The foundation of Urban's offense is built on more than just the way each play attacks the defense - but how personnel is allowed to shine within the system. Urban likes to rank his top 20 players going into the season and I thought it would be a cool idea to do the same.
By plugging in some of this previous weeks' stats into a simulated football points calculator, we can also rank the top 20 offensive weapons of each week (and the season on average). And in this way we can see which guys are creating the most total impact on the offense. Dividing by attempts/targets also allows us to see who our most explosive players are.
All of the points totals were created by the first generator that popped up on google, using the NFL.com Fantasy Football setting. Side Note: Aren't ya glad this topic is actually about football??
- Dwayne Haskins - 42.92
- This ranking system may fall short of representing Dwayne's ability to truly unlock this offense - even having him at #1. That boy good. Also I didn't include sacks because it doesn't really aid the weapons conversation. Having your QB not at #1 on this list would be an issue, an issue that I'm sure we won't have to worry about this season.
- Mike Weber - 42.90
- What a start for our guy Weber. I don't expect him to come this close to Dwayne in production every week, but we can keep the ranking system consistent and find out. Ryan Day will have to continue to feed Weber until Dobbins does something to earn more - spoiler: he will.
- Terry McLaurin - 24.10
- Much like Weber in his last, first start; T-Mac left it all on the field and showed the fans why he was voted a captain. I must admit that I was absolutely shocked to see him look so fluid and fast in the open field. I'm sure we're saving some looks downfield for him against the likes of TCU and PSU.
- Master Teague - 11.60
- Here's where things start to get funky as a product of the point scoring system and having just played one of the worst P5 defenses in the country. Master Teague is our 4th best weapon!! Ayyooo! If you believe it I believe it, Kevin Garnett once said anything is possible.
- Brian Snead - 8.50
- Yeah, so this is obviously not going to stick once we hit B10 season. *Checks schedule* ...Well shit.
- Paris Campbell - 8.20
- Paris wins the tie-break with KJ because he scored a TD, but it was still a pretty inauspicious start for what should be a top-3 weapon within this offense. The guy either gets tackled for a 3 yard gain or he doesn't get touched. Either way - should be an offensive focal point against better defenses.
- KJ Hill - 8.20
- Another name that will climb this list a tad as we hit B10 season. Against B10 defenses in particular that are known for physicality, Hill and Mack are going to be a nightmare to defend on underneath and crossing routes.
- J.K. Dobbins - 7.40
- If JK doesn't climb this list, I don't think it's the worst thing in the world. He will naturally slide ahead of Teague and Snead by way of meaningful snaps - but he really is right on the fringe of being a top-5 offensive weapon. Which is actually f*cking terrifying for opposing defenses to think about.
- Austin Mack - 6.9
- See Hill above and Dobbins even less above. I think that Mack and Hill will be B1G kryptonite. Furthermore there is absolutely something unspoken between Haskins and Mack. Hopefully not too unspoken, not that there's anything wrong with that.
- Rashod Berry - 6.60
- He's not somebody that needs to touch the ball within this offense, but there are worse things than having a dump truck for a checkdown option.
- Demario McCall - 4.70
- The point system I'm using doesn't reward return points, but I'm going to use the 10 yards/1pt rule for McCall to get him on the list. Albeit lower than the GOAT should be. He's #1 on my GOAT list. Demario McCall is the GOAT.
- Tate Martell - 1.72
- Maybe it's not his year yet, maybe seeing Burrow succeed at LSU has him antsy, maybe we just haven't seen the TaterPack yet. Either way, two QBs are gonna have a tough time living in a Buckeye World where one of them's name is Dwayne Haskins. I trust that the coaching staff will find a way to use Tate without sacrificing production in other ways - but I won't be upset to only see him in mop-up duty either.
- Jaylen Harris - 1.50
- Jaylen should become to Tate what Mack is to Dwayne now. If they both have the patience, the office shouldn't skip a beat in 2020.
- Jeremy Ruckert - 1.30
- Did I say 2020? This guy is ready to play right now. Get him eating a steady diet of campus Panda Express and Chipotle then watch out.
- Johnnie Dixon - 1.00
- Is anybody really shocked by this? Johnnie will either have 1 fantasy point or 100 in any game this season. He's literally human fire-starter - burns brightly for about 3 seconds.
- CJ Saunders - .80
- Saunders is literally exactly why Ohio State is better than most small countries. The guy could be playing for any B1G team and would probably be TTUN's go to slot option - he's our #2 punt returner, #3 H-Back, and 8th best WR overall, maybe?
- Chris Olave - .50
- If this guy is a gem in the barrel... Trevon Grimes who?
- Bin Victor - 0.00
- Going off depth chart position now for those that didn't register stats. It certainly was surprising to see Victor barely even targeted, but that may be more indicative of Mack and Haskin's "thing." Either way, I would hope that Ryan Day is smarter than to call our 4 best redzone plays against Oregon State. And I'm sure that Victor is the design in at least two of those plays.
- Luke Farrell - 0.00
- I thought for sure that Farrell recorded stats, but this will probably not be all too irregular. With Berry and Ruckert as athletic, pass-catching options at TE, Farrell might as well be a skinny OT.
- Jake Hausmann - 0.00
- I'm not sure if I even saw Hausmann in the game, but he was listed on the depth chart - and is the last such person that has gone unmentioned thus far. I'd say that about evenly wraps things up.
Well, what do you guys think?
