Oregon will break in its third starting quarterback in as many years when the Ducks kick off the 2025 season in Eugene against Montana State on August 30. <\/p>\n
Over the next month Will Stein<\/a> and the rest of the coaching staff will have to figure out who will take the first snaps of the year. Redshirt sophomore Dante Moore<\/a> appears to be the lead candidate to follow Dillon Gabriel and he spoke with reporters at Oregon Football media day in Eugene on Monday. <\/p>\n Here are some of his top quotes.<\/p>\n On his takeaways from this year\u2019s leadership retreat<\/p>\n Moore: \u201cOverall Coach Lanning knows the recipe of how to become a great leader and how to be a great person vocally and just somebody to watch every day, to understand that\u2019s a true leader. I feel like this year it was good just to hear everybody\u2019s voice and to hear the things we can work on as a team. But overall what I took from it was understanding my strengths and weaknesses and really understanding that when you\u2019re winning the team\u2019s gonna look at you and when you\u2019re losing the team\u2019s always gonna look at you.\u201d<\/p>\n On how he balances battling for the starting job and cementing himself as a leader<\/p>\n Moore: \u201cDuring this fall camp it\u2019s gonna be a great time to connect with the team and be out there on the field. Of course the quarterback room\u2019s always gonna be competing, that\u2019s how we are as a quarterback group. We\u2019re always gonna be teaching each other, helping each other out and making sure that we all improve every day. I\u2019m excited. Of course I have many things for myself to work on and make sure I get better at. And like I said I\u2019m excited to see what happens within this next upcoming month and get ready for the season.\u201d<\/p>\n On the advantages of uncertainty around the team<\/p>\n Moore: \u201cThe best player wins and the best player plays in the game. So overall just ready to compete, have fun. And that\u2019s the most important thing is having fun.\u201d<\/p>\n On keys to team getting better during fall camp<\/p>\n Moore: \u201cI feel like the biggest thing for us it understand that it\u2019s gonna be hot. It\u2019s gonna be long days, but that\u2019s the most important time to lean on a brother and understand how to connect to somebody. I feel like during these times when we\u2019re sleeping in the facility, when we\u2019re just vibing with each other on our breaks during the day, I feel like that\u2019s the best time to understand and get to know somebody and when times get hard you feel like you can trust that person. Because come game time it\u2019s gonna be cold probably when we travel somewhere or it\u2019s gonna be hot somewhere, it\u2019s always gonna be that time where you look at your brother and say I can trust in you. So I feel like that\u2019s the biggest point for us.\u201d<\/p>\n On building chemistry<\/p>\n Moore: \u201cA lot of it can be in football, a lot of it can be out there in practice, but at the end of the day I feel like as a team we always hang out with each other at each other\u2019s houses. I took the O-line out to go bowling. A lot of the offensive skills, you guys have probably seen the video of us flipping into the water. Just having great times of that nature. I feel just the best thing is just to connect outside of the facility. But now it\u2019s fall camp now, so we\u2019re gonna be in the facility now. But most important is just talking with each other and watching film together.\u201d<\/p>\n