Jay Timmons

I get it.

But I think at this point, you just have to say, who are our 11 best? understanding that jay timmons may not be available and that changes things a little bit changes the picture just play the best 11 on defense and and i i thought quaver saws played really well for the last month for the most part but to me it's about who's going to provide a spark who's going to create chaos who's going to allow your defense to have a chance to make a game-changing play.

And that is what has been lacking from the defensive ends all season long.

The linebackers are the ones that have done it.

Yeah, I mean, I do think earlier in the year he probably took them an extreme yeah and it was that to his detriment the first detriment the first couple games were well below his own expectations for the way he should play and i i think he you know whether it was serious or not serious i think it was trying to account for the you know lack of execution in the last two games of last year like

maybe even the lack of or the the amount of expectation and height that was put on his counterpart on the other side of the field

yeah so you know that would be you know hard for us to actually quantify but The one thing that I think is important and that you mentioned there with moving back and forth, if Jay Timmons is not available on Saturday, there can't be any question.

Jermaine Matthews is this team's best security blanket at nickel.

I think the corner play has been among the top few corners.

And I don't know who we want to give credit to Jay Timmons for.

But, you know, Jay Timmons and I think Devin Sanchez and I think Jermaine Matthews have been pretty good this year.

I think the safety play has been, by and large, pretty good this year.

But those are also position groups where guys have stayed healthy.

Like, if they lose Jalen McClain or Earl Little

at this point

and don't have Jay Timmons to play one of those spots

It's not Luke Fahey, the freshman, starting.

It's Jay Timmons, the freshman, not playing.

That's why they dropped Ohio State to 12th.

mean of course if if only if only hunter your check could have actually told us that

You know who couldn't get pressure on Jaden Maiava?

yeah because they were dropping eight and only rushing three at times

yeah which part of that is like matt patricia what are you doing um but i i i really hate this matchup for ohio state oregon now the ones the the one thing i am looking out for and you you mentioned it in the cfp uh talk is Jay Timmons back in the lineup.

Because amazingly, this true freshman is the best player on that defense.

Could have the Buckeyes gotten off the field? Could have they played a little better on defense in some of those games? Sure.

But they did not lose because of the performance of the defense.

You can't even fully pin this on the defense.

in this game, but this was clearly the worst performance defensively that the Buckeyes have had since that 24 Michigan game.

Like,

clearly the worst.

Yeah.

This is a Jay Timmons thing.

Also could be true, I suppose.

Could be true.

I should get on the, on the teleconference and ask, is this the, is this the, this is the Jay Timmons thing, right? You know, you get the nerve.

First of all, how dare you?

Yeah, but I mean, the math is easy on that one.

They were in both those games fairly spotty in coverage.

When Jay Timmons was out there, they were better, but there were still plays to be made.

So a lot of that relates to, like, what version of Dylan Raiola shows up? Does Ohio State control the controllables, which is when their defense is good because they don't have the high-octane upside? to be undisciplined in any moment and not be exposed? And what do we make of Oregon's receiver core, which is very good against this Ohio State defense? If Raiola's on, that could be a matchup edge for Oregon.

But if he's not, that's all going to lay to waste.

It would almost signal that they are a little broken.

That losing, perhaps, their best two players this season outside of Jeremiah, Julian Sane and Jay Timmons, that that has affected them real, tangibly.

And the intangibles of that are that it has ripple effects when those guys aren't in there.

And you're right to say that we did come out of that game believing that they had a quarterback still, if everybody plays to their capability, that this team can indeed make the playoff and be a very tough team to go up against.

Cade and Curry, all these guys.

And now I look at the defense, and there's not really one guy that sticks out to me.

Jay Timmons is the guy that everybody talks about, a true freshman.

So you're telling me the best player on defense is a true freshman? That to me, that's a problem.

massive play.

The guy next to me in the press box said, do you think they're going to miss Jay Timmons? And on the second play, I helped with him.

I was like, Yeah,

I think so.