The Dwayne Haskins Record Tracker

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1. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO RUN GAME. NEED MORE THAN HIS PASSING TO GO ALL THE WAY. TTUN SEEMS TO BE IMPROVING AS THE BUCKS GET STALE IN THE RUN GAME.

2. Look. I was and remain a Joe Burrow fan, I’m not gonna try and post without that up-front. That said, I like Dwayne and all he’s done, but the key to the entire article is “on pace for” when the meat of the schedule is ahead. Yes, what he did vs TTUN, TCU and PSU is impressive BUT I’m not ready to anoint the kid just yet.

   1. Yep, we’re on the same steam ship. The SS Joe Burrow. Would have loved to have seen what he could have done with the stable of receivers on this roster at his disposal as opposed to the “clown show” he has to work with in Baton Rouge. It’s still impossible not to really be amazed by the production Dwayne has produced thus far. Watching his ball placement has been eye opening and consistently deadly. Given the time he has the skills to take any Div. 1A program completely apart. Under pressure though it’s a whole different animal. The competition starts to ramp up very soon. Minnesota currently has the 25th best pass defense in the Country, which is 4th best in the Big 10 behind _ichigan, Iowa, Penn State. Before the bye week he gets a dumpster fire of a Purdue secondary, but, that game scares me. He might have to throw for 10 TD’s to escape West Lafayette with a win. Pretty scary considering that the Buckeyes are the 4th worst pass defense in the Big 10 ahead of only Michigan State, Illinois and, Purdue. David Blough is becoming a damned good passer at exactly the wrong time for the Buckeyes. “Shoot Out At Fantasy Factory” comes to mind in that game.

      1. Of course you wanted Burrow. He is your kind of color.

         1. Dude, go back to your pedophile site.

         2. I was pulling for Burrow because he’s an Ohio kid and because he did everything right and wasn’t an annointed recruit like Dwayne was, Rick. Has zero to do with color and everything to do with his work ethic and being an Ohio boy.
            All that said, Dwayne is doing fantastic and I hope he DOES go on to shatter the records he’s on-pace for because with our run game and defense the Buckeyes NEED him to be that good.

      2. I agree Purdue has danger all over it for us. On the road against an improving well coached team that is throwing the ball well. For some reason, teams are loading up against us to stop the run. Indiana did it also on Saturday. They were bringing one or both safeties down hard into the box at the snap. Not sure why any team would play us like this given how well we throw the ball. Assuming Haskins continues to torch teams with the pass, l look for opposing defenses to start keeping their safeties back in coverage which should start to open up the running game. If not, then let Haskins throw the ball as much as needed. Hopefully Urban doesn’t start trying to “force” the running game by calling more zone reads and direct QB runs with Haskins. Not his game and seems to throw the offense out of sync. Let Wilson and Day continue to call the plays but we knew Urbans arrogance at some point would start to intervene. To me the real bottom line here is our defense. If they don’t start eliminating the big plays, we’re going to get beat before scUM comes to town. Not sure what the heck is going on here but something is obviously wrong. This is why Urban gets the big money.

         1. I’m spending time rewinding games trying to see if my non expert eyes can see flaws with the offensive line. Pass blocking they’re not all that bad (the right side they’re actually really good), but, the left side still doesn’t keep engaged as competently as the right side. But not bad over-all. Run blocking is a completely different story. The right side is the only place there appears to be any kind of push and gaps for the tailbacks. Demetrius Knox looks like the most proficient drive blocker along that line. TE’s aren’t helping at all. Maybe it’s Demetrius’ height that’s giving him an advantage! He gets under the Dlinemans pads and is able to get him, more often than not to turn that defender away from the play. Sometimes Isaiah gets his man moved, and sometimes it’s pretty evident that the DE or linebacker he’s engaging has the advantage getting under Isaiah’s pads. Low man wins, so Isaiah can’t consistently turn his man to create a decent hole in the B-Gap. Isaiah as a pass blocker though is a mean and nasty blocker. So far it looks like the blind side gets beaten off the ball and their opponent is already under their pad level consistently, and they’re only able to get a stalemate, or, they’re being moved in whatever direction their opponents want them to go. On run plays Michael Jordan just isn’t able to hand off the DLineman to the left side because Malcolm and Thayer are being beaten, so Michael isn’t free to move into the second level to engage a linebacker. If I was evaluating I’d say that Malcolm is the weakest link along the offensive line.

            I’m not their coach but if I was I would make a switch along the offensive line. Move Josh Myers in to center and slide Michael Jordan back out to LG. Michael had a terrific year at LG and never seemed unable to get off the initial lineman engagement. Josh Myers is bull level strong and he’s shorter. Looking at the running game, something needs to be done up front to give the backs a chance with simple dive and inside zone runs. Watching the TE’s horrible blocking skills makes inside traps in Urbans pro style power trap scheme a really bad option the way it is currently.

            But as a ton of people in this forum will point out………I’m not a coach and know nothing, or I’m an idiot who just thinks he knows football, so please feel free to simply ignore me if you want.

3. ……..and already has the baying hounds of hell (NFL scouts) sniffing his tracks to hunt him down.

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