Editor, GoDucks.com
Venue: Outdoor practice fields
Format: Full pads
Typically when an Oregon football practice wraps up, Mark Helfrich addresses the team and then players break into groups for a word from their position coaches – the outside linebackers being the exception. (Erik Chinander reserves his comments for the meeting room.)
Monday morning was different. Once Helfrich was done with the full team, junior quarterback Jeff Lockie gathered the entire offense together for a pep talk. Monday’s practice included a few periods in which the offense tried to drive the ball down the field, rather than running plays from the same spot, and the defense consistently kept the offense off the scoreboard.