For Oregon’s defense, this spring is not really about starting over. It is about redistributing responsibility.
The Ducks lost veteran leaders, most notably Bryce Boettcher, and with that comes the natural question every good defense eventually has to answer: who speaks now, who settles things down now, who becomes the voice everyone trusts when the noise rises and the margin for error disappears? Based on what linebacker Jerry Mixon and defensive line coach Tony Tuioti said this week, Oregon believes that answer is beginning to take shape, and it starts with Mixon.
