He does a lot of subtle things to move defenders around when he throws. He intentionally and successfully throws into tight windows. He constantly and correctly changes his protections. And he’s a willing and fast runner.
the rollout to the left before throwing a frozen rope to loveland for a td a couple weeks ago is one of the best plays i’ve ever seen a michigan qb make
The conference having basically three teams this year does not help. Who the crossover games were ended up irrelevant as they're all various grades of Ass. And even if they'd played a middling P5 OOC we'd still say we don't know much.
Penn State. They have good pass rushing ends and can cover on the back end. If JJ passes that test on the road, then that’s all the evidence I’ll need.
alas, we'll never see that because Harbaugh will only pass it like three times in the UM-PSU game because Penn State's DL all weigh 240 pounds and their best linebacker is a sophomore. The call to run it will be too strong and we'll never know. Michigan won't go less than 2TE the entire game
Ironically, his image is hurt by being on such a good team. He’d have Heisman numbers if he ever had to play a full game or god forbid lead a comeback.
I mean he's the best one Harbaugh's had (I know, low bar), he's the exception to Holly's rule about Michigan QB development, and I'm absolutely ready to get my heart ripped out of my chest again in January
Not to be a Homer but I feel like Harbaugh's work with QB's has been a bit underrated.
You had the John O'Korn era of scratch and dent guys basically trying to keep the wheels on while the pipelines were set until Shea comes in but isn't quite a Harbaugh guy. Gattis screws him up, then Covid.
We get back to semi normal and Cade finally looks like "the guy" until JJ steps up.
Not calling Harbaugh the QB whisperer, but it feels like the guys we've had come through the door have done more for us than they did before of after, sometimes in the face of (sometimes self inflicted) adversity
I think the quiet hope (and I won't purport to assume Holly's bias here but I'm sure it's very similar to mine) is that Joe Milton was going to be Football Messiah and then utterly failed to make any progress whatsoever
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He’s good.
You had the John O'Korn era of scratch and dent guys basically trying to keep the wheels on while the pipelines were set until Shea comes in but isn't quite a Harbaugh guy. Gattis screws him up, then Covid.
been a lot of weirdness since then but turning him into a draft pick in his first year on the job was pretty impressive.
Not calling Harbaugh the QB whisperer, but it feels like the guys we've had come through the door have done more for us than they did before of after, sometimes in the face of (sometimes self inflicted) adversity
That might have been the thesis conclusion for an underrated coaching job.