scarletngray
Gold Pants
As the OL goes so will the team. With that being said, I think this years OL has the chance to be very special, even dominant.
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bukIpower
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Oddly I think so too... Ive been rewatching games from last year doing cardio and I feel horrible that Prince even as a senior was a liability. Amazing how he always took penalties every game that killed drives.
Look from left to right...
LT-Munford was our best last year
LG- Jackson is all big ten quality (Upgrade over Pridgeon)
C-Myer physically should help inside
RG-Davis is an upgrade over Knox
RT-Bowen is IMO an upgrade over Prince
I mean where are we not better? Only issue is not having played together long enough. This group will be more physical without a doubt that much I think we know.
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scarletngray
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Yeah, we definitely did not show the physicality last year that we have had in the past. We have some road graders this year. Plus, Day is going to get away from the long, delayed, hand offs that caused so many problems last year. Looking forward to seeing another high powered Offense in 2019.
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bukIpower
Head Coach
Which we will... it will just be different. IMO if anything we will be more balanced.
More often than not teams who run better than they throw win it all. I mean who last won the championship by airing it out?
Throwing for 360 yards a game and running for 180 is not the way to do it. Like UFM said 250/250 is the balance we need. We averaged 4.3 yards a rush last year as a team I mean thats 2003 Lydell Ross type of numbers.
As you said, this OL inside is built to move people and with folks having to respect Fields we should really wear people out. Then just think of the play action out of that too...
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Nigel Tufnel
Choking on vomit
Ahh the off-season. Where every guy on the team is better than the predecessor.
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1926Buckeyes
Head Coach
Not as confident in the right side as you are, but I see what you're getting at. Myer and Davis have a lot of potential, but we still need to see more of Davis and any of Myers to really know what the floor will be. Not sure about Bowen over Prince. Prince was incredibly frustrating in terms of penalties, but was a very good pass blocker. Have we seen any of Bowen at tackle? The good thing is that NPF seems to be coming along and can be another option.
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Nigel Tufnel
Choking on vomit
Look, obviously we all hope you’re right, but a wait and see attitude makes more sense.
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OL is similar to QB for me.
Obviously a ton of talent but a huge spectrum of possibility between floor and ceiling and no one really has a clue on where reality will fall.
OL is less scary because if, for whatever reason, that talent isn't getting the job done, there is some depth of similar talent.
Obviously a ton of talent but a huge spectrum of possibility between floor and ceiling and no one really has a clue on where reality will fall.
OL is less scary because if, for whatever reason, that talent isn't getting the job done, there is some depth of similar talent.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Ohio State Will Combat Quarterback Inexperience This Summer
Last year at this time, Ohio State’s quarterback room had thrown a total of 57 career passes. They all belonged to Dwayne Haskins, who had never started a game.
There were some question marks, but plenty of confidence, and he ended up being okay.
The Buckeyes’ quarterback room is again full of inexperience and question marks, but this time there are two career starts and 160 career pass attempts among the six or so QBs on the roster.
If lightning is going to strike twice, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day and his offensive coaching staff have to get the conditions just right, and that process continues on in the summer.
Coaches can’t get on the field and coach with a football, but players can meet with coaches and they can study film with them. Quarterbacks will also organize workouts and throwing sessions on their own.
It’s in the meetings, however, where the coaches get a feel for where their players are.
“Just meetings and drill work and more meetings,” Day said of the on-going summer for the Buckeye quarterbacks. “I think one of the things that when you’re asking questions — we do direct teaching here — when you ask questions, the faster that they can snap the answer back to you, the better you know their brain is working. And so if we come up here quickly and ask a question, he can bang it right back to you.
“You got a feeling like the more quarterbacks you’re around, you get a feel that, ‘All right, he knows what’s going on.’ If there’s a hesitation there, what do you think’s going to happen during the game? He’s probably going to be a little slow. So we try to quiz them, we try to ask them questions, those types of things.”
The Buckeyes will take the field this season with three scholarship quarterbacks and three walk-on quarterbacks. While Georgia transfer Justin Fields has not won the job yet according to Day, the expectation from those outside the program is that he will.
And when Day looks at Fields, he sees an enormous amount of ability, but not as much experience as a coach would like.
Still, Fields played in 11 games as a true freshman and threw 39 passes. That’s not too far off from Dwayne Haskins a year ago, but Haskins had been learning the offense for a much longer period of time.
A lot of work went into making Haskins a starting quarterback, and just as much work will go into doing the same for Justin Fields. The biggest difference, however, is that instead of a couple of years, Fields is only being given about nine months to get ready.
“When you go back and look at him, I have always stopped myself because this is somebody who has so much talent, and physically God gave him a ton of gifts,” Day said of Fields. “But learning to play the position is something you learn through experience. He just doesn’t have that experience, so we can’t substitute that. That being said, we have so many tools and resources in place that he can use to get himself to advance along the way.
“There’s film, there’s workouts, there’s throwing on his own with the receivers and the tight ends and running backs. He has to do that the summer on his own, we can’t do that with him. And then there’s going to be preseason camp and trying to get as many reps as we possibly can. We have different ways to do that. The summer, virtual reality, all kinds of different tools to try to get him advanced — and all of our quarterbacks, all of our positions.”
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2019/06/ohio-state-justin-fields-inexperience/
Last year at this time, Ohio State’s quarterback room had thrown a total of 57 career passes. They all belonged to Dwayne Haskins, who had never started a game.
There were some question marks, but plenty of confidence, and he ended up being okay.
The Buckeyes’ quarterback room is again full of inexperience and question marks, but this time there are two career starts and 160 career pass attempts among the six or so QBs on the roster.
If lightning is going to strike twice, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day and his offensive coaching staff have to get the conditions just right, and that process continues on in the summer.
Coaches can’t get on the field and coach with a football, but players can meet with coaches and they can study film with them. Quarterbacks will also organize workouts and throwing sessions on their own.
It’s in the meetings, however, where the coaches get a feel for where their players are.
“Just meetings and drill work and more meetings,” Day said of the on-going summer for the Buckeye quarterbacks. “I think one of the things that when you’re asking questions — we do direct teaching here — when you ask questions, the faster that they can snap the answer back to you, the better you know their brain is working. And so if we come up here quickly and ask a question, he can bang it right back to you.
“You got a feeling like the more quarterbacks you’re around, you get a feel that, ‘All right, he knows what’s going on.’ If there’s a hesitation there, what do you think’s going to happen during the game? He’s probably going to be a little slow. So we try to quiz them, we try to ask them questions, those types of things.”
The Buckeyes will take the field this season with three scholarship quarterbacks and three walk-on quarterbacks. While Georgia transfer Justin Fields has not won the job yet according to Day, the expectation from those outside the program is that he will.
And when Day looks at Fields, he sees an enormous amount of ability, but not as much experience as a coach would like.
Still, Fields played in 11 games as a true freshman and threw 39 passes. That’s not too far off from Dwayne Haskins a year ago, but Haskins had been learning the offense for a much longer period of time.
A lot of work went into making Haskins a starting quarterback, and just as much work will go into doing the same for Justin Fields. The biggest difference, however, is that instead of a couple of years, Fields is only being given about nine months to get ready.
“When you go back and look at him, I have always stopped myself because this is somebody who has so much talent, and physically God gave him a ton of gifts,” Day said of Fields. “But learning to play the position is something you learn through experience. He just doesn’t have that experience, so we can’t substitute that. That being said, we have so many tools and resources in place that he can use to get himself to advance along the way.
“There’s film, there’s workouts, there’s throwing on his own with the receivers and the tight ends and running backs. He has to do that the summer on his own, we can’t do that with him. And then there’s going to be preseason camp and trying to get as many reps as we possibly can. We have different ways to do that. The summer, virtual reality, all kinds of different tools to try to get him advanced — and all of our quarterbacks, all of our positions.”
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2019/06/ohio-state-justin-fields-inexperience/
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