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Bucknuts Morning 5: An Ohio State athletics podcast

Should fans be concerned about Justin Fields?

Bucknuts Morning 5: An Ohio State athletics podcast

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Football, Basketball, Sports

4.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2019

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Ohio State held its spring game on Saturday, and sophomore quarterback Justin Fields was 4-of-13 passing for 131 yards with a touchdown (a 98-yarder to Ben Victor) and no interceptions. A lot of Buckeye fans seem concerned about Fields because of his completion percentage, but we're talking about 13 attempts in a glorified scrimmage. And they weren't even playing real football. They were playing touch football. Plus, Fields did look very good as a runner, and had at least one -- and perhaps two -- of his passes dropped on the afternoon. Are fans concerned for no reason? Or is there reason for consternation regarding Fields? Steve Helwagen joins Dave Biddle to discuss that, plus: * Thoughts on redshirt freshman QB Matthew Baldwin. * True freshman wide receiver Garrett Wilson, redshirt freshman H-back Jaelen Gill and redshirt freshman running back Master Teague had big afternoons. What can be expected of them this fall? * What else stood out about the spring game? * On the hoops front, Chris Holtmann and the Buckeyes landed 7-foot center Ibrahima Diallo on Sunday. What do fans need to know about him? And is there any chance that guard/forward Ben Roderick will be a Buckeye? All of that and more is coming at you on the Monday extravaganza. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The And the Good morning buck nutters welcome to the buck nuts morning five here on

0:30.6

Monday April 15th, 2019.

0:33.2

I am David Biddle.

0:34.1

Very happy joined by Steve Hell Wagon.

0:37.0

Steve, let's get right into some springball talk

0:39.8

at quarterback.

0:40.8

You know, it wasn't a great day for Justin Fields, who was just 4 of 13 for 131 yards,

0:46.0

but he did have a 98-yard touchdown pass to Ben Victor.

0:50.0

A lot of fans seem concerned, but I just can't stress this enough. I mean just 13 attempts in a game, quote unquote a game, they're not even playing real football, they're playing clutch football. He looked good as a runner. Just what were your

1:05.3

impressions of Justin Field Steve? Yeah I think we could address this a little bit

1:09.6

in the Facebook Live after the game that we posted and my comment was I didn't see anything

1:14.6

that led me to believe that these guys should take the summer off. I think both he and

1:21.3

Matthew Baldwin have plenty of work to do getting on the same pages the wide receivers.

1:26.2

Some passes were off the market times it seemed like and I think that some of it had to do with the offensive line was breaking down at various points.

1:38.0

I don't think we've seen the true offensive line yet because Thayer Munford didn't practice and Jonah Jackson from Rutgers isn't there yet.

1:46.4

So I would guess that the wild card on this is Jonah Jackson because we know for fact that they are Munford is going to start at left tackle I don't think there's any doubt about that

1:58.5

But if Jackson is the real deal that he plays guard and Bowen plays tackle. If Jackson is not the real deal, then Bowen plays guard and either fatigue for air or a lobby plays tackle. And that's one of the it's either it's either or it's one or the

2:16.7

other and they may rotate guys throughout the season but I think the consistency of the

2:21.4

offensive line at times was a struggle.

2:24.8

I think that kind of led to some bad things happening for the quarterbacks.

2:29.6

I have not had a chance to go back and fully watched the game.

2:32.8

I know one of the things one of us is going to do,

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