MLive: Brad Hawkins Moved to Viper
http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2017/10/michigans_brad_hawkin…
Title says it all. Came in as a receiver, moved to safety, now to viper. Sounds like he will have some positional flexibility in the future.
October 25th, 2017 at 10:04 AM ^
Hire Al Borges.
October 25th, 2017 at 9:22 AM ^
lacks interest and doesn't move at game speed....
/s
October 25th, 2017 at 9:34 AM ^
"He's one snap away"
October 25th, 2017 at 9:52 AM ^
How about McCaffery? He could play one snap while the team runs to the other side of the field.
October 25th, 2017 at 11:08 AM ^
Only two snaps away....
October 25th, 2017 at 10:25 AM ^
Not vocal enough.
October 25th, 2017 at 5:57 PM ^
with glaring eyes
October 25th, 2017 at 6:42 PM ^
He's improving nicely, but he is not ready yet.
October 25th, 2017 at 9:13 AM ^
I am suprised Glasgow has not willed himself into more playing time
October 25th, 2017 at 9:23 AM ^
I noticed him getting some run at safety this past Saturday. I don't know exactly how many plays he participated in.
October 25th, 2017 at 9:36 AM ^
He was in for Metellus when he got dinged up and didn't get over the top of the last Barkley TD pass in time. Unfortunately, unlike his brothers, he may just not have the athleticism required for the position.
October 25th, 2017 at 9:45 AM ^
His brothers were incredibly athletic safeties.
October 25th, 2017 at 10:45 AM ^
For some reason I had it in my head that Jordan Glasgow was a cousin (relative diminutive size), but he is indeed a brother. Too bad he didn't grow more, Glasgows are meant for the line.
October 25th, 2017 at 9:51 AM ^
He looked pretty slow on that play to be honest. But he is in the viper role, right? I was surprised to see him back deep on that play. But now that I think about it I remember that Peppers and Delano often switched spots to make it easier to adjust to offensive alignments.
October 25th, 2017 at 10:28 AM ^
He played both in the spring, but he's a back-up safety now.
He came in for Kinnel. Great call by Moorhead to get that play righ then. You have to know that it's a mismatch you lean toward, but hard to digest everything your first play off the bench.
October 25th, 2017 at 9:30 AM ^
I feel like Glasgow has so much potential. I’m rooting for the kid.
October 25th, 2017 at 10:40 AM ^
Glasgow will always be the guy who let the FSU kick returner get 50+ yards on us when we finally got the lead in that game to me.
Unfortunate.
October 25th, 2017 at 11:39 AM ^
And the guy who got up to do a belly rub instead of recovering Francois' fumble inside FSU's 20 yard line before Dalvin Cook's 75 yard run on 3rd and forever will always be Mo Hurst....but he's pretty fucking fantastic outside of that.
October 25th, 2017 at 4:06 PM ^
Who single-handedly stuffed Ohio State's fake punt that would have gone for many yards when they caught us trying to overload the other side of the formation.
October 25th, 2017 at 9:43 AM ^
Yeah, I wonder if he has the range, but Kovaks made it work so its possible.
October 25th, 2017 at 9:24 AM ^
Can he pass block too or does he just block passes?
October 25th, 2017 at 9:49 AM ^
Can he take a direct snap? Hawk Cat!
October 25th, 2017 at 9:39 AM ^
who has the right size for the position. Could end up being a very good move in the future.
October 25th, 2017 at 9:43 AM ^
The players are realizing we can't develop offensive talent and are all switching to defense.
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October 25th, 2017 at 11:11 AM ^
can you blame them?
October 25th, 2017 at 9:53 AM ^
This could mean that we’re not confident about our 2018 viper recruit
October 25th, 2017 at 10:53 AM ^
No one should feel confident about his commitment.
October 25th, 2017 at 12:33 PM ^
Not confident but it's not the "lock to Georgia" a lot of people are concerned about. He is still heavily recruiting for Michigan behind the scenes from what I have heard.
October 25th, 2017 at 9:54 AM ^
I say we pull an Urban Meyer and steal Iowa st's OC and give our offense some boost starting in 2018
October 25th, 2017 at 1:29 PM ^
Urban Meyer hired Indiana's fired HC to be his OC. WIlson ran the up-tempo spread that played at a million miles an hour with average players. Now he is running same offense with 4 and 5 star guys. Fast, fast ,fast.
October 25th, 2017 at 4:34 PM ^
What's interesting is that Iowa State's offenses weren't even that highly-rated or statistically successful during Herman's stint there, but Herman was known as a hot young mind who knew the no-huddle approach, was a great recruiter, and aced the interview. Also, the story of Herman's epiphany regarding the advantage that a no-huddle approach can bring to the offense (putting the defense at a disadvantage with tempo, etc.) is interesting. (He converted at Rice, where his predecessor, Todd Graham, had used a no-huddle approach with success. When Herman had the team huddle, and the team lost its first four games, his players convinced Herman to give it a try, and the rest is history.)
I would love if the lightbulb went off for Harbaugh to realize the advantage that an uptempo (no-huddle at times) offense can have in the college game.
October 25th, 2017 at 9:57 AM ^
As long as the viper can cover a rb or tight end . We not good as coverage outside hill
October 25th, 2017 at 9:57 AM ^
11 vipers on the field at once? It seems like anyone on defense who's not a dlineman says to the media "they're recruiting me as a viper" or "I'm playing the viper posiiton" now.
October 25th, 2017 at 11:47 AM ^
I was thinking the 4-6 with 6 vipers
October 25th, 2017 at 11:59 AM ^
Math is hard.
October 26th, 2017 at 6:38 PM ^
he's thinking of Hoke's defense...
October 25th, 2017 at 12:09 PM ^
To be fair, Rashan Gary could probably play the Viper as well.
October 25th, 2017 at 1:19 PM ^
I'm fine with it if Urban Meyer is Indiana Jones
October 25th, 2017 at 10:17 AM ^
Given how the WR group has looked so far this season, it's unfortunate that he was whisked away to defense to spend the year learning something new. He would have been more useful this year on offense! Hindsight...
October 25th, 2017 at 10:28 AM ^
If he would have been better at receiver or contributing there right now then this move wouldn't have happened, but hey what does Harbaugh know.
October 25th, 2017 at 10:24 AM ^
Hawkins is like Peppers but faster, stronger, tougher and smarter..... so Wolverine at Viper
October 25th, 2017 at 10:31 AM ^
Based on nothing but visual: he's got a big rump and legs, much larger than the other DB's if you see them side-by-side. May be outgrowing safety
October 25th, 2017 at 10:31 AM ^
Also saw him in kickoff return if I'm not mistaken.
October 25th, 2017 at 10:57 AM ^
With JKP moving to corner Michigan continues to have zero safety depth. After watching Kinnel and Metellus get burned on Saturday that is extremely concerning.
October 25th, 2017 at 12:10 PM ^
Certainly a thinner position than others but there is Woods back there and a few prospects in the upcoming class that can play safety.
I believe Glasgow played like one snap after Kinnel got dinged up and PSU scored on the play.
October 25th, 2017 at 11:01 AM ^
Good move. His height, athleticism and skill set should help significantly against the pass.
October 25th, 2017 at 11:22 AM ^
to gain some confidence and put the Penn state debacle in the rear view mirror
October 25th, 2017 at 11:58 AM ^
Even if we put another 78-0 beatdown on RU, it's still the case that objects in the mirror are closer than they appear.
October 25th, 2017 at 12:27 PM ^
the ass kicking we put on PSU last year. It takes the edge off the pain, a lttle bit