Oregon's offensive line returns a trio of starters and should be another elite group nationally in 2024.
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00:00 Last but certainly not least,
00:01 Tyson, we gotta talk about that.
00:04 O line under a leak.
00:05 Terry Mike Cavanaugh and company
00:07 Ryan walk now back on the staff
00:10 as well for 2024 kind of a cool
00:12 storyline as a former player.
00:14 But man, this this group they were
00:17 a Joe Moore Award finalist last year.
00:19 You lose Jackson Powers Johnson to the
00:21 draft and then you also lose Stephen Jones.
00:25 Um, from from this group last year,
00:28 but I think this group is still
00:30 locked and loaded because he got.
00:32 You pony poncho Laulau Lu taken over at
00:34 center got him his first start in the
00:36 Fiesta Bowl against Liberty and he
00:38 looked great and then you also have
00:40 both of your tackles returning with
00:41 Josh Connerly Junior and Johnny Cornelius.
00:43 Marcus Harper,
00:44 the second probably slides in at
00:45 left guard again and then Matthew
00:47 Bedford comes over from Indiana by
00:49 way of Colorado.
00:50 Preferable equipment there.
00:51 So this group looks great and now
00:53 you want to see what that how
00:55 they can develop behind him.
00:56 It was it was funny 'cause going into last
00:59 season I remember you know you kind of
01:02 start paging through the season previews
01:04 and predictions and the big thing for
01:06 Oregon was well there they're losing Alex.
01:08 Foresight that you losing Ryan walk.
01:10 You know they're losing all these these
01:13 starters from a very good 2022 team.
01:15 Uhm, you know that's going to be the
01:17 big question mark for the Ducks and I
01:19 think you can make an argument that
01:21 last year's offensive line was even
01:23 better than the one from the year before.
01:25 You can just fly Jackson in there and.
01:27 And basically get,
01:28 you know one of the best offensive
01:30 line seasons in Oregon history.
01:31 You know,
01:32 go out and win the Remington like
01:34 that's all that's awfully impressive.
01:35 And so now you're probably going to
01:37 see a lot of people saying the same thing.
01:40 You know you gotta replace Jackson
01:41 Powers Johnson.
01:42 You gotta do that,
01:43 but just the way that organs recruited
01:45 on the line for the last you know.
01:47 At this point last six years like
01:49 they've had so they have so much depth
01:51 there like it's been a focus for this
01:53 long that it's it's not even plug and
01:56 replace sometimes it's plug and get better.
01:58 And so I think when you're when you
02:00 bring back the core that they do have
02:02 and you're able to replace you know
02:04 Jackson with Poncho and you're able
02:06 to see what you know kind of that.
02:08 Just the comfort level he had at
02:10 that position during the bowl game.
02:12 Yeah, I think the offensive line
02:13 is just going to be a bear again.
02:15 I think elite Terry is one of the
02:17 best position coaches in the country.
02:20 And I I would like to be a skill
02:22 player running behind those dudes.
02:24 And I would too.
02:26 You have some some crazy what they
02:28 wouldn't like it in the inverse.
02:30 You know, like they probably have to
02:32 carry the load a little bit more than
02:34 you know you have algebra back there
02:36 other than Bucky Irving, but I think
02:38 I could get like 2 yards per carry.
02:40 Maybe maybe organ certainly has
02:42 that luxury with experience at pretty
02:44 much every spot except for center
02:45 with with Poncho, but that's just
02:47 'cause he's young and he hasn't
02:49 played a whole lot, but even with
02:51 the first start at center,
02:52 he was playing a tremendous amount
02:54 as a true freshman enough to earn.
02:57 You know, All-American honors from
02:58 you know 247 and probably some other
03:00 recognition from the step from other outlets.
03:02 But now you gotta see how guys like
03:05 Dave Iuli and George Silva and Poncho's
03:07 older brother Fowl Bay Lola Lulu how
03:09 they can kind of maybe factor into the mix.
03:12 Here, but again you you don't.
03:13 It's not a question mark.
03:15 You're not worried and man,
03:16 I don't really know how the old lines
03:19 the old lines looking in Eugene this year, it should be another really, really solid