jordan anthony

soon to be ripping around the corner in the nfl [Patrick Barron]

Michigan's 2019 roster got lighter by three yesterday as Josh Uche officially entered the draft…

…Sean McKeon was announced as a Senior Bowl participant…

…and Jordan Anthony hit the transfer portal:

[After THE JUMP: analysis of these exits]

on the nose [Patrick Barron]

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FORMATION NOTES: This game in a nutshell:

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That is a seven-OL formation I called "beefcake". Michigan's short yardage package had Kemp as a head up nose and no one else inside either guard; Glasgow is called into action as a tilted three-tech in a three point stance.

Michigan tried some 3-3-5 stuff with Uche but spent most of the game in a 4-2-5, with weird stuff speckled in.

SUBSTITUTION NOTES: A significant amount of variation but Uche was mostly relegated back to about a third of the snaps as Michigan went with a four man line. This was almost without variation Paye/Kemp/Jeter/Hutchinson. Danna and Mason both got some snaps, with Mason's concentrated after the game was over.

LB level was Glasgow and Hudson basically the whole way—Gil got the last drive I charted in place of Glasgow. MLB was a rotating trio of meh: Ross got pulled early for performance reasons, and then Anthony got pulled seemingly for performance reasons, and then McGrone got some time.

Secondary the usual Hawkins/Metellus/Hill/Thomas setup with Gray rotating in for about equal snaps at CB; Woods got some time in dime packages.

[After THE JUMP: also not so great]

[Marc-Gregor Campredon]

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FORMATION NOTES: Michigan spent virtually the whole game in a 3-3-5, aside from some goal line plays. Army started off in a traditional flexbone, so this was the most common setup for the first quarter and change:

the bone

Michigan barely varied from this presnap. Army started poking at the general lightness of this formation and spent most of the back half of the game in a relatively jumbo setup:

trip bone

The two tight-end-type substances to the bottom are actually OL. You can see that Michigan has responded by shifting Uche to the line of scrimmage bringing their safety level closer to the LOS. Army did some work in this formation but Michigan had their plan and did not deviate from it, and it all worked out.

SUBSTITION NOTES: Almost no rotation. On the DL it was Paye/Kemp/Hutchinson almost the whole way, with Danna getting about a dozen snaps and cameos from Mason and Jeter.

Glasgow, Hudson, and Uche got every snap. Ross probably would have as well but a stinger forced him out at halftime; Anthony took over. This was not much of a glimpse at Anthony since it seemed like Michigan's scheme with the MLB was to get him annihilated on every snap.

Gray spotted Thomas and Hill for just under half the game. Aside from that and a couple J'Marick Woods snaps the secondary was Thomas/Hill/Metellus/Hawkins the whole way.

[After THE JUMP: I hope you like fullbacks!]

Q: how can you cram all these guys on the field at the same time?

Stiff hips don't sink ships.

Another excellent presser from Brown, this time turning into more of a coaching clinic than a presser at one point

clone Dax Hill

On the benefits of facing the new-look offense and young players standing out so far

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

Got some Guys, might just have some Dudes

Possibly the most informative presser of Harbaugh's tenure

i know this doesn't sound like a good idea but what if we cloned the rabid squirrels and made them supervillains