Dan Lanning updates the status of Oregon’s QB competition
Oregon meets Georgia in just a little over two weeks and the Ducks are getting closer to actually preparing for their week-by-week preparation.
More specifically, the quarterbacks are becoming more familiar with the playbook, and in-game situations and according to head coach Dan Lanning, they are asking the appropriate questions.
“I feel like we have guys that can win. I thought they made really good decisions today,” Lanning said. We had a couple of scenarios at the end — we worked four-minute and two-minute today — you know we’re gonna get the ball back situations and it was pleasantly surprising to me that the quarterbacks turned around asking me questions. ‘Hey, Coach, do we want to take a timeout here? Do we want to not score here in this situation?’ You know, and I think that’s smart football play.”
More importantly is that Bo Nix and Ty Thompson are implementing the answers to those questions they receive from the coaches. Lanning described the first practice after the scrimmage as the best fall camp practice the Ducks have had so far.
“Our guys are really taking ownership of what practice looks like is relative to their performance,” he said. “The guys came out with the right mindset saying, ‘You know what? I want to get better today. I’m not looking at this just being another day,’ and they did a good job at that.”
