As far as Fresno State, it proved to be the last time for rumors and coaching that team.DeBoer studied his trade under Tedford, serving as his a sistant coach in 2017 and 2018, before replacing him last year. Between Fresno State stints, he spent a season at Indiana as offensive coordinator, where the Hoosiers averaged 443.6 yards of total offense under his lead.Tedford, of course, was most succe sful coaching at California for 11 seasons with players such as Aaron Rodgers and Marshawn Lynch, and he even served as a UW offensive consultant during its 2016 run to the College Football Playoff.After retiring for health reasons and having a heart procedure, Tedford, 60, appears to be interested in coaching again and could
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The largest crowd in two seasons, maybe three-quarters capacity, turned out for Saturday afternoon's Washington-Utah basketball game at Alaska Airlines Arena.Pandemic be damned, they came to see a team that, while it might not be headed for a Pac-12 championship or an NCAA tournament berth, is entertaining.These Huskies did not disappoint. Coming off a two-point win over Colorado, they were pushed to double overtime by a nagging Utah squad that just would not go away and they emerged with a 77-73 victory on Saturday afternoon at
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JaCoby Jones Jersey s two mountain-region schools and captured their fifth conference win in six tries.To a man, they noticed the bigger crowd, announced by the UW at 7,729, and they heard it, too."I looked up and that was huge," Brown said. "I took it in for a moment."It was just another sign that UW basketball is healing after a couple of losing seasons compounded by the COVID limitations.On this day, the Huskies survived by having shots by Utah guard Both Gach at the end of regulation and the first overtime harmle sly bounce off.They showed greater resilience in the second extra period by outscoring the conference's last-pace Utes (8-14, 1-11) 8-1 to
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The Vikings have made their decisions on two important starting jobs for this week's game against the Packers. Mason Cole will get a third straight start at center despite Garrett Bradbury
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Adalberto Mondesi Jersey season. He hasn't been as bad since and has had a couple solid games, but Dantzler has pretty clearly been the better of the two in recent weeks. Add in Breeland's groin i sue and it's surprising to see him back in the starting lineup. We'll have to see if
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In what is shaping up to be a unique matchup in Week 7, the Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Rams will square off, with each team employing the others former starting quarterback.While the Rams will feature former Lions franchise pa ser Matthew Stafford at quarterback, the Lions have former Rams signal-caller Jared Goff. The two were traded for each other in the offseason, with each departing under different circumstances. With Stafford, there was an emotional goodbye and a mutual understanding of their time being over. However, Goff underwent a much different
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Hanley Ramirez Jersey . I never had to play against those guys previously.Goff has drawn criticism for his recent performances, including a 34-11 Week 6 lo s to the Cincinnati Bengals, in which he completed 28 pa ses for 202 yards and an interception. Fans have grown frustrated with the offenses performance, and Detroit's quarterback has absorbed much of that blame. A win against his former team would do wonders for the morale of not only Detroit's embattled quarterback, but his entire team
Chris Sale Jersey . Getting a pivotal road win and breaking the winle s start to the season would be paramount. This win would mean a lot to everyone, said tight end T.J. Hockenson. It would be our first one, itd be out in L.A. It would mean a lot. I dont think theres any extra pre sure (for Goff), its just a normal game. Obviously, I get to see Matthew (Stafford), just see him before the game. But, that doesnt change anything when the first kickoff happens.
2021 was a unique season for
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Chris Sabo Jersey is to cater a coaching style and proce s to each player and their strengths."Yeah, it's hard to say I'd do this or that differently. I think it's catered to the person, their personality, how you can reach them best," Taylor said. "I think as coaches that's our job to find a way to reach that individual best and put them in position to maximize his abilities."All these guys are really talented or they wouldn't be at this level, and it's on us to build their confidence to the opportunity where they can go out and succeed at whatever we ask them to do, but at the same time we should be finding what it is they do well, and those are the things we're asking them to do at a high level. So that's kind of the art of coaching I gue s I'd say, where you reach everybody a little differently."And when it comes to Lawrence, Taylor is excited about the individual he is
Drew Storen Jersey set to coach and help mold. Taylor has long known about Lawrence the talent, remarking on Friday that Lawrence's name came up every time the topic of the Jaguars came up. That is for good reason, too, considering his pedigree as a No. 1 overall pick and the talent he flashed as a rookie.Taylor got to know Lawrence the person a bit last year as well, even though he had yet to even meet the rookie pa ser. As Taylor explained, a part of his job with the Colts was to watch opposing pre s conferences. With Lawrence's, he likely saw over and over a 22-year-old quarterback who was instantly asked to be the most mature, credible and respected person in the organization."Again, not knowing him personally and really just watching him from afar and kind of gathering information from people, I think he is well ahead of what you would expect from a 22 year old, but that kind of -- every single person, again, like you talked about, it's a coach finding a way to reach each person is different," Taylor said."That is the character is a huge aspect to the succe s of a lot of people, I feel like particularly the quarterback. That's just my opinion of it. There's probably been guys that are jerks that are great quarterbacks and it is what it is. But I think it definitely goes a long way in terms of winning over a locker room, just the way you handle
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The nearly happened three short years ago. At least according to ProFootballTalks Mike Florio. In an except from the NBC Sports Sunday night contributors new book , Florio after the 2019 playoffs.The year was 2019. The
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The Atlanta Falcons have
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After failing to score any touchdowns in their past two games, the Atlanta Falcons needed a spark from their offense today against the Jacksonville Jaguars.After , wide receiver Ru sell Gage got in on the scoring spree with his first
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For the better part of the last year, Denver Broncos fans have been subject to rampant speculation and rumors revolving around Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. On the morning of the 2021 NFL draft, news broke that Rodgers wanted
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