Wiltfong crystal-balls 5* QB Jadyn Davis to M
October 30th, 2022 at 9:24 AM ^
Big if true!
October 30th, 2022 at 11:03 AM ^
Large if nonfictional!
October 30th, 2022 at 12:52 PM ^
Grand if veracious!
October 30th, 2022 at 9:25 AM ^
I bet it was the double reverse that sold him.
October 30th, 2022 at 9:30 AM ^
Would be great news. Next, Davis could start recruiting kids to play with him and that 2024 class could start taking off.
October 30th, 2022 at 9:32 AM ^
For those like me not in the know:
No. 16 overall player and No. 3 QB in the 2024 class per the 247 composite.
Plays in North Carolina.
No. 1 QB is already apparently committed to OSU and No. 2 is a Georgia lean.
October 30th, 2022 at 9:40 AM ^
Remember says "For those like me not in the know:"
Then posts all the details because he knows...
LOL!!
October 30th, 2022 at 9:49 AM ^
October 30th, 2022 at 11:04 AM ^
GI JOOOEEEE!!!
October 30th, 2022 at 11:17 AM ^
PORKCHOP SAMMICHES!
October 30th, 2022 at 10:07 AM ^
My response to your last sentence: "JFC. When are those #@$&s at OSU going to experience a dry spell?" :)
October 30th, 2022 at 11:19 AM ^
Buckeyes only go thru dry spells when their siblings and cousins go out of town.
October 30th, 2022 at 12:19 PM ^
Underrated post. +1.
October 30th, 2022 at 9:32 AM ^
This will be HUGE. Per Sam he will possibly commit this fall/winter and he changed his timeline. Hopefully, yesterday's visit was an absolute blast for him and it seems like it was.
October 30th, 2022 at 9:56 AM ^
I think the coaching Harbaugh has done with JJ, and that he moved JJ to the starting QB - over the dude that took us to the promise land - shows the top recruits that they will get NFL ready experience, and know they can win QB competition against and established upper class starter.
October 30th, 2022 at 10:06 AM ^
I'm starting to worry about JJ's progress, though - but just a little. He went from dropping dimes on deep throws to missing them to not even trying them anymore. Also, on intermediate and shorter routes, went from dimes to quarters, and completely missed a few last night. I realize the competition has gotten harder, but I can't reconcile the passing performance last night with the MSU secondary - which is every bit as bad as UConn's!
Is it player regression, coaching, poor play calls with poor routes, WR's? I don't know, but the passing game just feels ... off. I don't have confidence that they can move it consistently through the air anymore, if needed. I mean, you have to balance passing with Blake fucking Corum, but there has to be more in the pass game, right?
October 30th, 2022 at 10:17 AM ^
Personally I hear you and it's easy to watch last night's game and, in the context of this season, begin to have such worries. I am not worried, just like I am not really worried about our red zone offense. The 'data' suggests there are problems but we are 8-0 and are really coming together as a team. I see room for more growth and evidence that said growth is happening overall even if it was not visible last night in the passing game.
The MSU game is a strange duck in almost every season. Weird things happen even when one team is clearly better than the other. I'm not going to let last night's thorough dominance of a hated rival get me worried. We are improving every week overall and are a super solid team at this point, clearly worthy of CFP consideration.
October 30th, 2022 at 10:34 AM ^
I'd worry about it a lot more if the play calling were different yesterday. The offense went max conservative and was as predictable as it ever gets in terms of run/pass selection.
Way too early in JJ's career to be worrying at all about regression.
October 30th, 2022 at 10:35 AM ^
I can't reconcile the passing performance last night with the MSU secondary - which is every bit as bad as UConn's!
MSU’s secondary isn’t as bad as UConn’s.
You can’t just look at the stats; you have to consider game context. If State is playing straight up (that is, seven in the box), then yes, they struggle in pass coverage. But if they have 6 or 5.5 like they often did last night, they can cover a little. UConn is the absolute bottom of FBS talent-wise. Of course a mid-tier B1G team like State has better athletes than them.
Besides: Think back to last year’s game. On U-M’s final two possessions, when Michigan had to throw, they didn’t reach the red zone either time.
October 30th, 2022 at 11:19 AM ^
6 in the box all night. Every time Michigan lined up I thought "run the ball".
I think McCarthy is looking worse because other teams respect his passing threat more.
October 30th, 2022 at 12:26 PM ^
This could be the answer. I would love to see what happens when some team respects Blake so much they continuously bring a safety into the box, leaving Cover 0 on the WRs...
October 30th, 2022 at 1:20 PM ^
On the Jon Jansen postgame show, both McCarthy and Corum said that MSU switched its coverage scheme from man to “2-shell” which made the passing game harder but the running game easier.
October 30th, 2022 at 7:02 PM ^
JJs big games are coming.
These next 3 teams know Michigan can just maul them up front and run Corum for 175 and 2 TDs.
There is no pretending that they can out physical us.
JJ is about to have 2 or 3 BIG games. Which will be right on time as we head into Columbus.
October 30th, 2022 at 10:42 AM ^
It’s like they can’t scheme wide receivers open.
October 30th, 2022 at 7:18 PM ^
Our receivers are midgets and even with a step or two the “open” angle from the sideline cam presents much differently from the QBs perspective and if your coaches say “no picks” = overthrow.
October 30th, 2022 at 10:56 AM ^
It was a weird game last night, kind of like the Washington game last year. Seems like Sparty was playing in a shell and giving us 8 yards any time we wanted it, but wasn't going to let us hit anything deep. We could only lose that game by getting baited into mistakes, and so we didn't. Frustrating for those of us who want JJ to be in Heisman consideration, but if every team plays us that way we'll be 11-0 heading into Ohio.
October 30th, 2022 at 6:58 PM ^
Washington is a good call.
Boring, but never in doubt. A very Maryland/Indiana type of a game.
October 30th, 2022 at 11:07 AM ^
He went from dropping dimes on deep throws to missing them to not even trying them anymore.
It's worth noting that this was the second week in a row where our opponents played their safeties way back to avoid big passes. In particular, both PSU and MSU seemed terrified of Roman Wilson.
October 30th, 2022 at 12:28 PM ^
I love this explanation!
October 30th, 2022 at 2:58 PM ^
And it's not surprising that teams are playing soft at corner and deep safeties. The JJ bombs (mostly against lesser competition) are on tape. Roman Wilson's long TD catches are on tape. The threat is there and there is nothing worse to be in a game where you're overmatched and you give up a 70 yard TD pass that puts the crowd in a frenzy and gives Michigan a big momentum boost. Death by a thousand paper cuts (short passes, running plays) where the larger number of plays run is just more chance that a turnover happens, is probably always preferred.
October 30th, 2022 at 12:42 PM ^
I was watching pretty closely last night, and for whatever reason our receivers were not getting separation on deep routes.
October 30th, 2022 at 7:07 PM ^
Well that's by design when you're keeping both safeties back.
I feel like you all want him to force it deep and risk the Rod Moore like pick...just because you're bored.
Moore was doing exactly what teams do to us all game. JJ wasn't making that throw that Thorne missed on. So why force it?
Just run the ball. Wear them out.
...but again, we're done with teams who are arrogant enough to think they can matchup with Michigan until we head into Columbus. So that's going to bring safeties down to help stop the run.
Meaning JJ is going to get chances.
October 30th, 2022 at 10:02 AM ^
It was also visit number 4 or 5 for him, so this isn’t like he got caught up in the spirit of things. Also HS his team is loaded with talent and landing of few of those guys as well would be huge
October 30th, 2022 at 9:41 AM ^
Hello recruits. We are the number four team in the country. We are among the top five programs getting players drafted into the NFL. We have one of the biggest alumni networks in the world.
October 30th, 2022 at 10:11 AM ^
NFL part is strangely underrated. UM has had lots of late-round picks of solid (though not great) guys like Metellus who've gone on to decent pro careers.
October 30th, 2022 at 9:45 AM ^
Need this one. Missing Carr a lot easier to take with this guy in the fold. I just hope the sooner the better to start building a class.
October 30th, 2022 at 9:46 AM ^
But Tuck comin’
I thought only coaches with mediocre B1G records and Instagram photos with cars could recruit in the state of Michigan.
🤔
October 30th, 2022 at 9:53 AM ^
This also feels like a much more stable recruiting relationship than the one UM had with Moore, who seemed like a guy who wanted to look around and may have only been talking to UM because of Gattis.
Hopefully the sign of yet another nice recruiting class.
October 30th, 2022 at 10:10 AM ^
Gattis... Holy crap did we get a blessing last off-season! His Miami offense just scored 14 points. In 4 OT periods. Against Virginia.
October 30th, 2022 at 10:16 AM ^
I can’t believe Harbaugh is calling dumb plays for Miami.
October 30th, 2022 at 10:26 AM ^
4OTs and 0 touchdowns scored
October 30th, 2022 at 10:25 AM ^
The Davis recruitment is trending so well.
The depth chart looks good for him. Georgia just took a QB.
It might be time to buckle up.
October 30th, 2022 at 9:59 AM ^
It should be mentioned that lots of 247 analysts talk about how Wiltfong uses his crystal balls differently than most other analysts. He uses it not as an ultimate prediction, but as more of a indicator of where thing currently pointing. Nevertheless, this is a good sign
October 30th, 2022 at 10:21 AM ^
My theory on Wiltfong CB:
This is an indication that the deal is close to done and Wiltfong gets to put in 1st CB as the national guy. The confirmation will be if other crystal balls come in shortly from Michigan guys like Sam or writers covering Clemson, Tennessee, etc.
October 30th, 2022 at 10:23 AM ^
We’re all going to get laid. Wingdings on me if true
October 30th, 2022 at 10:27 AM ^
Yes please! Landing Jadyn Davis would be outstanding. It would more than make up for not landing Dante Moore or CJ Carr, plus it seems likely that he’ll bring some of his teammates with him.
October 30th, 2022 at 11:40 AM ^
It would more than make up for not landing Dante Moore or CJ Carr
I wouldn’t say it “more” than makes up for it. It’s certainly a great consolation, but I’d rank Dante Moore (evaluating him based on his Junior year to be fair to Davis) above Davis, but Davis above Carr.
October 30th, 2022 at 7:00 PM ^
That’s fair. Personally I like Davis, and in particular I like the prospect of him being part of a package with several highly-rated teammates. But perhaps saying it would more than make up for Moore was an overstatement.
October 30th, 2022 at 8:14 PM ^
Oh I absolutely love Davis as a prospect. I live in the Charlotte area so I’ve actually been able to see him play in person a couple times and I’d be more than happy to have him at Michigan.
I just see Dante Moore as a bit more of a high end prospect is all. Davis is one hell of a “consolation” prize, if you can call a 5* prospect that.