Friday, August 12, 2022

Michigan Friday: What Questions Does Michigan Have on Offense?

Very few.  Let's take a look at each position group and see if we can drum up some questions. 

QB: We know Michigan has two starters in Cade and JJ.  The only question is, has either separated themselves to be the starter?  I believe the answer is no and we will see a similar rotation as we did last year.  Cade will start and JJ will see a ton of snaps.  JJ lost important time in the Spring with an injury and Cade went to Big Ten media day.  

RB: Michigan has a crazy backfield of Corum and Edwards.  Reminds me of the backfield at USC when they had Reggie Bush.  The only question is who is going to be the 3rd down power back?  Which could be a lot of different scenarios, we have seen Jimmy pull a tight end or LB into that role.   

WR: The story keeps getting better and better as we hit more position groups.  This position room is full of talent and ready to dominate.   Reports are Ronnie is back and on the road to 100%, so that doesn't seem to be a question.  I guess the only question is, how are they going to keep all these WR's happy with all this talent?

OL: I had never heard of the Joe Moore Award before last season and now I must have heard that award mentioned 100 times.  This is another group that is solid and ready to go.  Michigan might have grabbed the most talented offensive lineman in the portal in Olu2 and should be able to dominate again.   I think the bigger question is, what does the depth chart look like for backups? Barnhart, Persi, Crippen, and Atteberry are the best guesses.  

TE: We want it All!  Erik All is posed to be an All-American candidate this year and made one of the most important plays of the year last season in the long run against Penn State with under 4 minutes to go in the game.  I also expect Luke Schoonmaker to "sail" through defenses this fall and be a nice part of the offensive mix.   We know the coaches love them some Colston Loveland (ok, too many puns in a row?) and I expect the freshman to see some time, while keeping an eye on the 4-game redshirt rule.  

I'm going to ask the historian Wolverines fans out there:  Can you remember a Michigan offense this loaded?  1997 National Championship maybe?  If I remember correctly that team had an efficient offense and a dominating defense.  2006 and then 2007 was pretty good, but that team started off historically bad.  Michigan seems to be deep and talented at every position group.  It's scary

3 comments:

Tim said...

* shudder * please don't bring up the 2007 group...

Rudy said...

I would suggest that Coaching might be the biggest factor. We know they have the talent and horses but will the coaches be their worst enemy? Gattis wasn’t as effective as packaged. Defenses will have to choose whether they line up against or pass but won’t be able to do both. So do coaches try to run it even if they are stacking the box or do they take what the D gives. That stubborn coaching has hurt in years past. Of the position groups listed, I’d add coaching as a factor.

szanreno said...

The 1990 offense and offensive line was pretty damn good as well...