Why did the defense forget how to tackle? -Dawgfan12
I don’t think that’s exactly an accurate characterization of what happened in this game. Here’s the missed tackle rates through UW’s first 5 games per Pro Football Focus:
Boise State- 24.1%
Tulsa- 12.1%
Michigan State- 16.7%
California- 19.7%
Arizona- 18.5%
Unsurprisingly, Washington had their lowest missed tackle rate against Tulsa who have the worst athletes of any of the teams played so far. It was actually a little bit less than the previous week against California and much better than against Boise State.