{"id":607374,"date":"2026-04-26T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/607374\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T12:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T12:00:12","slug":"dan-lanning-reacts-to-oregons-spring-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/607374\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Lanning Reacts to Oregon’s Spring Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oregon head coach Dan Lanning<\/a> wasn\u2019t getting ahead of himself with the positives that he saw from his team during Saturday\u2019s spring game. He also wasn\u2019t letting himself get to low regarding the things he wants to clean up.<\/p>\n

He met with reporters following Oregon\u2019s spring game to give his thoughts on how his team performed.<\/p>\n

Below are some of his key quotes.<\/p>\n

Opening statement<\/p>\n

Lanning: \u201cFun day. There\u2019s a lot of things you can walk away with and say, Okay, we gotta work on some things, but ultimately, it was fun seeing our guys out there compete. Certainly some stuff to clean up. Got to get some really good reps. There\u2019s nothing like game day experience in a lot of places in the country, and we get to have that here, because our fans are unbelievable. So big shoutout to our fans making the day so special. I was telling the players in the locker room, they don\u2019t realize how unique and special it is to have all these guys that are playing the NFL now come back to and be a part of that. So overall, really special weekend. Obviously, some of our guys getting drafted, creating opportunities for themselves after Oregon, which is really fun for me to see as a coach, and certainly fun for our program. You guys saw it. I know you guys will probably ask a million questions. There were some guys that we limited today. One: either we know where they\u2019re at, or two: just want to be precautionary. I don\u2019t put too much stock into what one side of the ball or the other side of the ball did today. This is about everybody improving and us being bale to attack.\u201d<\/p>\n

On what he wanted coordinators to get out of today to take into the fall<\/p>\n

Lanning: \u201cSequence and rhythm. When roles change in an organization it\u2019s okay, who\u2019s talking to the guys before the team, who\u2019s making sure that we have our call sheets prepared the way they need to be prepared? There\u2019s a lot of that day in and day out that\u2019s really important and us being able to execute at a high level on game day. And again, just as much as it\u2019s preparation for the players to be able to catch a ball in front of a bunch of people, in front of thousands of people, it\u2019s the same thing for coaches to call a defense or an offense in front of a lot of people.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Evan Stewart<\/a><\/p>\n

Lanning: \u201cThis has been Evan\u2019s best spring since I\u2019ve been here. I\u2019m really excited about the growth. I think when you have something that\u2019s not there for a while and you don\u2019t get the opportunity to do it, you\u2019re really hungry when you come back. And I\u2019ve seen the maturity from him. I\u2019ve seen him really level up in execution, be a guy that we can count on this spring.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Dakorien Moore<\/a> growth and progression<\/p>\n

Lanning: \u201cSome good, some bad. I\u2019ll have to go watch it. I think the being able to play in a longer series, with exuded effort is something we gotta continue to see. But I\u2019m excited to go watch the film. There\u2019s some good plays that he made out there today though.\u201d<\/p>\n

On what part of Oregon\u2019s growth he\u2019s pleased with exiting spring<\/p>\n

Lanning: \u201cThe intelligence of this group is really high and that committed ability to execute offense and defensive plays is really up there. So they know and understand what we\u2019re trying to do. We\u2019ve got a lot of stuff packaged well that these guys can operate really well. So I\u2019d say that part\u2019s ahead. We\u2019ve become a much more connected team this spring that\u2019s gotta continue as we go through the remainder of this off season. We gotta get stronger. We gotta continue to become the physical team that we\u2019ve been here in the past. So there\u2019s a lot of areas still for growth, but I think we\u2019re a really smart team right now and understand what we want to accomplish.\u201d<\/p>\n

On importance of today, NFL players coming back to recruits<\/p>\n

Lanning: \u201cYou\u2019re trying to paint a vision for what it\u2019s going to be like when you come to play at Oregon. And when you get to actually experience that vision, you get to see guys that are playing in the league right now, see guys get drafted, see the fan experience. I think that paints a great picture. This is a great weekend for Oregon and Eugene to be on display, for these guys that are in town that are saying, okay, is this place that I want to be at? And it makes it makes that experience really fun, and for us as coaches and fun for those recruits.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Dylan Raiola\u2019s comfort, chemistry with receivers<\/p>\n

Lanning: \u201cI just saw a guy that enjoys playing football. I saw him light up in his face. There was a couple deep balls that he was able to connect and some that he didn\u2019t, that just got away. And overall, I was just excited to see Dylan playing out there with some joy and some passion and really understanding what we\u2019re trying to do on the field. And I think that\u2019s really come along throughout the spring.\u201d<\/p>\n

On college football schedule possibly being moved up<\/p>\n

Lanning: \u201cMove it up. Move it up. I mean, I\u2019ve been very clear, but I think it solves a lot of problems in college football. We have one portal window. I don\u2019t think the portal should exist the same time that football\u2019s being played. On the same note, I think the semester should be kind of the start of a new season, a new term. And right now we\u2019ll be in the second semester of school, but still at the same time playing football. It doesn\u2019t line up with the windows of academic calendars. The closer we can get the season ending to January 1, the better it is I think for all programs, coaching transitions, all things exist. So it\u2019s a really easy fix in my opinion. We\u2019ll see if we can get closer and closer to that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oregon head coach Dan Lanning wasn\u2019t getting ahead of himself with the positives that he saw from his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[131548,399,398,396,397,2313,194158,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-607374","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-dan-lanning-04-richmond","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-football","12":"tag-ncaafootball","13":"tag-or","14":"tag-oregon-ducks-eugene","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}