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Willie Taggart talked with the media following his scrimmage at Jesuit high school in Portland (Ore.) on Sunday.The scrimmage was highlighted by a number of big plays from Justin Herbert, Royce Freeman Brady Breeze and others.Roughly 3,000 Duck fans were in attendance on what was a sunny, dry afternoon in the Pacific Northwest.Here's what Taggart told media after the scrimmage concluded.What did you like about it? (The scrimmage)"Well I like touchdowns. I like when the defense takes the ball away from the offense. Trying to teach our guys to play situations, not just play football."What did you think about the turnout today?"It was awesome. Just awesome. The football Gods looked out for us today, we had a beautiful day up here in Portland."Reaction to Terry Wilson transferring?"I wish him nothing but the best."On the Jonsen-Herbert battle and Burmeister's development:"I tell you what all three of those guys are doing really good things. Especially the last two days. One guy do something well and the other guys are trying to do the same thing. They all did some good things today, they all did some bad things. That's part of it. It's only gonna get tighter."On Royce Freeman:"We had some thud periods in there and he delivered a couple of blows. He's getting a great feel for what we are trying to do here. He's just learning to run behind his pads."Posting Depth Chart Each Day:"We just don't want to hide anything from our players. They can all see it every day. They understand they have to bring it every day. We grade every practice. We give it to the whole group. It's on them to go out and make it happen."Practice going as anticipated?"It is I knew some guys would be swimming a little bit. You can tell these last two practices they are getting it and playing more instinctually. Now they are starting to understand what we are doing. Now we are just going to keep going over things right now."Impressions defensively from today:"I thought we started off the scrimmage well. I thought we got tired and lost focus. We had some guys get open due to fatigue. We can't get tired. But I thought we started off strong."On Jordon Scott:"He's really low to the ground, it's hard for guys to get underneath him. And when he's fresh and not tired, he's very powerful. He can change the line of scrimmage."