Cristobal pleased with Ducks' physicality but wants more depth

EUGENE a Oregon's decision-makers chose continuity over wholesale change in December in promoting offensive coordinator Mario Cristobal to the football program's vacant corner office. A few weeks later, they locked down defensive coordinator Jim Leavitt for a second year, as well.

Those winter decisions are paying off in the dead of summer.

"We've gained ground because of familiarity," Cristobal said following Tuesday's practice at the Hatfield-Dowlin Complex. "We feel we are farther ahead."

A year ago under Willie Taggart's brand-new staff, it took until the 13th or 14th practice of preseason until the offensive and defensive playbooks were entirely installed, Cristobal recalled. But with…