This is the best Oregon defense since 2012 (maybe best Oregon defense of my lifetim?) but no one wants to admit that because the narrative that Oregon has a really good defense and an absolutely shit offense goes against what people's perception of Oregon football is.
That the defense is better than the offense is fairly obvious.
You listen to the ESPN talking heads and they make it sound like everything is running smooth on offense and Herbert is dropping dimes all over the place. “5 td passes”! No mention of our 2.5 ypc vs shit defenses
You better hope the PSU xfer is as good as advertised. Herbert has his shortcomings but he can and does throw dimes. He simply has nobody to throw to. And their running game disappeared after the first half of the Auburn game.
I don’t think he’ll make much of a difference. We still can’t run the ball and the playcalling won’t change. Defense will have to drag us to 8-4/9/3–which I think they are capable of doing.