Should he just be all world right out of the gate? If so, your expectations simply aren't realistic. I agree he's not been playing that well.
Yep, he's got a rough introduction to college football and seems like a deer in headlights at times. He's a freshman who's played 3 full games of college football. How bout we give him a little more time before labeling him "soft?"
Also every position group was abysmal in the Oregon game. Even a very experienced LB corps that got absolutely destroyed.