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Monday, January 17, 2011

A Play Darron Thomas and Lavasier Tuinei Must Master, and other links

Lavasier Tuinei is 6-5 with extraordinarily long arms and good body control.  He catches the ball well in traffic.  He's a former high school basketball player.

He and Darron Thomas should make it a point this off season to work on fade, skinny post and other goal line routes.  Here's a breakdown of the fade play from smartfootball.com.

Oregon struggled in the red zone against Auburn, and mastery of this one-on-one play would give the Ducks another weapon in red zone situations.  Thomas and Tuinei could develop a lot of confidence in each other, perfecting the play in off season drills.  Working against Oregon's talented cornerbacks in 1-on-1 and 3-on-2 drills, Thomas could learn where to position the ball, and the right speeds and trajectories to make maximum advantage of Tuinei's frame and skills.

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