In a season unlike any other, the Buckeyes had one of the more bi-polar units in the nation. The 2020 Silver Bullets were truly elite when it came to stopping the run last fall, finishing with the sixth-best run defense. But as good as they were at stuffing opposing ground game, they were the exact opposite at defending the pass, finishing with sixth-worst such performance among all FBS programs.
Now, with so much focus on how the back end of his defense must improve over the next eight months, Ryan Day will be forced to find answers without one of his most trusted advisors.