Steven A Moderator No. 1 Share Posted March 20 Oregon DC Tosh Lupoi discusses process of reloading secondary 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 2 Share Posted March 20 "Most returning starters" is one of the factors that always gets a lot of attention, usually good attention. But if the new guys are better, I'm fine with that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherOD No. 3 Share Posted March 20 (edited) My unofficial, though not really thought that well over, list of the top 12 players the Ducks will miss the most in 2025 (and be hardest to replace - to which where the Ducks are at - and who they have waiting - to me is a big factor): 1. Josh Conerly Jr. 2. Derrick Harmon 3. Jamaree Caldwell 4. Tez Johnson 5. Jabbar Muhammed 6. Dillon Gabrial 8. Ajani Cornelius 8. Jordan Burch 9. Jordan James 10. Terrance Ferguson 11. Kobe Savage 12. Nishad Strother Be interested in other thoughts? Edited March 20 by AnotherOD 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kamikaze Kid Moderator No. 4 Share Posted March 21 Just checked the new spring roster on the chilliduck repository page and there is only one player in the secondary that is not at least a four star. With that much stacked talent at every position, someone has to emerge as THE guy. In fact the entire defense and most of the offense is the same story. Time to watch that cream rise to the top. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike West No. 5 Share Posted March 22 On 3/20/2025 at 4:04 PM, AnotherOD said: My unofficial, though not really thought that well over, list of the top 12 players the Ducks will miss the most in 2025 (and be hardest to replace - to which where the Ducks are at - and who they have waiting - to me is a big factor): 1. Josh Conerly Jr. 2. Derrick Harmon 3. Jamaree Caldwell 4. Tez Johnson 5. Jabbar Muhammed 6. Dillon Gabrial 8. Ajani Cornelius 8. Jordan Burch 9. Jordan James 10. Terrance Ferguson 11. Kobe Savage 12. Nishad Strother Be interested in other thoughts? That’s a pretty good list in a very well thought out order. My concerns are as follows: I believe last year was about matchups. That said, we were literally missing a CB strong enough to slow down Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith. Muhammad had that assignment, and though he covers very well, he wasn’t big enough to stop Smith ( I believe injured Jalhil Florence was, which would have allowed Muhammad to take down slot Ebuke-someone he could handle much better). Another matchup was the way the LBs covered the TEs. You know my thoughts…look at the guy you’re covering and you take away the QBs options. On offense, it’s how fast the OL gels. It would also help if they don’t have to wait 5 weeks to play an elite team again and take 2 1/2 Quarters to get back to game speed. My other concern is separation speed at WR, and Stein’s unwillingness to use Sequential Plays for his favorite play: the Bubble Screen. Now that I have your list to work on, I’m going to look into matchups. Makes me wonder how coaching staffs and their analysts attack the off season. I’m curious about what priorities they deem most important. Is it personnel, scheme or which opponents they feel most threatened by? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllOregon No. 6 Share Posted March 22 If J Florence gets healthy, he will be All America caliber. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
