Derrick Green hurt in practice & out 2 weeks

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From the twitter:

Jeff Weintraub @TheDailyTraub 17m

Per source: Michigan freshman RB Derrick Green got hurt in practice today and is out 2 weeks.

 

EDIT: More from person on twitter reporting story:

Jeff Weintraub @TheDailyTraub 54s

@MGoShoe I'm not gonna reveal my source, but it's the same person that told me Jake Ryan tore his ACL before it was announced

snoopblue

August 7th, 2013 at 7:47 PM ^

I mean, was Green really going to pick up all the pass protections and blocking schemes by the first game? It's all good, get well soon derrick!

Mr. Yost

August 7th, 2013 at 8:22 PM ^

...the one thing I almost forgot about football season is how much people over-fucking-react around here. It's embarassing. It's TWO WEEKS! Hell, it may help him to be able to stand on the side and learn the playbook a little more and watch. If the 2 weeks is accurate, he'd be able to play in the season opener.

Haywood Jablomy

August 8th, 2013 at 7:12 AM ^

Really? I honestly do not sense mass over reaction. Not really sure what you expect people to post in response to this news. Other than listing, ad nauseam, every permutation of the two deep using remaining healthy players or absurdly saying its a good thing one doesn't have many other options. To be honest, screaming, "TWO WEEKS!" appears to be the most significant over reaction posted.

TIMMMAAY

August 8th, 2013 at 8:24 AM ^

You don't "learn the playbook" by standing around watching. You learn by doing it. This is a problem that the corches will have to sort out. Borges had just said that in the next week he and Freddy J had hoped to narrow down our stable of RB's, because you can't get them all ready... 

BlueReign

August 8th, 2013 at 10:20 AM ^

"The biggest thing I tell my guys is I didn't get all the reps (when I was a freshman), but I made sure I watched every rep," Hart said. "There's freshmen on my team over there talking, and they don't know the playcall or what's going on.

"You can process these things without getting a physical rep. I think that's kind of what helped me transition, is I was only getting a couple reps, but I was really getting 15 reps per period. A new playcall, I was thinking about what I had to do and how I had to do it."

http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2013/05/mike_hart_once_a_1000-yard_fre.html

the Glove

August 7th, 2013 at 8:29 PM ^

It will be OK, Fitz was going to be the starter anyways. Green will get a week of practice before the first game and will get carries against Central Michigan. Running back is not like quarterback where you need an unbelievable amount of repetition. Pure talent can carry a person, experience just makes them great.

Magnus

August 7th, 2013 at 8:44 PM ^

Well, this puts us in the same position we were in last year - Toussaint, Rawls, and Hayes (minus Vincent Smith). Not to diminish the loss, but we do have some depth there.

robmorren2

August 7th, 2013 at 9:58 PM ^

I thought it was tough for everyone last year. I'm not a pro, but it seemed like the blocking was the issue. He's a between the tackles runner, and our interior blocking was atrocious. I'm not saying Rawls is great or anything, but he might still be an unknown. I bet most RBs would have struggled behind that blocking.

His Dudeness

August 8th, 2013 at 10:54 AM ^

For once I agree with you about a player.

Rawls is a great kid and I met his parents and they are wonderful people, but he had a lot of trouble last year. It may or may not have been the interior O-Line being weak (looking at you, Mealer), but man he was completely ineffective. Watch pretty much any game last year and you will see Rawls getting hit in the backfield and going down quick. It was pretty bad.

samdrussBLUE

August 7th, 2013 at 10:08 PM ^

2 weeks is nothing. Work him out elsewhere, keep him in shape/better shape and a week from his return he is running all over CMU