Just Ducky

What happens to a players scholly if he is cut. Just wondering.

Pretty much spot on. I’ve been thinking for some time now that this kind of help you out the door thing has been going on for a bit. No one really knows for sure what goes on behind close doors but I am confident that the players that aren’t buying in have already been explained the situation. Some have probably been urged to step up or leave. Using Noah as an example. Didn’t look like his heart was fully engaged to me buy the way he was playing. The NFL was a logical move rather than transfer out. Actually I am surprised Dorlus is coming back. He seemed to be dogging it in the bowl game in the first half.

Good luck with that Charles.

Disheartening to say the least. He had big trouble getting off blocks this year and I never could understand why. The linebacker Corp looked much better in the bowl game with Noah gone.

No question the guy has top end speed but he is pretty slow out of the blocks. I suppose college track coaches can improve starts with good results. Lewis and Bolt weren’t great starters either but their top end speed was something to behold. As far as football goes it would be nice to see him as a hybrid type linebacker who could either cover tight ends or chase down running QBs such as Williams at sc. Williams would not be able to loose this guy. One thing is for sure you cannot teach this guys athletic skills, speed, and intelligence. Go get him Dan.

Nice article Alex. One glaring issue for me was talent evaluation on the defensive side of the ball. No Question that MarinO recruited star power in our front seven but it obviously didn’t transfer to the field. Outside of Tibs, who wasn’t on the field as much as we would have liked, the production of that group was severely underwhelming. Not sure what happened to Noah but he seemed to regress from his freshman season, he was definitely slower. I caught myself feeling sorry for our DBs having to defend excellent wide receivers while talented QBs stood in the pocket forever, it seemed like, picking them apart. My confidence is high that DL will get the players he needs, which he is already addressing, to turn this defense into one that will be bragging about in years to come. Go🦆🦆🦆s

Amazing how fast he is transforming this team and I feel there is more to come.

Why does it take so long for this group to act? If you keep proposing things why not act on those proposals instead of getting walked on continually.

DL knows what it takes to make a good defense. He has seen it happen up close and personal. I have little doubt that once he weeds out the players that can’t make it happen we will see the best D in the pack spring to life.

Hayward is correct that our defense has been underwhelming since Dye left. Even with all the star power MarinoD brought in we seemed to regress on D and Utah exposed it rather emphatically. I can’t imagine what Johnathan Smith might have done with that talent, he has built a solid D with far less. With the group we have coming in and a talent laden secondary we have in place I expect DL will make this defense quite adequate to contend for at least the pack 1? Championship. The addition of a consistent pass rush, however, is imperative.

Get this kid to chase Caleb Williams around.

That’s probably when Sabin retires 😂

Headline, LA Schools both pull off massive choke job in this seasons bowl games!!

Can you imagine both the la schools playing against Mich., OSU, and the rest playing defense like that. Could be entertainment at its finest. And I agree kick them to the curb now.

Karma is a B..ch. congrats to Tulane.

Totally agree with the first 4 posts and how our linebacker group played and tackled very well. Bodes well for next year. I also thought our corners did an excellent job even though NCs QB was pretty sharp for most of the game. Played well and broke up passes without committing penalties.

Always a good thing to get our veteran leadership back to help the younglings along.

Thanks mcduck I finally saw it after reading the whole article. Me bad🤪

Great top end speed. Wonder what his 200 time is.

one of the few games that our front seven made most of the tackles. A very good sign.

Bo is having a bad game. Very Bad.

What’s up with our pass game. Dink and dunk. If your going to throw throw it down the field.

Not sure why they are making a 3 yard pass in the red zone with time running down when you are averaging over 25 yards a run play. Very confusing to me. Once again our pass defense is letting us down. Still got the second half to turn this around. They have a stud at QB that’s for sure. He is pitching dimes all over the field.

I posted on this topic earlier in the year and the Ducks have improved quite a bit since that time. Great to see for sure.

MarinoOs offensive sets weren’t the problem. Many teams have used pistol for some success in the past. However; MarinoOs conservative play calling is what killed the offense before the ball was even snapped. We all knew what was coming and so did the opponents. That’s what left the sour taste in our mouths. Any $200 DC could outsmart that. Just my opinion.