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2017 tOSU Offense Discussion

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https://www.cfbfilmroom.com/2017/08/17/ohio-states-run-blocking-elite-2016/

Ohio State’s Run Blocking Was Elite In 2016
Dominant run blocking paved the way for Mike Weber

Ohio State’s offensive did not revolve around the run game in 2016, but when given the opportunity to block for Mike Weber, the line was more than up for the challenge.

Weber, stepping in for Ezekiel Elliott as the Buckeyes’ starting running back, averaged 6.1 yards per carrya season ago and he owes a lot of that success to the dominant performance of his offensive line.

Using our new heat map tool, we went back and charted where Weber was first touched by the defense on each of his carries in 2016. The heat map below shows the results:



note: map does not include a handful of untouched runs and runs that went untouched beyond 20 yards

The rate at which Mike Weber was allowed to get past the line of scrimmage is remarkable, especially when comparing this performance to other running backs we have charted (check out Nick Chubb and Leonard Fournette here).

But this raises an obvious question, which many Buckeyes fans asked throughout the 2016 season: why didn’t Weber get more touches?

Weber was given 20 carries just once in 2016, and didn’t even reach 15 carries in any of the Buckeyes final six games.

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cincibuck said:
Here's what makes Webber so much fun to watch and perhaps the thing that makes him better than Zeke: He's from Michigan. Urban stole him from Hairball!
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Whether he's pretty good, very good or great, he's magnitudes better than their power running game. Chris evans is a nice weapon but not the power back harbaugh craves.
 
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Running back recruiting is one of those things that you recruit players that pop and not those who rank 5 stars.

You can go to Kareems thread and I was critical of his film. He didn't have a ton of big hitters (especially his senior year) and you look at Teague or Dobbins and its just big hit after big hit.

Granted Dobbins was highly recruited but Teague isn't, and I think he will push for PT just as dobbins is doing his first year (he's 215+ pounds with 4.4 speed)
 
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Dryden said:
https://www.cfbfilmroom.com/2017/08/17/ohio-states-run-blocking-elite-2016/

Ohio State’s Run Blocking Was Elite In 2016
Dominant run blocking paved the way for Mike Weber

Ohio State’s offensive did not revolve around the run game in 2016, but when given the opportunity to block for Mike Weber, the line was more than up for the challenge.

Weber, stepping in for Ezekiel Elliott as the Buckeyes’ starting running back, averaged 6.1 yards per carrya season ago and he owes a lot of that success to the dominant performance of his offensive line.

Using our new heat map tool, we went back and charted where Weber was first touched by the defense on each of his carries in 2016. The heat map below shows the results:



note: map does not include a handful of untouched runs and runs that went untouched beyond 20 yards

The rate at which Mike Weber was allowed to get past the line of scrimmage is remarkable, especially when comparing this performance to other running backs we have charted (check out Nick Chubb and Leonard Fournette here).

But this raises an obvious question, which many Buckeyes fans asked throughout the 2016 season: why didn’t Weber get more touches?

Weber was given 20 carries just once in 2016, and didn’t even reach 15 carries in any of the Buckeyes final six games.

Cont'd ...
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Not a lot of conversation so far on this. It's still amazing how little faith the staff had in the run game. And we have seen it before with Zeke in the loss to Sparty, the other loss to Sparty by Brax, etc. For all of Urbs great qualities he has flaws and the constant reliance on the QB run Is one of them. The benefits of the math are completely marganilized when you are so predictable. And I say Urban, not Beck/Warriner because, as we have often heard by Urb himself....it's his offense. Really hoping Wilson and Day completely have control. I suspect they will. As Urb has said, with Wilson it's different because unlike his predecessors, his resume is stacked.
 
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Watched the CCG against Wisconsin last night from '14. Damn that was a complete domination. Struck me how stacked that team was with future NFL talent and how wide the gap was against Wiscy. We could easily look back and say that about the talent on the '17 squad. *although offensively that would be very tough to match '14. I think top to bottom on both sides of the ball the '18 squad could compare though.
 
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ShowMeBuck said:
Watched the CCG against Wisconsin last night from '14. Damn that was a complete domination. Struck me how stacked that team was with future NFL talent and how wide the gap was against Wiscy. We could easily look back and say that about the talent on the '17 squad. *although offensively that would be very tough to match '14. I think top to bottom on both sides of the ball the '18 squad could compare though.
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At the game, my buddy was complaining the game wasn't competitive, and I told him sometime you have to appreciate complete and utter destruction.

I think OSU can be better than that offensively this year. Are they always going to click like that game? No, but I expect more consistency.
 
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