Dan Lanning breaks down first spring scrimmage for Oregon Ducks

With just a couple of weeks left until the annual Spring Game, the Oregon Ducks football team is finding out a lot about itself and head coach Dan Lanning likes what he's seeing. Lanning met with the local media on Saturday and discussed a variety of topics and while coaches always see things their team can work on, Lanning says his Ducks are in a good place at the moment. There's some stiff competition on the field between the offense and the defense, but that competition is breeding great team chemistry off the field, which has never been a problem while Lanning has been in Eugene.

Right now, the team is relatively healthy, which is always good to see, and with spring camp winding down, players are looking forward to getting better over the summer and to being ready for fall camp in just a few months. While there are a lot of returners from last year's squad that made the College Football Playoff semifinals, the Ducks feature plenty of young talent on the roster that is expected to contribute in a meaningful way sooner rather than later. That learning curve for those freshmen and redshirts is becoming shorter and shorter as the years go on.

Opening Statement Dan Lanning: All right, really good day at practice. Thought the guys did a good job of being physical. I mean, we were tackling out there today, and they were doing a good job of protective teammates, but still maintaining the physicality necessary to go out there and have success and good back and forth, some good competition throughout the day.

So really good opportunity to give to the film and evaluate that. Dante this spring vs Dante last spring Question: Can you compare from last year going into the spring game, the first spring scrimmage with Dante (Moore), to this year, having a year under his belt as the starter? What are some of the differences you saw without looking at the film?