Fall Camp & Position Battle UPDATE (Orji, Link, Goodwin, Barham, Hill, Guy)

um so I promised everybody last night we were gonna most we were gonna knock out all of this talking and everything about stallions and NCAA and we're talking ball uh with the we'll talk a little documentary at the very very end but we're talking ball today and um and there's some major updates from both a position perspective and also um in general for the fall with Fresno State just four days away if I did my math right there four four days away of the season um so I've got some position battles ready queued up and ready to go but any other kind of highlevel uh Fall updates before we get to quarterback that you wanted to share yeah I mean I'm gonna just run through it John uh we can touch on any topics you have but the reason why is we have essentially we have John is uh fall Camp is done the season is upon us we are here Faris we could talk football Ferris has been for those who don't know Ferris has been just dying to talk he's so done with all this other stuff behind us these past few weeks he is ready for football if you guys saw our text messages you'd be like all right FIS we're here baby we made it but uh all right so let's get it going because we have it we have fall camp wrapup we have conclusions and I also have uh I don't want to say predictions because I'm GNA State them as facts into week one that we're going to give you we going to tell you who's going to start where and what's going on uh we're going to start with orgy orgy has maintaining Le through our camp he's been very consistent every week of fall Camp uh he's had a couple dips all fall camp but mainly uh consistent and progressing his decision his decision makings improved his progressions have uh improved and Chiron Moore may not say it but I will he is qb1 and he will be starting Saturday against Fresno now there are some concerns in the community they're like well Chiron hasn't said anything yet you know what does that mean listen you don't show your hand you you know there's no need you play chess org's gonna start he's gonna be number one starting quarterback Saturday uh you know if Fresno sees this so be it uh take it but I don't think it's a surprise of them either shout out to orgy for earning it doing what he needed to do this camp and becoming qb1 uh now what I don't know is if uh Davis Warren will see second half action I don't know that but what I do know is uh org's the man in it's his team to run so we will see uh what goes there uh so exciting uh extremely exciting uh and then to continue on uh John we have another position battle that is really we we had this two weeks ago we had the Evan link news was creeping there was some word Evan link was creeping uh into the right tackle uh battle and well can I hit on real quick can I just give my comments on on the quarterback so um yeah so I'm gonna say two things I'm gonna say number one before we take our Victory lap on this I do want to say one thing about Davis Warren we should because I was wrong about Davis Warren and I'm gonna eat that okay because I said I don't know six seven months ago I thought he was going to be bottom of the barrel you know denle might even be ahead I was so wrong Davis Warren killed it at Spring ball he he put on a clinic at Spring ball and he made extremely difficult and by the way he's still going to play he's not going to be maybe the starter but he's you're he's probably going to play the fourth quarter against Fresno State uh knock on W that that game goes the way that we hope for him to play the fourth quarter um but I think he's going to see actual playing time U because he's got an arm and there could be packages I know that they're not going to do like the Cade JJ thing but there could be a package with like a deep a deep route concept or something Campbell's pretty good at those where he's utilized in packages uh he's not out of this completely in terms of you know at least being like a 1B or a a two uh you know qb2 and uh and and utilized in packages so look out for some Davis Warren but Alex orgy is gonna take that first snap and uh if you've been following Michigan Wolverines live uh Alex orgy's been been our guy uh you know in terms of who we thought was was going to be so uh keep it tuned to Michigan Wolverine's live all right I'll I'll I'll jump in here for a second and first ask both of you do you think Davis Warren how many teams would he start at in in in the Big 10 do you think do you think he's better than Cade I don't know it's too hard to know because we haven't seen him play live action right I mean but but all indications out of Camp are he's had a hell of a camp he's played actually really well like this isn't Alex orgy uh earning the qb1 position because Davis Warren like nobody stepped up no Davis Warren played well we had that for you all all fall Camp too we've had those updates and it's it's true all the way to the end Davis Ward played good ball so that's the thing too like Michigan Nation like Alex orgy has won the job but Davis Warren uh it's not because he wasn't good okay like that's that's what you can like really rest your hat on so I don't know fa it's a fair question I just yeah I mean my my very first video for this channel uh was on this topic a two quarterback or potential of a two quarterback system and I said it could work if the players are super smart and they know the nuances of of each quarterback um I still think it's going to be orgy uh but I am not going to Discount the idea that Chiron Moore might have it's hard to tell if he's if he's bluffing or not uh with this so I've told you you know multiple shows in a row that I believe Alex orgy can complete a forward pass uh so I I still believe that it's going to be him but that did come across in a way that I wasn't expecting uh the way that he sort of definitively said that um there isn't a qb1 uh uh named yet because part of this is you have to get the o line comfortable and all that kind of stuff um so yeah I'm I'm a little surprised uh with that um we'll talk about it lat we might talk about it later but with with Fresno State it also points me to the idea that um maybe there I mean if there is a pseudo competition in this game but with the idea that it's going to be orgy then maybe maybe uh they're not going to be as conservative as we think some people think they are in the Fresno State game because they'll literally be competing with each other so we'll see yeah we will see um yeah I mean it's we will see I don't know you know we'll definitely talk about that later in the show what our expectations are absolutely let's go to before we go to we're um Justin Super Chat actually leads right into s Center and right tackle so first of all detective Loki uh con thank you for gifting Ferris not fa not this Ferris but Ferris with an E with 30 days of those who stay will be Champions membership thank you to that Loki's been our uh one of our biggest gifters in terms ofah been Oprah l yeah he's been our Oprah very very true and uh to help us lead into your Intel on Center and right tackle Justin with the five right tackle he thinks is Evan link uh and the center position is up in the air out of the the three players so uh take us away TJ on the center and and uh right tackle Intel there Justin uh they're stealing a little bit of my thunder uh yeah so that is what appears to be happening so what we have and we two weeks ago we brought up that Evan link was making a battle out of it it wasn't just a Andrew Gentry Jeff Percy battle it's Evan link the red shirt uh freshman who is 66 328 pounds okay this dude is a mountain um he appears to have played consistently well uh the last few weeks of camp and he has positioned himself and there is belief that he will be the starting right tackle this Saturday there is belief that that is going to be the case um Andrew Gentry just and we've had this we've had this since spring John Andrew Gentry has just been a little inconsistent um he has he's had great days he's had other days that weren't so good um it's not that he's been terrible it's just the consistency is not there Michigan expects consistency out of its offens of lineman and believe it or not Evan link who was a highly thought of recruit uh coming out of uh I can't remember the high school it's pretty famous but uh uh out of the East Coast there I think in the DMV area um I think I want to say Gonzaga I could be wrong though it's something one of those schools over there but uh yeah Gonzaga and DC okay so I got it okay yeah I knew was over there so yeah I mean he was listen we he has great feet great s for his size he has amazing feet actually so we will see I mean if that is the case um that is going to be interesting to see because we may have uh and in a week ago or two weeks ago I talked about uh an offensive tackle that kind of came out of nowhere and shut down Chase young I couldn't remember his name and that was Mayfield um if we we could have another and I'm not saying he's that you know just yet we will see what he does on the field but uh he may very well be our Cornerstone offensive lineman of the future man so shout out to him great job looking forward to watching him on Saturday uh and then what I want you know what I want to touch on you know because we're gonna hit on offense first John the offensive line has really played well Michigan feels that there is not going to be a step back in terms of play from the offensive line they feel great about uh giovan aladi and Percy um to touch on the center battle it is a crippin uh gud I Rahe Anderson but it's more goody and krippin which is quite interesting it appears gice uh who transitioned from defensive line to offensive line has outplayed Rahe Anderson which is very interesting so we're going to see uh you know what unfolds now I will say um what I have heard is that krippin will start that's what I've heard I I so that's from my guy um we will see though uh we'll find out together because I don't know I do know here's what I do know though here's what I can share uh this these battles at right tackle and Center these are not done these are gonna go into go into the season they're going to judge these guys um and they're going to it's similar what we kind of saw last year where they kind of let guys play so many uh reps or let a guy play until he showed that uh maybe he wasn't for the position so be it I mean they're definitely going to give these kids an opportunity in terms of Evan link it appears to be the case um I do think Greg krippin is going to get first run at Center and we're gonna see how it goes but the good news is uh gudy is making noise uh the backup center which is interesting because we've all been talking about Raheem Anderson who was I believe the number one or number two Center coming out of the nation uh when we got him uh out of Detroit and uh but good I appears to be legit I don't know we'll find out I mean it's new to me in a way because I kind of didn't see it coming I know we transitioned offensive line so we're gonna find out together if that's the case but great for him and then to continue on the offensive line before you know we can hit on whatever you guys want to hit on Ferris and John but uh chenning Goodwin News man chenning Goodwin who uh listen I I'll say it I was not high on Channing come out of high school I was a Jordan ship fan um and Channing Goodwin obviously is a legacy he's now at Michigan um John you have been you've been pretty high on cheny Goodwin since he's come yeah so uh well good news because word is cheny Goodwin uh is exceeding his ranking he's playing very well and he may he may uh see some field action at some point this season um so you know good on him man you know shout out to that uh and yeah I mean that's that's where we are offensively I mean you know whatever you guys want to hit on yeah uh just a quick question uh because I had link as my um left tackle back up and you're you're saying right tackle right so so he's position change there uh potentially for him uh depth is really important so this so this is great you know the fact um the fact that a lot of uh players are competing for fewer positions yeah I mean yeah well that's that's the thing and that's kind of been the theme of Camp is Michigan has found out this fall camp that we at more depth than we realize uh you know we're going to get into on the defensive side of things I have some notes on that as well but even offensively uh the offensive line seems be in great shape we have guys who are literally pushing these starters um and it's not because they're not good now on the right tackle I will say there's inconsistency issues that's real at center it's not that there's inconsistent issues it's just there's literally uh some very good players uh battling it out right now so that's what's going on at center it's not an inconsistency issue it's just we have some Talent going on we have a talent battle going on right now so great um so unlike Ohio State our Center should be able to snap the ball pretty well regardless who wins the job yeah I would think so I would think so maybe they could take notes or uh you know look at the all 202 and learn some things but uh uh John anything on offense before we move on the defense um yeah I'll keep mine real brief because I know we got Caleb waiting and I know you still want to cover defense and we have three contributions so um I'll just say uh I'm urised about link I think it's I think it's fantastic because that means he's outplayed the others he's outplayed Gentry he's outplayed Percy he's contending better against the elite of of Michigan's defense and that's only good when you go down the stretch to the to the last game so I love that um great to see that krippin is at least holding in hanging in there um but if someone beats him out guess what that means they're better because it's a meritocracy um we're g let's get to defense in a sec but uh yeah so we got defending the Natty with the two it's gameweek hell yeah it is GT with the with uh who has become a leaders and best member brand new member welcome to leaders and best enjoy your emojis enjoy your uh badge and uh and we'll shout you out um as a member so so thank you GT for that yeah welcome to the community man appreciate you GT um and Justin with the five the new center guy I'm I'm guess guessing I'm guessing it would that be good I would be pushing defensive line guys around he is the strength and he is the mean streak yeah I mean word is he's uh looking pretty damn good uh quick feet uh which is interesting because uh defensively you know he was maybe on the slower side but an offensive lineman he might just be right right so I mean obviously if the Intel is true out of Ann Arbor it's really it does appear to be true though I mean like it's not some uh like this it's legitimate so there's there's definitely some smoke to this goody stuff uh it's it's it's it was not on my radar though like I did not see this coming Evan link we were aware of this goody stuff is it's also nice to hear and it you know like I said it's not because crippin's not consistent because krippin is consistent it's just good ice is looking damn good so uh shout out to them and then on the defense some more guarante sheeds I'll give you some guarante sheeds your number two corner is Jer hill now we've kind of known this for about two weeks now uh because we talked about it seems like the battle's over um it's over Gyer Hill is your quarterback too which is huge because he essentially won this and and again this is one of those where it's not an inconsistency play air hall is actually pretty damn good they feel very good about air hall they feel like Amir Hall is gonna give us a Josh Wallace level quality at corner and as you guys know Josh Wallace was our number two corner on their National Championship caliber defense last year well guess what he's now your third corner so uh um yeah so Jer Hill has taken the torch for CB2 to play opposite of will Johnson shout out to that that's gonna be exciting to see them hold down no fly zone um and then this is your weekly Josh b or uh Jan baram is still a problem update uh every single week of camp we have told you that this dude has been uh a complete Monster uh he's really wow everybody um and it did not sto the final week of camp at all he's made big plays and listen the we and we we had this like I'm sure some others had this as well but we've been saying this for a while it appears there is an upgrade over Junior Coulson and it's Jay Shawn barnham okay and uh what's crazy is and here's why I said we had this because it's becoming uh more uh vocal out of an arbor which is insane like there it's not just us or people talking about the team there's some coaches who are feeling that we may have an upgrade at the linebacker position um now we known behind the scenes but you're starting to hear it more regularly now um how I mean I mean could you imagine if we have an upgrade at the linebacker position after last year's defense I mean that's just something so uh be on the lookout for that uh that's exciting can't wait to see him and Housman uh playing together and then uh TJ guy is your third defensive end in the rotation uh that is confirmed so you will see a lot of TJ God this year we've had that too but I'm what I'm doing is I'm giving you positional roles that have being confirmed out a camp that you could be looking forward to out of week one he is your third defensive end and then here is the big one right here in my opinion because there was a lot of belief that Michigan's you know the strength of Michigan's defense is it rotates its defenders in and out it keeps them fresh which gives them the boa constrictor ability we'll have no fear because Michigan feels extremely confident they have seven to eight defensive linemen that they can rotate and those seven to eight defensive linemen are Grant Graham ietta ran Benny uh Stuart Moore and guy so there's there's your seven and and listen there is some belief Trey Pierce may also crack into this rotation as well we've talked about that and Trey Pierce has continued to play well in Camp so shout out to that as well yes we're gonna get to that we're gonna get to that Keegan you just got ahead of my linebackers that's actually next uh yeah so uh Jimmy rer is your third linebacker uh in the rotation and what they're looking at is a really a fiveman linebacker crew with uh Jimmy rer uh hood and Sullivan uh obviously we have Housman and Barham who are gonna be the starters but you will see Sullivan and Hood also getting some reps uh at the position but uh Jimmy reuer is Jimmy rer is your your uh top death linebacker at the number three linebacker of the defense we will see a lot of him this year he played he started playing a lot more towards the end of the year last year so looking forward to that and then the conclusion for the defense and I even have a special teams update for you guys this defense will be elite again this season is going to be uh pretty damn good uh we're all looking forward to it we kind of knew we knew we knew going into spring it would be fall Camp has only confirmed it the boys have stepped up the boys have gotten better they have developed and we are four days away from week one and I have your special teams update before I give the special teams update do you guys have anything on defense do you want me to hit this last Point uh tell us about who's going to replace or did you say it already um Mike sisterville yeah oh so I didn't bring it up but I the reason why I haven't brought it up is because we have essentially Zeke Barry has won that position okay that's what I was asking yeah okay but no that's fair you know and I actually thought about putting them in the notes but I didn't want it to be redundant because like the truth is like we're talking about a lot of guys we have hit on all four weeks of camp but the reality is I'm giving you week toe updates it's just been consistent consistent these guys have really performed Zeke Barry is your starting Nickelback Jaden mcburrows is your backup Nickelback and Jade mcbs is also a good in Camp Wesley Walker is also a good in camp at safety uh it is Quinton Johnson and mcari Paige starting at paage was my other question yep okay yeah so we're looking good there there's belief out aror mcari page is going to be in for a all big 10 caliber season he's looking very good he's very he's understanding the defense very well um with M wink marale now running the show so yeah I mean look I I think this defense I think it's gonna be better than last year and that's nuts and and wait till Rob Moore comes back too uh in November sometime because you only you add an all big 10 caliber safety to this defense I mean we're talking serious here so yeah uh and then I on this last thing John you can you can give us your thoughts on all that uh Dominic zavada the kicker that we got the transfer kicker I believe out of Arkansas state right John SP yep NFL caliber League love it NFL caliber League 50 that after Samaha kind of was inconsistent in the spring game yep so 50 yarders he's consistent a lot of power mentally strong there is talk out of an arbor this is an NFL caliber leg that is what I got uh from my guy and uh yeah dude I mean I'll tell you right now you add the defense with our kicker and then if if orgy can really be as advertised coming out of Camp one for all a season boys

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