Big Blue Huddle

This title seems a little unnecessary.

The problem is if he is or isn't healthy. The problem is when he gets hits - he always gets hurt.

Quote from: DaveBrown74 on March 02, 2024, 07:03:21 AMI'm not blaming him for anything. My point is that our offense is so bereft with talent that an aging, injury-prone, and declining RB is not going to make enough of a difference to justify paying up to keep him. The 2023 season is the case in point to that statement. We need to get younger, deeper, healthier, and cheaper at this position. Paying up for a 27 year old RB with a long list of injuries in his history makes very little sense for this team right now with where it is at.

Good post. Agree 100%.

Getting a QB and solidifying the OL is 100% more important.

Quote from: DaveBrown74 on March 02, 2024, 05:21:27 AMI don't think that's the point Sooners is making. Nobody is questioning any decisions Harbaugh made or stating he should have used his QB more for stats purposes. Harbaugh's job was to do whatever he felt was going to give his team the best chance to win, and that's what he did. They won the national championship. Nobody is saying he shouldn't have done anything differently.

The point here is that, en route to winning, he (for whatever reason you want to insert) did not use his QB that much in their biggest games. Does that automatically mean McCarthy isn't good? No, of course not. But I don't see why it's unreasonable to ask questions as to why that was the case if we're talking about possibly taking him sixth overall in this draft.

The quote of him saying "he didn't trust him" is the line that makes no sense.

First off - it's speculation and cannot be proven. And it creates false narratives. If Michigan was 8-4, 9-3 and ran the same type of offense - then sure... that might make more sense.

Listen - I am not saying JJ is flawless or even worth the 6th pick. He's a huge mystery to me to. But the idea that Harbaugh didn't trust him when all Harbaugh has heaped the greatest praise of him just makes no sense to me.

Good riddance. Losing player.

Quote from: sooners56 on March 01, 2024, 01:44:02 PMWith McCarthy, the biggest red flag is his own coach didnt trust him to throw them to a victory.

With Williams, Deion Sanders did something similar to what Williams is doing and I think Sanders turned out alright and I believe Williams will as well.

How didn't he trust him to throw for wins when they won all but one game with him as a starter?

Should a coach revise a game plan that leads to a title to put up stats?

Gambling and fantasy football has ruined this sport.

All I need to hear.

If Kiper thinks this - then McCarthy has a chance to be a superstar.

Quote from: DaveBrown74 on February 24, 2024, 08:51:54 AMGood points.

My biggest concern with McCarthy is that, in the biggest games against the toughest opponents, Jim Harbaugh, who understands the QB position as well as anyone, chose to gameplan around him rather than making him the linchpin of the offense. He did not do that with Andrew Luck in Stanford, and I don't think you'll see him do it with Justin Herbert in LA.

That doesn't mean McCarthy definitely won't be good. But it makes me very leery about taking someone with that fact pattern 6th overall.

Their game plan was the same all year. Control the ball, dominate with defense, and let JJ make plays when needed. Game plan seemed pretty successful to me.

When Corum got hurt last year - McCarthy carried them against Ohio State. He had 8 TDs against Ohio State and TCU. Even with a couple mistakes littered in - there were times when he needed McCarthy to carry the. - and for the most part - he did.

This notion that Harbaugh took the ball out of his hands and didn't trust him is pure lunacy.

And remember against PSU and Maryland - he was playing with a severe high ankle sprain. To the point where he wasn't suppose to play.

And for those who say Michigans run game was dominant?

Blake Corum went from 6 YPC in 2022 to 4.8 in 2023.

Donovan Edwards went from 7.1 YPC to 4.2 from 2022 to 2023.

Their run game was far from what it was in 2022.

UNC lost a lot of games this year by putting the ball in his hands and depending on him too much...

      

Quote from: DaveBrown74 on February 23, 2024, 07:07:46 PMZierlein on McCarthy:

Overview

Enigmatic quarterback lacking the measurables and splash throws associated with early round quarterbacks but possessing elements that require more study and consideration. McCarthy lacks frame thickness and a plus arm. He's fairly poised in the pocket but is average as a pocket passer. His ball placement and timing need to improve to help mitigate an average operation time due to a windup release. McCarthy doesn't seek to play out of structure but is fairly consistent at making positive plays when it happens and ramps up his focus late in games and on third downs. He is confident and seems to have the ability to take slights and digest it as competitive fuel. McCarthy should continue to improve as a passer, but he fails to stand out in many of the areas that tend to be predictive of top-level success in the NFL.


Here is the full write-up:

https://www.nfl.com/prospects/j.j.-mccarthy/32004d43-4318-9531-b3f5-120a14383239


I'll leave it up to everyone here to decide if this sounds like a player you'd take with the 6th pick in the draft.

Not these guys don't put the work in but I take everything they say with a grain of salt. Last year he had Will Levis as the fourth pick ahead of stroud.

They're most guessing.

Quote from: DaveBrown74 on February 21, 2024, 07:45:21 PMI called the SEC the best conference, not the best defensive conference. And if it's not the best defensive conference it's surely the second best. In any event he put up legit numbers against Bama, which as you know is full of NFL starters on D every year.

Bottom line he excelled in a top conference.

Oh I'm not disagreeing you. I just wanted to point out that while SEC was still the best - they slipped defensively. Daniels still had an amazing year.

But some people still think of the SEC as a defensive conference first but that has kind of flipped in the last 4-5 years. Still some very good defenses but some have turned out to be quite dreadful.

SEC was not the best defensive conference this year. They actually fell off the scope more than people realize. Big 10 was by far the best defensive conference this year.

I didn't know we had an assistant of Michigan posting here with all this great inside info   

Jj McCarthy and Daniel Jones have absolutely nothing in common. Whatsoever.

Such a poor comparison.