Only Davison is a major loss at this point.

If Whittington runs like he did against Iowa and Minnesota I don't have as many concerns. But he needs to run mean.

Harris isn't on that report, maybe he was offered NIL money to play until were done

Davison's loss is immeasurable in terms of hard running, pass protection, and perimeter blocking. Damn.

24 minutes ago, Lonnie said:

Harris isn't on that report, maybe he was offered NIL money to play until were done

How do NIL contracts not already cover the entirety of the season?

16 minutes ago, Lonnie said:

Harris isn't on that report, maybe he was offered NIL money to play until were done

My guess is that as soon as these ridiculous window dates are resolved that every NIL contract will include the provision that you play every game. .. or what games you are required to play with this contract.

The Davison update is an extreme bummer but I see two possible upsides.

1. Maybe Lanning will be more inclined to just take the dang points and punt from midfield as gambles could be even more fatale.

2. The offense may be forced to throw in some unpredictable alternatives that Indy won't be able to prepare for.

I'm not happy about this. Just trying to look on the bright side of life.

After watching highlights from the FCS Championship game last night (Congrats to Montana State), I'm convinced that great effort and "want to" can overcome an awful lot of bad breaks. It was surprising the number of great plays that were made on both sides of the ball by athletes counted by most as not good enough to play Division 1.

The Davison loss is a bummer for sure, but I am confident someone(s) are going to fill in the gap and wow us with their passion to play for OBD and get us a win Friday.

Go Ducks!

Ouch. Losing Davison is massive in this game. He had good success running between the tackles in the first game. What a bummer!

Nasir Wyatt was moved over to RB for practice this week.

As others said Harris not being listed as our means he will be available.

We will likely see some use of Grace in the 2 back sets in place of Davison.

I think the bigger impact is protection schemes. Hill has had all season to work on his blocking. He'd better be ready to pull his weight blocking the pass rush.

Silver lining is sometimes when great players are out everyone feels like they need to pick up the slack and the overall affect can be positive.

1 hour ago, Solar said:

Hill has had all season to work on his blocking. He'd better be ready to pull his weight blocking the pass rush.

Hill has been asked to pass protection from what I remember watching. If he's not taking a hand off he's running a route.

Whittington has done some pass protection but frankly he's awful at it.

Harris has done some pass protection and maybe he's still with the team. Limar has done a decent job at pass protection early in the season before he was hurt but the report says he's out and probably due to him entering the portal... Which Harris has done as well so not sure what is going on there.

I read on another site that Brayden Platt (inside linebacker) has been taking some reps at runningback. Probably as a linebacker he isn't afraid of contact and can pass block... And he's big so for some basic runs between the tackles he can probably get the job done.... I hope!

LBs Platt and Mothudi, who both played RB in HS, took reps with the offense yesterday. The former is 6'2" 230 and runs a 11.0 100m. The latter is 6'3" 240, ran track, played serious hoop and had 1400 yds rushing as a junior.

Something will get dialed up for them on Friday. Run Sadiq from slot to backfield and back out again. Hell, do the jumbo, give Boettcher the rock and glue him to Pregnon's fanny on 4th and 1.

Yeah, Davison being out sucks. There is a very deep talent pool to draw from that can still make a difference.

Fact is the real battle will be up front. If Dante and Pancho recognize the defensive alignments, make adjustments, the O-line makes holes and Noah and D Hill run thru those holes, the depth of the RB room won't mean diddly squat.

15 hours ago, EastBayDuckDad said:

give Boettcher the rock and glue him to Pregnon's fanny on 4th and 1.

Though I think it would be fun to use Beottcher in that way I think keeping him as fresh as possible is going to be key for the defense.