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QB/WR Braxton Miller (B1G POY, National Champion, OSU HOF)

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OSUK said:
This is not meant to be critical of Braxton or mean-spirited in any way. He is a tremendous athlete and I love watching him play. When he got hurt vs. Purdue last year, he was down on the field for a long time, got escorted to the bench, was woosy getting on the cart, and was taken to the hospital - where nothing of any substance was found wrong with him. We were told it was "whiplash". I work in the area of these types of injuries. Nothing I saw in terms of the mechanism of injury or how he acted afterwards was consistent with what we were told was wrong with him. He went out the next week and played against Penn St and showed no signs of a sore neck. It just didn't add up. So here is my conclusion: he is a little dramatic and a little soft. I believe that is simply the truth and the reality.

Now I am going to go hide from the [Mark May] storm I'm sure is coming my way.
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Miller is, one minute, the most dynamic player in OSU history, and the next, the most dramatic player in OSU history.
 
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My conclusion is a football opinion. It's business, not personal.

Let's compare him to another pretty good QB at Ohio state. Krenzel I believe his name was. That guy was tough. He took a ton of hits in the pocket (Bollman's guys were a little leaky), but he ran the ball when he had to - and did quite well. But I saw him take some hits where I was like, "He's not getting up from that", but he would roll over, pop up, and head back to the huddle. Off the top of my head, I don't remember him coming out for even a play. With the beating he took, you know that he had sore knees and ankles, pain in his back and neck, and it had to hurt in his shoulders, elbows, and wrists - but he never missed a game beginning with the Michigan game of Tressel's first year.

I have a feeling that if we had Craig over for a barbeque and got a few beers in him, he would have some things to say about Braxton learning how to suck it up and stay out there.

All that said, if he's hurt, he shouldn't play. But he has put himself in the situation where we are unsure. Just because he gets taken to the hospital doesn't mean that he is seriously hurt. No matter how you spin it, that's a problem.
 
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OSUK said:
I have a feeling that if we had Craig over for a barbeque and got a few beers in him, he would have some things to say about Braxton learning how to suck it up and stay out there.
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Love Krenzel. Absolutely, unequivocally love the guy. But ask me, would I rather have a "tough guy" or a dynamic playmaker at the QB position and I'll take the latter, every time. And that's what Braxton Miller is.
 
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Its funny, we have a running backs and QB's that come through and get ripped by fans for being too "soft" and running out of bounds instead of taking the hit.

Now we have a QB that is being scrutinized for putting his body on the line and taking the hits and being knocked out of games. He is then called "soft". A no-win situation.

IMO, if you are going to be a scramble QB, you bring the risk of injuries upon yourself. You are taking your body (that is typically not built to take a hit), leaving your wall of protection and putting yourself in the middle of a defense surrounded by linebackers that are anywhere from 240- 260 pounds of fury. If you are going to accept the reward of additional yardage and extra touchdowns, then you also must accept the risk of injury.
 
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SEREbuckeye said:
Its funny, we have a running backs and QB's that come through and get ripped by fans for being too "soft" and running out of bounds instead of taking the hit.

Now we have a QB that is being scrutinized for putting his body on the line and taking the hits and being knocked out of games. He is then called "soft". A no-win situation.

IMO, if you are going to be a scramble QB, you bring the risk of injuries upon yourself. You are taking your body (that is typically not built to take a hit), leaving your wall of protection and putting yourself in the middle of a defense surrounded by linebackers that are anywhere from 240- 260 pounds of fury. If you are going to accept the reward of additional yardage and extra touchdowns, then you also must accept the risk of injury.
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If those were reversed I imagine we would all be perfectly happy. QB that runs out of bounds and RB that disregards the defender. At some point though we want all of our guys healthy so maybe the TP route of taking a large chunk and going out of bounds is perfect. At least they are there to do it again the next play.
 
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