DawgmanRadio: Friday scrimmage thoughts and more

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The guys from Dawgman.com - Chris Fetters and Scott Eklund - wrapped up the week of practice as Washington readies their team to open things up to the media and fans on Saturday at Husky Stadium. But Friday we learned that there was a catch; what we thought would be a scrimmage Saturday will actually just be a full 2-hour practice. The scrimmage actually happened today, roughly 75-80 plays according to UW Head Coach Kalen DeBoer.

The guys broke down some of DeBoer's comments, first starting with some of the position groups that have stood out to him. He mentioned right off the bat how disruptive the EDGE players have been. So does that mean they've been killing it, or are they taking advantage of some of the offensive linemen put in newer positions, like Troy Fautanu and Matteo Mele? DeBoer singled out Fautanu for his consistency all spring, so it's likely the fact that the first four EDGE players are simply playing at a high level.

When the talk moved over to the other side of the ball, we ended up devolving the conversation to the point where we came up with a possible spring conclusion; Corey Luciano might be the only player leaving April confident knowing where he's going to start fall camp. The conversation got very interesting, so check it out!

After a quick break to pay off some debts, the talk turned to the receivers group, where DeBoer singled out Ja'Lynn Polk for his work Friday helping to move the chains. Could the former Texas Tech player become that key possession guy that Washington has been missing for a while?

And then the conversation moved to the running backs room, where the talk all spring hasn't been great. With so many players out hurt and unavailable to play, DeBoer was asked about what motivated the staff to go out and sign three running back transfers? He noted the health issues, as well as their need to have versatile body types at the position.

Could it be that the running backs we haven't seen this spring (Richard Newton, Cameron Davis, Emeka Megwa) won't become a factor at all this fall? And how far behind have Caleb Berry and Sam Adams lagged due to missing a fair bit of spring themselves, either through illness or not being 100 percent healthy? The running back room is struggling right now, and there's no doubt Aaron Dumas and Jay'Veon Sunday are benefiting from that struggle. But it feels like we're going to have to wait until August to see just how things will shake out once Wayne Taulapapa and Will Nixon arrive.

Part of the running back conversation involves the idea of attrition, how NIL can now impact the idea of a player leaving to go into the portal or not, and how that can impact things especially when a new staff is trying to instill their own culture and way of doing things.

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