The Duck offense has done fantastic against bad defenses this year and even better against all around bad teams. Oregon’s offense has struggled against teams that have competitive athletes to their own. We saw this at Penn State (yes Penn State, still has some quality athletes), against Indiana, and now Wisconsin. The Badgers’ greatest weakness seems to come more from ...

Oregon RB Rotation Needs to Change

I think Davison will be like Royce Freeman who ended up being the feature back after settling in during the 2014 season. I really like Noah as a change of pace back as stated in your article. He reminds me a lot of CJ Verdell. He's great when the holes are big, but lacks the vision to find the cracks. I'm looking forward to seeing how this RB rotation evolves.

David I agree with all you have said. Thanks for writing what many of us see. OBD Forum is blessed to have your contributions. Thank you!

For what it's worth, I feel that Jordon Davison gets to the hole quicker than Noah Whittington or Jayden Limar. It seems to me that those two are looking for the home run and waiting for the hole to open. When a RB is waiting for the hole and looking for it to open he's a sitting Duck (no pun intended). He is not at full speed.

Getting up to the linemen and trusting them that the hole will be there leads to more positive yards. Davison and Hill are more explosive and get to the line quicker thus more positive yards. This also results in moving the pile forward for yards after contact (YAC). Running backs are taught to trust their linemen, follow the foot path, and explode into the hole.