Our offensive line has actually played decent considering all the inexperienced and injuries suffered already. In my opinion, they will continue to do well enough to score a boatload of points each game, more than enough to win. We could/should have won the Cowboy game by a 31- 17 kind of score, but the defense gave up 39 points. The offense will score enough to win, and while the sacks given up make us uncomfortable...this is what happens with such inexperience on the left side of the O-Line.

Regardless of the sacks, we will score more than enough to win with the skill players we have, and with the adequate O-Line play we will see. The REAL question is becoming...."Can the defense hold down opponents enough for Oregon to win?"

What we thought was a strength coming into the season has been a big disappointment thus far. Matayo is highly underperforming the hype, and A'Mauri Washington has been completely MIA in three games....WTH?

If the defense comes through in LA...we could win that game almost easily, as I believe our offense will score at least 30 for the win. Can our defense step up as we thought they would be in preseason? If this defensive line shuts down opponents as they have the talent to do--we could have a BLOCKBUSTER season yet. But WILL THEY?

I am fantasizing a gradual wake-up from them; they will be better in LA, and bordering on awesome by the end of the season. Again--not a prediction, but my current Duck-Fantasy...is it realistic?

It is Up to YOU, Guys...

I wondered about the D line as the hype machine red lined leading up to the season opener. The hype was really loud surrounding this D.

What kept hanging me up was redzone, 3rd downs and havoc (tfl, sacks).

I thought there was potential, maybe there still is. But I never fully bought in.

When you look back at the early 20's UGA D, Miami last year and others, Oregons D doesn't look the same.

Hopefully they get there. I am not quite sure that so many so called experts could be wrong about talent claims made regarding Oregons front 4.

I only watched maybe a quarter of the game Friday night because it just wasn't that interesting. But the final score did show the D played perfect. Of course that game was just a gloried practice for the whole team, so we don't really know until they play next week again. Hopefully they got some good practice out of it and are not feeling cocky because of that one game. They did fail pretty badly in the first two games and need to focus on fixing the scheme and putting in more effort.

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8 hours ago, Log Haulin said:

I wondered about the D line as the hype machine red lined leading up to the season opener. The hype was really loud surrounding this D.

What kept hanging me up was redzone, 3rd downs and havoc (tfl, sacks).

I thought there was potential, maybe there still is. But I never fully bought in.

When you look back at the early 20's UGA D, Miami last year and others, Oregons D doesn't look the same.

Hopefully they get there. I am not quite sure that so many so called experts could be wrong about talent claims made regarding Oregons front 4.

While watching the Ole Miss v LSU game, I was longing for our D line to perform like the Rebels' D Line. Coming into the season I wasn't thinking that our D Line were going to be totally dominating, but I was thinking it would be several layers above what they've done so far.

It was good to hear all the pads popping through the fourth quarter, albeit from players who likely won't get to play much. Being an optimist, I'm hopeful there will be similar focus and intensity against USC.