In-depth look at Buckeyes' O-line
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šļø 20 March 2023
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Summary
Ohio State is losing a first-round pick and likely two second-round picks off its offensive line in left tackleĀ Paris Johnson Jr., plus right tackleĀ Dawand JonesĀ and centerĀ Luke Wypler. It is rare to lose that much high-end talent off an offensive line in one offseason, but that's the reality for the Buckeyes. Starting guardsĀ Donovan JacksonĀ andĀ Matthew JonesĀ return, which is the good news. Who will fill in at the three vacant starting spots? Who will be the primary backups? Is the depth good? Can O-line coachĀ Justin FryeĀ get the most out of this group?
Steve Helwagen joins Dave Biddle for a deep dive on Ohio State's 2023 offensive line and what you can expect from the unit.
All of that and more is coming your way on the Monday 5ish.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning, Buck Nudders. Welcome to the Buck Nuts morning 5. |
| 0:29.9 | Here on Monday, March 20th, 2023, I am Dave Vittel, very happy to be joined by Steve |
| 0:34.4 | Hellwagon. First day of spring, starting to feel like it, woke up, it was cold, it's |
| 0:39.3 | going to be nice day today, that's going to be 70 later this week here in the |
| 0:42.9 | capital city of Ohio, so spring has sprung. Steve and I are going to do a deep |
| 0:46.7 | dive on Ohio State's offensive line for 2023 on today's show. We'll finish up |
| 0:51.2 | talking some hoops, but I want to do a deep dive on the other line. Steve, I |
| 0:54.9 | don't remember Ohio State losing this much high-end talent off an offensive |
| 0:59.3 | line in one year as far as the draft is concerned. My parents, Johnson, |
| 1:02.9 | Jr. is a lock for the first round. From everything we're reading, it sounds like |
| 1:06.2 | Dewan Jones is probably a lock for the second round, and Luke Wippler is |
| 1:09.8 | going to be taken on the second day at some point, if not the second round, |
| 1:12.1 | which he's getting a lot of second round buzz, third round at the worst. Now, |
| 1:15.8 | 2013, they lost a ton of talent. There should have been drafted higher, but think |
| 1:20.5 | about Jack Mewhort was a second-round pick that year. Cory Linsley was a fifth |
| 1:24.7 | round pick, even though he should have been much higher. He's being paid like |
| 1:28.0 | he's a first-round pick. And then Andrew Norwell wasn't even drafted. |
| 1:33.6 | Marcus Hall wasn't even drafted. So they lost a lot of talent off to that 2013 |
| 1:37.9 | line, but man, they're losing a lot of talent off this 2022 line. We'll talk |
| 1:41.9 | about who's going to fill in as the starters in a minute, but your thoughts on |
| 1:46.0 | losing those three guys. I can't remember in Ohio State team losing three |
| 1:49.0 | offensive linemen like that quality in one year. Yeah, it's been a while. I think |
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