A ton of great information to give us updated perspective. I love one of the comments..."Oregon out-Iowa'ed Iowa." So true, and it is another rite-of-B1G-passage for Our Beloved Ducks.

Oregon had three offensive linemen with good grades:

Emmanuel Pregnon 82.2

Isaiah World 73.0

Poncho 71.2

Going into the week--Iowa had the best run-blocking grade in the nation, and as PFF said, "Iowa is the best, by far, offensive line in the nation and likely to win the Joe Moore Award." Three best offensive linemen averaged better grades than the Ducks:

OG Bean Stevens 90.8

C Logan Jones 80.0

OT Trevor Lauck 77.7

Yet Iowa only averaged 3.5 yards per rushing play, while Oregon averaged a mind-bending 7.2 yards per rushing play. Insane! In the freezing rain, at Iowa, and against a Hawkeye defense?

To put this in even better perspective, Iowa was No. 1 in the nation going into this game for the lowest amount per carry given up, only 3.3 yards per carry, yet Oregon averaged 7.2? Whew!

The Oregon offensive line averaged 2.9 yards per rush before contact, and 4.4 yards after contact.

The Iowa offensive line averaged only .8 yards per rush before contact, and 2.7 yards after contact.

Perhaps our offensive line is better than we fans have felt? They reported that Oregon had the most efficient offense in the nation in terms of EPA per play going into this game.

On Defense:

Brandon Finney Jr. has the highest overall grade for the season of any freshman corner in the nation, and he created the crucial fumble that stopped a Hawkeye drive.

Oregon only had four missed tackles the entire game and continues to lead the nation in fewest missed tackles. The job that the Duck defensive line did to stop the offensive line of the Iowa was....amazing. A low yards-after-contact number (2.7) points to superb linebacker and secondary response, and tackling.

Perhaps our defense is better than fans are giving credit for? Lots to ponder...

7 minutes ago, Charles Fischer said:

Perhaps our defense is better than fans are giving credit for? Lots to ponder...

I think it really is better.

The problems for the defense have often come when the offense has failed to set them up for success.

Just think if two more of Oregon's drives ended in touchdowns? They certainly has a couple drives that felt like they should have resulted in points if not for a penalty followed by a third down drop and that third down play that resulted in Dante falling down.

Those two drives score touchdowns... And the defense looks even better.

That final drive by Iowa should have been stopped for sure. But holding an opponent to 16 points is darn good.

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Never mind...we have a tech issue going on that I have to work on...

1 hour ago, David Marsh said:

The problems for the defense have often come when the offense has failed to set them up for success.

Great observation here.

If the Ducks go up by two TDs at any point, then Iowa is forced to start passing. Iowa’s passing attack looked downright dreadful; the Ducks would have blown them out.