Borges Says DRob Will be a +1,000 Yd Rusher in His Offense
Are you still thinking that Al Borges isn't devising an offense to take advantage of Denard's wheels?
Think again:
PeterCBigelow Michigan off coord. Al Borges doesn't see Denard Robinson running for 1,700 yards in this system. "More like 1,000 maybe 1,200," he said.PeterCBigelow Borges just says the system won't call for Denard to run as often.
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:44 PM ^
+1 because I love that show. Oh yeah, that and the whole Borges/DRob thing...
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:57 PM ^
sorry im out of the loop
February 2nd, 2011 at 4:02 PM ^
Who cares about you?
February 2nd, 2011 at 4:03 PM ^
Psych, it is/was on USA and is on netflix streaming.
Personally I thought it was just ok.
February 2nd, 2011 at 4:04 PM ^
It's on USA and it's awesome.
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:45 PM ^
Psych ftw.
February 2nd, 2011 at 5:44 PM ^
You know that's right
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:44 PM ^
To me, that seems like a reasonable expectation. Anything more than that and it means (1) Denard will be getting too much contact and (2) other aspects of the offense aren't working as well as they should. If Denard ends up in the 1,000-1,2000 yard range, with the strides his passing game is almost sure to make, he really could put up a legitimate Heisman campaign this year.
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:46 PM ^
The guy has already put up a legitimate Heisman campaign.
Not meant as a criticism of your post, just pointing out once again that Denard Robinson is the truth and will continue to act accordingly.
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:55 PM ^
That if he runs for 12000 yards that he will be a legit Heisman contender.
February 2nd, 2011 at 4:16 PM ^
You misspelled "recipient."
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:45 PM ^
i think what he means is "when we're up 4 scores, we'll rest denard, so he won't have as many rushing yards." or at least that's what he's saying in my dreams.
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:45 PM ^
2000 pass, 1000 rush.
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:54 PM ^
Wait, so you think he'll be LESS productive next year? Remember, he had 2570 passing yards in 2010. I'd think it'd be more like 3000 passing and 1000 rushing.
February 2nd, 2011 at 4:13 PM ^
Yes, statistically Denard's numbers should be down. They will be running the RB's more. I expect an additional 1000+ yard rusher from the RB spot, and a couple others with a 100-200 yards or so.
February 2nd, 2011 at 4:53 PM ^
His numbers will be down because Gardner will be playing most of the 4th qtrs this season while Denard gets some rest with the big lead. I may be dreaming, but they're my dreams and I will continue to dream big.
February 2nd, 2011 at 4:18 PM ^
There's no way Michigan's offense should come anywhere close to the number of possessions it had last year because (one would hope) the defense will be vastly improved with 9.5 returning starters, better coaches, a coherent scheme, and perhaps some additional contributions from freshman.
As a result, Michigan should not match the yardage totals it got last year. I'd be more concerned with Denards YPC, YPA, INTs, and...the big one: TDs.
February 2nd, 2011 at 4:31 PM ^
Shouldn't we get more possessions with a stronger defense next year? I thought our problem this past year was never stopping people and the D not getting off the field.
February 2nd, 2011 at 4:46 PM ^
Yes, we should have some success there. Scoring quickly will also help us increase our number of possessions.
February 2nd, 2011 at 4:48 PM ^
This.
I'm looking for Denard's TD:INT ratio to improve by leaps and bounds.
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:45 PM ^
I think Denard getting less carries doesn't necessarily means defenses will be preparing for him any less, it will just make us more difficult to defend altogether and hopefully it'll be more like early in the season, when he was consistently gashing people for 40+ yard gains at least once a game.
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:58 PM ^
exactly what i was thinking, teams wont be able to key on him running every play with only a slight chance of him tossing it. So when he does pull it down there caught off guard and we see runs like against ND!
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:46 PM ^
That bodes well for next year. Denard becomes a far more effective passer when teams are protecting against the run.
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:47 PM ^
I'll take it.
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:47 PM ^
Wow, this is great to hear.
February 2nd, 2011 at 4:03 PM ^
It got my attention.
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:48 PM ^
Personally, I am hoping he can see ~12 wins/per with Denard in his offense.
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:49 PM ^
And add 500 to 750 more yds. to the overall rushing game...
Yes Plez.
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:50 PM ^
Why not make Denard the next Time Tebow? I mean look where hes at compared to Pat White.
February 2nd, 2011 at 4:20 PM ^
Because everyone knows that Jesus wasn't black.
/s
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:50 PM ^
I'd even be happy if he had less than 1,000 yards if we find a couple of RB's to carry the load. It would be terrific for Denard and for the program if his QB skills develop to the point that he rarely runs and that we have others to carry the ball and take the hits. Then, opposing D's couldn't load up the box.
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:51 PM ^
This is good to hear, both ways. 1) Borges plans to run Denard; 2) Borges plans not to kill Denard running. It drove me crazy last year when Denard was constantly getting hurt and RR just said, "Well, he's a tough kid..."
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:52 PM ^
Based on the OP, it's possible that Borges is envisioning Denard at running back. I'd prefer to hear the above phrased in something like pass & run ratio.
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:56 PM ^
I think the staff has made it pretty clear that D-Rob is our QB
February 2nd, 2011 at 4:13 PM ^
And then want him to rush for that many fewer yards?
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<br>In your quest to be negative about everything try not to be stupid too.
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:55 PM ^
if that happens we will be in good hands.GO BLUE!!!
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:56 PM ^
Glad to hear it, hope it happens.
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:56 PM ^
Hopefully Denard will get better at identifying when to take off, and just pull the ball down and run. If his passing game improves some, he should have more opportunities to improvise and get some easy runs that result in running out of bounds, sliding, or being tackleds by a CB.
February 2nd, 2011 at 4:00 PM ^
I like the fact that he seems to be planning to make use of Denard's feet, but I think I would be happy with 700-800 provided they come on big plays. If he's getting 1200 yards rushing then either:
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<br>1. The passing game is not working as well as we were hoping, resulting in DR running
<br>2. Our RBs aren't getting a ton of production, resulting in us falling back on DR to carry our rush game
<br>3. Our offense is a true juggernaut with everything firing on all cylinders.
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<br>There's only so many yards to go around realistically in the offense we think we are headed to, and while I really hope it's option number 3, I think it's more likely to be 1 or 2.
February 2nd, 2011 at 4:01 PM ^
I'll believe it when I see it. Tall task to do and we need our RBs to pick up their game. I'm rooting for them but trying to keep expectations measured.
February 2nd, 2011 at 5:13 PM ^
I kind of agree. . . I worry a little about Denard being underutilized; although waggles and rollouts are a step in the right direction, do we think they'll use some shotgun and some zone read looks, too? Just curious; I feel like if we didn't at least utilize some of that type of stuff with Denard, we'd be doing ourselves a disservice, as he's obviously used to working out of the shotgun and effective running the ball from the shotgun set. I also worry (perhaps for no reason) that the transition to being under center most of the time may cause some growing pains/fumbling issues. It just seems like a change to west coast offense may have some kinks that Denard will have to work through. I just don't want to see the bird caged, man! He's such a talent when running in space. /end hand-wringing and worrying.
February 2nd, 2011 at 4:06 PM ^
I <3 Denard. That is all.
February 2nd, 2011 at 4:07 PM ^
I just can't help but think about what our offense would be like with Denard as a LaMichael James type RB, maybe punt returner too. Compliment him with Rawls/Shaw and Hopkins and put them behind Devin Gardner and you have something sick there. Just DG and DRob in the same backfield alone is sick.
February 2nd, 2011 at 4:24 PM ^
Denard at QB.
February 2nd, 2011 at 4:34 PM ^
You're right, our team would be so much better if Denard didn't throw for 2,500+ yards and 18 TD's.
He's a LaMichael James running back AND was one of, if not the best, passing QB's in the country for guys his own age. He just had a better TD/INT ratio, a higher completion percentage, and a better passer rating than Jimmy Clausen did as a true sophomore. And he led the league in rushing.
I should probably also warn you that Legos are not candy.
February 2nd, 2011 at 4:40 PM ^
An arm is a terrible thing to waste.
February 2nd, 2011 at 5:39 PM ^
Idiots negging him for simply expressing a "hey what if?" point of view.
This place is like North fucking Korea.
February 2nd, 2011 at 4:09 PM ^
I think without having Defenses keying on Denard and only denard as really our main running option will help out a lot.
I would think he will have the chance to have longer runs, but less carries. Something like andrew luck did this past year in terms of his long rushes.
I think it will be more exciting to see what kind of big runs Denard can have when people don't know he is gonna do a QB ISO and has tons of room to run.
February 2nd, 2011 at 4:26 PM ^
But I like the sound of it