The Oregon Ducks survived a trip to the desert over the weekend, and they did so in an impressive fashion.
While blowing out a team like the Arizona Wildcats may not seem like a big deal on paper, knowing the Ducks’ history playing in Tucson, mixed with all of the weird vibes that we out and about on Saturday — Utah got upset by UCLA, Washington got upset by Arizona State, USC was in a dogfight with Washington State — made this blowout pretty satisfying for Oregon fans to watch.
It also gave us another chance to see a number of depth players take the field in the second half and presented an opportunity for a usage report piece.
As we often do, we wanted to take a look at the snap counts according to Pro Football Focus and see what we can glean from the information. This week, it gave us a couple of answers as far as depth charts go, and some positive news as far as the development of one important defensive player goes.
There were 72 total offensive snaps in the game for Oregon and 73 defensive snaps. Here’s the usage report, followed by a few takeaways, from Week 6: