VA and the Ducks against the mighty Spartans.

[billings_poke]

adams is not a breakaway running threat at fbs level. too slow andvthat will hurt oregon offense. good qb but not great

 

[first11]

adams is not a breakaway running threat at fbs level. too slow andvthat will hurt oregon offense. good qb but not great

His speed at FBS level is a concern, one click slower makes a huge difference. I am impressed with his quick grasp of ducks schemes in a few weeks. He is a serviceable qb in that system and a good enough athlete to run it. Oregons offense however surprises no one as good d coordinators pretty much figure it out....way too much speed on d side on upper levels of FBS now. VA will need to continually adjust to a faster game.

 

[LongTimeCatFan]

adams is not a breakaway running threat at fbs level. too slow andvthat will hurt oregon offense. good qb but not great

He's still fast, he just hesitates a lot. He seemed very nervous and unsure of what he should be doing.

Oh and I didn't see a lot of prancing and dancing around like he usually does.

I bet by the end of the season, he'll feel like a member of the team and he'll get back to his cocky bullshit again.

 

[IdaGriz01]

adams is not a breakaway running threat at fbs level. too slow and that will hurt oregon offense. good qb but not great

His speed at FBS level is a concern, one click slower makes a huge difference. I am impressed with his quick grasp of ducks schemes in a few weeks. He is a serviceable qb in that system and a good enough athlete to run it. Oregon's offense however surprises no one as good d coordinators pretty much figure it out....way too much speed on d side on upper levels of FBS now. VA will need to continually adjust to a faster game.

Oregon's offense may not offer any surprises, but only one opponent last year held them to less than 38 points and they put 50-60 on several. And it was not by any means just Mariota piling up those points

Now Adams is no Mariota, and almost certainly never will be, even if [when?] he adjusts to the difference in speed. Again, let's not overlook the fact that Oregon put 28 points on the #5 team in the country, and fell just one FG short, on the road. And Michigan State's strength is really its defense.