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2009 tOSU WR discussion (official thread)

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Blogging the Buckeyes

The interesting question is who makes up the other starting receiver(s)? It begins with whether senior Ray Small will be available, seemingly a perennial question. If he's around, he has the ability to be a starter, certainly. Dane Sanzenbacher is the other clear choice to be in the top three, but with him, the question is whether he can stay healthy. He attracts defensive backs like moths to a porch light, and pays the requisite price
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Sanzo is the slot receiver and that position is a bit more physical than others. So being tagged with the label of "fragile" or attracting defensive backs like moths to a porch light seems harsh. He has picked up some weight and strength, he'll be fine. Who would we install there if Dane were out due to injury? Maybe he's tougher than we think. I'm pulling for the kid - no great surprise! :biggrin:
 
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For some reason i think Sanzo will come thru with some clutch plays this season. The Wisconsin game was a tought game for him and he really took a beating in that game. His resilliance seems to be his strength and i am hoping for him to have a good season. He will attract alot of attention over the middle thats for sure.
 
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kippy1040;1511698; said:
For some reason i think Sanzo will come thru with some clutch plays this season. The Wisconsin game was a tought game for him and he really took a beating in that game. His resilliance seems to be his strength and i am hoping for him to have a good season. He will attract alot of attention over the middle thats for sure.
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I saw the replay of the Wiscy game the other night. Three hats on his one. He got rocked and didn't return that day. That which tests you makes you stronger - he'll be effective this year and will from those plays.
 
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mooktarr;1514109; said:
All our WR's are on the bottom of the top twenty players list and that's not good. We really need someone to step up, even a couple someone's.
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We also need a QB that will throw the ball to these WRs and not opt for the run. I love the way TP plays, and last year he was finding his own. This year we have plenty of WRs to step up (as long as they get the opportunity to catch the football) and do something with the opportunity.

We'll be fine. Expectations aren't so high but that's not a bad thing. All the WRs have something to prove. I'd rather see them as aspiring "greats" and trying to make a team impact. There are several that are on the brink of breaking out.
 
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utgrad73;1514123; said:
We also need a QB that will throw the ball to these WRs and not opt for the run. I love the way TP plays, and last year he was finding his own. This year we have plenty of WRs to step up (as long as they get the opportunity to catch the football) and do something with the opportunity.

We'll be fine. Expectations aren't so high but that's not a bad thing. All the WRs have something to prove. I'd rather see them as aspiring "greats" and trying to make a team impact. There are several that are on the brink of breaking out.
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I think after the whole offseason, the month layoff from the end of the season to the bowl game, the winter workouts, the spring game, and now heading into fall camp I think TP is really trying to prove to everyone that he is a quarterback who can run. That seems very important to him. Right now it doesnt seem Ray Small will be with this team any time soon idk but I feel that Posey, Sazenbacher are the starters but id like to see Thomas, Washington, Jackson, Carter all push for much playing time.
 
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Our WR's will be 1. Sanzi (Pryor always went to him to make a key grab late last year)

2. Posey (Too much talent to keep off the field)

3. Small (if grades are good)

4. Thomas or 5.Washington (one will emerge)

6. Carter (True Freshman will play)


Of course Stoneburner will be a major threat at TE H-Back. Saine also gets some passes out of the back field.
 
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It seemed like alot of teams overlooked Sanz over the course of the year last year. He had a great feel for pryor though and would work himself to the open parts of the field(PSU game espec). He reminds me of a not as fast Wes Welker. Smaller reciever that doesn't get the defenses respect who can take hits across the middle and get open to make plays.

Posey looked like he was starting to get it against Texas. And if Small could have his off the field stuff together he could be a solid reciever this year, again showed up in the Texas game and had a couple of big plays against PSU. I think TWash realizes this has to be a big year or he will get passed up.

Lots of competition though, which is always good.
 
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The top three WRs appear to be solidifying: DeVier Posey, Dane Sanzenbacher, and Taurian Washington. Small and Lamaar Thomas got the next-most work, followed by Duron Carter and Grant Schwartz.

It really appears to me pretty even after Posey and Sanzenbacher. Just about any of the other five guys could contribute, I believe.

-- And yes, I include Schwartz in that mix. He's my offensive sleeper this year. He works hard and makes some plays. Had a nice diving fingertip catch over the middle today, although later, he dropped an easy one.
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Exhale....Boren is back (Blogging the Buckeyes)

Freshman Duron Carter continues to move up the depth chart and worked most often as the No. 4 receiver today when the Buckeyes went four wide. Posey, Sanzenbacher and Washington are the solid top three. Carter may have been helped by the fact that Lamaar Thomas has missed some practice time with a small injury, though he was back today. And Ray Small had at least a snap or two in that four-wide set, too, though he most often ran with the second team.
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Notes from Ohio State football practice - cleveland.com
 
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Cranking out NFL-worthy receivers is a long-standing tradition
Sunday, August 30, 2009
By Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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Ohio State receiver DeVier Posey

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Cris Carter (1984 to 1986)

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Santonio Holmes (2003 to 2005)

Waiting to play is never fun, especially for a blue-chip prospect.

But receiver DeVier Posey said he understood the pecking order before he signed with Ohio State in the winter of 2008.

"I know what school I came to, and Ohio State is definitely Receiver U.," said Posey, who played sparingly as a freshman last year. "I just totally respect that.

"I felt that if I went to a smaller school where I could have played as a freshman, I wouldn't have made as many leaps as far as physically and mentally."

Biding time has become something of a tradition for OSU wideouts. Even Santonio Holmes, last season's Super Bowl MVP for the Pittsburgh Steelers, had to wait his turn at OSU behind one of the 2002 national-championship team's stars, Michael Jenkins. But when Jenkins moved on to the NFL as a first-round draft pick in 2004, Holmes soared.

After the Super Bowl in February, Holmes took time to thank the players who "paved the way" for him at OSU. "If you look at all the receivers in the NFL who have been around the longest or produced the most, you can pinpoint one school where they came from: Ohio State," he said.

That OSU production started in the 1980s with Cris Carter and gained steam in the 13-year John Cooper era when receivers such as Jeff Graham, Brian Stablein, Joey Galloway, Chris Sanders, Terry Glenn and David Boston enjoyed varying degrees of NFL success.

There has been no letup in the eight seasons of Jim Tressel's tenure, with Jenkins, Drew Carter, Holmes, Ted Ginn Jr., Anthony Gonzalez, Roy Hall, Brian Robiskie and Brian Hartline.

Obviously, not all went on to fame as Carter and Holmes did. But those last eight, and iron-man Galloway, are still playing.

Robiskie and Hartline are the most recent departures, but the receiver line at OSU keeps moving -- and attracting talent. It played a big role in luring Carter's son, Duron, from Fort Lauderdale (Aquinas), Fla., to this year recruiting class.

"It is great having those type of pedigree receivers doing what they do in the NFL," said Duron Carter, who in preseason camp has looked to have the game to join that line someday. "There's a lot of college receivers who are good but don't pan out in the NFL. These receivers being coached by (OSU receivers coach Darrell) Hazell, it is great to see them be some of the best receivers in the league."
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BuckeyeXtra - The Columbus Dispatch : Cranking out NFL-worthy receivers is a long-standing tradition
 
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