Oregon Football has many issues. Dillon Gabriel is not one of the top ones | Oregon Ducks Podcast
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- Dillon Gabriel was 18/21 passing with no interceptions (1 fumble) on Saturday in another sloppy win against Boise State. The Oregon quarterback does not need to be replaced--but he does need to be better.
On today's episode of Locked On Ducks, Spencer answers some of the most pressing questions from Oregon fans. How fixable are Oregon's issues that reared their head on Saturday? 10:50
Spencer ends the show talking about the many positives that were, believe it or not, on display on Saturday night. Positive steps have to continue to be taken to get a convincing win over Oregon State this week in Corvallis. 23:07
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In the absence of answers from the coaching staff we're forced to make a narrative based on what we do know to explain the poor execution. Judging by watching the games live, looking at film after the games and the PFF grades it is absolutely clear that the biggest problem right now is the O-line. The line WAS able to execute at a high level in the bowl game without JPJ so his loss can't be the entire explanation.
A major change that the staff introduced in the Spring and Fall camp was to split the starters onto two practice fields to get more even reps to build depth with the backups. That decision was driven by the playoff format that will absolutely reward the teams that can replace injured starters with minimal drop-off. Most positions in football are about 80% individual performance and 20% team effort but O-line play is the opposite. I think the decision to divide the O-line starters was a mistake and we are seeing a talented O-line that can't sync with itself or their QB. Additionally those O-line starters had divided attention from the coaching staff so hard to notice details that have a huge impact in games were getting missed.
Unfortunately it's going to take time for the O-line to get it together and that task is made harder by the stress of poor play AND the start of classes where the NCAA limits how much time the players can have with coaches. A final point here is that Dan has never been successful at eliminating non-essential penalties but the high level play has masked that problem in all but the biggest games.
The idea of splitting up the O-line and constantly rotating positions was identified by Adrian Klemm in a 2022 media interview as a bad idea but one he was overruled on by Dan. I think this is unfortunately a learning moment for Dan where he discovers a detail about offenses that he might have never understood as a defensive coach and therefore couldn't adequately account for in the plan. I would think Stein would have a better appreciation for cohesive line play but then again perhaps not. Terry is a young coach and I think maybe he understands it but wasn't able to get the decision reversed or the experience needed to creatively work through the challenge of building cohesion without consistent play time as a unit.
This is all conjecture on my part formed from what little I do know so I absolutely could be wrong. I would love to see Geoff Schwartz or another qualified O-line expert do some film breakdown here and explain in detail exactly what we are seeing. I have definitely recalibrated my expectations for the season and now my enjoyment of the games is tied to seeing development and progress of their play. They played better as a team against Boise and I hope to see another step taken against OSU before the bye. I really don't see how they can button all this up before the Ohio St. game and Chip DOES know what he's looking at so we may get blasted at home in front of the national spotlight giving rocket fuel to Oregon haters for years to come.
DG isn’t playing bad. He’s been a bright spot honestly. Not perfect but no QB is, not even on Bo Nix level but he was the most accurate qb ever so… I think us Oregon fans got a bit spoiled last year with the perfection of Bo.
lol bo threw 91% of his passes 6 yards or fewer. He’s not an accurate thrower he literally didn’t have to throw past the line of scrimmage, my nephew can do that it’s not hard . Why do you think he missed 70% of his throws on Sunday ? Because you can’t play behind the line of scrimmage in the nfl it’s way to fast and he would have gotten picked off none stop …oh wait they did try that ..he did get picked off twice and they decided he was going to be a run first quarterback like a peewee football team
@@vinceventura4453 Get back on the short bus
Oregon fanbase encapsulated in this chat so well. Get really hyped about a transfer QB with unrealistic expectations, and then when he doesn't throw for 6 TDs or whatever they lose their cool and day he's bad/should be pulled.
Thank god we aren't coaching by committee 😅
I do not no one anyone blaming Gabriel for this
I'm worried about A'lique Terry and the offensive line
Feel like we were about to turn the corner and win by 21 before that Herbert fumble. Seems like everything will either come together or implode completely
Too many self inflicted wounds. Noah dropping the ball at the 1 was a cherry on top. Lucky another player recovered it.
@@Tonebaited123 yeah..and with how iffy things have been? Just so stupid that his mind was on celebrating. Kinda exactly what's wrong with the mindset right now.
Exactly… game had turned and we were driving deep. Great improvement since week 1.. need to stop running the week 1 O line.
This team is soft, undisciplined, and poorly coached. It’s all on the staff…tell me more about how perfect Lanning is wasting the most talented roster in Oregon history. Oregon should’ve been up 21 by half!
Also, how does Miami look? 😏
The physicality this program had under Mario is gone. We saw signs of it last year especially in the CCG game. We are back to being a side to side gimmick ass offense program. Enjoy your pretty girly looking offense green and yellow glasses boys…you deserve it. Buncha ball watchers!
Devon Jackson has arrived this game
Love that guy he needs more PT
I noticed that too.
never seen a lb cover ground like him
That "did you know they were brothers?" was perfect hahaha
lol your “Limar picking ball up” reaction was perfect.
It was just that…. He was so lowkey, so chill.
I honestly wonder if he even realized he saved us Right when he picked it up.
I think it was just reaction.
Who cares.. we won. Lol.
Good stuff Spencer.
Just keep improving and we could be peaking at the right time. Better every week is the goal.
I grow weary of the showboating and individual celebrations bordering on taunting. It almost cost us this game and I believe it will cost the Ducks in the future if it continues. Reminds me of past teams with blue chip talent that failed to remain humble and focus on team and not themselves individually and elaborate touchdown dances. It's disrespectful to focus on one individual's performance vs the teams.
At what point do they need to start questioning the Oline coach? Seems like a lot of talent on that lien that isn't being coached/directed.
Oregon State fan and alum here. I am biased but I still see Oregon winning this Saturday. As soon as Oregon State released their schedule many months ago, I predicted their only loss being to Oregon. That predictions still stands. I believe they beat everyone on their regular season schedule, except for Oregon. That includes Washington State, Cal, Purdue, and last but not least, Boise State. I also do believe that an 11-1 season for Oregon State lands them in spot in the 12-team CFB playoffs. My prediction for the game is Oregon winning 28-21. I’ll be in Corvallis for the game
I'm most concerned about the coaching. Stein's play calling, particularly with how he tries to incorporate TEs, is bewildering and pedestrian. Terry is worrisome. And it all rolls up to Lanning- particularly the lack of discipline in his team, and how he seems okay with it. Surprisingly Lupoi has been solid as DC, and great as always at recruiting.
And this one! Blame the coaches... We'll that's better than blaming DG.... But only without
Dude is a 6th year senior and is still blind to the defensive pass rush. Makes almost zero adjustments at the line. Not problem number 1 but still a problem. Pocket presence is also near non existent
Thank you been saying this…
Tbh I’ve watched it back a couple of times and Bo Nix felt like the pressure was gone and it almost seems the opposite for Gabriel since we got him and then the sports world started talking about a championship. He just needs to settle down a bit
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Umm.... Almost all those sacks were really fast blindside.... O-line problem. Go back and look at Bo Nix's first couple games at Oregon. He's not Bo, but he a good QB. He's not the problem. I honestly have no idea how many people reacting like this even understand football
@ramspencer5492 presnap adjustments. Some were obvious blitzes. As a 6th year senior you have to see those.
Thought DG was really good through 3 quarters. On time, accurate throws, and was clearly a lot less gun shy. He took a bad sack early in the game, but the other 3 were not his fault. The fumble wasn’t really his fault either, the oline just consistently let him down play after play. He was not good in the 4th and seemed a little nervous again, those two missed throws were brutal. Overall a pretty polarizing game from him, but generally he looked way better
DG still has a high completion percentage
DG is on point - His O-line is letting him down, period.
Bo Nix played 2 years at Oregon but he ended being a 5th year senior at Oregon since he had already played 3 years with Auburn previously.
Anyone wanting different OLine players, Colorado would take our line in a heartbeat.
O-Line problems of this magnitude do not seem to be happening at other "Top Ten" teams. So what is it? Oregon recruted players that peaked in highschool and are not able to compete at a higher level OR do we have a O-Line coaching problem? It's not comfortable to have to ask these questions but the answers could be the reason that Oregon Offensive Line is sub par.
I think that you may be on to something. I was first team Center for two years at a high school that had 4,200 students. I was on an All-Star team and won plenty of awards. When I got to the university level of football, players were bigger, stronger, quicker, faster and had equal to or better skills than me. I had to work extremely hard in order to compete, get better and be able to play on Saturdays. I saw plenty of players that were great in high school not be able to do what was necessary to compete at a higher level or the skills that helped them succeed in high school didn't translate to a higher level of competition. Some of what you talk about may be happening in the case of Oregon's O-Line.
Our center for the first 2 games is a walk on. Not saying the other guys on the line arnt highly rated but the center does really set the pace for the rest of the OL. Regardless it’s not like they were playing Georgia so I have no idea what to think of it lol.
I’m looking at the OC. It’s his offense; splits, blocking schemes, everything. Play calls aren’t helping the qb or the line. Just my thoughts
Nick Saban put in the QB that played the best , if one was struggling he changed them out at halftime , and were talking about future NFL QB's . Gabriel has the best receivers in college football, he has bad pocket presence, he is two out of eight on passes over 30 yards , he is to short . If he is not willing to run then Give Donte Moore a shot. At least for one half . Competition breeds good play .
The problem is the culture that Saban built is different than the one that Dan has built. I hate to say it, but Saban's players always responded well to being yelled at or being benched. I don't know if I can say the same for Dan's team, as I'm just not sold on if these players are as mentally tough as Saban's players. In short, what I'm saying is, benching Gabriel could kill his confidence and if Dante comes in and doesn't play well, it could kill his confidence too. It's a fine line to tread.
If there not mentally tough , they will never win a championship. I hear you though
Not sure why the coaches don’t do more play action and get Gabriel out of the pocket more. Seems like something to start trying. Give him the dual threat option and get him comfortable. That pocket collapsing is getting old. Ya he’s short but that isn’t the problem when you have stunts and edge rushers constantly in your face because the o line can’t figure it out
I think most people are casual af. He played fine on Saturday. The issues are Offensive Line and Will Stein’s putrid play calling.
I was at the game and I feel like the biggest issue is playing clean football! 75 penalty yards and two turnovers is insane. Poncho is obviously the starter at C. This why playing clean is the biggest issue. The 3rd qtr Boise State had 1 first down and then after Shout the stadium was electric and we were driving down field to put away the game then Herbert fumbled on a bubble screen! Jeanty breaks loose next play after that crazy momentum swing! Then pickard snaps the ball early leading to a Gabriel fumble. The mood in the stadium before Herbert fumbled was that the game was about to be put away but we just shot ourselves in the foot. That’s the biggest issue. The defense played quite well and James would’ve had more yards had we not have the dumb penalties we had, the numbers don’t show the full story. Felt like the Texas tech game but I walked away from that game feeling okay bc this all fixable and can be fixed quickly. The only main concern I have is if Lanning isn’t set on having poncho play center full time because the offense played significantly better with him at the helm. Everything else is silly mistakes like last year which we also corrected then we went on a roll. I have the confidence that we’ll put it all together!
Pulling Gabriel would be the dumbest thing Lanning could do right now.
Put moga in he had best spring game
@@MrBigdaddy2yahe’s 18
@@marzfn3430 so he looked better then every other qb in the spring game
DG had a perfect long pass to Stewart at the start of the game for a Td. He missed the one to Holden pretty bad in the 4th, but the one he missed to Stewart in the 4th was right off of his finger tips. Almost look like Stewart coulda dove to catch it, laid out for it so to speak. But long bombs aren’t high percentage plays, so that’s why it’s weird that half the fan base wants to throw deep balls all game long. The O-line & DG needs to settle in and get on the same page, get this damn run game going. It’ll open up more shots down the field, but it’s gotta start with the run game. We need to be more physical, the play calling needs to be called that way as well. I think Jonathan Stewart & Kenyon Barner summed it up the best on their Friday podcast, “the o-line has to put their nutz up on the table”… 😂😂
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Dillon Gabriel absolutely is not the issue. I think at the end of this weeks game, we finally found the O Line combo we are going to stick with. They put Poncho in at center and we were able to start moving the ball on the ground again. If we clean up the O line play, and maybe get some better playcalling on offense and clean up the penalties I think we will be good. The Defense is a serious bright spot for this team. Playing really well especially in the secondary. really impressed with the secondary this year.
If Dillion paints the completion percentage throughout the year that he has now, he will set a college record.
It’s nice to hear from the 1%
Get ready for a 3rd game that we should win easily, that instead is going to be close. If I bet, I'd go under.
I think one of the problems is the play calling and another problem is being discipline and no penalties and the offense line being way more physicall
We have always had outrageous penalty issues, including last year What is up with that??!! Why can't we fix those thins? It's ridiculous.
Fwiw, that Herbert fumble was a damn good play by the defense.
It was a great hit, just the way they coach it, hat on the ball.
Herbert is a big, strong kid - it takes a pop to bust the ball out of there!
Regarding Herbert's fumble - it's hard to fault that because that was a text-book tackle made by the BS defender: helmet on the ball at full speed coming in. A lot of TE's lose that ball, not just Patrick. Regarding Gabriel's fumble, after the bad snap he did try to make the 1st down (and looks like he did) but never got full control of the ball before running forward. That was a mistake because it was 2nd down, not 3rd. The 2nd fumble was worse than the 1st even tho the 1st resulted in an immediate score by BS.
I said it last week, and more people are saying what I knew then now. Gabriel is NOT making proper adjustments at the line #1 and is making very bad reads. I believe in his arm. Given enough time he has proven during his career, he can complete passes. Nix WAS saving Steins butt last year, and now, as I said last week, he is being exposed.
I think the team is not in sync yet. Dillion is a good QB he just needs to click with the Offense
Yes Oregon struggled with Tech week 2 last year but, it was on the road and the week before the put up like 60 on their weaker division school. This is both weeks in a row at home this time
And --- the biggest improvement is supposed to be between games 1 & 2 every year ?!?
Starting to have questions about Will Stein , was he a great play caller or was Bo Nix just really good? Bo made a lot of checks at the line maybe he was calling his own shots more than we thought? Also seems like as soon as the in helmet communication cuts off DG is hiking the ball which makes me think Stein is calling more plays this year.
Imagine what might have been if a Boise St. player had pounced on the ball after Noah dropped it. Touchback? No TD and the score lost.
I know we’ve been having issues with offense but when not if but when we start rolling putting things together we need to get back to tempo play
The problem with the offense is we’ve tipped our hand with coach Stein telling everybody we’re going to dunk and dunk. Well, everybody is loading the box and blitzing all the time. Until you beat them over the top, we’ll keep seeing the same. An FCS team had 3 sacks, a group of five had 4 sacks, how many do you think B10 teams will average if we don’t change?
@brianthompson7604 lol......if you are a coach, and didn't look at Bo's passes last year and then watched the first 2 games this year to know we are a dink and dunk and then hit you with a run for 15 and a deep pass for 25 then I don't know ow what to tell ya. The problem is the back side of that sentence. We have to been running effectively and passing down field effectively. Last was in the right direction. If teams have to play us honest we are in a good spot. As you've seen they haven't had to.
9-3 this season in the Big 10. Money well spent Phil. 👍
thats not a bad record
looking more like 7-5
I don't get the irrational blame DG's been getting from fans. He's actually been doing a pretty darn good job in spite of the terrible OL play. As a matter of fact, he's doing something really well that most probably haven't noticed: he's not making things worse by trying to play hero ball.
He's taking what little he can get behind that OL and making the most of it.
imagine attempting 50 attempts and only having 8 incompletions and people still screaming for your head wtf 😂😂😂
49+21=70.
Even MORE attempts!
Hey, do you remember in fall camp, when Will Stein out of the blue mentioned how dink & dunk throws are not a bad thing. Why was that? I kinda feel as if he was talking about DG, and how his long ball is wild, and it a very low percentage pass for DG. Also when he does get long passes, its alot of slant routes that go to the house. Another thing, when Oregon was backed up deep in their own side. They ran it on 3rd & 16. Why was this? They had just been stopped 2 prior plays. Also, this thing about DG not playing like he should because its his first year, is a scape goat reason. Anyone who says this is saying Will Stein's offence is so difficult that any first year QB aint going to be that good. That isn't it. The truth is, Bo Nix sat down with Dan & Will and told them he does better when he is able to change the play on his own discretion. They don't trust DG to do that. Also, Bo was able to gett the ball out quickly with accuracy. The last thing i want to say is even with oklahoma going into the SEC and having one of the tuffèst schedules in the nation, they chose to go with an unproven red shirt freshman who through 5 interceptions in bowl game, over Dylan Gabriel. Why? I was asking myself his when i heard Dylan tell the story of being called into coaches office to be told he should enter the portal cause they were going with Jackson. When i watched DG in spring game, i came out of that game thinking DG wasn't that good, but i chalked it up to this being him getting familiar with his wr and playbook. You look at his game now, and its exactly the same as it was in spring. You can say what u want, but i speak a lot of truth.
So 41 for 49 and 18 for 21 isn't good enough for you. I could see if it was the intangibles like picking up blitzes or moving in the pocket but his throws and QB play is fine. It's not awesome, but good enough to win. Pick something else than DG because there are way more things performing less than fine, then circle back on this.
@@DJ-qv6hk His two misses near end of game were glaring, and not that difficult for a 7 figures QB. Certainly bigger issues, but he is one as well.
@jimsomerville3924 ok, I'm saying I hear you. So he needed to go 21 for 21 over 300 yards for him to be ok in your eyes. Or hit those two but not others. Some QBs excel in "the moment," and some don't. Hell, Bo didn't when it mattered. He couldn't do it. All I'm saying is what if he is who he is, a 18 for 21 QB who will miss a pass or two. I think you want him to be who he is showing you he isn't. But you don't want to accept who he is, and who he is, is someone this team should win a lot of games with. How about this alone. Show me a QB in the top 10 that had better completion percent, who had more touchdowns, and more yards all in one. I'm genuinely curious of your response.
@@DJ-qv6hk I mean it's not like DG is a slouch. He's great obviously. But the stats don't show obvious missed blitz pickups that he could've called out pre-snap and just a general hesitancy. I'd say about half of the sacks we've allowed are on DG right now. I would say he just needs to be a little more decisive and take control of this offense.
@@PThorpe11 💯 agree
I just amazed that no one is giving Idaho and Boise State any credit. They are both good football teams and will probably bode end up leading their conference. Oregon State is also no pushover. If we are looking for someone to blame let's talk about the Offensive Coordinator. Split the back out wide, put the tight end in the pattern, leave five down linemen to block six rushers on a safety blitz and not expect a sack? And then do the same thing three or four more times without a change and expect a different result?
I wish Oregon would have gone after Cam Ward. He is tearing it up at Miami.
And his offensive line is functional.
They did. He chose Miami.
havnt mention the play calling , me one of the problems is a coaching & play calling
Boise fan here. What I see is a qb with talent as long as he stays in the box. Also someone in the coaching staff at OR needs to be let go. After your week one scare it was all about how the coaching staff will turn this around and smash Boise state. Boise was able to make the necessary changes from week one to almost get an upset at OR. I didn’t see much of a change with OR this week. Boise let Georgia Southern score 45 point on them last week but was able to hold OR offense to just 23 points. As a top 10 team that shouldn’t happen. Either Boise is way better than they are given credit for or OR is very much screwed this season.
I think it’s a bit of both. Oregon definitely is not playing to their full potential with the talent they have, but Boise State never gets the full credit they deserve. They prove it time and time again that they shouldn’t be taken lightly.
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1 to 5. 3. Looking forward to the game. Will be a great litmus test.
Not at all lol
Everyone is still EXTREMELY excited about the Ohio St game. We’re just not as confident about winning as we were a couple weeks ago. Haha
Dreading
Texas and Georgia look like the best teams to me.
The biggest improvement for this Oregon team is the secondary coverage. Johnson and Muhammed are not getting beat. Their positioning is awesome on some deep throws. Manning unfortunately is still the same. Savage seems small and slow to me. He is going to get picked on. He is a liability deep down the middle but overall, once florence gets back, that secondary is good
OSU receivers are gonna have a field day. The only thing to save OR DBs is that Henderson and Judkins will be running all day.
@@dariusp257I think he was talking about Ohio State ...
@@armandopena2906 Yes, on this Oregon team. You are right.
@@StevenPJames-fl1un You are right.
Don't know what you're talking about I saw jabar get beat multiple times in the boise game. One resulted in a boise touchdown
Need to address the line...Offense mainly but definitely on both sides of the ball. Big Ten teams, especially Ohio State, will dominate in the trenches.
IMO 70% of the entire team issues are with the Offense, Line play, play calls, QB play. Offense takes more time to perfect, it will happen.
I can see how this year will play out... Oregon is going to get everyone's best game of the season. I would not be surprised to
see BS and maybe Idaho win 10 games. BTW, Bo and Tez are not (blood) brothers, just very good friends.
Tez was adopted by the Nix family when he was in high school. When he says "my dad" in interviews, he's taking about Patrick Nix. He has a tattoo of his adoption date on his leg.
I am leaning a little towards the play-calling being too conservative at times and too cute at others (the Ferguson play was a good example of that). Once the offensive line plays a clean game we’ll find out if the play calling is as bad as it has looked at times.
We have thoroughbreds throughout, as long as the line does their job we should be making the defense scared shitless of the long ball.
Spencer, love the show and content, keep up the good work. I think part of the blame for the disjointed offensive play, falls upon Will Steins play calling. With our glowing weaknesses across the offensive line, his calls don't seem to acknowledge these. Also, penalties, fumbles, untimely snaps, this is attention to detail that has not appeared in the first two games of the season. Your thoughts?
Love Picards story.. but god is the line worse off with him in there. Need that OL on the same page soon. Gabriel played better forsure but needs to keep taking shots when we have the opportunity
I agree, DG can play better. We are comparing him to BN and he is in his first year and I also agree he may not be able to read where the pressure is coming from. Typically it is the center’s job to help him and he is not getting much help from the OL. DL said they are mixing and matching players on the OL and going to the film to see who can be the 5, 6 or 7 guys in the rotation. Back to DG, his completion percentage is 85%, yes he did over throw open receivers, he is accurate! So when the protection improves I’m confident he will hit the receivers! The D is good, need to be more consistent, I’m cautiously optimistic, we need to play better if we want to meet the expectations and goals this team has. The big issue is the OL, it will be difficult to develop a National Championship OL in season.
I do believe DG can be much better but he needs to move his feet half the time it looks like his feet are in concrete.
Dan is the first coach at Oregon to beat the Broncos.
No turnovers and the Ducks win by 30 this week.
Go Ducks!!!
Never underestimate the fight of a team, Spencer Danielson has this Broncos team scratching and clawing for everything and they are pretty darn talented in their own right. Oregon will be fine, they were much improved from week 1 they just ran into probably a top 15 team and the Ducks still controlled the game
Boise state had more time of possession and more total yards over Oregon. Oregon won the game but I wouldn't say they controlled the game. They controlled the last couple minutes to squeak out the win. Good game tho. Bout time y'all beat us 😂
@@dakotalynde1913 oh I'm a Boise state fan. Oregon completely controlled the second half, outside of 2 fumbles the Ducks were in charge. 2 very good rivals going at it but Oregon is the better team
Go Ducks!
I think he is doing well. The only thing I see he can do better is read the defenses better. He is not hitting the hot on those blitzes. I dont see him directing the line to pick up the rush. The WR are open all over the place. He needs to let it rip.Harper has been having a tough time on protections. Harper, Poncho, and Prickard are the ones having the issues.
As long as our kickers aren't named Alejandro Maldonado we will be anywhere from ok to good to great in that department 😂😂
You seem to forget that Boise State is also predicted to make the playoffs. Idaho also upset Wyoming. Neither of these teams are push over teams.
Dillion is part of the problem. While he is talented I will explain why. Look back at last years Bo highlights and you will see Bo was under pressure but he knew how to rotate the O line block to pick up blitz. Plus Bo could step up in the pocket and make the throws. Dillion is too short to step up and make the throws. The other issue is he is left handed. Thus the strong side of the offense flips from last year with a right handed Bo. This all the blocking is opposite. In addition and maybe the bigger issue is the O line foot work to protect the Left handed QB. You have the same Right and Left tackles who are struggling with foot work to support the LH QB and flipping of the strong side of the formation. Everyone is missing how big of an issue this is. OLine can’t adjust in 3 months
Hopefully we get a rematch!!! Bsu by double digits easily.
Could you imagine if the table was flipped and Oregon had Ashton Jeanty?
Need to put Moore in he is better than Gabriel.
The Ducks have struggled to get good play on the O line to begin this season. It is looking bad because they have tried to find answers. With no luck.
IT IS THAT O LINE....IMPROVE IMPROVE IMPROVE....NO SACKS ALLOWED
What is your opinion on Jordan James and Noah Whittington?
They seem slow compared to running backs in the past. Lamichael, Barner, CJ, Deanthony. Just seems like the RBs this year don’t have that next gear to break away.
Might not be as fast but they run with hella force and attitude and physicality. That’s what you want a rb to have in the big 10. Speeds there, just not as fast as others I would say yeah
Fire Stein. Vanilla OC at best
DG is a great QB, but IDK that he's the QB *this* team needs. Nix's improvement was consistency; his quick decisions is why he never got sacked. DG's not making quick decisions. Will he get better? Sure, but the way to compensate for a bad o-line is a dual-threat QB, you know, like Moga. I'm not saying replace DG right now, but give Moga some time in the game. That might light a fire under DG.
The coaches understood what BSU was bringing, but feels like fans and podsters didn't have realistic expectations. In the real world, some things got exposed but Oregon is 2-0,
I think the in-helmet communication is a much larger issue than anyone realizes at this juncture. Gabriel is fine, but his offensive line is absolute trash tier right now. I think the Pickard experiment needs to end now - Poncho at center and figure the rest out pre-Bedford return.
If the Ducks were zero and two I'd be worried but I'm not it's early in the season give them a chance
But smac why not work moore in for a few reps??
I agree
Dillon either didn't see all the open relievers or he chose not to throw them the ball. The dude is bad. Oklahoma let him walk for a reason.
I walked away from the two weeks mostly worried on the o-line. They need to play cleaner as well. Let’s not forget, 2 turnovers led to 14 points. Felt the defense played well against likely the nations best back. I think they need to get better on the offensive line and then I think things will calm down. Again, need to stop making stupid penalties.
He’s not the problem give him time and he will light up the scoreboard fix that damn o line too many penalties too many blown assignments
At the end of the season Boise State will be ranked higher than the Fucks!
I’m legit worried for Dillon’s health at this point like block a running every play cuz this is a mess and he’s not gonna make it through the season it’s like our o line woke up one day and forgot how to block
I only need to read the title to know I don't agree with your assessment. Dillon Gabriel is talented for sure, but right now he is one of the problems, and if he can come in sync with the rest of the offense that will be the biggest improvement we can see in the short term. Communication between the O-Line & QB is lacking. Understanding & cohesion take actual game time to happen. I believe he is experienced enough to know how to accomplish that, but that weakness is giving the opponent confidence, and belief in their victory. They already have the motivation, Oregon State could be another tough one. The transfer portal players take time to fit, and QB is the hardest. DG does not have command of the offense yet. The defenses smell that, and that can make a weak defense formidable.
We don't seem to have a center that is calling out defensive recognition like Forsyth and JPJ did on almost every play.
Take out Jeanty’s two longest runs and he averaged 3.9 a carry and had less than 100 yards. We bottled him up very well the vast majority of the game. Clean a few things up and this defense will be great.
Offense will be fine if they continue to improve. Looked a lot better against Boise St. than it did in week 1. That’s all you can really hope for.
Take out Oregon's two ST touchdowns and you get you ass kicked.
This man has been struggling since the spring game! Jay Harris still not in the game
The offensive line struggled in the spring game, it’s not gonna fix in a snap
The physicality this program had under Mario is gone. We saw signs of it last year especially in the CCG game. We are back to being a side to side gimmick ass offense program. Enjoy your pretty girly looking offense green and yellow glasses boys…you deserve it. Buncha ball watchers!
DG held on to the ball too long and locked on to receivers even during the spring game. Hasn't changed. How many games you gonna give him? And I wouldn't even have Dante in there. I'd have Novo in.
I mean he needs work but I wouldn’t put him in the same realm as jimmy g haha first quarter he took a sack because he tried to run out and away from the pocket, second half, same thing happened but he stepped up and got like 5 or 6 yards out of it. That’s the sort of improvement I want to see.
Oregon beat Oregon State last year where did you get three and o being a possibility??
Yet another "damning with faint praise" with regards to Dillon, Spencer. What I took from this was "Dillon was not the problem but he really was". You've bashed him since he signed. Bo is gone. Move on.
Go Beavs
O line that was supposed to be so great according to everyone across the nation looks just plain bad and the run D is pretty poor as well. Granted these are obvious observations. None of this is in Gabriel at all, its on the coaching staff far more than him.
Spencer, why is Jacobs only getting limited snaps? And what is up with Kam Alexander? Wasn’t he an all-league player at UTSA? Is he getting ANY snaps?!
The way jackson was playing I would have him start. Fast, great tackling and seems to be making really good reads.
Bailed on UCF and Oklahoma.....that should tell you everything you should know about him? "HE'S ALL ABOUT HIMSELF......All you gotta do is watch how he carries himself off the field👌#OVERRATED
17 x 6 isn’t 112, it’s 102.. that’s why it didn’t make sense😉
stien ate a lot of vanilla ice cream just like his play selection for this game - i think the coaching staff decided that they wanted to estabish the running game because running plays were the dominant calls - the ducks offense is best when the dink and dunk passing attack is mixed in with the running game - the ducks will be fine they will be undeafted going into the ohio state game and the ducks will WIN!!