Written by Duane Long
| 22 May 2009
When I was looking at the roster for yesterdays blog on the odd man front I noticed something. Well, I noticed several things that added up to one big thing. Look at the defensive ends on the roster. Specifically look at the weak side ends. Thaddeus Gibson is not a 4-3 sized end. Recruit Jonathan Newsome is not either. Current verbal Jamel Turner is not a hand in the dirt defensive end. If Durham is a defensive end he is not ideal sized for a 4-3 defensive end. Nathan Williams and Keith Wells are bigger but again not the kind of guys you look for in a 4-3 defensive end. Williams was a high school linebacker. You may remember I discussed the fact that the cornerbacks in this class were not what we are used to seeing out of this staff. Look at Hines, Moeller, Rolle, Bell and now with McVey. Not the size we are used to seeing with past Buckeye linebackers. The one thing that stood out in the recent high profile losses was a difference in speed. That is what I am seeing with the last couple of classes. A major emphasis on adding speed. We saw it in the receivers for many years. It looks like we are seeing the staff put speed at the top of the list of qualities we are targeting with recruiting.
