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WR Corey "Philly" Brown (Official Thread)

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WR Brown must give as he gets
Meyer's desire is for Philly to turn receptions into more yardage
Updated: October 2, 2012
By Austin Ward | BuckeyeNation

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Over and over, Ohio State put its trust in the hands of Corey "Philly" Brown and was rewarded.

If it could get a little more out of the feet of the junior receiver, the spread offense might really see a payoff.

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Philly Brown had a long reception of 24 yards against Michigan State.

Brown turned a steady stream of short passes to the perimeter into one of the most productive receiving games in school history as the Buckeyes maintained their perfect record last weekend at Michigan State. Considering the meager output the program had at receiver a year ago, his 12 catches clearly represented significant improvement. But they would have been even more effective if Brown had increased the volume of his yardage the same way he has his reception total, which would be the next step in the evolution of the Ohio State passing game.

"That's the spread offense," Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer said. "Spread offense, in theory, in our spread we're going to attack you vertically and horizontally. Our horizontal guy has to be able to shake loose of a couple of those, and he's just not had a lot of experience at it.

"That's going to be my coaching today -- 'Break a tackle, Philly.'"

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Brown answers Meyer?s call to make bigger plays
By Tim May
The Columbus Dispatch Sunday October 7, 2012

When Ohio State coach Urban Meyer lets a player have the ball more than a half-dozen times a game, it?s not because he?s into padding statistics. It?s because he wants the player ? in this case, receiver Corey Brown ? to supersize those stats.

That was Meyer?s message to Brown before Ohio State?s 63-38 win over Nebraska last night in Ohio Stadium. Brown had caught 12 passes, but for just 84 yards, the week before in a 17-16 win at Michigan State.Meyer wanted more.

?He?s allowed to make a guy miss once in a while, to get more than 8 yards,? Meyer said, only half joking. ?The good thing is, he?s not near what he can be.?

Brown knew that more was expected. Many of those catches against Michigan State were on screen or swing routes, really just glorified running plays. The Buckeyes were hoping to see Brown use more of the running-back prowess he displayed in high school.

?The thing I?m looking for from Philly is, we need some explosiveness in this offense,? Meyer said last week.Brown came through last night.

He caught three passes for 35 yards and made the big play in a game full of big plays, racing 76 yards for a touchdown with a third-quarter punt return that gave Ohio State a 49-31 lead.

?That was great blocking,? Brown said. ?When we watch the film, it?s going to be funny to see how many of those guys made such good blocks. They made it easy for me.?I didn?t see anybody. The blocking was so good I just saw the punter. I just had to make one person miss.?

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After his first two seasons, I had serious doubts he had the hands to be a major contributor. But, he has looked like a completely different player. He's so dependable I never have a doubt he's going to catch it when it's thrown his way. Philly is right up there with the OL as far as being the biggest turnaround on the team. My only criticism would be his lack of balance on some of his runs after the catch. Seems to stumble a lot. Even that looks like it's going away as he gets more comfortable.
 
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Philly has really stepped it up this year. Huge play with that explosive return on Saturday but he also has been a big time deep threat. Unfortunately, Braxton has missed him almost every time, but he has got open deep many times.
 
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Once Philly started to catch the ball consistently, he was going to start putting the big 10 and soon the rest of the country on notice. Philly, imo, is every bit as good as tavon Austin, stedman Bailey, Terrance Williams, etc(maybe not marquise lee yet) as far as talent and speed. I'd take the tandem of miller and brown over pretty much everyone in the country and not look back
Oh yeah, and Michigan sucks!!!!
 
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pnuts34;2260572; said:
Once Philly started to catch the ball consistently, he was going to start putting the big 10 and soon the rest of the country on notice. Philly, imo, is every bit as good as tavon Austin, stedman Bailey, Terrance Williams, etc(maybe not marquise lee yet) as far as talent and speed. I'd take the tandem of miller and brown over pretty much everyone in the country and not look back
Oh yeah, and Michigan sucks!!!!
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Don't know if I'd go that far. But he has made huuuuge strides from his first touches. He wasn't the deep ball guy. He proved that over and over. I think most fans wanted to see him in a different role, a role where we could made the easy catch and then get the YAC. Then we saw that...

and it wasn't all it was cracked up to be. He was indecisive and didn't look like a fluid athlete. If you look at his high school film, he was a pure speed guy. He didn't like traffic, it was turn the corner and go...and typically he was gone. I agreed with Urban Meyer when he said it was okay for Philly to make somebody miss. He keeps improving and adapting his play and I think he'll continue to be more dangerous vs scUM and next year. He's been impressive, and making plays when we need them.
 
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