2020 Depth Chart
QB- Dylan McCaffery, Cade McNarma, JD Johnson
RB- Zach Charbonnet, Hassan Haskins, Blake Corum
WR- Tarik Black, Cornelius Johnson
WR- Ronnie Bell, Cornelius Johnson
WR- Giles Jackson, Mike Sainristil
TE- Nick Eubanks, Erick All, Schoonmaker
LT- Ryan Hayes or Andrew Stueber, Trente Jones
LG- Chuck Filiaga, Karsen Barnhart
C- Cesar Ruiz, Nolan Rumler
RG- Nolan Rumler, Vastardis
RT- Jalen Mayfield, Andrew Stueber
Leave early for NFL: Collins, Peoples-Jones
Transfers: Christian Turner, Joe Milton, a OL buried on the depth chart
DE- Hutch, Luigi Vilian
DT- Micheal Dwumfor, Chris Hinton
DT- Donovan Jeter or Chris Hinton or Mazi Smith
DE- Kwity Paye, Josh Uche
LB- Cam McGrone, Jordan Anthony
LB- Josh Ross, Jordan Anthony
Viper- Micheal Barrett, Anthony Solomon
SAM- Josh Uche,
CB- Ambry Thomas, Gemon Green
CB- Vince Gray, DJ Turner
S- Dax Hill or Brad Hawkins (both will play at the same time a lot)
K- Jake Moody
P- Grad Transfer
Not expecting anybody to leave early for NFL, no impact transfers.
Will continue to watch the rest of the year and hope for 10-2/9-3, but let’s be honest, this season’s goals are over. Just a look into next year. Any thing you see different?
October 20th, 2019 at 11:55 AM ^
Wait until next year. Our annual battle cry
October 20th, 2019 at 12:26 PM ^
Has been since 2004.
October 20th, 2019 at 12:39 PM ^
It feels weird saying the season is over before even playing a rival yet but here we are.
Usually Hoke and RR teams’ seasons would end starting with MSU.
October 20th, 2019 at 12:51 PM ^
For the OP: You only show one safety. Hawkins and Dax should both be starting.
Second team safeties: Morant and German Green? If Woods transfers.
October 20th, 2019 at 1:13 PM ^
This might be our earliest Wait Until Next Year! ever.
We haven't even played ND, MSU, OSU yet, and we've had to bail already. The leaves are still on the trees.
Let's save some time here, shall we?:
Wait Until the Year After Next Year!
October 20th, 2019 at 11:57 AM ^
Still got three rivals left on the schedule. If you are saying the season is already over today, I look forward to not hearing from you if they lose to any/all of them.
October 20th, 2019 at 12:03 PM ^
You know we can talk about future seasons here regardless of the current season, right? This is a Michigan sports forum.
October 20th, 2019 at 12:09 PM ^
Right, but this post seems to imply that since this season is over we might as well talk about next season and forget this season ever existed despite there still being very important games left on the schedule. Games that are admittedly meaningless in the sense that Michigan can no longer realistically make the big ten championship game or playoff; but very meaningful in that all of us fans are nominally in this to have fun and cheer our favorite team to victory (especially over hated rivals)
October 20th, 2019 at 12:16 PM ^
I understand what kind of forum this is, thanks. Talking about the 2020 depth chart is fine. I was referring to the comment at the end that said this season's goals are already over. Beating our rivals should be one of the goals.
October 20th, 2019 at 12:19 PM ^
"If you dont see things in the positive light I do, then by the divine power granted to me, I hereby publicly excoriate you from commenting further!"
Lol - hard to believe these are real adult people.
October 20th, 2019 at 12:32 PM ^
...no...
Excoriating? I am just tired of people announcing they are "done" and "season's over" and so on, then they are back the next week with the same hair-on-fire hot takes.
And BTW, it's not about being positive or negative, it's about being thoughtful and insightful. There are some good criticisms of the team and coach in here.
October 20th, 2019 at 12:00 PM ^
Why in the world would Milton transfer? Even if he feels he could never beat out McCaffrey, he’s just one hit away from starting. And it’s not like McCaffrey is made from vibranium.
October 20th, 2019 at 12:01 PM ^
Why did you open the thread if you weren't interested and why did you feel the need to clutter the comments with just 'jfc'?
October 20th, 2019 at 12:24 PM ^
How else would I express disapproval in you making a thread not only pointlessly looking ahead considering all of the assumptions you have to make, while we’re just over the halfway point of this season, but also in you making a couple pretty stupid assumptions?
October 20th, 2019 at 12:30 PM ^
Well I'd say you've made some stupid assumptions since I'm not the person who made this thread.
October 20th, 2019 at 12:55 PM ^
Then why the fuck do you care? Your comment cluttered the thread just as much as mine did. At least if you were OP it would make sense. I guess I have you too much credit.
October 20th, 2019 at 11:59 AM ^
That defense is going to be incredible next year, assuming that Uche or Paye don't leave early
October 20th, 2019 at 12:07 PM ^
Just ashame that Brown won't have them ready to play against anybody that has a good offense.
October 20th, 2019 at 12:27 PM ^
Pretty sure this is Uche last year. He played in 4 games in 2016 and the redshirt rule didn’t go into effect until last season.
October 20th, 2019 at 12:41 PM ^
And it will proceed to be wasted as par for the course for this program.
October 20th, 2019 at 11:59 AM ^
Hopefully Milton stays after recognizing Dylan's injury potential.
October 20th, 2019 at 12:40 PM ^
Milton would be crazy to leave, unless we bring in another transfer QB.
I like Dylan, but he's going to get hurt at some point and we need a good backup or 2 for when that happens.
October 20th, 2019 at 12:48 PM ^
He will also have a fair shot at winning the starting job.
October 20th, 2019 at 1:02 PM ^
It’s just insane to think, let alone assume, that Milton is gone after this year. He’s a competitor. He’s not just going to run away from competition. If McCaffrey turns into lightbringer, then maybe he transfers after next season. But until then, Milton will compete and be ready to go in if he doesn’t get the job and DMac gets hurt. There’s just no reason for him to leave now after his RS Fr season.
October 20th, 2019 at 12:01 PM ^
Wait until next year
-Michigan football since 1998
October 20th, 2019 at 12:02 PM ^
You realize we open against Washington on the road next year...good luck wining that one
October 20th, 2019 at 12:06 PM ^
Do you even watch CFB games other than Michigan? Washington lost to Cal and has gotten smashed by a hapless Stanford team this season. Then they are going to lose a first round QB from an already overrated squad. Washington will likely be a 7-5 type team next season in an already weaker P5 conference.
October 20th, 2019 at 12:18 PM ^
I do watch college football. We’re playing on the road. You think it matters who the opponent is. Washington should still be a top game 25 team next season
October 20th, 2019 at 12:31 PM ^
They aren't even a top 25 team this season.
October 20th, 2019 at 1:17 PM ^
Neither are we after next week
October 20th, 2019 at 12:45 PM ^
Washington at worst is equal to Michigan.
The team will be on the road in Seattle and will start the game terrified like they always do. Maybe they’ll make it a game in the second half only to lose ala PSU and 2018 ND. We’ve seen this before.
October 20th, 2019 at 1:00 PM ^
I live in Seattle, I go to see the Huskies once or twice a year in person, and I watch them on TV most weeks.
They are not a great team, and will not be a great team next year. Michigan has, and will have, a significant talent advantage over them. Not just a small advantage-- a big one.
Husky stadium is not an intimidating place to play. It's not large (seats around 72,000), and it's open at one end (to see the beautiful lake). The crowd has a lot of older alumni in it; this is a Seahawks town more than a Huskies town.
I have no idea how Michigan will play or if they will win, but if you're chalking this game up as a loss already, then it doesn't really matter whether they win it or not, because if the team is bad enough to make this an automatic loss, that means they'll lose a minimum of three other games during the year anyway.
October 20th, 2019 at 1:18 PM ^
Petersen is a better coach than Harbaugh. That talent gap is mitigated a bit there.
Oregon didn’t have an easy time against a mediocre Washington. Michigan has zero
October 20th, 2019 at 1:56 PM ^
With apologies for going off topic, Andrewgr, my family is planning on attending the Michigan opener at Husky stadium next year. My oldest daughter moved to Seattle earlier this year and has committed to getting us tix but has not secured them yet. I already have my hotel reservations. Do you have any suggestions for how we/she gets us good seats ? Any friendly advice will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
October 20th, 2019 at 2:03 PM ^
There will also be a large amount of U of M fans in the audience:
- Holiday weekend so more time to travel
- Great destination
- Compelling matchup
- Unique stadium experience
- And, most importantly, Michigan has a very large West Coast alumni base, largest of the Big Ten schools for sure.
I plan to head up from California for that one and know a fair amount of others in the same boat.
October 20th, 2019 at 2:56 PM ^
My brother went to Michigan and has lived in San Francisco (Burlingame) since the mid 80's. My niece grew up in SF area but went to Washington. I'm hoping to meet them out there for the game next September.
October 20th, 2019 at 3:03 PM ^
Michigan has lost its last road games against UCLA, Washington, Oregon and Utah. I realize that past results don't predict future returns (and some of the players may not have been born at the time of the losses).....but Michigan has a long history of not performing well on the West Coast.
October 20th, 2019 at 12:04 PM ^
No - breaking in a young QB will be the excuse we’ll hear from the sunshine blowers
October 20th, 2019 at 12:07 PM ^
I think Black leaves and DPJ stays. DPJ has been hurt all year and when he plays he has been average
October 20th, 2019 at 12:11 PM ^
Black has had an extensive injury history as well, I'm not so sure he's shown enough to leave early unless he thinks he can dominate the combine measurables.
October 20th, 2019 at 12:21 PM ^
If nfl teams watch last nights game there’s no way anyone tells DPJ to leave early
October 20th, 2019 at 1:06 PM ^
I thought last night it was painfully obvious that DPJ is playing not to get hurt. I truly believe he's just counting down the days until he can announce he's going pro without hurting his draft stock or earning a reputation as a quitter; if he can do that during the season, I think he will, but most likely he'll just sit out the bowl game.
I could be wrong of course, but he seemed awfully comfortable stepping out of bounds rather than getting some sure extra yards; and I think his early drops were likely due to losing concentration worrying about if he was about to get hit, rather than butter fingers.
As for his NFL readiness: if he performs well at the combine, he'll get drafted. Just look at Gary last year. Of course players like Bush can get highly evaluated based on in-game performance rather than just measurables, but measurables on their own will get you drafted, too.
October 21st, 2019 at 1:35 AM ^
DPJ routinely returns punts with guys in his face, knowing he will take a hit. That’s not something someone who is scared does.
October 20th, 2019 at 7:19 PM ^
DPJ runs like he has weights attached to his feet.
October 20th, 2019 at 12:08 PM ^
I think Paye takes a hard look at the NFL draft and so does Ruiz.
Either way we won’t be as talented next season.
October 20th, 2019 at 12:29 PM ^
Assuming Paye and Ruiz stay... I think our defense will be more talented as a whole, especially in the front four. The loss of Levert will be very tough, but Zordich gets those guys ready. I think replacing Metellus is plausible, and we don’t know anything about the vipers after Hudson, so that’ll be interesting. On offense it’ll be tough. Only silver lining I can think of is a second year in Gattis system should pay off. Replacing a starting QB is always tough especially with 3 new OL starters. We should be better at RB, and we still will have solid WR and TE talent. Hopefully the 2019 OL class lives up to the hype next year, and Dylan/Joe don’t have much growing pains...
October 20th, 2019 at 12:47 PM ^
I know people don’t think so, but Metalus is very good and not easy to replace. Also, Glasgow has been great this season, arguably one of our top 2 or 3 defenders. Kemp has been solid, asking a young DT to be as good is a stretch. Uche is a big loss. If Paye stays though we are good up front.
McGrone, Thomas, and Hutchinson are bussing stars though that should lead a very good defense.
Offense is a big question if the receivers leave. Could be a rebuild year on offense.
October 20th, 2019 at 12:15 PM ^
I think our recruits are mostly locked in right? Thank god for that.
October 20th, 2019 at 12:28 PM ^
they can sign in December correct? So our top ten class isn't confirmed. Not sure why I am having a hard time finding this.