What I Saw on the Replay vs. Stanford

[oregon112]

On Defense:  Stanford receivers were not as open as I thought.  Some soft coverage to allow short passes, but McKee was hitting receivers when covered because his throws were fast, on time, and accurate within inches of the target. 

 

Oregon pass rush was good most of the game, but they needed some blitzes to get through when Stanford was blocking all the D linemen.  Or mix it up and drop more into coverage to force a coverage sack.  Oregon needed to mix their coverages better.  Stanford looked like they knew where the open spots would be.

 

On Offense: (here is the bad stuff by possessions)

1. holding call, then bad throw to open receiver

2. bad throw to open receiver, then bad throw for a pick

3. 2 runs to set up 3rd and long, then throw to covered receiver

4. bad option read, Brown should have handed it off

5. 3rd and 8: Brown gave up on pass play when he had time, and ran it to force a 4th down

6. Devon open on fly route - overthrow

7. throw to covered receiver

 

Last offensive possession of 1st half - terrible call to run QB up the middle

Last offensive possession of game - 2 procedure penalties

 

Bottom Line:   McKee was much better than Brown.  Oregon gave up too many easy short passes.  And Oregon's receivers were not getting open once Stanford knew that the downfield throws were either not being called or wouldn't be completed. 

 

You can't expect to shut out a team with a QB like McKee and tall receivers - it just won't happen.  Especially not with the way they call penalties for pass interference and late hits to the QB when the QB is barely touched.   Oregon needed to do more on offense. 

 

Oregon should have won by two scores with better QB play and some better pass coverage. 

 

[30Duck]

Thanks for the recap and analysis. Your observations for the most part apply to all the games with exception of week 2, where Oregon did the "big jump" from week 1, but regressed back to the beginning for week's 3, 4 and 5. Can't help but wonder what the coaches are doing with the game films?

[Haywarduck]

The pick, and the almost pick on the same exact pass play later were purely reading the play call. This was coached up before the game, and we will only see more of this with lack of diversity of play call with AB as the qb. His abilities are known by all DC's we will be playing from here on out. 

 

Also the receiver who is averaging 50 yds a catch and a td on every other catch for the Ducks, never saw the ball. I can agree those averages may go down, but he should be seeing the ball thrown his way, some guys just have it, he does until proven otherwise. That receiver is 6' 5", as tall as just about any Stanford receiver, and our TE's are also big targets.

[oregon112]

On 10/3/2021 at 6:26 PM, 30Duck said:

Thanks for the recap and analysis. Your observations for the most part apply to all the games with exception of week 2, where Oregon did the "big jump" from week 1, but regressed back to the beginning for week's 3, 4 and 5. Can't help but wonder what the coaches are doing with the game films?

 

Yes!   Changes SHOULD have been made right after the big Ohio St win, because Stoneybrook and Az would be almost guaranteed wins.  So they took their 'problems' to Palo Alto and hoped to get lucky and get out of there with a 'W' and then address issues in the bye week, is my best guess.