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Washington Football: Huskies hold off Stanford’s late charge

By Dana Becker

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - SEPTEMBER 15: Myles Gaskin #9 of the Washington Huskies tries to avoid the tackle by Chase Hansen #22 of the Utah Utes in the first half at Rice-Eccles Stadium on September 15, 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, UT - SEPTEMBER 15: Myles Gaskin #9 of the Washington Huskies tries to avoid the tackle by Chase Hansen #22 of the Utah Utes in the first half at Rice-Eccles Stadium on September 15, 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty Images) /
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2. What happened to Jake Browning?

Sure, Washington was able to pull out a much-needed 27-23 victory over Stanford Saturday night, but what has happened to Jake Browning?

Back in 2016, Browning led Washington to the College Football Playoff with 43 passing touchdowns and over 3,400 yards. Last year, though, those numbers dipped down to 19 touchdowns and 2,719 yards.

Browning had a pedestrian 16-for-27, 194-yard, one-touchdown showing this week, as Washington saw Myles Gaskin return to from to lead the offense. But shouldn’t the quarterback have been able to do more with such a strong ground game?

Is Browning hurt? Has he just maxed out his potential with the Huskies and this offense that this is the best he can do? The signal-caller hasn’t thrown for over 200 yards since early in October, and he has just one 300-yard showing this year – which came vs. North Dakota.

If Washington wants to compete with Washington State to close out the season and possibly return to the Pac-12 title game, they’ll need much more production out of Browning.

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