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Mr. FishDuck and I have laid out that "robust summary of the defensive personnel". But that is just the start my FishDuck friends! Next week Mr. FishDuck will dig into that scheme of Lanning and Lupoi with informative articles for the FishDuck readers of the type I haven't seen anywhere else than on FishDuck!

We should all be excited we have elite talent on defense. I expect DJ, Funa, Dorlus, Sewell, Flowe and Bennett Willimas to be drafted next year. That just shows we are at the peak of this recruiting talent cycle on defense. If you missed Mr. FishDuck's Monday article on the front seven I suggest you go back and read it. His article further ties into mine as we lay out the Ducks defensive personnel. These are a must read for Ducks fans to get up to speed on who the two deep impact players you will be watching this fall. Additionally, Mr. FishDuck will be breaking down some defensive nuts and bolts next week in his articles, and I will follow with a defensive preview of the Ducks matchup with the Georgia offense. Don't miss these articles as they will inform you and get you up to speed to watch the season opening game! Forget the Future: The 2022 Oregon Front Seven is the BEST? FISHDUCK.COM Yes, the title is a bold claim. I was thinking in December that it could be true for 2022 before the portal transfers into Oregon occurred, and now I am much...

I get you. He has played elite in their system, but he isn't going to be elite in Bama's system like Bryce Young is.

From the mouth of Dan the Man himself! “We’re going to compete at quarterback like we do at every position,” Lanning said. “I’m really excited that we have quarterbacks that can play winning football at the University of Oregon. If I felt like it gave us a competitive advantage to tell you I would. I don’t. We’re going to keep chopping. ... We’re going to keep making sure we get enough guys enough reps. You can’t have just one quarterback going into the season, so we’re going to make sure we operate with that mentality.” hmmm... sounds like a hedge against injury at the least... it could be forward thinking that one of the young QB's could be the guy down the road

If the Ducks defense is as good as I think it will be, I think Lanning lands some nice late commits.

Funny you say that as I've tried to dig into topics, we as a fan base should be talking about, or know more about as fans. This article is a topic I figured we should kick around as there are fans who have real issues with not developing Ty and Butter last year. Here we are the next year with transfer QB and the possibility he plays and our young QBs who will be better than him of they get half a season under their belt might be sitting.

That's a great point that Dabo did that to Kelly Bryant his senior year. He was the starter the year before and took Clemson to the playoffs. The next year Dabo puts him in a 2-QB system because he knew Trevor had a higher ceiling. I don't hold Nix in any higher regard than Bryant, and Ty is a 2nd year 5-star QB, not a true freshman like Trevor was. I see Ty with a much higher ceiling than Bo.

You're right I did. He is a good example of elite level QB play but lots of people call the guy a game manager. But his yards per pass and passer rating was right there with Picket Stoud and Young who were in NY for the Heisman

The thing is Price didn't have an ace backup like Rivals 5-Star Ty Thompson who as the #10 player in the nation who could breakout as a star of the team. I had Butters ahead of Ty in the spring, but Ty kicked but at the Manning academy and things my really start clicking for him. I would not be surprised if Ty is ahead of Butters at the end of fall camp. I would not be shocked if Ty came out of fall camp as QB1- being rated so elite those type of things are expected of him. I also wouldn't be shocked if Ty ended up in a 2QB thing with Bo because the coaches felt it was only a matter of time as the season goes on that Ty is the better QB hands down. The next QB ahead of Ty on Rivas was #6 Caleb Williams, if Ty's projection is right, he will make it to NY for a Heisman ceremony before he is done. It's going to be interesting to see if Ty makes a jump in fall camp.

Since Dabo at Clemson did the 2QB system with Trevor Lawrence - Kelly Bryant in 2018 and made it work, what will he do this year? DJ Uiagagalelei last year's starter wasn't that good and incoming QB Cade Klubnik was the #1 QB recruit. I bet Dabo goes with a 2QB solution to start the year like he did in 2018. Klubnik's upside is higher than DJ so he has to play and see how fast he develops. DJ, like Nix don't look like the guys to take teams to the playoffs

I get the point your making, but to make the playoff you need a good QB and to win a playoff game you need a great QB. You can't be QB limited and make the playoffs very often, let alone win there. Look at the QBs who have been in the Playoff recently... Burrow, Justin Fields, Tua, Mac Jones, Kyler Murry, Baker, Bryce Young, Trevor Lawrence I think playoff aspirations for this Ducks team with Bo Nix are a long shot... he's Bo Nix not- Justin Fields when he went to OSU, Bryce Young or CJ Stroud. If Bryce or CJ had transferred to Oregon, then us not making the playoffs this year would be a failure. If you want to talk Playoffs you need to develop Ty, Butters or Donte Moore into a elite QB. Those type of QB's take you to the playoffs and win games there like MM did. Trevor Lawrence his freshman year was QB2 behind Kelly Bryant but got a ton of playing time the first few games, it was a 2QB system. Then in week 4 or 5 Lawrence was named the starter and Bryant hit the portal. Could Ty or Butters do the same this year?

Haha I knew someone was going with that old saying... this isn't about confidence it's about development. Last year it was AB who had 28 games experience, Bo has 34 games. The safe bet is to start those guys and it's a huge ask to expect the young QBs to beat them out for the job in fall camp when they have hardly any college game experience. Even if Ty was better some days than Bo, it's always safe to give the Vet the job. Just because AB was the best QB at the end of fall camp didn't mean that if they went with Ty or Butters they wouldn't have improved during the season to the point they were better than AB. Matter of fact AB's play didn't get better as the year went, he was the same dude. Bo if he is the starter isn't going to get a bunch better from game one to game six, or game 14. Bo is who he is for the most part, he's developed for three years. Ty or Butter will improve each week if they play, and you can find out how good they can be as they improve. If we don't play Ty or Butters this year and then Moore comes in, who is the next transfer we bring in next year with three years' experience? DJ Ulagalelei? Lastly if Ty or Butters hardly play this year do you think they stay or hit the Portal? If they stay and we bring in another transfer QB do you think they stick around then?

DJ and Sewell go high, Dorlus, Flowe, Funa, Bennett, Popo

How many draft picks off the front seven? 4-5?

I'm bumping this.................. are we sleeping on the significance of this article is? I'm NOT

Yes sir! I thank you and my editors for your work.

Bob, my editor! Thanks for all you have taught me, and your time invested! The truth is I'm just a guy who has some football chops that lays out a rough story. You edited this story and made it read ten times smoother than what I wrote. It's been humbling working you and now Natalie on the last few articles. I'll try to keep learning.

The biggest joke is Clemson at #4. DJ gave them terrible QB play last year- 9TD and 10 picks, his passer rating was ridiculous low. They will probably have to turn to Cade Klubnick who is a five-star true Frosh who was the #1 OB in last year's class on the 247 Composite. I'm not saying Clemson can't be a Top 4 team, but they won't out of the gate with Klubnik until later in the season as he improves. No way they are a Top 4 team right now with DJ. I can just see DJ getting beat out, his brother Matayo committing to the Ducks, then DJ transfers and we start him over Ty and Moore next year.

It was ALL on Mario offensively and our DB's gave up at least two long TD passes. ASU was schemed for our Pistol with the dink and dunk passes. We went up 7-0 in the first quarter and then ASU scored 24 unanswered points to be up 24-7 with around 9 minutes left in the game. Then Mario decided we had to stop the stupid Pistol with the dink and dunk passing and we put up 21 points in the last 9 minutes of the game. One of the drives Herbs threw 3 passes for around 70 yards in less than a minute. If Mario had unleashed Herbs from the start of the game the Ducks could have put Arizona away! Chip would have had that game over by halftime! Herbs would have never been put in the situation to have to rally the team on his back at the end of the game. Mario at least broke tendencies and ran Herbs against Utah and Wisconsin. You can't run a bland power run offense all year that doesn't take deep shots to stretch the defense and not end up with teams stacking the box on you. Auburn did just that to the Ducks most of the second half and we played right into with runs and shallow 6-yard routes. When they stacked the box and cut how deep they set the safeties we should have gone over the top of the with the deep pass. Auburn wasn't playing anything deeper than 10 yards! Mario never got the fundamentals of if the defense tries to take one thing away from you then they are giving up something else. When a defense stacks the box against your power run, and you don't attack them deep you're playing Stupid.

Klemm signed four OL in once cycle at UCLA who were all 4-stars and he put dudes in the NFL. Lets hope he gets some guys he wants this year.

I'm going with Charles; I think we will get all kinds of pass rush pressure this year. Everyone is going to not want to miss those articles of Charles next week!

Sometimes I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed eh?

Good article Charles, I 100% agree. I think the six guys deep the D Line goes will play a factor down in the hot Georgia weather.

This is a shocker to me. His pass D has been the weakest of our Db's last year.

I've been hitting the Ducks articles hard recently. ( Stable of 5 Star QBs. Dillys Coaching Tree, Bennett Williams All-Pac, Bo Nix Bandwagon Buy-In, How High Can Dillys Ducks Fly) But I also will mix in some other type of stories for a little different bit of flavor, like Mario today. Next week I will hit you with football hard but throw one in for a different flavor too.