Eric Boles

I completely agree with the sentiment that the uptick in the use of the shotgun is because it’s how Coach Moorhead’s offense is designed. He still uses the pistol and has neat wrinkles, but his offense was built around shotgun. I honestly believe you would have seen more of this shift in 2020 if not for covid taking away the off season.

I know some folks believe that Coach Cristobal tells his OCs what to run. I don’t believe that. The style difference between Coach Moorhead’s and Coach Arroyo’s offenses is great enough that I don’t buy that. Something that strikes me, and I’m not saying this is you, is that I’ve heard people talk about Coach Kelly’s Bruins offense in a good light, and deservedly so, but the Oregon one poorly. The two offenses are identical statistically. I think the irritating thing is inconsistency. If we were just more consistent in our execution, I think we’d be the top offense in the league. Also, I would argue that Justin Herbert looked best in Coach Taggart’s offense.

I agree that he has needed to make some better decisions on these speed options. And I think we’re seeing progress there. The two places you usually see struggles in the option game from QBs are when a QB leans too much on his own athleticism, and then QBs that always seem to hand off when he should be using his feet more.

Haha I’m not that qualified.

When he was announced as Oregon’s OC I did a lot of studying of his offense, and he’s actually doing a lot more now than he was then.

I’m really hoping to see a triple option off of this look!

I really like the design of the play, and I wonder if a triple option is in the works from this same look. I thought that’s what it was at first glance.

Absolutely no fun at all if you’re a DC! Lol He's crazy good. Wish he could shake the injury bug he’s dealt with in the NFL. Though as an Eagles fan, I wish for it to be outside of the NFC East!

Thanks for reading! And honestly, I think most offense work well with generational talent like Barkley lol. Our back are a pretty good duo though, and I’ll be interested to see how the younger backs fill in with Verdell out. I also believe that the whole Coach Cristobal tells his coordinators what to run is a myth, so I don’t think it’s hard for Coach Moorhead to work for him. But I think my opinion on that is fairly understood around here. When someone asks that, and we really think about it, the Oregon offense went to much more Shotgun under Coach Moorhead. It would have happened last year, but with no off-season, Moorhead kept the running game from the last scheme intact. If last year had an off-season, you would have seen the offense of now sprinkled with pistol. That doesn’t seem like a HC telling a coordinator what to call. It seems more like one telling an OC that if more of your plays are designed for another alignment, use it. I also don’t think Coach Cristobal would have called a pass on second down at the end of the last game. As far as AB, I think his RPO stuff is pretty accurate. It’s his downfield stuff that needs the most improvement. And his decisions on the speed option. Which is not an RPO, despite what announcers say lol.

Not a dumb question at all. The read key is the OLB, but it’s the MLB that’s crashing on the scrape. They also bring a corner of I’m remembering correctly.

I do understand some of the frustration with Brown’s decisions on option plays, but to be fair, he has shown great decision making on this particular option this year. Where I’ve noticed he doesn’t make good decisions are in the speed option variety. He calls his number far too often in the speed option than he should. Because of his ability to run, the RB is usually in the better position. I think this stems back to where he got away with it against Fresno on the last play. He was able to fake the defender on that one and get a TD when the read probably really called for a pitch. Ever since, he has basically tried to do the speed option himself.

Yeah, it’s a great package that uses the strengths of the offense well. And tempo could definitely be a nice too, but Coach Moorhead has always kind of done that sometimes up tempo, sometimes check with me type tempo.

In honor of pancake day yesterday, I found this cool clip of Oregon football’s best pancakes of the 2020 season.

I think that with an off-season under his belt with Coach Moorhead, he’ll be really good in the offense. Didn’t he arrive after spring ball was halted this past season? Also there’s something that I spotted during the game that I really liked. It’s just a small part of one play, but watch the screen pass at 1:10. His body language doesn’t give away that it’s a screen at all. His drop and eyes make it seem like it’s a downfield pass until he throws it to the RB.

I haven’t read the article yet, but I’m willing to bet that the conclusion is that he creates turnovers through pressures. His blitz packages are something that really get your attention.

I’m pretty well on record of not believing that Coach Moorhead was restricted. I don’t really see anything between this past season’s film and the PSU film. But I do know that people speculate that, and it’ll just have to be something they answer for themselves. I do think that Mcgee with be a playmaker though!

Eventually he’ll carry the ball more. But while the backfield is crowded, you’ll see him at different spots. They’re going to find a way to get him on the field. You see Coach Feld kind of tease him about his smaller stature?

I like it even better now. And I was thinking for individual players it was an average between the the three sites, as opposed to team rankings.

I think that Seven Mcgee is going to be a stud in Coach Moorhead’s offense. I think the things he started to do with Redd in the second half of the year is going to expand this season. When I’m four wide this season, I think Redd will line up as the field slot and Mcgee will be at the tight boundary slot/slot back spot. He’ll be awesome in those jet packages.

When I’m just keeping tabs on recruiting for myself, I usually look at the 247 composite which is an average between 247, Rivals and ESPN’s rankings.

EA has announced the return of their NCAA football video game!

The things he touched on, from a scheme standpoint , are pretty much what we’ve been talking about here. Doesn’t have a base front doesn’t mean he doesn’t have a base defense. It just means that the personnel package that he uses for base allows him to be in different fronts. He talked about how KT is going to be in the same position that Von Miller was, the joker. Said he won’t be a 4i, which is the down DE. He gave us new terminology too. The LB/S hybrid that we have been calling the Sam, he calls the star.

Pretty cool!

He may be a fit. He’d still need the off-season putting on weight. The guy that manned the position at Cal was 235, for example. Or he could me one of those smaller LBs that just thrive.

Troy Dye is a guy that popped into my head. I think he could man the position really well.