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BONUS: Do The Buckeyes Have Enough Depth On The Defensive Line? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Here you go, bonus episode number two of the week
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  Speaker 1: for you. You've already heard Ryan Day talking a bunch
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  Speaker 1: about the Ohio State offense. Now we're going to look
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  Speaker 1: at the other side of the ball. We're going to
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  Speaker 1: talk a little bit about the Ohio State defense some
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  Speaker 1: of the storylines that are sort of popping there that
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  Speaker 1: we're watching as the Buckeyes get closer to the kickoff
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  Speaker 1: of the season September fifth, twelve thirty PM against Ball States.
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  Speaker 1: All right, let's take a look at the defensive side
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  Speaker 1: of the ball, some of the storylines there. Two of
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  Speaker 1: the names that we've been talking to you about a
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  Speaker 1: bunch this month, Jay Timmins, treue freshman who sure looks
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  Speaker 1: like he's going to be the starting nickel this year,
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  Speaker 1: and Simeon Caldwell, who seems like he's certainly in the
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  Speaker 1: running for some playing time in some defensive packages as well.
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  Speaker 1: Timmins again a nickel, Caldwell and maybe the dime maybe
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  Speaker 1: like in big nickel packages. There's still sorting some of
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  Speaker 1: that out. But where does that leave guys like Terry
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  Speaker 1: Moore and Lee roy Roker who are more veterans in
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  Speaker 1: the safety room.
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  Speaker 2: So Jalen is you know, sort of the incumbing back
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  Speaker 2: there and you know Captain now and some somebody who
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  Speaker 2: had steady play and so he'll definitely be a starter.
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  Speaker 2: And then Earl has done a nice job as well.
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  Speaker 2: But you're going to see you know, Terry and you're
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  Speaker 2: going to see Leroy role there. You know, Jay has
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  Speaker 2: been you know, a bright spot for us for sure
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  Speaker 2: on defense. He can do multiple things, but certainly gives
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  Speaker 2: us a lot of flexibility in his position and what
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  Speaker 2: he does. So you know, those guys will all roll.
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  Speaker 2: And then Simeon, you know, is really done of a
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  Speaker 2: good job as a freshman. It's a lot as a
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  Speaker 2: safety to play, but he has great instincts, you know,
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  Speaker 2: communicates well for a young player. So the good news is,
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  Speaker 2: you know, based on the package, you're going to see
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  Speaker 2: a lot of these guys play and we'll also you know,
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  Speaker 2: play some depth in Nickel and Basse.
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  Speaker 1: One of the guys who was expected to be a
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  Speaker 1: household name by later in this season is Peyton Pierce, linebacker.
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  Speaker 1: He was kind of the third linebacker last year, but
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  Speaker 1: being the third linebacker behind Sunny Styles and Rvel Reese
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  Speaker 1: meant you were kind of living in their shadow quite
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  Speaker 1: a bit. Well, those two guys are gone and Peyton
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  Speaker 1: Pierce is front and center now for the linebackers. He's
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  Speaker 1: going to be starting Mike. He's a team captain. He's
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  Speaker 1: gonna be wearing that green dot for the defense. So
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  Speaker 1: what does Peyton Piers bring to the field and what
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  Speaker 1: made him someone that was worthy of being voted a captain?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he's somebody that he leads from the front, which
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  Speaker 2: is important in today's day and age when a lot
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  Speaker 2: of guys want to lead by example. He's got a
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  Speaker 2: voice and in that position, as we know, it's really
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  Speaker 2: important that everybody's on the same page at the front,
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  Speaker 2: you know, knows exactly what's going on and ties it
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  Speaker 2: into the back end. That's probably again one of the
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  Speaker 2: things that probably was underrated. I know we've talked about
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  Speaker 2: it a little bit in here, but when you think
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  Speaker 2: about losing guys like Sonny and Caleb, who's the communication
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  Speaker 2: getting everybody together? Peyton does that and you know because
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  Speaker 2: of that, you know he just as a natural leader.
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  Speaker 1: It feels like every time we talk about the defense
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  Speaker 1: with the conversation starts with, well, these guys are gone.
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  Speaker 1: I just didn't I just did it last question with
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  Speaker 1: the D linebackers and r vel Reese and sunny styles
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  Speaker 1: being gone, Well, okay, now we're gonna talk about the
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  Speaker 1: defensive tackle gets. That's what Kayden McDonald. He is not
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  Speaker 1: walking through that door. He is off to the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: So how does Rian Day feel about that defensive tackle
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  Speaker 1: group right now? And in this answer, he's going to
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  Speaker 1: name six names, including a true freshman. And this was
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  Speaker 1: not so long a question where he got asked about
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  Speaker 1: the true freshman. He volunteered the true freshman's name. That's
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  Speaker 1: Mari Simeon, all on his own. That is one of
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  Speaker 1: those things that you were going to want to take
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  Speaker 1: note of.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think we have good depth there. We were
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  Speaker 2: talking about it last night. As you can imagine, we
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  Speaker 2: come in on Sunday as we grade the film, and
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  Speaker 2: then we have personnel meetings later in the day in
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  Speaker 2: all three phases, and as we go through all the
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  Speaker 2: guys on defense, you know, you look at that position
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  Speaker 2: and you see you know Edrick and James and Will,
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  Speaker 2: and then you see you know John and and Jason Moore,
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  Speaker 2: you know the Maris Simeon. You know, I mean that
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  Speaker 2: those guys can roll pretty good, right, in there and
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  Speaker 2: then you know, and then that the defensive end spots
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  Speaker 2: and you feel like you have some guys you can
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  Speaker 2: roll as well. So that part's good. We want to
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  Speaker 2: continue to see guys like emerge, you know, as as
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  Speaker 2: you know starters. But but I think that's the good thing.
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  Speaker 2: There's been bright spots across the board. I think that
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  Speaker 2: we have a bunch of guys who can start, and
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  Speaker 2: so that's good for the for the length of the season.
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  Speaker 2: The health of that group right there.
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  Speaker 1: Depth is obviously a great thing to have at defensive tackle,
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  Speaker 1: and that's something they're going to need in the coming
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  Speaker 1: weeks when they're playing in the heat and humidity in Austin,
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  Speaker 1: Texas in just a few weeks. But are they still
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  Speaker 1: looking for someone to really emerge as the guy, that dude,
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  Speaker 1: that Cayden McDonald double guy at defensive tackle. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I think we always we always want guys to step
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  Speaker 2: up in a big way and we always want more,
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  Speaker 2: so we'll continue to push them. That's at every position.
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  Speaker 2: But but I think at at you know, at that position,
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  Speaker 2: the way that we're set up, it's like, all right,
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  Speaker 2: how many guys do we feel like are playing at
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  Speaker 2: starter level? And then we go from there and we
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  Speaker 2: feel like we have you know, almost two to three
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  Speaker 2: deep at each of those positions, so we can and
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  Speaker 2: continue to see how these guys play out and develop
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  Speaker 2: and what the production looks like as we get into
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  Speaker 2: the season.
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  Speaker 1: Over the weekend, as they were naming the captains, they
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  Speaker 1: always put out the videos Ohio State put the social
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  Speaker 1: media team puts out these videos of the position coaches
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  Speaker 1: calling the player's parents to tell them congratulations, your son
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  Speaker 1: has been named a captain. In the video that Ohio
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  Speaker 1: State put out, James Laurnis, as he's talking to Peyton
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  Speaker 1: Pierce's parents, mentions, Hey, your son got the most votes
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  Speaker 1: of anyone for captain. So all right, what makes Peyton
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  Speaker 1: Piers that kind of a leader?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, the vote, the voting numbers are confidential, so yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's not public information. So I don't know what happened there,
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  Speaker 2: but yeah, he's in trouble now. Yeah, so I won't
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  Speaker 2: get into how we voted. But I just think Peyton
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  Speaker 2: you're asking about him, you know, he's somebody that just
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  Speaker 2: has natural leadership skills and feels comfortable being in front
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  Speaker 2: of a group of men and you know, leading and
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  Speaker 2: you know letting his voice heard. And today that's a
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  Speaker 2: big part of it. And these guys nowadays are on
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  Speaker 2: their phones and they so Mick does a better job,
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  Speaker 2: you know, as good a job as anybody in the
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  Speaker 2: country of putting you know, our guys up in front
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  Speaker 2: of the group and actually they have to get up
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  Speaker 2: there and speak and talk. And the first few times
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  Speaker 2: for a lot of these guys, it's hard. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: you watch our guys now, I mean, they feel comfortable
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  Speaker 2: doing it. With Peyton, it was like day one. It's
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  Speaker 2: just he's a natural that way. You know, it was
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  Speaker 2: like that in high school. We knew that the type
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  Speaker 2: of leader he was, and you know what he did
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  Speaker 2: in high school in terms of leading his team to
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  Speaker 2: you know, some really big wins. So but but that
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  Speaker 2: all goes back to recruiting as well, Like we were
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  Speaker 2: talking about, like, if you want that in your program,
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  Speaker 2: you have to recruit that. We knew we were getting
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  Speaker 2: that with Peyton and he certainly hasn't disappointed.
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  Speaker 1: All right, hope you guys enjoyed that one. We are
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