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I am with you my man, no player has ever had to deal with something like this here...JF could have easily just declared pro and been done with it. Players of his caliber don't have to do this and his love of the game and for this school are the main reason I want to see this season. Yeah, we have an amazing team this year, but kids with the heart and passion of Justin Fields are the ones I want to watch. I just won't accept that he won't play another game in the S&G. No matter what happens, Justin goes down as one of the greats after all he has done.
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For a guy like JF playing any type of season this year is better than not playing to help his draft stock. He has a chance to be in the top few picks of the draft with a good showing this year. It would be the difference between Haskins going pro when he did and when he would have gone with another year of college game tape. I'm surprised some of these guys have opted out already. Might as well ride it out and see if/when they schedule a season. I can't imagine they will be training differently for the rest of the year by opting out already.
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billmac91
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Field is a top 5 pick with or without season. He's that taleneted.
This fall is not about draft stock for Fields. It's about development that will better prepare him for the NFL, which means more money long-term bc he will have success rather than struggle in his first several years.
JF is smart enough to understand the long game here. He wants the game experience and season of tutelage under Day. Which is amazing to think about......A lock top 5 pick is willing to risk injury/play through pandemic, for a chance to get 1 more season under Day to elevate his game. It speaks volumes about Day.
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Ok, from an on field perspective, losing Davis is one thing...Wade is a whole other thing.
None of us know what the schedule will look like, or if there will be one, but let's just assume 8-9 B1G games, a B1G CCG and CFP are possible:
The secondary just became a huge question mark.
None of us know what the schedule will look like, or if there will be one, but let's just assume 8-9 B1G games, a B1G CCG and CFP are possible:
The secondary just became a huge question mark.
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billmac91
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It already was a huge question mark, with the loss of Amir Riep who would've been the new nickel.
Let's pretend we will get an 8 game season.....I think you now have Cam Brown as the #1 CB opposite Sevyn Banks, and the nickel-back comes down to philosophy and what player can best handle the physical ability needed to defend TE's, handle the the slot nickel blitz which was a weapon last year, and also defend a true slot receiver if that is the match-up. The amazing thing about Wade, is he did all (3) of those things exceptionally well last year. He was strong enough to defend TE's, he was excellent coming off the edge on corner blitzes (and timed them beautifully) and he was agile enough to handle true slot receivers.
He was seriously the best nickel I can ever remember OSU having.
Now I think it turns into a battle between Marcus Hooker and Tyreke Johnson....to basically see which guy has the coverage skills, physicality, and ability to hang with true inside slots. I said last year Shaun Wade was our most important defender on the field...not the best (that was Chase Young and Jeff Okudah) but most important because of everything he was asked to handle....he literally played nickel-corner as a guy who could do 3 things extremely well. He was like a CB, safety, and LB all in one big corner's body. Truly one of the more underappreciated Buckeyes I can recall.
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No doubt about it.
We saw vs tsun and second half of Clemson games last year that the defense, as good as it was, wasn't the same without Wade.
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Especially when some asshole in Birmingham wipes out a TD legitimitely scored by the defense.
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RugbyBuck
Our church has no bells.
If we play, with whomever we have, we'll still win the B1G. If Fields plays or not, he'll blitzkrieg the interviews and combine. We'll come out of this whenever/however that is with even more distance between us and the rest of the conference and us. Fuck michigan.
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ShowMeBuck
You know what? Chicken butt.
I liked your post because it was good. But just to be clear, you can finish ANY post with “Fuck Michigan” and get a ‘like’ from me.
Just saying.
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This.
With Fields at QB and the massive talent difference between OSU and the rest of the B1G, that part of a potential season isn't a major concern.
I think Wade leaving makes it highly questionable the OSU secondary can be at a NC caliber level this year. Hell, the first good QB/passing attack they face would be in the CFP.
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