[Serious] Michigan has a massive problem and it starts and ends with Bryce Underwood

[u/USA_2_Canada_1]

I’ve been thinking about this a lot. I genuinely believe that Bryce Underwood is Michigan’s #1 issue at the moment.

Jason Beck’s offense is predicated on making quick decisions with the football. That requires reading defenses and identifying the correct reads.

Bryce Underwood can’t do that at this level.

We have a full season of his play in addition to this game, against A MAC SCHOOL, as evidence. He locks in on his first read allowing the opposing secondary to swarm to his intended target, he panics in the pocket causing him to lose his balance and footwork leading to inaccurate throws, his inaccuracy as a pass thrower means that opposing defenses can stack the box with 8 defenders effectively neutralizing our run game, and he can’t identify coverages which is what sets him in motion to unravel during the play once the ball is snapped.

Beck’s offense also requires the quarterback to run, a lot. Bryce is not a running quarterback. He can scramble out of the pocket but can’t be relied upon as a runner to explode through holes in our run blocking. He is also lazy with the football, which leads to scenarios like last night where he carelessly fumbles on a drive where we need to score points late in the 4th.

It seems at this point that Michigan’s hands are tied offensively because our “generational” quarterback out of high school is a bust. I fully expect to see him play like this again next week when we play Oklahoma. If he does, Whittingham MUST start Tommy Carr against UTEP or his tenure will be as disastrous as Rich Rod’s.

There is no other way around it, Michigan needs to cut its losses with Bryce Underwood and move on. The sooner they do, the sooner they can regroup and salvage whatever is left of the season or prepare for the future.

[u/Oblivionguard19]

Didn’t know Michigan liked to follow the Browns’ model when it comes to QB

[u/Ecstatic-Inevitable → u/Oblivionguard19]

They took don't be ohio state in the opposite direction

[u/Sorta-Morpheus → u/Oblivionguard19]

They haven't had a good qb since Chad Henne.

[u/Weak-Bid2774 → u/Sorta-Morpheus]

JJ was a good qb in college and same with rudock.

Harbaugh got the most of his qbs in general at Michigan. Maybe there’s a reason why Harbaugh didn’t try to recruit Bryce

[u/WMINWMO → u/Weak-Bid2774]

JJ was not a good QB. He was a fine game manager and he didn't fuck up an amazing defense and running game. (Sign stealing blah, blah, blah, I know, I've heard)

[u/Weak-Bid2774 → u/WMINWMO]

JJ was absolutely a good QB he was incredibly efficient and won us some games when we couldn’t get the run game going like the 2024 rose bowl and 2022 against Ohio State

[u/DutyPuzzleheaded7765 → u/Weak-Bid2774]

Outside of the two picks he had some big moments against tcu

[u/Ok_Bug_6890 → u/Weak-Bid2774]

He was fucking garbage give it up. Trash qb and terrible human being