With an older brother who finished his Ohio State career as one of the best defensive players in school history, the expectations for Nick Bosa, from Day 1, were sky high. Fair or unfair, the Nick-to-Joey Bosa comparisons were always going to be there.
Neither Nick nor Buckeyes defensive line coach Larry Johnson see it that way, however.
“That is a comparison from the outside,” Johnson said at the conclusion of spring practice. “From the inside, he does not walk on the field like, ‘I have to go do this because Joey did it.’ I am telling you he does not think that way.