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While many discuss Michigan football and its run game and offensive line, many forget that the Wolverines have a huge strength at tight end. Colston Loveland is projected to be the best tight end in the country with Brock Bowers now gone from Georgia, and the maize and blue have perpetually recruited well at the position behind him.
On Sunday, Michigan tight ends coach Steve Casula met with the media for the first time since spring ball. Casula discussed not only the room, but the state of the offense, the quarterback competition, what it was like previously being an analyst for the Wolverines before returning as a position coach, and much more.
Here is everything he had to say.
The offense vs. the ‘positionless defense’
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Yeah, it’s something that definitely puts us in the mode as an offense of being alert. Like, jersey numbers matter. Who’s standing where matters relative to formation, whether they’re standing over a tight end or running back, standing up at receiver, what type of bodies are standing over whom. And then when you get into the more exotic personnel groupings on third down, yeah, it definitely puts us to the test. But it’s great, it gets us ready for our schedule when people play multiple defensive packages and you got to know, like, ‘Hey, in this situation, this guy’s playing corner, well, as soon as they go nickel defense, he plays nickel now,’ and what does that mean to us?
Conversely, hey, they’ve got five D-linemen or three D-linemen and two edges in the game, so we’re really fortunate to get to go against that stuff every day, and it’s a great tool for us at the one, two, and 300 level, be able to help our guys with details relative to plays. Like, hey, here’s some indicators about what the coverage could be or what it may be, where pressure’s coming from. But,…
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Author : Wolverines Wire
Publish date : 2024-08-19 18:04:07
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