Charles Fischer Administrator No. 1 Share Posted February 9, 2021 For those who know of hythloday1 on Addicted to Quack, you are aware of his detailed analysis of games and opponents. While I do not always agree with him, I do respect the monster amount of time and work devoted for us fans, and for free. Below is an analysis you better carve out a ton of time for, as it is not casual reading. I would always love to discuss... Duck Tape: Film Review of DC Tim DeRuyter, Part 1 - Structure, Personnel, and Blitzes, Part 1 by Addicted to QuackSchemes, principles, and history from 25 seasons of tape 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtahDuck No. 2 Share Posted February 9, 2021 I really like reading Hythloday's work. Whether you agree or not with him, you can't say he isn't studied and doesn't have an well above average understanding of the game. Also his name is quite literally means "Peddler of nonsense" and I think is quite proud of that fact. As for his article, I think he quite clearly demonstrates how Oregon's Defense will be different next year purely based off how DeRuyter blitzes/pressures QB's vs Avalos. I for one will be happy to see more than 4 men blitzing the QB at a time and think that was honestly a big gap in our defense the last two years. Add in that Thibodeaux, per DeRuyter will never be 4i Tech and we should still have an elite pass rush mixed with some strong talent on the outside. A few questions: 1. Cal liked to play CB's on an Island, something that Leavitt(16-18) did in the past did but almost never done by Avalos(19-20) Despite us having the talent to do so. Will we see a return to that under DeRuyter? 2. I'm interested to see how LB shakes up under DeRuyter. I think ILB is fairly set with Sewell, ISM, Ju. Flowe, and Keith Brown, but olb sounds complicated and loaded at one of the two and note the other. - Per Hyth, It sounds like you have a pass rush specialist in the Joker(Stud or whatever terminology you prefer) at this position I can name Thibodeaux, Adrian Jackson, Mase Funa, Andrew Faoliu, and new LB Brandon Buckner all seem to be good fits. Yet the other OLB he clarifies as an OLB as hybrid olb/Nickel(Except on obvious passing downs in which case a true Nickel is used in place). Does Oregon have an OLB that fits this position? I think Adrian Jackson demonstrated some wheels this last season do you move him to get the start? Any thoughts 3. are we actually likely to see less Nickel as Hyth Predicts? 2 years ago(19) I thought DB was a strength, last season was just awful. I would love to see a DB lineup of Wright, McKinley, Hill and James. It would allow our safeties of the bench to be Bennett Williams and a freshman and when we do line up with Nickel, either Hill could move to that position as Williams takes safety or Williams comes in at safety. Overall I don't think we have the Depth at Safety to run Nickel frequently, and we definitely shouldn't be running Dime... 4. With Jordon Scott gone, does Popo have the skills to take over full time as a true Nose Tackle? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDucksFan No. 3 Share Posted February 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, UtahDuck said: I really like reading Hythloday's work. Whether you agree or not with him, you can't say he isn't studied and doesn't have an well above average understanding of the game. Also his name is quite literally means "Peddler of nonsense" and I think is quite proud of that fact. as for his article, I think he quite clearly demonstrates how Oregon's Defense will be different next year purely based off how DeRuyter blitzes/pressures QB's vs Avalos. I for one will be happy to see more than 4 men blitzing the QB at a time and think that was honestly a big gap in our defense the last two years. Add in that Thibodeaux, per DeRuyter will never be 4i Tech and we should still have an elite pass rush mixed with some strong talent on the outside. A few questions: 1. Cal liked to play CB's on an Island, something that Leavitt(16-18) did in the past did but almost never done by Avalos(19-20) Despite us having the talent to do so. Will we see a return to that under DeRuyter? 2. I'm interested to see how LB shakes up under DeRuyter. I think ILB is fairly set with Sewell, ISM, Ju. Flowe, and Keith Brown, but olb sounds complicated and loaded at one of the two and note the other. - Per Hyth, It sounds like you have a pass rush specialist in the Joker(Stud or whatever terminology you prefer) at this position I can name Thibodeaux, Adrian Jackson, Mase Funa, Andrew Faoliu, and new LB Brandon Buckner all seem to be good fits. Yet the other OLB he clarifies as an OLB as hybrid olb/Nickel(Except on obvious passing downs in which case a true Nickel is used in place). Does oregon have an OLB that fits this position? I think Adrian Jackson demonstrated some wheels this last season do you move him to get the start? Any thoughts 3. are we actually likely to see less Nickel as Hyth Predicts? 2 years ago(19) I thought DB was a strength, last season was just awful. I would love to see a DB lineup of Wright, Mckinley, Hill and James. It would allow our safeties of the bench to be Bennett williams and a freshman and when we do line up with Nickel, either Hill could move to that position as williams takes safety or Williams comes in at safety. Overall I don't think we have the Depth at Safety to run Nickel frequently, and we definitely shouldn't be running Dime... 4. With Jordon Scott gone, does Popo have the skills to take over full time as a true Nose Tackle? You raise some interesting questions UtahDuck. I don't pretend to have the answers but it will be interesting to look for them during the season prep and in game play. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtahDuck No. 4 Share Posted February 9, 2021 1 minute ago, BigDucksFan said: I don't pretend to have the answers Neither do I, I guess my questions are just points I am interested in and hoping we can get some actual answers and reports prior to the season. I think some of these will be answered as we get spring rosters, some will be answered if we can watch a spring game game/practice and lastly some will be answered come the first game of the season. I'm also hoping some people may have better insight and understanding of the roster and can share that as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 5 Share Posted February 10, 2021 I think this analysis is extremely well-done for the conclusions he comes to, and I admire the extensive time taken. The item that surprises me the most is how the Inside Linebackers in this system are key people for both blitzing and for coverage--which I would think usually would be a lower-success probability result over using DBs for such coverage. Yet the other components of the blitzing make the risk/reward ratio much better, and I salute DeRuyter for his schemes. And as it turns out....Oregon is loaded with stud ILBs unlike other years in the past! 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Sousa No. 6 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Thanks Charles, for this link. It was interesting to see his defense going up against Mighty Mariota, Barner, and DAT. It made me want to take a look at our games against CAL the last couple of years, just to watch CAL´s defense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
