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LB John Simon - (2012 B1G DPOY, Super Bowl Champ)

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He really handled that right tackle in the Wisky game but their left tackle beat him all day for the most part. John got one legitimate sack against him and the other the QB left the pocket stupidly. John's motor never stops though so he was there when the QB left the pocket and made the play. A bunch of other plays John makes that he really doesnt get credit for is when he collapses the hole or the running lane and his teammate makes the play. We are really going to miss him. :(

Next man up!
 
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Simon leaving OSU with no regrets
Published: Sun, December 9, 2012

Cardinal Mooney High graduate John Simon capped a stellar career at Ohio State by earning the Big Ten?s defensive player of the year. The senior defensive tackle started the first 11 games, making 45 tackles, including 14.5 for loss with nine sacks for the Buckeyes (12-0, 8-0), who completed just the sixth perfect season in OSU history but are not eligible to play in a bowl game.

Simon missed the Michigan game after rupturing a bursa sac in his knee but ?I?m doing well now,? he said. He spoke by phone this week with Vindicator sports writer Joe Scalzo.

Q. What was it like to miss the finale? It sounds like you did everything could to play in that game.

A. We definitely did everything we could. We did some drastic stuff the morning of that game to see if we could get it going and unfortunately we weren?t able to do it. I had to make that decision [not to play] probably about 15 minutes before kickoff. So I had to deal with some demons there in the locker room a little bit. But my team picked me up fast and let me know that they were behind me every step of the way. The process was a lot quicker with them having my back. They went out and played lights out. I?ve really never been more proud of a group of guys. I really appreciate what they went out and did.

Q. If this had been, say, the third week of the season and you had been playing a [Mid-American Conference] team, would you have ruled yourself out earlier than that?

A. No, absolutely not. As a team, we take every team we go up against as seriously as possible. Especially when you?re at the point where you?re trying to have a perfect season, you can?t afford to lose any games. It doesn?t matter who the opposition is ? you have to give everything you?ve got in every game.

Q. What?s this month been like for you? Obviously at this point you?d normally be getting ready for a bowl game.

A. It?s definitely tough seeing other teams getting ready for bowl games and playing for championships. But we knew [we couldn?t] coming into the season so we just wanted to make the most of the opportunity we got, especially this year. And we were able to do that and have a perfect season.

Q. What is the legacy of this season? How are you going to look back on it?

A. As a senior class, we did everything possible to get the program back on the right track. Obviously we struggled a little bit last year [going 6-7] and as a senior group, we really just wanted to set the foundation for [head coach Urban Meyer] and set the foundation for the future Ohio State era. We did that this year.

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http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/dec/09/simon-leaving-osu-with-no-regrets/?newswatch
 
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Bestbuck36;2273325; said:
He really handled that right tackle in the Wisky game but their left tackle beat him all day for the most part. John got one legitimate sack against him and the other the QB left the pocket stupidly. John's motor never stops though so he was there when the QB left the pocket and made the play. A bunch of other plays John makes that he really doesnt get credit for is when he collapses the hole or the running lane and his teammate makes the play. We are really going to miss him. :(

Next man up!
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On almost every play I watched in the youtube video, he was double teamed on the left side.
 
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TheDudeToo;2274849; said:
His college stats are pretty much the same as Longs.

Simon
154 tt, 20.5 sacks, 2 ff

Long
187 tt, 22 sacks, 3 ff
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Long did that as a 3-4 end with much less talent around him.

Long was a much better pro prospect than Simon is.

That doesn't in any way take away from what Simon accomplished as a Buckeye or the legacy that he will leave here.

It also doesn't mean that Simon will have any worse or better a career than Long.
 
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With apologies for their mutual whiteness (:lol:), I've always seen Simon as a Jared Allen type of motor (and psychological edge). I didn't realize that Allen is that much taller than Simon, but, especially after this season, I think they play similarly.
 
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added to Senior Bowl....

Simon (6-2, 263) won the Big Ten's Nagurski-Woodson Trophy as the conference's defensive player of the year and the Smith-Brown Trophy as the league's defensive lineman of the year. He played a hybrid end position for the Buckeyes but is considered a linebacker prospect in the NFL.

Simon had 45 tackles, including 14.5 for loss and nine sacks, for undefeated Ohio State this season.

He could add to his trophy case, too. Simon is one of the three finalists for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes' Bobby Bowden Award, which annually goes to the college football player who best epitomizes being a student-athlete. The other finalists are Southern Cal quarterback Matt Barkley and Auburn linebacker Ashton Richardson.
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http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/12/senior_bowls_adds_decorated_de.html
 
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