True about Bosa. My (partially educated) hunch is that he's out until the post season, but of course j haven't read his charts for that guess to be worth much. What do you think about Sheffield, meanwhile? All the talent in the world, but he seems to be consistently picked on for his mistakes whenever I view.
You may be on to something with that Coombs observation. Sheffield is a track star with great hips, but often loses the battle for the ball because he does not turn his head. Seems to be a common thing for Arnette. And Okudah too. Rarely are they beaten by separation.
But most of the passing yardage given up has been on RPOs, in that area just behind the LBs. And for whatever reason, it’s all or mostly in first halves. From Eleven Warriors:
“The Jekyll and Hyde defense was on full display yesterday as it surrendered 14 points, 238 total yards, 128 rushing yards on 6.4 per carry and a 67% completion rate while failing to register a sack with just two tackles-for-loss in the opening half. But after regrouping at intermission, the Buckeyes came out and held the Gophers to zero points, 150 total yards, 50 rushing on 3.8 per carry and a 45% completion rate while tallying two sacks, three tackles-for-loss and four pass breakups over the final two quarters.
You'll recall the same thing happened last week as Indiana put up 20 points and 317 total yards including 7.8 yards per carry in first half only to muster just six points, 89 total yards and 0.5 yards per carry in the second.
Look, there are a ton of things wrong with this defense but if you're searching for a positive, it rests on the unit's ability to tighten the screws in the second half. And of course that its poor first half showings haven't cost the team a game yet.
OSU has only given up 53 points in 2nd half- 8 point average. But against a really good team that will eventually bite them.”
I think Meyer needs to put his foot down. Schiano’ high pressure press man is statistically better than when Ash was running zone schemes like quarters coverage ( copied from MSU). But teams did not have explosive plays and usually had to put together long drives to score.
