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Drew Mehringer is Oregon's new offensive coordinator. He will match wits with USC defensive coordinator Gary Patterson this season. Ducks Wire looked for clues regarding how Mehringer might tweak Oregon's offense in 2026.
"That doesn't mean that Mehringer has his hands tied as a play-caller, and that he is bound to do things the same way both Kenny Dillingham and Will Stein did. His own wrinkles can be added, but the core of the system will stay the same. Over the next year, Mehringer may show a propensity to lean on the deep ball, or out-routes, or comebacks; no matter what his "thing" is, you can still expect the Ducks' offense to rely heavily on the run and on finding success through chunk plays. Many fans rejoiced after the Oregon spring game when it became clear that the number of bubble screens and negative-yard throws had been reduced, a sticking point for many during the Stein regime. Are they completely out of the offense? Probably not, but being less reliant on them may be part of the Mehringer regime.
"'This offseason, we're going to add new things that we haven't done in the past, and build off of that and build to our players' skill set,' Lanning said. 'But this is something that will always be growing, always be changing, but always be consistent.'"
It will be up to Gary Patterson to identify the core principles in Oregon's offense and begin to see how Drew Mehringer operates within them. This chess match is central to USC's attempt to knock off the Ducks in the biggest game of the Trojans' season.
This article originally appeared on Trojans Wire: Drew Mehringer might tweak Oregon's offense vs Gary Patterson and USC
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"That doesn't mean that Mehringer has his hands tied as a play-caller, and that he is bound to do things the same way both Kenny Dillingham and Will Stein did. His own wrinkles can be added, but the core of the system will stay the same. Over the next year, Mehringer may show a propensity to lean on the deep ball, or out-routes, or comebacks; no matter what his "thing" is, you can still expect the Ducks' offense to rely heavily on the run and on finding success through chunk plays. Many fans rejoiced after the Oregon spring game when it became clear that the number of bubble screens and negative-yard throws had been reduced, a sticking point for many during the Stein regime. Are they completely out of the offense? Probably not, but being less reliant on them may be part of the Mehringer regime.
"'This offseason, we're going to add new things that we haven't done in the past, and build off of that and build to our players' skill set,' Lanning said. 'But this is something that will always be growing, always be changing, but always be consistent.'"
It will be up to Gary Patterson to identify the core principles in Oregon's offense and begin to see how Drew Mehringer operates within them. This chess match is central to USC's attempt to knock off the Ducks in the biggest game of the Trojans' season.
This article originally appeared on Trojans Wire: Drew Mehringer might tweak Oregon's offense vs Gary Patterson and USC
Continue reading...
