Urban Meyer Raves About Oregon Ducks Offense, Will Stein

"So Oregon, right now is by far, in my opinion, the number one most difficult offense to defend. Why? Number one, great players down the field. Number two, schematically, they're great. Number three, they do something more than I can remember in recent history. They run something called deceptives, more trick plays. A deceptive is you show something and you do something much different," Meyer said on FOX's Big Noon Kickoff before the Oregon vs. Northwestern game.

"Whenever an offense, when we were game planning, I would always carry maybe two to three, think about this, two to three per week," Meyer said. "Against Oklahoma State, Oregon in the first 27 plays ran five deceptives."

The Ducks beat the Cowboys 69-3, and Oregon's offense scored two touchdowns on their first three plays of the game: a 59-yard touchdown rush by running back Noah Whittington and a 65-yard touchdown pass from Moore to freshman wide receiver Dakorien Moore.

"You're game planning during the week and coaches say, 'Let's run this trick play or deceptive.' I would always ask a coach, 'How expensive is it?" said Meyer.

"And here's what I mean by expensive. Number one is it cheap, is that easy? It's low risk, it's minimal players involved, like a quarterback and receiver. Then you have medium. That's like a reverse, where it takes about a week to get that thing ready and it's a medium risk medium preparation. But then there is the expensive. That usually takes a couple months to get ready, and that's high risk, but it's also high reward. They (Oregon Ducks) run them all," Meyer continued.

Stein has led successful units in the past with veteran quarterbacks like Bo Nix and Dillon Gabriel, but many had questions about the Ducks with Moore leading Stein's offense. Through three games, Oregon seemingly hasn't missed a beat. On the other hand, the Ducks have yet to play any contests in which they weren't favored by double-digit points.

Will Oregon's offense hold up against Big Ten defenses like Penn State, Indiana, and Iowa?

Meyer highlighted Stein's abilities to get his playmakers in space whether it be traditional wide receiver screens or a double-reverse into a screen pass to Ducks tight end Kenyon Sadiq.