We have been talking about the great play of Leonard Johnson last night, and rightfully so. But I have to say the best looking defender on the team was a guy who has gotten very little time this year, but swallowed up OSUs 1b option, Josh Cooper. Deon Broomfield looked like the player I thought he would be when Chizik brought him in and Rhoads kept him. He was step for step the whole night, and the tackles were made instantly. How he has not played more is beyond me, but he looked great last night
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Deon has been playing GREAT! He also made the tackle on fourth down against Kansas a couple of weeks ago. He's really stepping it up!
I bring up Broomfield because he hasn't got much press from the fans or coaches, but he played the nickel better than Morgan has all year. He really looked like he owned that spot, and I hope he keeps it the rest of the year.
People give Blackmon a ton of props, but OSU spread pushes the sides of the field, and that is where Josh Cooper has made his living. By eliminating that, it allowed everyone else to play their assignments and get the job done.
This may not need saying but Jake Knott...I didn't realize til this morning that he tipped that last INT in OT. Game Over.
And ya Broomfield looks huge compared to some of our other DBs. Played great!
And ya Broomfield looks huge compared to some of our other DBs. Played great!
LJ did just the right amount of jawing with Blackmon to not get flagged but frustrate him into ineffectiveness. He will be at home in the NFL
I thought both Broomfield and Morgan played well last night. They both ended up with 5 tackles.
Brackens stood there and talked to **** to the OSU Punt Returner after he got tackled by his own guy. It was awesome.
Agree on Broomfield. He may at least two absolutely huge plays, especially that tackle on Cooper to force the FG.
I saw on Twitter this morning that Blackmon said that LJ "was the most physical DB he's faced all year".
After last night I feel much better about our secondary going in to next year. Losing LJ and Benton will hurt a lot, but some of the younger guys showed some real promise.
I know he dropped at least one pass - but Darius Darks made some great catches. I watched the replay and, at least early on, was one of Barnett's favorite receivers. Some people have been pretty hard on Darks in the past, but props go out to him (and all the other players mentioned in this thread).
Perhaps the best overall defensive performance since 2005. Yeah, I know, Nebraska in 2009 and Texas last year. I'll take this game over either of those. We held perhaps the nation's best offense to 17 regulation points and 24 points overall. The D Line got just enough pressure to make Weeden uncomfortable. The defense outright shut down OSU's running game. The LBs were making plays all over the field. The only catches Blackmon really got were highlight-caliber catches because that's just how good LJ's coverage was last night, and no other WR went off on us. Weeden was forced to go to his safety valve a lot more often than he wanted to, which means ISU wasn't giving up the big play. Not to mention 5 huge turnovers. Yeah, they gave up a lot of yards, but the defense kept OSU out of the endzone. Best overall defensive performance in a LONG time.
Career game for LJ. Perhaps career-making. I agree with the assessment - the guy made $$$ last night. The only time Blackmon was productive was on catches that were outright indefensible. IMO LJ will look great in Atlanta red, Baltimore purple, or Detroit blue! :biggrin: