April 11 – After the offensive played in the first spring scrum in eastern Washington a week ago on Friday in Roos Field, the defense of the Eagles showed that it could also make big games.
The attack on the Eagles scored only once during the session, on a pass of 18 yards of the quarter-back leaving Jared Taylor to the sixth year receiver Nolan Ulm. ULM made five catches for 79 yards, a promising performance of the most veteran of the team.
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But if not, what stood out was a very defense effort, which included an interception of Junior Redsirt Safety Drew Carter, which earlier in the fray dropped two potential choices.
“It was great,” said Carter about interception. “I should have clung to everyone.”
The fifth senior year Taylor completed 15 of the 22 passes for 166 yards. After having more part of the racing game last season, Taylor will clearly give more opportunities to launch this fall.
“He waited to get this opportunity,” said EWU head coach Aaron Best. “We laughed all the time: I say (in Taylor):” You have launched the ball fairly well for a quarter-roam during the course of execution. “It’s the joke flowing between us.
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Defense’s performance included a few goal line stands and pressure on the quarter-rear which praised Best. The Junior Redsirt Isaiah Perez platform had two bags, while the Junior Redsirt Ethan Williamson – a Graduate from Mount Spokane – and Jirah Leapepetele has teamed up with another bag.
It was the closest that Leapepepepele had come to the action of the match since last season, when he only played four games.
However, the defense faced an offense of the Eagles which played in digital disadvantage: its offensive line practiced all spring with barely two depths, and Friday, it ran with only two and a half runners of receivers.
The Betts Junior heel of Redshirt has obtained most of the litters, taking 13 for 19 yards. Marcese Yetts had a port for 4 negative yards; He also caught a pass for 13. Malik Dotson, a fifth year student, a second year Kevin Allen III student and a recruit of Redsirt Amir Dendy – a transfer from the state of the East Tennessee – did not participate.
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“In the end, we are out of guys like everyone else,” said Best. “Having enough representatives for everyone to get significant representatives is very, very important to us.”
The recruit of Redshirt, Boden Gardner, captured four passes for 62 yards, while senior transfers Drew Carlson (five for 44) and Kyson Thomas (three for 44) also saw significant pictures in a reception body that held Miles Williams, Wesley Garrett, Noah Cronquist and Jaxon Branch.
Braden Kuik, in the second year Redshirt, had the longest game in the fray, a reception of 51 yards. He also caught a pass for 12 yards.
“The explosive players in attack, there were a few others last week,” said Best, referring to the 2 -aged melee which included seven affected. “In the end, it’s nice to convert some of these third and 12s, but it’s not so fun to see these third and 12 convert when you are on a defensive sidelines.
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“I thought (today) that there was a little more consistency of the defense from start to finish.”
The best reiterated that it is a youngest team than the Eastern last year and that players who come out of their shirts have all the opportunities to win departure places, in particular on a unit that returns many second -year students who played disproportionate roles in the first year in 2024.
“We had a ton of rehearsals last year young people. We simply did not understand the moments we could have taken,” said Best. “There are very few departure places locked in this team, so we have to find a combination that rises in these situations of third and fourth and fourth in the red zone.”
Eastern has a week of more practices, culminating in the red-white match at 6 p.m. Friday.
