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Geeze, The commitments are of the charts! Charles (Forum Royalty), This is what I call throwing the receiver open. The first case may be a little late, but both were open. The second case requires the kind of trust and touch that should be developed in practice because it requires precision. In both instances, it requires guts to throw knowing you may get hit, AND fitting the pass in tight windows(though the first screenshot is a clear case of TDs to either of them). The other skill Dante needs work on is feeling out the pocket better. He needs to recognize when to shuffle into the pocket, or set his his get quickly enough to deliver a pass. Moore walked (ran) into several sacks this year. Even if he leads OBD to a time this year, he needs to come back. He needs more experience against full speed scenarios isn't used to seeing.

Different time and place, I know, but this brings to mind in ‘21 when the Ducks went into The Shoe hearing that both Kayvon Thibodeaux and Justin Flowe were unable to play. And Duck fans remember well how that game went. Yes that was Cristobal’s team but I have at least as much confidence that Dan Lanning can lead these Ducks to overcome this setback too.

Playing scared might be a bit harsh; however, Dante was probably responsible for over half those sacks in the first Indiana game. He has to read the defense, step up into the pocket (if necessary) and pull the trigger.

Running Duo around 30% of our offensive snaps was our best chance to keep the pass rush off Dante. Not having #0 is worst case scenario for us against that front seven. Unless we see the passing game click better than ever my hopes are at an all time low. I expect a record number of screens to our tight ends and receivers which I'm sure thrills all of us.

This is terrible news. I hope the coaches also look at utilizing Kenyon Sadiq in the backfield as a blocker and/or short yardage ball carrier. I believe that Teitum Tuioti and Bryce Boettcher also came in for a TD (USC game?). All hands on deck!

I hope Coach Hampton is emphasizing with the DBs to start knocking those extended arms down every time.

Solar, your “playing scared” supposition is a bit harsh. A QB has, as a primary obligation, to avoid getting sacked or getting hit while in the act of passing which often results in a turnover. At the time of the IU game Dante had been sacked only once in the previous four, maybe five games. IU sacked him six times and hit him late at least that many more. He definitely lost some faith in the pass protection, which was warranted and necessary for maintaining possession of the ball.

Since this IS NOT the official prediction thread I think Indiana wins because there are too many distractions going on with Oregon, way too many.

Oregon adds another special teams commitment from the portal: K Keaton Emmett Oregon native and Nevada Wolf Pack kicker transfer Keaton Emmett commits to the Oregon Ducks, giving the program their second specialist commitment of the week.

IU wins 24 - 21. This is going to be a bit of a defensive battle, with neither offense looking particularly sharp (because both defenses came to play). But the winner of this game will win the natty over Miami. Just saying....

I'll play along. It gives me 2 chances to be wrong. This unofficial guess and the real Prediction thread later. DUCKS 30-24 2 3 284

Hey, wait a minute...I have a (near) Seattle area code. 😄😄

Oregon 24-17 TOs =1 Sacks = 2 Pass yds = 248

Crud, I just have/had a feeling that this could be the year. After seeing this I don't think he has improved that much at all. Ducks better run first and run often.

Exactly what I was thinking..... but people are having fun. I wonder how many of these predictions might change with new news coming out. (e.g. Davidson out)

I think Hill and Whittington are good backs but neither of them bring the physicality that Davison does, it's a huge loss. We're also one injury away now from essentially having one RB available. Really hope Limar will stay since he might fit into being the fullback in the 2-1 personnel packages

I dont remember what game it was this year but NW played like an absolute beast. Hopefully he finds that gear again.

He probably saw Cannady.

He previewed it at the BCS Duck tailgate. There was a crowd cheer contest to see which team he would create a ballad for and of course, Duck fans won. Also, before drones, there was a laser show on Camelback Mountain. And proper fandom attire.

It’s likely not a clean break. He could’ve done it earlier in the game and it just presented as soreness or a bruise. Still, you don’t want to play even with a small fracture. Whittington is actually the team’s leading rusher. He’s just going to have to carry more of the load.

Always happens to us, something has to happen to ruin chances. Huge loss since Davison was the RB having the most success against Indiana last time. It also cripples our ability to use the 2 RB formations we've using to great affect. It's always us, Indiana deals with one injury the entire year while we have to deal with injury after injury.

Wrap it down from under the shoulder, take pain killers and off you go?

Nasir Wyatt recruited as an LB was spotted repping with RBs during practice.

Damn, was hoping it was all rumor. Maybe Moga wants to switch to RB for the remaining season.

People probably remember how harsh I was on Dante Moore for the IU loss. Upon further reflection, I still haven't changed my mind. Moore dropped back for a deep throw on his first pass and got sacked with IU and TTU which left him really concerned about the pass rush. Then his head and eyes were down, scanning the DL so his peripheral field of view is only 5-10 yards down field. WRs/TEs further than 10 yards down field are not in his field of view. He literally can not see them, because he's too scared to look up and take his eyes off the pass rush. It's as simple as that. He doesn't trust his OL. He needs to trust the OL to do their job and focus more on doing his job. Move in the pocket based on peripheral vision but keep your eyes up to see open receivers down the field, not the other way around. If we lose because the OL doesn't do there job I can live with that, and he should live with that. But playing scared is a horrible way to lose in the playoffs. But if he can't figure out how to not play scared and wants to go pro, he'll have a fright fest playing behind that Raider OL...