Terrible QB'ing by Malachi..... We just won't be able to rely on the defense bailing us out every game vs a quality opponent. Sark needs to stop calling this game like it's a practice. If he's not and calling towards what he think we're running well, then...... we have bigger issues.
Nice to see Jelani with the pick!!!
Horrible game plan with bad Arch again. This is extremely frustrating and rather confounding with what Sark is trying to accomplish. It's obvious he wanted to work on the running game today but sometimes, you just need to give what the defense gives you. Several 3rd and long runs.... Just senseless but Sark.
Looks like Bland is going to miss more time with a foot injury.
At least it's not the same foot which knocked him out last year. DaRon just signed an extension which made hime the 6th highest paid CB by AAV in the league. He will be missing his 11th and 12th game in his career (out of 54). Micah missed 4 games with the Cowboys (out of 68). Strange how opinions get around....
Not really. Zeke was the first round pick in 2016 and this was before Will was promoted to head guy of player personnel in 2017. Will's had a voice in the draft process for over 2 decades but it wasn't really his definitive call until 2017. 2013 was Frederick and they demoted they guy who had the most voice in drafting him, Tom Ciskowski.
Fun fact..... This is Michigan's last game vs a ranked opponent until the last week of the season. Their entire schedule is a dog's ass, and yet they still may only go 7-5 this year....
And their coach is over his head.
Not necessarily check down although nothing wrong with quick slants, 7 yard dig routes, crossing routes, slip rubs. We don't really run much of this quick game stuff. I think some of it is the QB and some of it is the WRs and some of it is the play caller.
The TE got beat like his momma caught him. The other issue is why are the routes we're running so long? It's like if it's not some silly WR screen, they're all long set up routes. Again, my feeling is we lack quick speed or small field explosion which is mainly what we had last year. Now we're flipped we have a ton of long speed, long striders. Missing Blue and Golden with their explosive plays.
We have a real problem on offense.... we lack quickness and explosion. Not long speed per say but quick space explosoion.
Sark.... I just don't have the words right now. So many long developing routes with a QB who's not anticipating right now. Just weird coaching.
We should be up 6 TDs on this team. This is an uninspired outing.
Sigh.... Niblitt's mistake really fucks the playcalling and then Arch puts one in the dirt. Just bad execution, poor decision making. Dumb decisions. Hated the 2nd down and 3rd down play call by Sark too.
Sorry..... But Niblitt sucks as a returner right now. Half of returning is understanding hidden yardage and when to fair catch and save a bounce and when to let it bounce. He's been awful thus far. 10 yards there.
Team finally woke up..... They thought the game started at 11:30. I will say this.... Arch is still a tad late on his reads. Last TD was a good example, you don't get that time vs a quality opponent. More reps for the kid will improve his anticipation and play clock in his head. But great to see his confidence coming back.