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For those anticipating a quarterback controversy, there wasn’t one. Jeremiah Masoli took all the reps with the first-team offense, despite his 4-of-16 performance in Oregon’s win over Utah. I tracked every pass Masoli threw in drills today; he was 50-of-64 for the day, with at least five drops, one ball thrown away and two nice breakups by defenders.

Masoli completed 33-of-36 until his one bad stretch, when he missed six straight throws over the middle to tight ends. Nothing horribly off the mark—in fact, the receivers were able to at least get a hand on pretty much all of them—but they tended to be a little high or in front of the mark. He ended the day completing 11-of-12, the one incompletion a ball thrown away out of bounds and the last attempt a 31-yard touchdown to Lavasier Tuinei in a “clutch” drill.

After practice each day, Chip Kelly chooses one player to break the team’s final huddle, and today he chose Masoli in what to all appearances was a vote of confidence.

The quarterbacks and a number of receivers then stayed late on their own to continue throwing for another 10 minutes or so. I’ll have more on Masoli and the passing game tomorrow, having had a good conversation with QB coach and offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich.