The Oregon Duck Offense: Will Stein’s Top 5 Play Designs in First Season

Coach Eric Boles Analysis

The Oregon Ducks will end the 2023 regular season as the nation’s No. 2 offense, according to ESPN — and offense that racked up 527 yards of offense and 44 points per game. A huge part of this success has been the play designs of first year offensive coordinator, Coach Will Stein. He picked up where Coach Kenny Dillingham left …

Is Will Stein Better Than OCs Chip, Helfrich & Frost?

Charles Fischer, Mr. FishDuck Editorials

I know…the title is crazy talk. But is it really? Let’s take a look at the big picture, while acknowledging that the full canvas of this season is incomplete before final judgments are made of Oregon’s offensive coordinator Will Stein. Being student of the glory offensive era for Oregon, (2010-2015) has made me look at this year with a different …

Watch: OC Stein Burns Blitzes from Utah

Charles Fischer, Mr. FishDuck Analysis

I was surprised at some parts of the Oregon offensive game-plan versus Utah, as I did not anticipate these areas of Utah weakness that Offensive Coordinator Will Stein would attack. Often, coaches will attack from a schematic approach, or in terms of tempo, but I liked how OC Will Stein looked at matchups in the Utah game. He also noted …

Omigosh! The 14Josh Formation is Now a Stein-Staple?

Charles Fischer, Mr. FishDuck Analysis

It was fun learning about a formation from the past being implemented at Oregon in 2022. The Ducks called it the “14Josh” as Oregon sent a sixth offensive lineman, true freshman (at the time) Josh Conerly Jr., out for multiple run plays in the big win over BYU early in the season. Adding an extra offensive lineman or two isn’t …

Should Oregon Play to its Passing Attack Strengths?

Charles Fischer, Mr. FishDuck Editorials

We had an interesting discussion this last week about whether or not the offensive line could be as strong as last year at rushing-at-will as we saw in a number of key moments in the 2022 season where ball control and burning the clock became as important as scoring points. Could the 2023 offensive line improve to where last year’s …

Will Stein’s Oregon Offense: Empty Diamond QB Draw RPO

Coach Eric Boles Analysis

One way that offenses can be efficient at a high rate is to consistently move the chains in short-yardage situations, and that is no different in Coach Will Stein’s system. One of his favorite plays to keep the chains moving, while commanding the UTSA Roadrunners offense, was the Empty Diamond QB Draw RPO — another play Duck faithful can expect …

Will Stein’s Oregon Offense: Play-Action Shallow-Cross

Coach Eric Boles Analysis

This season, as it did throughout 2022, the Oregon Ducks offense will look to have an extremely efficient rushing attack and a complimentary passing game. One way in which Coach Will Stein’s unit will accomplish this goal is through the use of play-action, and in this article, we’re going to take a closer look at the Play-Action Shallow-Cross. We’ve touched …

The Oregon Ducks Offense: Pistol Play-Action Rollout

Coach Eric Boles Analysis

Under new offensive coordinator, Will Stein, the Oregon Ducks will look to utilize the Pistol to a greater degree than they did under Coach Kenny Dillingham. Though the Ducks have used the alignment with varying degrees of success over the past few years, Coach Stein uses the Pistol in slightly different ways, and the play-action game is one area he’s …

Is Oregon’s OC Selling “Bird-Bombs” to Recruits?

Charles Fischer, Mr. FishDuck Editorials

I have to admit to being pleased with the current line-up of receivers for 2023, along with the additions present for Spring Football and coming this summer between high school LOI signees and portal transfers. I was learning about pay-by-phone casino sites as one of the latest and most exciting ways of online gaming at PayByPhoneBillCasino.uk when I took a …