A quick bit of analysis from Pro Football Focus on what Vernon Adams has showcased in his brief career at Oregon. Sam Monson writes about Adams' inability to see open targets and lead open receivers as two of his biggest deficiencies.

Through two games, Adams has earned negative scores in each game, according to PFF.

You can practically guarantee quarterbacks in this system will grade well because it is such an aid to their play, and yet over his first two starting games Adams has graded negatively in each — -1.8 against Eastern Washington (not exactly a powerhouse defense) and -2.5 against Michigan State. Adams possesses flaws that Mariota did not have in the same offense. The first is that he is much more of a “see it” kind of passer. He doesn’t like putting the ball in the air before he sees a guy that is open, eschewing guys who will come open because they aren’t at the point he wants to put the ball in the air. In the NFL it’s extremely difficult to get by without that anticipation, but even in college it will cost you big plays. He also allows himself to get put off passes if he sees someone anywhere between the ball and the target. This offense is about getting the ball to its skill position players in a space where they can do damage. Sometimes that will involve needing to get the pass over an unblocked defender, but on at least two occasions against Michigan State, Adams pulled the ball down rather than put it over a defender to hit his receiver in space. On both occasions it killed the play, while his intended target was open for a potentially significant gain.

Inaccuracy and quick feet are perhaps two more characteristics that are hurting Adams' play thus far.

Too often Adams will spook himself from a clean pocket and take off. This was something unfairly thrown at Mariota last year, but he actually worked the pocket a lot longer and more consistently than Adams before bailing and trying to improvise. Rather than work through his progression and find the open guy, Adams tends to take off if he can’t see somebody open early. There were multiple occasions against the Spartans where you would find open receivers with their arms up trying to catch his attention at the moment he decides to bail on the pocket and try to make something happen with his legs. These aren’t unusual flaws, and they are shared by many spread-offense quarterbacks. What made Mariota great was that he didn’t suffer from them — at least not often. What is perhaps the biggest issue for Adams right now is basic inaccuracy.

From my angle I'm not sure of the inaccuracy is more of a bi-product of his injured finger or his normal trait. There clearly isn't enough footage of Adams in Oregon's system to make a final determination.

One thing is certain, Mark Helfrich and Scott Frost are confident enough in Adams to give him the keys to the Ferrari in just a few, short weeks.