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Previewing the UCLA Bruins defense ahead of Week 5 game vs. Oregon Ducks

UCLA’s strength is the defense, but it needs some help from the offense to stay off the field and not wear down late in games.

The demise of the UCLA defense without their former coordinator D’Anton Lynn seems to have been premature.

While the offense is still struggling to move the ball down the field consistently, the defense is still keeping teams off the scoreboard as best it can.

Indiana had their way with UCLA in both teams’ Big Ten opener ans there was a little lapse at LSU where the Bayou Bengals put up 34 on the board. But that was on the road in SEC country and for the most part, UCLA did a good job. That game was tied 17-17 in the second half.

Coupled with the hot and humid weather plus being on the field way too long, the Bruins’ defense wore down. That seems to be a theme. The offense

isn’t exactly helping out and by the time the second half rolls around, the defense has had enough.

That might be the game plan for the Oregon Ducks as they head down to the Rose Bowl Saturday night to face the 1-2 UCLA team.

It won’t be that easy, however. The Ducks are coming off a bye, and the Bruins feel a little better about themselves despite losing to LSU.

Linebacker Kain Medrano leads the way for the Bruins with his 21 tackles, for for loss and a forced fumble. He’s done is all for UCLA so far and Medrano is one defender to look out for, according to Duck head coach Dan Lanning.

“When he pulls the trigger, he ends up in the backfield quickly. He’s got a good stop-and-go,” Lanning said. “He’s a knock-back tackler. So he’s, you know, he’s able to get guys on the ground when he shows up in special teams. It’s kind of like the kind of guy when he plays with his hair on fire when he’s on the field.”

UCLA has a familiar face in Bryan Addison, a former Duck that transferred out. He already has 14 tackles and a fumble recovery. Lanning says there has been a lot of changes on both sides that playing against Addison or tight end Moliki Matavao shouldn’t have any effect on the outcome.

“It’s been a while since either one of those guys were with us and there’s a new coaching staff and some changes on both sides,” Lanning said. “So certainly, there are some advantages on the same note, you know, I think there’s a lot that’s different. You look at both these teams, you know, both of us, I would call, you know, Game Plan teams.

“We play differently based on the opponent we’re playing each week. So you’ll see some different wrinkles, probably from their side as well as our side. So I don’t know how much that’ll carry over.”

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Former Oregon S Bryan Addison commits to UCLA Bruins

Former Oregon Ducks safety Bryan Addison has announced that he will transfer to the UCLA Bruins.

One of the handful of players to leave the Oregon Ducks and enter the transfer portal this offseason has found a new home. On Tuesday night, safety Bryan Addison announced on social media that he was committing to the UCLA Bruins.

This past year was a bit up and down for Addison, who appeared in the first four games of the year, but then spent the rest of the season away from the team for what head coach Dan Lanning described as “personal reasons.”

In his career, Addison has played in 47 games, totaling 51 tackles and four interceptions.

Addison was a former 4-star recruit who was rated as the No. 106 overall player in the 2018 class. After seeing safety Kamari Ramsey enter the transfer portal earlier this month, the Bruins were in need of another addition in the secondary, and Addison will fill that need with one year of eligibility remaining.

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Safety Bryan Addison to enter the transfer portal

Oregon Ducks safety Bryan Addison is expected to enter the transfer portal after six seasons in Eugene.

One of the veteran-most players on the Oregon Ducks secondary is set to leave the team this offseason.

On Monday morning, it was announced that safety Bryan Addison is going to enter the transfer portal and look for a new team to finish his career with. Addison was on the roster in Eugene for six season, but has one year of eligibility remaining.

This past year was a bit up and down for Addison, who appeared in the first four games of the year, but then spent the rest of the season away from the team for what head coach Dan Lanning described as “personal reasons.”

In his career, Addison has played in 47 games, totaling 51 tackles and four interceptions.

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Dan Lanning offers update on CB Jahlil Florence injury, current status of S Bryan Addison

Dan Lanning offers update on CB Jahlil Florence injury, current status of S Bryan Addison

Oregon’s injury report could be much worse after the 36-33 loss to Washington on Saturday. Several players went out and did not return and had to watch their backups finish the game for them.

But from the sounds of it, the Ducks should be relatively good to go as they prepare to take on Washington State for a 12:30 p.m. PT kickoff on ABC this weekend.

The biggest concern had to have been corner Jahlil Florence, who went out with an apparent arm injury early in the third quarter. Although Twikweze Bridges came on and played well, Oregon could have certainly used Florence in that decisive fourth quarter.

Here’s the early-in-the-week injury report for the Ducks.

The most important safeties to know in the 2023 Pac-12 season

The most important safeties to know in the 2023 Pac-12 season

As we continue our preview of the 2023 college football season in the Pac-12 conference, we are going to shift our focus from individual teams to individual positions. The last several weeks have been spent picking apart each school out west, finding where they improved the most over the offseason, and identifying what realistic expectations should be for them going forward.

You can see them all here: Arizona Wildcats — Arizona State Sun Devils — California Golden Bears — Colorado Buffaloes — Oregon State Beavers — Stanford Cardinal — UCLA Bruins — USC Trojans — Utah Utes — Washington Huskies — Washington State Cougars

Now, we’re going to look at position groups as a whole in the conference. Whether it’s a quarterback or a linebacker, a punter or a safety, there are dozens of highly talented players out west. We want to go through them all, position group by position group, and highlight some of the most important names that fans should know at each spot.

Quarterbacks — Wide Receivers — Running Backs — Tight Ends — Offensive Line — Defensive Line — Linebacker — Cornerbacks

In a conference such as the Pac-12 which has always been heavily pass-first and pro-style in terms of offense, it is only natural that there be a focus on the defensive secondary in order to counter the opposing team’s prolific passers and receivers.

Today, I’ll take a look at who I think are the most important safeties for Pac-12 fans to know ahead of the 2023 season. Some of them are ball hawks, some negate the run, but many are strong hybrids of the two qualities and add a lot to their respective defensive units.

Below are the top safeties in the Pac-12 for 2023:

Length and versatility of Oregon secondary expected to be major asset for Ducks

The Oregon secondary may not be littered with veterans, but they have a lot of length and versatility going into 2022.

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A lot has been written about Oregon’s linebacker group and rightfully so. That position group should be one of the best in the country with Noah Sewell, Justin Flowe, Jeffrey Bassa, and Keith Brown with several other outstanding players.

They should be in opposing quarterbacks’ faces all season long. But according to co-defensive coordinator Matt Powledge, on those rare occasions where those linebackers don’t penetrate the backfield, the Ducks secondary isn’t exactly a piece of cake to get past.

Oregon has so much talent in the secondary that’s it going to be difficult to find playing time for all that deserve it. Powledge thinks he’s found a system to remedy that problem.

“We’re trying to dual-train so we can get the five best players out there and at the same time we can build depth at multiple positions,” he said. “It’s been really good this spring. I think they’ve really taken ownership of some things. I think you’ll see a lot of growth from them this upcoming season.”

Growth might be the key word there as Oregon won’t throw out defenders who are significantly smaller than the receivers they’ll be facing. Bennett Williams is 6-foot-1, Trikweze Bridges is 6-3 and Bryan Addison is 6-4. It’s unusual to have defenders that big and it will present a different component other teams will have to deal with and it won’t be fun for them.

“That’s one of the things that’s really stood out with our secondary. You have Bennett (Williams). You have Trikweze (Bridges). You have Bryan (Addison). Those guys are long and can run and are athletic,” Powledge said. “They also have a great a mental aspect that they bring to the game. Their versatility is really going to help us right now.”

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5 biggest winners of the week for Oregon Ducks after victory over Washington State

Who was the biggest winner for Oregon on Saturday? These 5 players certainly made a good case for the honor.

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For much of the Oregon football season, we’ve rolled out a “stock report” each week where we note which players showed the most improvement, and which players needed some work going forward.

As time went on, that exercise became harder and harder to do as the Ducks continued to play better football.

Take this past week, for instance. Which players would you say had their stock go down? Do you want to tell Noah Sewell he needs to work harder simply because he didn’t record a tackle for seemingly the first time in his career? No, I don’t want to either. The Pac-12 officials need work, and the ESPN camera crew is in desperate desire for new equipment, but outside of that, it’s tough to pinpoint 3-4 areas where we could say the Ducks’ “stock” was down this week.

So instead, we are introducing a new exercise, called the “biggest winners of the week.” Here, we will isolate a handful of players who saw their stock rise in the previous game and deserve some real kudos.

Here are the 5 biggest winners of the week from Oregon’s 38-24 win over Washington State:

Brandon Dorlus

Brandon Dorlus might be the most underrated player on the Oregon defense. Week in and week out, he has a huge impact on the game without having a major presence on the stat sheet. Just last week, against Washington State, Dorlus finished the game with 0 tackles, one pass break-up and one QB hit, but it was among the best games of his season. Check out his pressure on this play that led to a Kayvon Thibodeaux sack:

While the box score may not show his value, it’s hard to ignore it when watching the games.

“Brandon’s a guy that, he’s athletic enough you can put them on the edge and so you got him on one side and KT on the other in some of our packages,” said defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter. “And you know, they’re gonna slide the protection one way one of those guys is going to get a one on one most of time. So he’s somebody that, you know, gives us as a play-caller more options and we’re going to continue to try and take advantage of his ability because he’s shown that he can handle it and he’s very productive.”

On the season, Dorlus has tallied only 17 total tackles and 2.5 sacks, but it’s clear watching that game that he is so much more than numbers in a box score. He may be one of the most valuable players on Oregon’s defense, and it showed on Saturday night.

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