Bill Landis

He told a story about when he was in Atlanta, I think in 2021 or 2022, they ended up winning a game in a two minute drill and 23 personnel.

And he made it like they had a tight end then named Lee Smith.

He was like kind of a journeyman tight end.

And Arthur Smith said after the game, Lee Smith said to him, I've never been on the field in a two-minute drill before.

But he was because that's sort of what the Falcons had to work with.

But I think that was the point.

I think that's what they had to work with.

And here at Ohio State, there's more to work with.

And I sense a lot of excitement about the receiver position early in spring, not just Jeremiah Smith, but the transfers they brought in, I think, have kind of hit the ground running.

And there's reason, obviously, to be excited about the young guys, too.

So I don't think anything's changing in regards to –

people looking at an ohio state offense and you ask them what's the thing that jumps out to you first and you say it's the receivers and and i think even if ohio state does run the ball more it has a more physical brand like they're still going to rely on that passing game and i think arthur smith without sort of like guaranteeing that they were going to play 11 personnel more than they played 13 or 12 did say like you use what you have and here we have receivers and when you have receivers you play 11 personnel so i i think that's more more or less what we'll see

So he was asked, is it possible to get the ball to Jeremiah Smith too much?

And Arthur Smith said no and gave a little chuckle and then immediately started talking about Derrick Henry, who was his running back for the Tennessee Titans when he was the offensive coordinator in 2019 and 2020.

In 2019, Derrick Henry carried the ball 303 times.

In 2020, that wasn't enough.

He carried the ball 378 times.

Yeah, and that was an offense that had A.J.

Brown and Corey Davis and Jonu Smith and Ryan Tannehill.

They had pretty good weapons, but their best weapon was Derrick Henry, and Derrick Henry got the ball a lot.