They just roasted Nevada for 77, but I was surprised to learn this factoid from the columnist I love to hate, John Canzano:
300-yard passing games by season for Justin Herbert:
2016: 2
2017: 1
2018: 2
2019: 1
Understand what Mario Cristobal's trying to do and we've talked about it at length, but when you've got a senior quarterback with an NFL passing arm and good but not great running backs, don't you have to air it out a little more?
Maybe the success the Ducks had with deep and intermediate throws against the Wolfpack (and the tight ends, oh my!) will encourage Arroyo and company to open it up a bit more for Herbert and put the game in his hands.
Scott observed last week that they played right into Auburn's hands in the Advocare Classic by sticking to the RPOs and inside runs. Tiger defensive coordinator Kevin Steele lured them into a plan of attack that disguised his defense's biggest weakness last year.
That game is gone, but the PAC-12 North is ripe for the taking. Beat Stanford, Cal, Washington and Washington State (a tall order) and the Ducks can charter a plane and a bus for Levi Stadium.
Is this Oregon offense more effective when they pass first and rely on Herbert to loosen up the defense?
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