For the first time in a week, the Oregon Ducks will be taking an off-day on Wednesday. While players and coaches will still go through meetings and be watching film at the Hatfield-Dowlin Complex, they won’t be taking the field for a scheduled practice in the afternoon.
Instead, head coach Dan Lanning wants his team to focus on resting, recovering, and recharging the batteries, both physical and mental.
“I think that’s really important,” Lanning said on Tuesday. “You know, people don’t get enough sleep at fall camp. People stay up here ’til 1 AM. That’s not what we need as coaches or players.”
The off-day also gives media members a chance to take a step back and look at some of the things that might not have been covered over the past few days with endless news coming out of the program. To start, we wanted to take a look at some of the best photos from the first five days a practice. Here were our favorites: