Who is Michigan's most indispensable player?
ESPN just posted an article listing out the five most indispensable players in the Big Ten. For Michigan, they listed Mike McCray:
Michigan LB Mike McCray: The lone returning starter from a loaded defense, McCray is responsible for helping a young and talented pack of players around him get used to college football on the fly. The redshirt senior battled injuries through most of his career before finding his groove with 76 tackles and 4.5 sacks last season. He said after Michigan's spring game that his confidence was at “an all-time high” and that he thinks the whole unit can be faster that it was a year ago. When the Wolverines get up to full speed, it will largely be McCray’s job to keep them all running in the right direction.
While I can see their reasoning, I am not sure I entirely agree; if McCray gets hurt, we have some non-true freshman backups behind him. With the lack of depth on the d-line, I think any one of Hurst, Mone, or Gary are more indispenable to the team.
What do the rest of you think?
with the consensus that Cole going down would be a blow to the entire OL. Hurst and Gary will dominate many B1G DL, I hope they stay healthy all year.