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thackattack
Poison in a Pretty Glass
Sounds like this is due to nagging injuries, per Schiano. I’m not giving up on him making a big impact going forward, if he can get healthy. He’ll continue to be a terror on ST this year.
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Like Brendon White?
Not directed at you, I am just generally losing faith in the defensive coaches.
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At safety, they played 3 guys for about a month. No snaps for Wade, Riep or White despite woeful execution opposite Fuller.I'm honestly missing your point
long day man
At LB, they've played Browning, Jones, Booker and Jones in meaningful time behind the 3 starters, and between injuries and struggles some of them have been interchangeable. Unlike White, the results looked very similar.
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Gotcha
I just question the staff's judgement overall at this point after seeing White. It really pushed me over the edge with this defensive staff.
Wouldn't surprise me to see some dude they had no intentions of ever playing LB come in and look like Lawrence Taylor at this point.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
KEANDRE JONES STAYING POSITIVE, BRINGING ENERGY TO OHIO STATE DESPITE LACK OF PLAYING TIME AT LINEBACKER
Keandre Jones hasn’t had many opportunities to make plays for Ohio State this season, at least not at his primary position of linebacker.
When he finally got an opportunity to make a big play for the Buckeyes in Saturday’s 36-31 win against Nebraska, however, he took advantage.
Jones hasn’t been part of Ohio State’s regular linebacker rotation this season, seeing just 51 snaps on defense all year – and just one in the Buckeyes’ last five games. He has been a regular contributor on special teams, though, lining up on the kickoff, kickoff return and punt block units.
It was on the latter of those units that Jones finally got his chance to make a game-changing play on Saturday. On Nebraska’s first punt of the game, the Cornhuskers failed to block Jones, and he put his speed on display as he made a beeline to the punter, knocking the ball off his foot and through the back of the end zone, resulting in a safety and two points for the Buckeyes.
As fellow Ohio State linebacker Pete Werner said on Wednesday, Jones wasn’t actually the player who was supposed to be in position to block that punt. But when he was left in position to block that punt by the opposing offensive line, he executed his job to perfection.
“Coach preaches that everybody’s got to run to that block spot, and somebody’s going to block the punt. And one of the guys blocked the guy that was supposed to, and he was the guy that didn’t get blocked and he was right there,” Werner said. “He did the right thing and didn’t take any false steps, and made a great play.”
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...te-despite-lack-of-playing-time-at-linebacker
Keandre Jones hasn’t had many opportunities to make plays for Ohio State this season, at least not at his primary position of linebacker.
When he finally got an opportunity to make a big play for the Buckeyes in Saturday’s 36-31 win against Nebraska, however, he took advantage.
Jones hasn’t been part of Ohio State’s regular linebacker rotation this season, seeing just 51 snaps on defense all year – and just one in the Buckeyes’ last five games. He has been a regular contributor on special teams, though, lining up on the kickoff, kickoff return and punt block units.
It was on the latter of those units that Jones finally got his chance to make a game-changing play on Saturday. On Nebraska’s first punt of the game, the Cornhuskers failed to block Jones, and he put his speed on display as he made a beeline to the punter, knocking the ball off his foot and through the back of the end zone, resulting in a safety and two points for the Buckeyes.
As fellow Ohio State linebacker Pete Werner said on Wednesday, Jones wasn’t actually the player who was supposed to be in position to block that punt. But when he was left in position to block that punt by the opposing offensive line, he executed his job to perfection.
“Coach preaches that everybody’s got to run to that block spot, and somebody’s going to block the punt. And one of the guys blocked the guy that was supposed to, and he was the guy that didn’t get blocked and he was right there,” Werner said. “He did the right thing and didn’t take any false steps, and made a great play.”
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...te-despite-lack-of-playing-time-at-linebacker
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