Previously: Podcast 14.0A, 14.0B, 14.0C. The Story. Quarterback. Running Back. Wide Receiver. Tight End. Offensive Tackle. Interior OL. BEFORE WE GET STARTED War never changes, but the preview posts do. We've held onto the idea that a 3-4 really a 5-2 since one of your starting "OLBs" is 292 pounds is not really a thing in 2022 even if Michigan says it is. They did last year, and we didn't believe them, and then they ran out one linebacker for big chunks of the Michigan State game. Was this a good idea? No. Does it force us to reconsider some things, preview-wise? Yes. Also. I worked on this depth chart for a month and then Harbaugh … just podcasted it out, with full on OLB/tackle/nose/end Ravens 3-4 nomenclature. So. Here is what we believe will happen with the defense this year: ANY SPREAD LOOK, STANDARD DOWN: 4-2-5 nickel that looks bog standard Don Brown pre-snap complete with viper-type person who is either Michael Barrett or Mike Sainristil. ANY SPREAD LOOK,
Previously: Podcast 14.0A, 14.0B, 14.0C. The Story. Quarterback. Running Back. Wide Receiver. Tight End. Offensive Tackle. Interior OL. Defensive Interior. EDGE: RAT-A-TAT-TAT Depth Chart STRONG OLB Yr. TACKLE Yr. NOSE Yr. END Yr. WEAK OLB Yr. Mike Morris Jr. Mason Graham Fr. Mazi Smith Jr. Kris Jenkins Jr. Taylor Upshaw Sr. Julius Welschof Jr. Rayshaun Benny Fr. Cam Goode Jr. George Rooks Fr. Jaylen Harrell So. Braiden McGregor Fr. Ike Iwunnah Fr. Kenneth Grant Fr. Dom Guidice Fr. Eyabi Anoma Sr. Michigan won the Big Ten last year for a lot of reasons. First and foremost amongst them was the greatest defensive end pairing in school history. Aidan Hutchinson went #2 overall and David Ojabo would have been a first round pick if he hadn't ruptured his Achilles in workouts. Hutchinson smashed Mo Hurst's all-time UFR scoring record by putting up a +39.5(!!!) against Ohio State, a take that PFF echoed. Hutchinson's 15 pressures in that game is a PFF-era record
Michigan released a spring roster update this week. Does it have much information in it? Nope. Are Yellowpages even thick enough for a kid to sit on anymore? Nope. Are we going to do The Jerk anyway? Of course we are. Other sites that cover Michigan checked it for things a casual fan might want to know about. But here at MGoBlog, we (use various Excel functions to) notice everything. Let’s =if(B2=vlookup all the columns! Here’s my comprehensive roster file, and our updated Depth Chart by Class. Let's rosterize! Many Former DTs Are Not On It Consider this the exit post for the following contributors: DT Donovan Jeter. I held out hope that last year’s top backup would come back for his 6th year, but Jeter hired an agent and is going to try to catch on in the NFL. DT Jess Speight. Speight could have taken a COVID 6th year but the program is listing him as out of eligibility. DT Jack Stewart. This one passed unnoticed somehow despite Stewart being a scholarship player. Recrui
Michigan released a spring roster update this week. Does it have much information in it? Nope. Are Yellowpages even thick enough for a kid to sit on anymore? Nope. Are we going to do The Jerk anyway? Of course we are. Other sites that cover Michigan checked it for things a casual fan might want to know about. But here at MGoBlog, we (use various Excel functions to) notice everything. Let’s =if(B2=vlookup all the columns! Here’s my comprehensive roster file, and our updated Depth Chart by Class. Let's rosterize! Many Former DTs Are Not On It Consider this the exit post for the following contributors: DT Donovan Jeter. I held out hope that last year’s top backup would come back for his 6th year, but Jeter hired an agent and is going to try to catch on in the NFL. DT Jess Speight. Speight could have taken a COVID 6th year but the program is listing him as out of eligibility. DT Jack Stewart. This one passed unnoticed somehow despite Stewart being a scholarship player. Recrui
Part II here was split off from Part I: The Offense because the defensive attrition was coming fast and furious. Since that post Villari and Filiaga have entered the portal. As for the defense/special teams:
Played out eligibility: Brad Hawkins, Jordan Whittley, Elijah Pierre.
In the portal: Anthony Solomon, Darion Green-Warren, Andre Seldon, George Johnson III.
NFL Departures: Aidan Hutchinson, David Ojabo, Daxton Hill, Chris Hinton, Vincent Gray.
Awaiting NFL decisions: Josh Ross, Jake Moody, Brad Robbins.
Other grads with a 6th year option: Jess Speight, Donovan Jeter.
Grads with 2 years left: Julius Welschof, Joey George, Taylor Upshaw, Michael Barrett, Gemon and German Green.
Indicated in November they intend to be back: The Greens.
Michigan also lost DL coach Shaun Nua to the same job at USC.
I’m expecting Ross and Moody at least to depart for the pros, and we’re probably not done with attrition from positions where younger guys have passed older ones. Hinton was a surpri