The I-5 Thoughts: Will Stein will take his dinks and dunks straight to the end zone

On the simplicity of Oregon's offense, the Buckeyes' starting quarterback and Portland may be back.

It doesn’t seem Will Stein was much of a fan of the Bo Nix check-down talk. 

You all remember it: Despite Oregon’s massive success on offense last season, its former quarterback’s Heisman candidacy — and later NFL Draft stock — was sometimes clouded by a loud minority claiming the now-Broncos rookie could only dink and dunk. Sure, Nix threw for 4,500 yards and 45 touchdowns last season and left Oregon as the school’s all-time leader in passing percentage.

But some would have you believe that efficiency wasn’t, well, good.

“Everyone wants these 50-yard bombs every play,” Oregon’s offensive coordinator told reporters Monday. “It’s not reality. Everyone watched Bo last night. Sean Payton, right? Dink. Dunk. Curl. Shot. Run it in. It’s not rocket science.