The Oregon Ducks football program has faced off against its fair share of great quarterbacks in its history. One just has to go down the list of Pac-10/12 quarterbacks such as John Elway, Aaron Rodgers, Carson Palmer and many others.
When the college football season begins on Saturday, the Ducks will be facing a quarterback that already has a national championship under his belt. Whether or not that translates into all-time greatness for Georgia’s Stetson Bennett remains to be seen. But according to Oregon coach Dan Lanning, confidence isn’t an issue.
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“Stetson exudes confidence, right, he’s a really confident player,” Lanning said in his press conference on Monday night. “He knows what he knows, he’s very intelligent. There’s not a throw he doesn’t feel like he can’t make and obviously he’s elusive, you know when he’s in the pocket and the way he’s able to move and extend plays. So yeah, I’ve got a lot of respect for Stetson, because he got it the long hard way, right? Nothing was handed to him. You know, this guy went and earned it. He earned the respect of his teammates and his coaching staff.”
Lanning should know since he has not only seen Bennett in every game he has played in, but the Duck coach has witnessed him in every single practice. There won’t be a better know quantity to Lanning this season as Bennett, which should be a huge advantage for the Ducks in their game preparation this week.
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The key words in that quotes are, “doesn’t think he can’t make.” Lanning knows what throws Bennett can and can’t make, so watch for the Ducks to try to bait the senior into a throw he thinks he can make, but can’t. And when he does, the Oregon defense will be there to make Bennett pay for his mistakes.
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