: Outdoor practice fields: Full padsLate in Oregon's football practice Tuesday, a scout-team wide receiver ran a vertical route, and was bracketed by two defensive backs. UO cornerbacks coachand safeties coacheagerly looked on, anticipating how their players would defend the impending throw when … nothing.Looking back to the line of scrimmage, the scout-team quarterback had been swarmed by the Ducks' front seven. Still, the QB needed to provide the chance for the secondary to get a good look at a route Bowling Green might use in Oregon's season opener Saturday (5 p.m., Pac-12 Network)."Throw the ball!" Williams shouted. "You gotta throw the ball!"The QB could be forgiven for losing focus given all the big, explosive defenders crashing down on him. Oregon enters Saturday's opener armed to the teeth up front on defense, led byandup the middle, and seniorsandoff the edge. The scout-team offense got constant reminders of that Tuesday, with the Ducks in full pads and drilling down into the game plan against the Falcons."They want a look on the back end, but it's alway eye-opening when you have to tell the defensive guys to slow down a little bit," Dye said. "If we can get pressure on the quarterback and force throws, that will help out a lot."The Ducks are confident in their cornerbacks, but anyone unfamiliar with the personnel might look at the depth chart, see sophomoresandstarting, with freshmenandas backups, and think, "That's a lot of youth at corner. Let's test them." But that's a lot of talented youth, for one thing. And for another, they'll have a lot of help from the big guys up front."No one likes getting bombed on the entire game, and that happens when you can't get enough pressure," Dye said. "If we can do what we need to do and be great up front, it'll be great for the secondary, too."Associate head coach and co-defensive coordinatoris charged with coaching up the defensive line. He has liked the progress from his guys in preseason camp."We had to get a little more confident in what we do, and the scheme and the technique that we play, by position," Salave'a said. "The one thing we harped on was playing hard, playing together, and the guys — to their credit — have stepped up and worked hard. They look different, they think differently."Unlike most other positions, the defensive line on the depth chart released by the Ducks on Monday was pretty straight-forward — Scott, Jelks andas the starters, backed up byand. But Salave'a said his position is as competitive as any other, in the days leading up to Saturday's game."It's an NFL thing; you've got to prove it every day," Salave'a said. "You're going to see a couple wrinkles in our rotation here and there, and part of that is just making sure our guys are not in that 'set' mode. It will never be finalized. We continue to evaluate, and guys who do it right on a consistent basis are guys who are going to get to play."opened the 7-on-7 period with a beautiful deep ball thatcaught over his shoulder. Later,connected withfor a touchdown, after the drill moved down into the red zone. …hauled in a deep TD pass from Herbert in a team period against scouts, andmade a great adjustment on the ball to catch a pass fromalong the sideline. Addison's catch radius is freakishly large. … The defense faced off against scouts in the red zone, and Scott picked up a muffed exchange at about the 5-yard line; the play was blown dead, denying everyone the chance to see if "Fat Mac" could rumble all 95 yards the other way. Lenoir added an interception in that drill. … In pass-rush drills, Scott andlocked up for a couple of pitched battles, anddid an impressive job tying up Faoliu off the line. The quickness of OLBgave blockers some trouble. …During a team period against the offensive scouts at midfield, the safeties showed off their ballhawking skills, asandall hauled in interceptions. … The scouts did manage to win a few reps here and there, withhittinga couple times in 7-on-7, and later completing a TD pass toin the red zone.also shined on a rep in 7-on-7; he was deep downfield and the QB was under pressure, so Webb jabbed a finger into the air to signal, "just throw it up and I'll get it." The QB obliged, and Webb did as well, winning a jump ball against a defender. …first attempt in a punt drill was an absolute bomb. Backupdoesn't consistently get quite the distance Maimone does, but his placement and hang time are really impressive.: UO coachis intent on taking advantage of Oregon's full stable of running backs, and that was on display Tuesday. All the listed backups got reps with the travel squad; that included, who missed some time earlier in camp but was running really hard Tuesday, and also had a great block on a perimeter pass to spring a receiver. … The safety group also used a lot of guys with the travel squad.andwere in tandem on the scout team but at one point moved over to the defense's field, with Holland and McGraw filling in for them as scouts. … The Ducks went "good on good" extensively, as Cristobal said he intends to do throughout this season. At the end of both 7-on-7 and 11-on-11 periods, the offense and defense would come together on the same field to face off against each other rather than the scout teams.Co-defensive coordinator