Across the Shield: Former Bucks Put Up 52 Combined Points, Kurt Coleman Finds Pay Dirt & Ezekiel Elliott Leads NFL in Rushing

Buckeye Takeover

Former Buckeyes dominated the league this week, putting up a combined 52 points by way of the rushing attack, through the air, on defense and in the kicking game. An Ohio State alumni shone in almost every aspect of the game this week.

Zone-6

Three former Buckeyes caught touchdown passes this week – Michael Thomas, Philly Brown and Terrelle Pryor.

Thomas' score is quite reminiscent of what he did to corners throughout his Buckeye career – if the ball was in the air in the corner of the end-zone, it was his and he was absolutely getting his feet in bounds.

Shockingly enough, this skill-set seems to have translated to the NFL.

Pryor was in the news this week for the provocative words he spoke (presumably) towards Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Norman.

"I'm 6-5, 230,'' Pryor told Cleveland.com earlier this week. "I'm not worried about no corner talking about me. Period."

Pryor spoke big words, and backed them up. Early in the game, Pryor found space in the side of the end zone and hauled in nine-yard touchdown pass – with Norman in coverage, of course.

Pryor promptly celebrated by hitting LeBron James' signature celebration (and was rewarded with a 15-yard taunting penalty).

Running Backs Eat

Ohio State running backs Carlos Hyde and Ezekiel Elliott met for the first time in their pro careers, and the former Buckeyes stole the show.

Elliott and El Guapo combined for 212 rushing yards and two touchdowns. Hyde finished with 74 yards on 15 carries while Elliott had 138 yards on 23 carries.

With those performances, both backs currently lead the NFL in a key rushing statistic: Elliott leads the league in rushing yards on the season with 412 and Hyde tops all running backs with five rushing touchdowns.

Not bad, not bad at all.

Silver Bullets

For the first time this college football season, Ohio State's defense did not force a turnover or post defensive score this weekend. Thankfully, the former Silver Bullets pulled the extra weight on Sunday.

Cameron Heyward was quite a problem for Kansas City on Sunday night. The former Buckeye racked up six total tackles and led all players with three sacks. On top of that, Heyward forced an interception by throwing his paw in a passing lane and tipping it into the air to a waiting teammate. 

.@CamHeyward matching that hand

Wonder where he learned that @steelers pic.twitter.com/t7qOOZaOsj

— Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) October 3, 2016

Kurt Coleman calls Heyward's forced interception and raises him and actual interception and a touchdown.

Coleman finished with six total tackles and one pick-six.

Nuge!

Out of everything you've just read, Mike Nugent's performance may have been the most impressive.

The kicker out of Centerville, Ohio was a perfect 5 for 5 on field goals and 1 for 1 on extra points, Thursday night. With 16 points, Nugent outscored six different NFL teams, including the Bengals' opponent the Dolphins, all by his lonesome.

Even more impressive, this isn't even the first time he's kicked five field goals in a game, or the second. Nugent now has three career five-field-goal games.

Nugent is now 10 for 11 on the season with his lone miss coming on a 52-yard attempt.

Do I smell Pro Bowl?

Play of the Week

Our play of the week this week is more of a moment of the week.

The play itself had relatively unimpressive results, because at the end of the day he got tackled, but Carlos Hyde made a man his son with a powerful stiff arm during Sunday afternoon's matchup with the Cowboys.

Body, meet turf.

Ohio Against the World

I didn't win, but I got very close. In fact, if I would have started Philly Brown instead of Ted Ginn, I would have tied.

I'll admit it, when I started this team I did not expect to win a game or really even come close. But now after back-to-back games where I had a legitimate chance to win, I've realized winning a game is completely possible.

If you were to get any points at all from the quarterback position, this is a respectable fantasy team that would compete in many leagues.

***Player listed as "Injured/Physically Unable to Perform"