these are the WR's Darron Thomas and Marcus Mariota had:
Jeff Maehl
Keanan Lowe
Drew Davis Sr.
De'anthony Thomas
Josh Huff
Lavasier Tuinei
Byron Marshall
Dwayne Stanford
Raashan Vaughn
Bralon Addison
Devon Allen
Darren Carrington
Charles Nelson
these are the TE's:
David Paulson
Malachai Lewis
Brandon Williams
Colt Lyerala
Pharoh Brown
Evan Bayliss
Johnny Mundt
these are the RB's:
Lamichael James
Kenjon Barner
De'anthony Thomas
Byron Marshall
Thomas Tyner
Kani Benoit
Royce Freeman
Tony Brooks-James
that was 5 years of the skill positions at Oregon
in overlap, Herbert has had a couple of seasons of Freeman and Benoit at RB. A season of Bayliss and Mundt at TE; 2 seasons of Nelson at WR, and 1 season of Carrington
and he's had Breeland at TE and 1 good season of Dillon Mitchell at WR. That's what he's had
that's it in 4 years. Compare the skill Herbert had to work with vs the skill Thomas and Mariota had to work with. It's about as big a mismatch as you could find. And a QB with mediocre skill support is not going to be all-american. Just won't happen