Dante Moore looked average at best. He doesn’t have it. So overrated. Gabriel looked average too. Not impressed. Novosad looked good and the true frosh QB looked even better. Problem is Gabriel has been promised the starting gig with Donte next year. Look for Novasad to transfer. If he were smart he would enter the portal now. He will never get a fair shot
Jordan James looked good at RB. The rest are average at best. Not impressed at all.
WRs are good especially Tez Johnson. D line looked good DBs looked good. Oline not as good as last years.
After watching this game I have taken a step back. The D will be better but the offense will take a step back. Not impressed at all. Nix is way better than Gabriel. Ducks will miss Powers at Center. and Troy at WR. I see 4th or 5 th in Big ten. Top 20 team. Lannings in for a rude awakening.
Biggest deficit is a power RB. Bunch of midget's running around.
Should have went to big 12
There is plenty of film on Gabriel. That dude is not average.
My thoughts:
Not sold on our QBs yet. Could be a great group, lots to prove still.
Not sold on our OL yet. Could be a great group, lots to prove still. Depth will be an issue IMO.
Everywhere else, no real concerns at this point. Except for the above (and those are two HUGE areas of concern), my quacks have likely improved at all positions from 2023.
It may be Oregon begins winning more with defense than offense in 2024. But I'm a bit more optimistic than my buddy TEE in terms of offense. With 2 cupcakes plus BSU at home to start the season, I think we'll be fine by our 4th game at UCLA.
+1 for supporters of tackling during the spring. Lots of injuries during the spring game, but that's the way Lanning likes it: "You don't get better at football without playing football."
Fairly good turnout on Saturday at Autzen despite the rain..
If only the Ducks had more talent
Didn't watch the game but Dillon Gabriel is better than Bo Nix....he's been great at every stop he's made in CFB...Nix was terrible at Auburn and good at Oregon possibly because he had a really good team around him...Gabrial has been good with both good and bad teams..only thing about Gabrial is he's too small to ever be an NFL QB...