One of the things you can always count on during the 1st round of the NFL Draft is a GM overreaching and looking like a fool. The GM for Atlanta did just that on Thursday night and picked a 4 x seriously injured Michael Penix at #8 in the draft. Some experts expected Michael to be a mid - late first rounder or even 2nd round. I believe he probably wouldn't have gotten past Vegas at 13 who has a former Purdue QB as its starter.
- Former instate 4 -star recruit OL Amir Herring has put his name in the Transfer Portal.
- Early enrollee and true freshman LB who is also an instate kid Jeremiah Beasley has also entered the portal. The kid has been on campus for only a few months.
- It's hard to know why some of these guys are jumping into the portal but the buzz is they are not happy with their NIL. As backups and young players, I think you need to wait your turn before you start looking for a larger NIL bag.
- Michigan has been strangely quiet in the transfer portal so far in this spring period, sure would like to see a bit more activity at adding players/offers.
- Congrats to the fans that showed up for the NFL Draft and set a record with 275,000 fans. How was the parking and $16 beers?
- Marvin Harrison Jr. has not signed a licensing contract with the NFL PA yet and his jersey is not available for sale right now.
- Congrats to Worthy getting picked by the Chiefs. Anyone looking for Gattis in the background as he celebrated with his family and friends? 😀
- On ABC Nick Saban discussed how Bama last season was trying to get Toledo CB Quinyon Mitchell to enter the transfer portal. Thanks for letting everyone know that "tampering" is happening all over the place.
- Tonight in Round 2: on Kiper's Best Available #8 FSU DT Fiske and #9 WMU Kneeland were both coached by Michigan's new DT coach Lou Esposito.