Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Michigan Tuesday: A Tall Hill to Climb

Lavett Hill was strangely not drafted in the 2020 NFL Draft but signed with the Chiefs as a free agent.  He also had short stays with Eagles, Cardinals, 49ers and Browns but never made a roster.  Now the Steelers have signed the former Wolverine after he played well in the XFL (25 tackles and 2 picks) last season.  Mike Tomlin has enjoyed coaching former Wolverines and let's hope Hill sticks after the final cuts in a couple of weeks. 

  • I missed the BTN Michigan Camp episode last night but I assume there wasn't much new said.  From social media: JJ is a great leader and generational talent at QB, Blake and Donovan are quicker, stronger, faster and Jake Butt asks nothing but TE questions. 
  • Kris Jenkins comes in at #6 on Bruce Feldman's Freak List this year. #1 is South Carolina's WR Nyckoles Harbor. 
  • Michigan is also ranked #2 in the AP Poll.
  • Has anyone else noticed that Devin Gardner is in a national Wolf and Shepard commercial with Gronk and Erin Andrews? DG and Jake Butt are really doing well in their early media careers. 
  • I know many Michigan fans will be keeping an eye on Iowa to see how Cade and Erik All do this season.  I would also like to submit a team to follow: Charlotte.  Biff Poggi has been getting some great buzz down there and I hope this season is the first step in developing that program.  Biff gets a lot of credit for the turnaround in Ann Arbor and Charlotte was very smart to hire him.
  • Michigan @ Nebraska will be a noon kickoff on Fox.

2 comments:

Blue said...

A couple of YouTube M video's from yesterday for those interested:

Josh Pate On Jim Harbaugh vs The NCAA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8BTFBghWKk


Btn tour visits Ann Arbor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzBn4XX3EjU

Cormac said...

At least Devin is staying away from Michigan QBs. Btw, he talks too much.