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https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/10/31/2...m-hubbard-tyquan-lewis-jalyn-holmes-nick-bosa
Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett, rightfully, got most of the credit in the aftermath of the Buckeyes’ come-from-behind, 39-38 win over Penn State on Saturday. But if you really want to know what happened, the Nittany Lions’ final four offensive snaps will tell you.
First-and-10, ball at the PSU 41: After a botched squib kick gives Penn State field position, Trace McSorley takes the shotgun snap. Two Lions blockers engage on Nick Bosa, leaving fellow rushers Jalyn Holmes, Sam Hubbard and Tyquan Lewis singled. It turns into a race to the quarterback. McSorley runs right, and throws to a covered Saquon Barkley in the flat. Incomplete.
Second-and-10, PSU 41: Bosa comes looping inside, and McSorley steps up, right into the area where Holmes has flattened PSU guard Brendan Mahon. Holmes cleans up with the sack on McSorley.
Third-and-15, PSU 36: Hubbard and Bosa come flying off the edges, beating the offensive tackles. McSorley clearly feels them coming, defaulting to throw to his security blanket, tight end Mike Gesicki, in double coverage. Incomplete.
Fourth-and-15, PSU 36: Hubbard, Bosa, Lewis and Holmes all get a jump, all get in the backfield, and the spy, linebacker Jerome Baker, closes down, forcing a McSorley prayer in the general vicinity of receiver Juwan Johnson. Incomplete. Game over.
So why are we going through all of that? Because it goes back to something one pretty well-known Ohio State assistant said to the Big Ten Network about the group, when asked if it was the best defensive line he’d ever been around.
Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett, rightfully, got most of the credit in the aftermath of the Buckeyes’ come-from-behind, 39-38 win over Penn State on Saturday. But if you really want to know what happened, the Nittany Lions’ final four offensive snaps will tell you.
First-and-10, ball at the PSU 41: After a botched squib kick gives Penn State field position, Trace McSorley takes the shotgun snap. Two Lions blockers engage on Nick Bosa, leaving fellow rushers Jalyn Holmes, Sam Hubbard and Tyquan Lewis singled. It turns into a race to the quarterback. McSorley runs right, and throws to a covered Saquon Barkley in the flat. Incomplete.
Second-and-10, PSU 41: Bosa comes looping inside, and McSorley steps up, right into the area where Holmes has flattened PSU guard Brendan Mahon. Holmes cleans up with the sack on McSorley.
Third-and-15, PSU 36: Hubbard and Bosa come flying off the edges, beating the offensive tackles. McSorley clearly feels them coming, defaulting to throw to his security blanket, tight end Mike Gesicki, in double coverage. Incomplete.
Fourth-and-15, PSU 36: Hubbard, Bosa, Lewis and Holmes all get a jump, all get in the backfield, and the spy, linebacker Jerome Baker, closes down, forcing a McSorley prayer in the general vicinity of receiver Juwan Johnson. Incomplete. Game over.
So why are we going through all of that? Because it goes back to something one pretty well-known Ohio State assistant said to the Big Ten Network about the group, when asked if it was the best defensive line he’d ever been around.
