Did Buckeyes reload enough on defense this offseason?
Bucknuts Morning 5: An Ohio State athletics podcast
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🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Ohio State had the No. 1 defense in the country in 2025, but the Buckeyes are losing eight starters off of that unit, including four players who are projected as first-round picks. We have no doubt OSU will still be very good defensively in 2026, but can the Buckeyes maintain their pace from last year? Or should we expect a small step backward? Dave Biddle and Dan Rubin delve into that and more on the Monday 5ish.
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| 0:29.5 | The Good morning Bucknode. Welcome to the Bucknott's Morning 5 here on Monday, February 9th, 2026. I am Dave Biddle, very happy, joined by Dan Rubin. |
| 1:04.3 | So forget about the title of the show that you guys see up there, talking about Ohio State's defense. |
| 1:07.4 | We're going to do none of that. Dan and I are just going to delve into why is this not a national holiday in the United States? The day after the Super Bowl. Okay, we are going to talk about Ohio State's defense. And I put a threat on buck nuts asking for questions. A lot of people want to know about Matt Patricia. Why hasn't he signed the extension yet? What I was told last week was Ohio State's extremely optimistic he's going to sign that extension. but, you know, I was told by a good source that, you know, Patricia's agent told him, hey, just hold off on signing everything until like all the NFL defense coordinator jobs are filled, just in case someone wants to do what the Raiders did with Chip Kelly last year and give you $6 million to go be in NFL DC. And speaking of one of those jobs that's open, the Raiders, because Kubiak's going to take the Raiders head coaching job. Do I think Matt Trich is going to take the Raiders defensive coordinator job? No. The Brown's defensive coordinator job is also open, Dan. I don't think he's going to take that. I don't know if he's going to be, he hasn't even been mentioned for it. And the third and final one is the Cardinals. I don't think he's going to take that. I don't know if he's going to be, he hasn't even been mentioned for it. |
| 2:03.8 | And the third and final one is the Cardinals. |
| 2:05.7 | I don't think he's going to take the Cardinals job. Those are the three that are open. So I was told, if you're an agent, that's smart. You're like, okay, I know you want to stay at Ohio State. They're going to take care of you. Great. no reason to sign the extension yet until all these until the NFL season's over now the |
| 2:16.8 | NFL season's over these |
| 2:18.1 | jobs that are still out there are going to be filled this week there's just no doubt about that so |
| 2:22.8 | I also heard that there was a chance you know some people have thrown like the patriots out there |
| 2:26.6 | because I know their defensive coordinator had some health issues this year I have not heard anything |
| 2:30.4 | about that but I've heard other people discuss that So here's what I'm hearing buck nutters. |
| 2:36.0 | It's very, very, very, very, very likely the Mapitrice is going to come back. |
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