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Lions News: Oregon OL coach explains how Penei Sewell dictates games
If you are a football fan that likes to follow offensive and defensive line play, chances are you have heard of Brandon Thorn. Whether it’s his Substack “Trench Warfare” or his work at Establish the Run, Thorn is has put in the work to become one of the most respected voices in the community. All of this also helped earn him earn an invite to Duke Manyweather’s “OL Masterminds” summit.
Naturally, Thorn really enjoys breaking down a Detroit Lions player you often read about on Pride of Detroit—first team All-Pro right tackle Penei Sewell. Honestly, who wouldn’t?
So when Oregon’s offensive line coach, A’lique Terry (who was a graduate assistant that worked with the OL when Sewell was in college), joined his show, you knew it was only a matter of time until Sewell’s named was mentioned.
“We say all the time, it’s not a hog game anymore,” said Terry of the evolution of offensive linemen. “We want big lions. We want big cats, We want dudes that can run, jump, explode.”
Much like Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson has made it a point to get Sewell into space, it was even a point of emphasis for the staff in Eugene as well.
“It got to a point where the OC (offensive coordinator) at the time was making sure we called a screen a quarter to get Penei out into space. You can utilize your biggest athletes in the game plan.”
You can watch the entire clip from Thorn and Terry below:
Oregon Ducks O-Line coach @105CoachTerry on Penei Sewell on how the staff featured him in the game plan to maximize such a special talent. So much wisdom and foresight here from one of the youngest and best line coaches in the game.
“It’s not a hog game anymore, we want big… pic.twitter.com/92jgbvqhJK
— Brandon Thorn (@BrandonThornNFL) July 7, 2024
And now, onto the rest of today’s notes:
- Okay, Chris. We are listening.
It is officially football season. I am studying the 4 teams on our opening weekend, Chiefs, Ravens, Lions, and Rams. I would like to experiment with an X discussion on those 4 teams. Fans of teams are usually good subject matter experts. If interested, let’s go.
— Cris Collinsworth (@CollinsworthPFF) July 7, 2024
Ok, start with the Lions. I loved 1st Rd CB Terrion Arnold to go with the Bucs Carlton Davis. And if DJ Reader is healthy, Alim McNeil may be unstoppable up front. Really good off-season.
— Cris Collinsworth (@CollinsworthPFF) July 7, 2024
- Lions’ quarterback Jared Goff was money inside the redzone during the 2023 season.
highest rate of red zone incompletions due to inaccurate passes:
60% – Deshaun Watson
59%
58%
57%
56%
55%
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50% – Mac Jones
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45% – Joshua Dobbs
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42% – Sam Howell, Gardner Minshew
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40% – Daniel Jones
39% – Kenny Pickett, Desmond Ridder
38% -…— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) July 6, 2024
- I didn’t even need to read the caption. When I see Jahmyr Gibbs, I retweet.
Oregon
Will No. 13 Oregon men’s basketball be able to slow down Braden Smith, No. 17 Purdue?
EUGENE — By far Oregon’s biggest remaining home game this season, a top 20 clash with two-time reigning Big Ten champion Purdue carries significant stakes.
The No. 13 Ducks (15-2, 4-2 Big Ten) are ahead of the No. 17 Boilermakers in the polls, but behind them in the conference standings and NET entering Saturday’s game (12 p.m., NBC) at Matthew Knight Arena.
Both teams could use the Quadrant 1 win to improve their respective resumes come Selection Sunday, with Purdue (14-4, 6-1) arguably in bigger need of the road victory with all of its losses coming away from home. But as jockeying at the top of the Big Ten intensifies these are the matchups that will go a long way to determining the top four seeds in the conference tournament, which all receive double byes.
Oregon
Second man dies after being washed out to sea by king tides on Oregon Coast
King tides on the Oregon Coast 2025
People travel to the Oregon Coast to watch the king tides.
A Happy Valley man died Wednesday after being washed out to sea by abnormally high tides just south of Depoe Bay.
It’s the second fatal incident blamed on the so-called “king tides” — the largest tides of the season — this winter.
Hong B Su, 45, was fishing on the rocks of the shoreline at the north end of Otter Crest Loop when he was “washed out to sea by a wave” at roughly 2:04 p.m., according to Oregon State Police.
Su was in the water for approximately 39 minutes before he was recovered by the United States Coast Guard. He was pronounced deceased when he reached the Depoe Bay Coast Guard station.
The tides were near their highest level of the month on Wednesday. The peak of the king tides was recorded on Jan. 12 at 9.84 feet in Newport, and on the day Su was swept into the sea, Jan. 15, they were just a bit lower at 9.33 feet, according to the National Weather Service. On Friday, high tide was under 8 feet. King tides is an unofficial term for the highest tides of the year.
In December, a 72-year-old North Bend man who went to photograph the king tides at the beach also died after apparently being swept into the surf. His body was recovered nearly a month later in Haynes Inlet.
Zach Urness has been an outdoors reporter in Oregon for 16 years and is host of the Explore Oregon Podcast. He can be reached at zurness@StatesmanJournal.com or (503) 399-6801. Find him on X at @ZachsORoutdoors.
Oregon
What Gonzaga’s Mark Few said after loss vs. Oregon State
Putting the ball in the basket didn’t seem to be a problem for Gonzaga during Thursday night’s battle with Oregon State in Corvallis, Oregon.
The issue for the Bulldogs (14-5, 5-1 WCC), however, was on the other end of the floor. Led by 29 points from Michael Rataj and 20 from Nate Kingz, the Beavers (14-4, 4-2 WCC) made 58.5% of their field goal attempts to outlast the Zags in a 97-89 overtime final from Gill Coliseum.
“[Oregon State] made shots and [isolated] guys and posted us,” Gonzaga head coach Mark Few said of the Beavers’ attack strategy after the game. “And when we did guard them well, they hit some tough shots [and] some tough pull-ups.”
Here’s more from Few after the loss.
On Gonzaga’s struggles defensively against Oregon State:
“We played really, really good offense. We just could not get consistent stops for longer stretches. Came out in the second half with more intensity on the defensive end. [The Beavers] were still able to get some tough shots. I mean they had some real backbreakers, the bank 3 and contested 3. Even when we did play good defense, they were able to knock in some really tough shots. You almost have to play perfect on offense when you’re playing defense like that.”
On Graham Ike’s big night:
“He was great. Graham was terrific. He delivered time and time again in a high-level game against a very good, physical, big postman. You know, you also got a guard at the other end too. So again, our offense wasn’t the problem — our defense was at pretty much all five spots.”
On the positives the Bulldogs can take from the loss:
“We competed, great environment, fought, dug our way back in after our slow start; played some good ball there in the middle of the second half. We just had a couple of possessions, I think we missed a lay-up on one of those; and then again, just not even some of the stops, we foul a lot off the ball. We fouled on the ball. They were able to get critical free throws when they were in the bonus, and you just can’t do that.”
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