Michigan Football Tidbits: Practice Film, The Good, and The Bad.

The Good:

Offensive line movement is 100% better. In pass protection, feet were continuously moving, and did a nice job of funneling the rush to the outside. They got to the second level and even into the secondary.

Forcier is very comfortable in the pocket. He also moves well in the pocket, has very good feet.

The running backs were actually running north and south the majority of the time not looking to bounce everything, with one exception noted below.

Feagin is an outstanding ball handler. He hides it well, and rides the running back for a long time. He really keeps the defense off balance

Forcier has plenty of arm in this offense. He is also very good at ad-libbing, which could slow down the blitzing some.

There was a very good pace and rhythm to the offense, especially for a scrimmage.

The Bad:

The defense -- ouch -- nuff said. In their defense, no pun intended, it is obvious they were almost exclusively in their base defense with no blitzing and very little mixing of coverages. Something that we brought up last year: the defense was being used strictly as an exercise "tool" for the offense to get their work in.

Forcier's ball handling needs work as does his running zone option skills.

V. Smith looks good when he drops the wiggle. There was no need to be fancy, just get north and south.

Forcier has a habit of holding the ball too long. In a controlled scrimmage, that is one thing, in live action, that can get the quarterback killed, as we saw last year going from practices to games.

Linebacker play was non-existent.

Split end blocking still needs to improve. Split end blocking has not been good at Michigan in a few years now. Last good one was Arrington. Blocking by split ends is 90% desire and 10% everything else, so, yes, it can get better.

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