Since we don't have a game today - and we added two more really good players for the future - I thought I'd check out my crystal ball (which is really an old, scraped up glassy - remember those? - that I found on the street) and see what's coming next year.
Here ya go (and if someone doesn't shoot this down completely, I'm going to be very disappointed):
QB: Shough, Millen, Butterfield
One of the best trios of QBs in Oregon history. Seriously..each may not be an all-timer, but the group as a whole sets us up for years to come.
RB: CJ Verdell, Trey Benson, Sean Dollars
A trio of RBs that will get the job done individually and as a group. Three definite P5 level talents that will take advantage of the OL in front of them.
OL: Penei Sewell, Chris Randazzo, TJ Bass,
Malaesala Aumavae-Laulu, Steven Jones
What we lose in experience, we make up for in talent. This is Coach Cristobal's first unit full of his OL and I think we'll see them perform more consistently than the group now in place. As long as Sewell is at LT, that side will be strong. With Jones and Sala on the right, though, suddenly we'll have a line capable of big things going either direction. This will be the foundation upon which our future O (and OL) will be built.
TE: Spencer Webb, Jonah Tuanu'u, Patrick Herbert.
Jonah is a tremendous talent as an OL and he gives us the blocking at TE that the others simply don't. And he can catch the ball a bit, too. He's there because we need blocking...otherwise he wouldn't be. Webb and Herbert will be the base for our TEs coming up. We need Aiello at TE this year, I am afraid we'll need Jonah there next year. Not ideal, but it is what it is.
WR: 1) Addison, Pittman, Williams 2) JJ3, Delgado, Waters
Length, speed, catch radius, YAC...all six of those receivers give us that, plus they all run their routes effectively. Whoever is at QB will not have to worry about the talent they're throwing to...it's there and in abundance.
Ok...this isn't a Chip Kelly-esque offense. Look at the better offenses under Bellotti and you'll see more of what I envision this being. We'll score a bunch of points, we'll dominate the line AND be explosive. As Coach Cristobal said in his intro to the team: "we're going to be the team that nobody wants a piece of".