Our Oregon football program has been putting the nation on notice over the last two weeks, and expectations have shot through the roof for what this team’s capable of. One player who entered the season as a major potential x-factor was freshman wide receiver Dakorien Moore. Even Mr. FishDuck had to share his surprise with me about this new freshman, although ...

Oregon Football: Did We Underestimate Dakorien Moore?

Moore is a budding superstar. With the stacked WR room, I hope that opponents will overload against Moore thus leaving other receivers open including our great Tight Ends.

Moore is dynamic and a playmaker. Go Ducks.

I think we did, as I know I underestimated him. We have had highly regarded receivers bust, such as Jurion Dickey, or others take a while to develop, such as Troy Franklin. But, Dak Moore is so far ahead of what I had hoped, and he is just what we needed to launch this offense and make a serious run in the Playoffs.

Very grateful to have him!

At first my comparison for Dak was DAT with the speed and evasiveness. After these two games I'm convinced that he will be much more than that. The route running and timing is more precise and Dak has three inches and 20# more fast twitch muscle on him. Much more advanced in his football IQ and overall development at this stage.

And the blocking, oh my! Imagine if Dak had been flanking MM instead of DAT on the Nov 17, 2012 run against Stanford that failed to reach the end zone. Different outcome.

No diss on DAT as we all loved him and what he meant to OBD success at the time, but Dak is just a different breed of cat.

I think I listed on another thread that the thing I was most looking forward to this season was the Moore to Moore connection, so was definitely on my radar. The thing I most underestimated was probably the running back room. We have a very deep and top end crew to survive the long season. Think that position was on fumes late last year.

I never estimated him to begin with, so I will estimate him right where he belongs after I see some more games . . . but all signs are pointing in the right direction.

IMO, Sadiq is still the superfreak of the offense. Dakorien Moore is doing all the things I would expect from an very good WR, but Sadiq is a physical freak at the TE position, but then also does things I'd expect from RBs, and WRs, and OLineman.

Colt Lyerla comes to mind when I think of Sadiq . . . and absolute physical specimen.

Highest rated receiver ever signed by OBD. Preseason All-Frosh all over college football sites. So, I think not.

It's a pleasure to watch him play.

4 minutes ago, WTD25 said:

Colt Lyerla comes to mind when I think of Sadiq . . . and absolute physical specimen.

Right up there with Johnny Manziel as one of the major "What-Ifs" of football.

Once bitten twice shy, Oregon fans would be expected to have underestimated Moore. The last 5 Star skill play we had the wasn't a dud was DAT, over a decade ago.

To have a five star skill player commit actually sign with us, actually show up for camp, actually compete for a starting position, and actually be one of the best players on the field each week is a revelation few duck fans would dare to hope for.

What you never know about any player, until it happens, is how they will respond to real game live action: competitive juices. Dak elevates.

His football IQ was probably the most underrated. To see a player, let alone one in his 2nd game, make the ball to left hand adjustment going down the right sideline to score the TD with the ball inside the pylon while his body is out of bonds was genius.