andrew stueber

I once stopped an edge rusher who was this big [Patrick Barron]

Hello, fan of an NFL team. MGoBlog excruciatingly scouts every Michigan play, and scores them to inform our coverage. Since mi atleta es su atleta now, here we share what we're sharing.

Quickly: Hoss.

Draft Projection: Probably a Day 3 guy given most teams see him as a swing guard. He's got 4th round value on the right team, but is probably a reach there because so many teams won't be interested. 6th round is good value. He should get drafted, would be a steal to get him as a UDFA since he can legit hang at tackle.

NFL Comp: Rob Havenstein. I mean, you could name just about any Wisconsin lineman and Stueber would fit right in. Huge, heavy, best as the fullcrum of a power rushing attack, feet that everyone thinks should make him a guard. I went with Havenstein because he had the same sort of pre-draft process where everyone went nuts for his height, length, and hand size, then sighed when the shuttle and cone numbers came in. And Havenstein has stuck at tackle despite everyone back to the recruiting rankers said he should slide down to guard.

What's his story? It was hard to rate him coming out of Connecticut with just one year of playing football, but Michigan fell in love at a camp, thought Stueber was pretty polished already, and suggested he might be able to start as a freshman. He did (as a redshirt one), but somehow got his entire sample against elites. He faced Kenny Willikes in his most extended spot duty, and got his first start against Nick Bosa and Chase Young, quickly followed by Jachai Polite of Florida in the bowl game. It went…okay! That should have been off to the races, but Stueber lost his 2019 season to injury. In a shortened 2020 he was at times at guard and more effective at tackle. He finally got a season of stability at right tackle, proving his surprising adroitness at pass protection no mirage, and his hossiness in the power run game no joke. He was never dominant, but he was consistently good, showing equal amounts of power and smarts, splitting the difference between our two extreme Michigan comps of Jake Long and Ben Braden.

Positives: Perfect tackle's frame, hands, and length. Huge, heavy, strong, and smart. Came to football late so no bad habits. Has already seen a murderer's row of NFL edge defenders, including practice reports that he's held his own against Ojabo/Hutchinson/Paye/Winovich/Uche. Very good bend for his size. Awareness has saved Michigan's bacon many times:

That was a freshman!

Negatives: The feet, and then if you're projecting him to guard his size starts to become a detriment, as low tackles will always manage to get under him, something which came out at the senior bowl. Struggles in outside zone, which goes back to the feet.

[After THE JUMP: What others say, scheme fit, grading, video, conclusion]
You will feel something today. [Bryan Fuller]

Label Notes: Reminder that I’m combining all scores (except QB) in the charting. p=pass pro, y=YAC, c=catch, b=block for RBs, and route=route. It might be more than one or an odd number, in which case the higher one goes first, so if you see something like “Wilson(+3croute) that means Wilson got a +2 for a difficult catch and +1 for running a good route. Capital letters in the formations refer to skill positions: R=RB or tailback, S=superback (2nd RB), Y=inline TE, F=off-line TE, X=split end (WR on weak side), Z=flanker (WR on strong side), H=Slot.

Formation Notes: Michigan spent much of its day in Gun Wk Z Tight, which is just Twins but a WR tight to the line instead of a tight end, then mostly ran to the backside of this. As you can see in the same clip, Ohio State broke out a Bear front that I called Hurricane in the charting. The number after is how many safeties they left high, e.g. Hurricane 1:

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Substitution Notes: Trueblueintexas had the snap counts. Six McCarthy snaps. Line was Hayes-Keegan-Vastardis-Zinter-Stueber the whole way (no Filiaga). All got the most important snaps but was still a little lame and Schoonmaker closed it out with Honigford and two Selzer snaps.

[After THE JUMP: Anyone who tries to make you feel bad about reveling in this is a sad person who never has to be listened to ever again.]

The one foretold [Bryan Fuller]

Formation Notes: I called this UW look 5-1 Odd (D Package is 3-3-5) because I wanted to see how they do a thing Macdonald has been doing, except Mac has the benefit of Aidan Hutchinson. 

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And I called this one with two LBs standing up inside a 1-5-5 spread.

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Naming conventions: Mine might differ from Brian’s. Formations go [QB alignment (relative to RB)] [Personnel] [Modifier] and assumes the base is 3-wide. I use “H” for slot receiver, “F” for an offset TE, “Y” for an inline one, “tight” for a WR. “Wing” means an F on the same side of the QB as the RB. This is Pistol H Y-Flex because the H (Sainristil) is in the backfield, and the Y is flexed.

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When I add positions after a power play it’s who’s pulling, e.g. Counter GT is the backside G and T.

Substitution Notes: Zinter started, Filiaga got in for a few drives, but once the pass was abandoned Zinter stayed in for the duration. TE was All, Honigford, Schoonmaker and Carter Seltzer. WRs were Johnson and Wilson virtually the whole way, with Sainristil and Henning at slot. Corum and Haskins switched off except when Corum got clunked with an uncalled targeting on one return. He came back after a few Edwards runs. McNamara went the whole way. Crippen came in for Vastardis when he left late with a cramp.

One with the show!

[After THE JUMP: I want you all to know that the way we chart, a run takes so much longer to diagnose what happened, and a wad of bodies run takes even longer]

Milton implodes, taking last vestige of hope to the bottom of the sea 

the best case scenario 

Michigan has put another center in the NFL, and braces for impact 

Look at our shiny new toys.

certainly the most optimistic OL preview post since 2011 

OL shields are down, next hit goes to the hull 

 I've watched Don Brown defenses, and there's supposed to be a safety.

lookit that ostrich go!

So many guys discussed I maxed out the site's ability to tag a post

Steuber and Owneun

Locked on offensive line