: Outdoor practice fields: Helmets and shortsIf there was a single improvement most Oregon football fans would like to see from 2018 to 2019, it would be securing more catches by the receivers and tight ends. Through two days of preseason camp,seems singularly focused on turning those wishes into reality.Pittman, the former four-star recruit with over 3,000 career receiving yards in high school, followed up a consistent day catching the ball Friday with the play of the day in Saturday's practice. Running deep down the left sideline, he laid out for a deep ball right in front of the couple hundred UO fans on hand for Fan Day.After flying parallel to the ground while reaching for the ball, Pittman fell to the turf and secured the catch. The crowd exploded."Mycah has come out and built off his spring," UO offensive coordinatorsaid of the freshman, who enrolled at the university for its spring quarter, midway through the football team's spring practices. "That's where I think that it pays dividends to come in and get those practices in spring, and then go into summer and be able to run and play with confidence."It's really a tribute to how he's worked and the ability he's shown, and then let alone his just innate ability to play football. He loves the game; he plays it well."Pittman has generally been playing with the second-team offense through two days of practice, in the slot. The first-team guy at that position is junior, who happens to be the Ducks' top returning receiver. So, it will be interesting to see in the coming days if coaches move around some chess pieces to get both on the field together, given that they appear to be two of the very best receivers on the team.Graduate transfercontinues to make a case for playing time with the first string as well; he had a nifty one-handed catch Saturday in a 1-on-1 period.also had a highlight play in that period, cutting off a route and leaping in front of a defender to make a reception. (In both cases the defender was, and the difficulty of those catches illustrates what sort of effort it takes to beat Lenoir on a route these days).A year ago, the Ducks were dogged by drops to the tune of 52 over the course of the season. Head coachsaid the team's internal data from spring practices showed that drops were down in March and April. Through two days of preseason camp, the trend seems to be continuing."They came off last season knowing a lot of things we had to improve at all positions," Arroyo said. "And those guys did a nice job responding. They did a really good job in the spring, a great job over the summer and you can tell coming out to camp, that's a key to victory for us at their position. And they've done a nice job responding.": The offense seemed more crisp Saturday, with a day of practice reps under their belts. On the first play of a 3-on-2 drill,went over the top to Redd for the sort of explosion play we didn't see very often Friday. … A couple of walk-on guys made their presence felt in that period defensively, with safetybreaking up a deep ball andknocking away the pass on an underneath route. … Freshmenandearned kudos from coaches during 1-on-1 drills. Bridges gave up a reception, but it came after Bridges had "re-routed" the receiver, forcing him off his intended line. In a game, that would have led the quarterback to immediately look elsewhere, a coach said in encouraging Bridges on the play. …continues to be the defensive version of Pittman, a freshman who fills up the highlight reel. Playing field safety and in the nickel spot, Hill had a diving interception in the first 11-on-11 period of the day and later in the period drifted back to tap away a deep ball over his head. …made the most of a broken play in that 11-on-11 session, buying time and then hittingdeep down the field. Waters finished off the play in the end zone for a touchdown.: The offensive line spent the day withat right tackle, bumpinginside to guard anddown to the second unit. It's generally understood that either Warmack or Aiello will be the fifth starting offensive lineman, albeit at different positions, making their battle for playing time one to watch all month. … Competition for spots at linebacker behindandinvolves a bunch of guys battling to be in the two deep, and the intensity was on display at one point Saturday when guys from the same position group started barking at each other and had to be separated by coaches. Competitive fire burning hot already. … The Ducks held their Fan Day celebration after practice, signing autographs in the Moshofsky Center. Sunday's practice will be held in the evening, and the team will be off Monday before resuming camp Tuesday in shells.Offensive coordinatorDefensive coordinator