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Oregon Ducks coach Dan Lanning discuss their returning defensive line. Lanning talks about how the returning starters have to set a standard and he said not only will the returning starters play but other guys will play too, he also talks about the starters on the defensive line coming back shows maturity.
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00:06Returning all four starters in the defensive line,
00:08I guess we haven't really talked to you since.
00:10What's your reaction to that,
00:11and what foundation does that provide for a defense?
00:14Well, those guys have to be in charge of setting the standard,
00:16and any healthy defensive line is going to have a lot of guys
00:19that are able to play and rotate,
00:20so it's not going to be just those four up front.
00:22For us to be the team that we have to be,
00:23you're going to see a lot of guys step out there
00:25on the defensive line for us, but those guys coming back,
00:27I think it all speaks to the maturity of their decision on,
00:30hey, there's an opportunity for me to improve.
00:32There's some things that I still want to go accomplish here at Oregon,
00:34and we expect them to be a piece that can really help us get there.
00:40Returning a lot of receivers,
00:42especially a group that saw some injuries.
00:44Losing Malik, though, how do you guys go into an offseason
00:48losing that deep threat, and how do you guys kind of come out of it
00:51knowing who you have downfield?
00:53Yeah, I mean, that's what spring ball is about.
00:55We're going to figure out who can be that deep threat,
00:57but I always think Malik did an unbelievable job here,
00:59and I'm really excited for his opportunity at the next level
01:02because he certainly deserves it.
01:03But as the season started, he hadn't become that.
01:06People will fall into roles and take advantage of roles
01:09when they take advantage of opportunities.
01:11So we're going to figure out who takes advantage of the opportunity
01:13to press the ball down the field and go attack it like Malik did.
01:22Come to the next episode.
01:23You
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