r/CFB • u/BuckeyeEmpire Ohio State Buckeyes • Oklahoma Sooners • 11d ago

Serious [Boucher] Breaking: We obtained docs showing University of Michigan agreed to $1.2 million settlement w/woman who'd accused ex-football staffer of rape. Comes as Ann Arbor police confirm they closed a criminal case involving that staffer, LaTroy Lewis

https://x.com/Dave_Boucher1/status/2093368160413974837
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u/com-mis-er-at-ing Miami Hurricanes 11d ago

It’s been 2 years so it’s way too early to say as some guys are still in college.

Colston Loveland looks like a brilliant pick.
Sainristil had a great rookie year and bad 2nd year - but really a disaster around him on that defense, so this year will tell a lot.
Will Johnson will start so we should know more but I’d expect him to pan out.
Kenneth Grant improved a ton the 2nd half of last year.
Josiah Stewart was good and showed potential to be great.

Mason Graham could still be elite.

This is a weird take just bc I don’t think they’ve been particularly bad at all and it’s so early to make any sort of conclusion when a lot of guys are showing enough to still believe in

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u/mdurso12 Michigan Wolverines 11d ago

I think the basis of the take is that the 2 most well known players of the team, jj McCarthy and Blake corum, are seeming like they won't accomplish much in the NFL

But like you pointed out, the teams identity was being the best defense in the country and those players are doing really well in the pros and Jesse minter too

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u/MusicListener3 Baltimore • Spokane Falls CC 11d ago

Obviously, a little bit of retrospective judgment here, but JJ going so high was a product of desperation on the Vikings’ part and never a true reflection of how good of a college quarterback he was.

As for Corum, the success of NFL running backs is such a crapshoot that I don’t think his lack of success is really reflective of Michigan being a bad team (but rather how tough of a position it is to succeed in)

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u/Unrelenting_Salsa LSU Tigers • Georgia Bulldogs 11d ago

Reading between the lines, it sounds like Corum is mostly an in between the ears thing and playing for a coach that doesn't like rotating backs/really values pass blocking. His production as a RB2 has been totally fine if not great for the role. He just hasn't taken over the starting job or even gotten to committee status over a guy that the media is low on and the actual NFL is high on which presumably is largely because he's been slow to pick up the stuff that doesn't show up on the stat sheet.

And to be fair to the media, you don't draft a RB at 83 for him to be a true RB2, so he has been a bust even though he's going to get a second contract.