no, i don't have any inside info.. just a student at
osu. my posts are based on pure observations. i don't think the problem w. the dropped picks is kurt's issue.. i think that's more anderson russell than anybody. to clear up all the confusion i guess, i've had serious issues with the safety play for a few years now. safety is a very key spot on the defensive side of the ball, with great safeties you can do a bunch of different things with your defense. now i do NOT have any problems with kurt's effort or desire.. i'm simply stating that if the game has slowed down a great deal to jamario o'neal (like i've heard from a few different sources, on multiple boards), then i think he should be given a chance at a safety spot. jamario o'neal is an incredible athlete with blazing speed. he seemingly loves to come up and take peoples heads off (something no other safety on our roster can do). i would like a safety that can come up and fill the run w. authority, not someone who is going to stop their feet, drop their head, or try to arm tackle the ball carrier like i saw all season from BOTH our safeties on a semi-regular basis.. don't get me wrong, there were times where kurt came up w. some authority, or a-russ would make a good play in the backfield, but i saw just as much of the opposite as well. jamario o'neal did come up and attack the ball carrier in the spot duty that i saw him in this past season. and i don't care who's in at receiver, we play zone in the secondary most of the time now, zone is not hard, at all.
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the lower end safety play the past few seasons has been due to poor recruiting of the position lately, IMO. i'm excited to see what ohrien johnson will be able to do in his time at ohio state, he seemingly has some size and athleticism. boy do i wish we coulda landed the major wright/will hill package.