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WR Braxton Miller (B1G POY, National Champion)

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TampaBuckeyes said:
I expect to see brax taking a lot of first team snaps as HBack this fall. So pumped to see what he can do. Marshall and Wilson will come back week 2 to find out they are 2nd and 3rd string.
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I'm going to play devil's advocate here and say Braxton will have to do something spectacular to land top of the depth chart at HBack.

We've yet to see how well he can catch in traffic, if his ball handling skills have improved and whether or not his route running is as intuitive as Jalin's and whether or not he's got the same kind of consistency of conditioning that the other two guys have shown to have in the up-tempo when it comes to running routes.
 
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SloopyHangOn said:
I'm going to play devil's advocate here and say Braxton will have to do something spectacular to land top of the depth chart at HBack.

We've yet to see how well he can catch in traffic, if his ball handling skills have improved and whether or not his route running is as intuitive as Jalin's and whether or not he's got the same kind of consistency of conditioning that the other two guys have shown to have in the up-tempo when it comes to running routes.
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I would agree if everyone was eligible for week 1. With Wilson and Marshall not being active I think they'll find more ways to get Miller involved. I'm sure starting out they'll find ways to protect him by not sending him across the middle or forcing him to run the whole route tree. He is so dangerous in the open field they they don't really need to do anything other than get him the ball within 5 yards of the LoS and room to operate.

I think there are plenty of reps for all 3 guys to play and if all 3 are on we will see formations with 2 H-backs to take advantage.
 
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More ways to get Miller involved - give him the ball; hike it to him, hand it to him, toss it to him

it's been almost 2 yrs.. lest we forget what this kid can do.. magic feet
teams used to LET him throw so they wouldn't have to deal with his runs
we also forget, he only lost 2 games in his OSU career.. and one he played hurt

with all due respect to Marshall and Wilson.. this is Brax we're talkin about
 
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exhawg said:
I would agree if everyone was eligible for week 1. With Wilson and Marshall not being active I think they'll find more ways to get Miller involved. I'm sure starting out they'll find ways to protect him by not sending him across the middle or forcing him to run the whole route tree. He is so dangerous in the open field they they don't really need to do anything other than get him the ball within 5 yards of the LoS and room to operate.

I think there are plenty of reps for all 3 guys to play and if all 3 are on we will see formations with 2 H-backs to take advantage.
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Agree. He doesn't need to really learn anything new to take a handoff, jet sweep or catch in the backfield. I think we will see a lot of that week 1. Get the ball in his hands in space and let him 360. No doubt the playbook shrinks week 1. He will play more like Marshall in 2013 imo. He will get the ball quickly and I think he will be a decoy. I hope that by week 5-6 he can line up outside and burn the dbs with cardale in the gun (or would "as the gun" be more appropriate).
 
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