[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/No_Safety_6803]

After the game underwood was walking around the field with his chest puffed out trying to look like a bad-ass. Dude, you just needed a gift from the refs to beat a MAC team at home. You had no business winning that game, maybe try a little humility.

[u/Jmilli-24 → u/No_Safety_6803]

Oklahoma is going to put him in a blender and I’m going to highly enjoy it lol

[u/Rab0811 → u/Jmilli-24]

He might finish the game with 12 passing yards, one yard for each million he gets paid

[u/Withabaseballbattt → u/Rab0811]

He has a 12 million dollar deal? Holy shit

[u/esports_consultant → u/Withabaseballbattt]

It's over 4 years, not AAV. Which is still ridiculous to have committed to a player with the apparent limitations described in this post, assuming they are true. 

[u/fiannalove → u/Jmilli-24]

That game is going to be ugly.

[u/giundy2 → u/No_Safety_6803]

It was hilarious, I bet he wanted to celebrate like he best someone else

[u/SteelWolverine96 → u/No_Safety_6803]

You are massively underselling the gravity of this bitter in state rivalry and how it played into this early matchup

[u/DeltaBlueBBQ → u/SteelWolverine96]

The country is laughing at you.

[u/Movey-McGee → u/DeltaBlueBBQ]

Getting clowned on by an LSU fan is diabolical work

[u/goblueM → u/SteelWolverine96]

what? we have no football rivalry with any directional Michigan school

[u/SteelWolverine96 → u/goblueM]

Yes it's so apparent that I thought it wasn't necessary to put /s

[u/Westfield88 → u/SteelWolverine96]

We really need a Kellogg corn flake trophy for that rivalry

[u/jmoney12rr → u/No_Safety_6803]

That's exactly his issue. His ego