: Autzen Stadium: ScrimmageLess than three weeks out from the 2016 season opener, Sept. 3 against UC Davis, the Oregon football team practiced inside Autzen Stadium on Tuesday, the first major scrimmage of this preseason camp.UO head coachdeemed the exercise "a typical first scrimmage, in that both sides of the ball had some fireworks and both sides have a ton of stuff to repair." The offense produced nine touchdowns during the 90-minute practice, primarily in red-zone situations, while the defense forced five turnovers. Special teams produced a punt return touchdown and a blocked field goal, and the officials on hand threw eight or nine flags, mostly for procedural issues and holding on the offense.Of the nine offensive touchdown possessions, four were directed by graduate transfer, "the most consistent so far" of the Ducks' four quarterbacks, Helfrich said. True freshmandirected four other touchdown drives, and redshirt freshmanproduced one on what he called "not my best day."With first-string running backand several other veteran skill position players sitting out,andhandled the rushing load, and combined for three touchdowns. Prukop threw for a score, to, and ran for another, while Herbert closed strong with late touchdowns toand, two darts thrown through narrow gaps in the defense.The first extended scrimmage period gave the offense possession at the 50-yard line, looking to drive to a score. On the first play, Brooks-James took a handoff, evaded a lineman in the backfield, split blocks byandand then dodged a safety in the open field before racing to the end zone."I definitely came out ready to play; coach Campbell told us it would be mostly me and Taj, and we had to come out with the right mindset," Brooks-James said. "I definitely feel like I've had a pretty good camp, but hey, you never know until it's over."From there, though,'s defense stiffened. On five more possessions beginning at the 50, the offense didn't score again; Jonsen drove his group into position for a 43-yard field-goal attempt, but it was blocked by, who had several impressive efforts on special teams in the scrimmage."We started off slow," WILL linebackersaid. "We had some mental errors, missed assignments, and the offense capitalized. It took us longer than I want for us to play in unison and crack down on what we need to."After some special teams drills, the offense spent several minutes trying to convert second-and-long situations. Prukop and Herbert each converted the scenario twice; on successive reps late in the drill, each scrambled on third down and slid to a stop after gaining the first down.In an end-of-half drill, given one shot at the end zone before settling for a field-goal attempt, Prukop was the only QB to convert, on a TD pass to. The final period was a desperation, end-of-game scenario, and in that one Herbert was the only QB to convert, identifying a miscommunication in the secondary and hitting Eugenio in stride for the score.The final play of the scrimmage was a long pick-six by freshman safety, though because it was an end-of-game drill in which the defense was protecting a lead, returning the interception was a risky venture.andhad interceptions earlier in the scrimmage on tipped balls,recovered a fumbled punt return and McDowell stripped Griffin in the red zone before falling on the ball for another fumble recovery.That was one of two red-zone stops by the defense in five attempts, the other coming whensackedThe offense scored in the red-zone drill on a rushing TD by Griffin with Prukop at QB, a Jonsen TD pass to Ofodile and Herbert's laser tofrom about 11 yards out.Herbert's scrimmage performance continued what has been an encouraging preseason camp so far for the graduate of Eugene's Sheldon High."I feel pretty good about it," Herbert said. "The first couple sessions (of the scrimmage) I had to get adjusted to the surroundings; I'm used to watching games from Section 12 out there, so I had to come down here, relax and find my rhythm. …"I've really wanted to focus on getting the offense down. That's the first step: understanding the reads, the plays, the signs. It's really complex and it's taken a lot of work. It'll take a lot more work, but it's something I will get down.": Along with his interception, Myers had a nice pass breakup downfield a few minutes later, though he was also flagged for holding over the course of the scrimmage. …returned a punt at least 80 yards for a touchdown, though he was also later stripped on a return, the fumble Kampmoyer recovered. … Sacks are hard to track given the no-contact rule for quarterbacks, butandwere in on a couple each. ...Before the scrimmage got underway, the Ducks held a couple periods of position drills. In 1-on-1s, Darren Carrington showed off his crazy body control, tipping a pass in midair then twisting around to haul it in, all despite being blanketed byalso won a rep, getting vertical against: The first scrimmage is always a good chance to get an idea of which newcomers are in the mix for playing time on special teams.played on the kickoff, punt and punt return units Tuesday. Freshmenandalso played extensively on those units. …, after making a clutch field goal Monday, missed his first two attempts Tuesday before rallying to make the rest. … One offensive line grouping I hadn't noticed before includedat right tackle,at right guard andat center, where he snapped without issues in the scrimmage.A couple looks at pre-scrimmage warmups, first of the linebackers:And also the freshman quarterbacks:Head coachQuarterback