Defensive Player to Watch: Jamahl Johnson

Reese Strickland-USA TODAY SportsThat is not a sentence that I expected to type out this season, but it’s true and baffling at the same time.

This isn’t intended to be a knock on Ray Lima, because for the better part of his career, Lima helped change the course of Iowa State football. Lima’s ability to be a dominant presence on the line was one of the biggest reasons that Jon Heacock’s three-man front was so effective. But for some reason, Lima just hasn’t been good this season. For whatever reason, Lima has gotten dominated off the snap and consistently gets pushed back.

This normally would be a concern for Iowa State, considering that Lima has been one of the crucial parts to Iowa State’s…