Ryan Day set the standard for Ohio State's defensive performance this season at Big Ten Media Days: “We expect a top-10 defense. That's what we want.”
By gutting last year’s defensive coaching regime to bring in Jim Knowles and company this offseason, Ryan Day sent a clear message that the Buckeye defense needs to make swift and significant changes.
“In terms of expectations, we expect a top-10 defense. That's what we want,” Day said. “When we've played our best football, it's because we played really good defense, and we've been balanced and played complementary football. We want to obviously stop the run to begin with and then go from there, but we expect a top-10 defense.”
Both Day’s revamped defensive coaching staff and the returning talent on the field – of which there is plenty – will be vital in the pursuit of turning things around.Ryan Day Discusses Ohio State’s Summer Progress, Expectations for 2022 Season and More in First Interview at Big Ten Media Days While the Buckeyes only lose three regular defensive starters from the 2021 team , the returners still have their work cut out for them in learning a complex new defensive system with several first-year Buckeye coaches.
When asked about the aforementioned 2019 team Wednesday, Day said he can see some similarities with the 2022 group, even if the comparison isn’t exactly one-to-one. That team also had new defensive leadership, with Jeff Hafley and Greg Mattison serving as co-defensive coordinators, and returned most of its main contributors on defense.
While Day is shooting for a top-10 group on defense to balance out his perennially electric offense, the leaders of that unit want to set the bar even higher. Fourth-year safety Ronnie Hickman, Ohio State’s lone defensive representative at Big Ten Media Days, said he’s shooting for top-five status in 2022. That’s something the Buckeye defense talks about every day.
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