I bet he goes somewhere with an established QB, the Ducks don't have a qb with much experience which could be hard if a receiver is hoping to make the jump to the NFL after next season.
Not sure what happened to Cardwell this year. Going into the season a lot of Duck media types were hyping up. He rarely got any snaps even during the times he was healthy and available.
what was going on with Cardwell is he got seriously overrated. A way too upright runner who looked good a few times, but was no match for Irving and Whittington. He also just couldn't stay healthy
Are you just speculating? Reports are that he's probably East Coast bound for somewhere alot closer to where he grew up. STOMP
I read a rivals insider saying that Oregon is likely to lose 10-15 guys to the portal this year, so more are coming. I think thats just the way it's going to work as kids look to maximize their opportunities. A look back at the brief history of it shows that Oregon has gained more then it's lost though, including the two RBs who took the vast majority of snaps this season. STOMP
Nix, their top 2 RBs, 2nd best WR, top CB & many depth guys were portal giveths for this season alone. Can anyone come up with anything similar from the taketh column? Even historically compiling, I can't come up with anything remotely comparable. STOMP
I wonder what the biggest transfer out class has been. Just seems like a lot at least in the past couple weeks. You're way more dialed in to these things than I am, so I'll take my silly play on words and beaver tail out of this thread and go naw on some wood.
Biggest for the Ducks or anyone? I don't have numbers to back this up, but the 2020 Covid year not counting against player eligibility has resulted in more guys competing for spots and (I suspect) a ripple effect of more transfers for the following years. I know all the movement wears on some fans, but I like that the athletes have options to pursue their dreams. Some good speculation from rivals insiders... it appears that the verbals in Oregon's 2023 class are remaining solid despite OC Dillingham's departure. We shall see as the early window where most guys commit is three weeks away. STOMP
so far, the Ducks who have announced intention to enter the portal, have mostly been expected. * Seven McGee was in the portal a year ago and withdrew. He just couldn't break into the rotation. He's a tweener: too small for a RB and too slow for a WR. Sean Dollars is quite a bit better. That he's back in the portal is no surprise at all * Cardwell was inevitable and completely expected. His parents, mostly his mom, have been pushing him out for a while. He couldn't get healthy, and even when he did, he was not as talented as the RB's ahead of him. For a flawed, upright RB he became rally overrated among part of the fan base. Very unlikely he'll be missed * Dont'e Thornton has been posting cryptic tweets hinting at transfer for months. So far, he's just another one of those guys who flashes a lot of potential without delivering. He had 25% of his receptions and 40% of his receiving yards in one game. 17 receptions, 360 yards, 1 TD; not exactly great numbers. He's the only transfer so far, that will possibly be missed, and it wouldn't take much of a WR transferring in to offset Thornton's loss * it was inevitable that a QB would enter the portal. Butterfield got his name in first. Considering how shaky Ty Thompson looked, that Butterfield couldn't climb above Thompson in the rotation says a lot about Butterfield and not much of it is good. No loss, and the double-factor of NIL and the transfer portal means that a lot of QB's will be moving every off-season what could happen is that Ty Thompson will enter the portal too; and Bo Nix decides to go to the NFL and not risk injury in a meaningless bowl game. Leaving the Ducks with Jake Van Dyne & Marcus Sanders as their QB's....yikes! Braxton Burmeister part 2 6 months ago, it seemed inevitable that Bo Nix was a one-and-done. That still may be the case as it's unlikely he'll improve his draft status by returning to Oregon for another year. But he's had a couple of interviews lately where he's actually hinted that coming back for one more year isn't far-fetched, at all. I've seen some 'semi-informed' speculation that Nix got around 800K in NIL this year and the Ducks are working on a package that's bigger than that for next season plus a very attractive 'insurance-against-injury' policy my hunch is that the losses along the OLine and the departure of Dillingham will be hard to overcome in terms of getting Nix to come back. I doubt he wants to spend a 5th year running for his life again like he did for 3 seasons at Auburn, although I don't think the OLine will be closes to Auburn bad, especially if Klemm stays Lanning really needs to hit another home run in his hire of the next OC. That would very likely lock in Dante Moore and Jurrion Dickey. Maybe just as important is keeping Kenyon Saddiq and Dante Dowdell locked in. And it might actually be a factor for Nix. That hire needs to happen sooner rather than later too
