Nikko Reed on Facing ASU Offense

Oregon defensive back Nikko Reed discusses facing the Arizona State Sun Devils offense in week 12.

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00:00 >> What do you see from this ASU offense?

00:05 >> It's a game plan offense, so might not know what's gonna come, but

00:08 you have to be prepared for everything that you see on film.

00:10 So just watching film and just game planning based off that.

00:14 >> How do you feel like you did second half of the TSC last week,

00:18 especially coming after Ira Jackson, who was a little bit down with an injury?

00:23 >> I feel like I stepped up.

00:24 They threw it to me about, I think, just once.

00:28 It was an incomplete pass.

00:29 So I feel like I did good.

00:30 >> How unusual is it when you face a team where they put a tight end or

00:34 running back there, but you have to respect the fast, and then actually

00:37 throw the ball, is that sort of a strange dynamic in terms of the versatility that

00:41 they do?

00:43 >> I feel like you have to just be prepared every play as if they're going at you.

00:46 So basically, your mindset has to be, they're coming at me this play,

00:51 whether or not you're lined up on the receiver.

00:53 But they do a lot of crazy stuff, so just gotta be ready for it.

00:56 >> Swing and gate, the play style, the formation,

01:01 have you ever gone against something like that repeatedly,

01:04 the way that ASU did it last year against UCLA?

01:06 >> Never.

01:07 >> What are the difficulties of playing against that?

01:12 >> Maybe difficulties for some teams is not game planning it or

01:15 not being lined up correctly to it.

01:17 But I feel like we have a good game plan for that, so yeah.

01:21 >> I feel like Dan said on Monday, some of this stuff that Kenny's doing goes

01:26 back to kinda what high school coaches do when schools have one really good athlete

01:31 and he gets hurt and they gotta figure out unique, crazy ways.

01:34 Not trying to say that they're not good offensively, but

01:36 do you feel like that resembles high school football?

01:38 It's just, you see crazy stuff in high school football.

01:42 Have you seen traits of that with his background?

01:45 >> With his background, yes, they showed us a lot of stuff they used to do.

01:49 But as far as for high school, yeah,

01:52 you have to find ways to get your best player the ball.

01:55 So I understand that, but it just depends on who's the coach is and

01:59 he's the coach that does that type of stuff.