Speight's High Throws

The first int is on Crawford. When Speight throws the ball he's good, when he starts throwing popcorn we have a problem.

We have a snowflakes thread for EXACTLY this kind of crap.

Last year there were a lot of overthrows, Iowa, Wisconsin he missed several throws to open guys before hitting the bomb to Darboh

which is a good thing. But the i inaccuracy is a serious problem. He singlehandedly msde that a game yesterday. UM should have won by 30 or more.

Sleight is an average quarterback. Period. Thus, he will play poorly at times throughout his tenure at Michigan. In my opinion, this is the biggest limitation on the team right now. We need one of the young guys to be truly elite if we hope to catch Alabama in the near future.

dialed in over the next few games.  Also hoping we will be will be putting the next few games away early so perhaps O'Korn and other young receivers will get some reps.  Great game yesterday, but as has been mentioned, there were many opportunities to put the game away earlier than we did, and the defense ultimately put the game away.  

to be sure.  I don't know how much of that is last year's bad Speight or first game jitters against a decent defense because he had some really good throws too. I think he will get back to last year's Great Speight form.  This was our first game and, despite suspensions, was not against a weak opponent.  We had receivers hit in the hands dropping balls, we had bad cuts, missed blocks, dumb penalties...  First game stuff.  We were talented enough to overcome thanks to great coaching (thank you Don Brown).   He will have this stuff worked out before Michigan State and be clicking in high gear before Penn State.  They'll be ok.  I thnk by the end, the entire team be more than ready for OSU. 

Speight is never going to be more than average. It's not the collarbone or being too amped up or whatever. Just don't turn it over.

But Speight hit his invisible, 10' tall friend right in the numbers each time!

Not trying to give too much wiggle room here for Speight, but how much of this can we attribute to first game of the season and being amped up more than normal. Harbaugh felt that he needed a "reset" after the second pick six, and after that Speight did seem more relaxed.

I have two other thoughts on the issue.

1. Wilton made the correct decisions and reads throughout the game. It wasn't like he tried to jam those throws into triple coverage.

2. Crawford probably should've come down with the first. The second was on Speight. Would our critique be so brutal if he only threw one pick on a physical error (letting the ball sail) rather than what happened in the game with two picks? I'm just saying that Harbaugh praised Speight for a good game aside from the picks, I tend to agree with the coach's assessment.

The horse was beaten to death already!

Speight is spectacularly average

Why does everybody think their personal take needs it's own thread? So, what. You watched a replay.

"Hey, I just talked to my friend and we are wondering if anyone else noticed..'".

That is what Speight needs to do.  He had two turnovers, one bad overthrow, one tip.  They weren't bad decisions.  He was makiing good reads and didn't throw into a lot of coverages.  He can bring those balls down and then we will be fine.  Ruddock had trouble with intermediate to long range throws at the start of his senior year, but by the end was playing well.  First game against what should be a very good defense.

Just remember, Craig Krenzel and Tee Martin won National Championships, while Peyton Manning and Tom Brady did not.  You don't have to be the greatest quarterback.  We will need Speight to come up big some times this year.  But he doesn't have to be perfect.

Speight is the best QB on the squad.  To say 'there's room for improvement' is an understatement. 

Speight has perhaps plateaued. Great pocket awareness but the ball just doesn't go where he wants it to in some critical situations. We could've said the same thing 1 year ago. The Crawford miss on the wide open td was the same as missing Chesson against FSU or other instances from last year. That being said, there's no QB controversy IMO and he's the best QB on the roster at this moment.