I was thinking something similar to Nebraska is good at the crap stuff and less so at the traditional stuff. Michigan was clearly the better team. Nebraska ran everything they could think of and it still wasn’t enough. Excellent sign of how well coached Michigan is. 

The problem with Cade not being able to throw the intermediate stuff is those are the receivers we have left do best.  As bad as he was with the deep ball yesterday that is still better than any qb we have had since Rudock, I can accept that but it feels like his arm is not strong enough to hit the intermediate stuff in time, that is a huge problem. I have accepted Cade is the guy this year but if it was my choice I would make the change to JJ and just go with it.

And for Brian, you are out of touch with the defending Nebraska fans, I know they used to be ok but he must not have checked out their message boards lately. They are just as bad as the rest of us, maybe worse.

LeVeon Bell vs Boise State when they played the opener several years ago was an amazing hurdle, unfortunately. 

Khruangbin is a great band. See them in Royal Oak in December.

I used to think that Michigan fans on the whole were somewhat more balanced and reasoned online than most fanbases, but the group critiquing Cade for what he's not versus what he is has shown me that's simply not true.  He was not his best self throwing the deep passes on Saturday, that's absolutely accurate.  But what folks don't factor in is his main outside target was injured in the first game (Ronnie Bell).  After weeks of development and practice, another wideout (Roman Wilson, who was coming off his best game) wasn't there.  People act like a QB/WR connection doesn't take time and practice to get right (there's timing, knowing how fast a guy is, knowing whether a dude will contest a 50/50 ball, can he high point it, etc.)  Cade's not throwing balls to Nico Collins out there.  He's a risk averse QB in the best way, in that he doesn't put passes where the DB's can generally get to them.  

He's not Joe Milton when it comes to strength, no, but he makes great reads and can escape pressure better than most and has nerves of steel which is hard to development in a QB.  People seem to have this weird belief that JJ will instantly be able to do everything Cade can do, but better.  JJ has talent, but talent doesn't mean he's impervious to pressure like Cade, or makes every read correctly (see his near diasterous keeper in the 4th quarter), or drops passes right in the bucket every time (he's thrown like 3 deep balls this season), or can make adjustments to the OL protection or get guys lined up correctly (Cade is always pushing dudes to the right spot all the time), and on and on.

I've about had it with this blog and it's "fans" constantly pining for the backup when the starter is more than capable, and actually quite good.  The deficits in his game (his reads on zone reads) aren't even his fault because it's clearly not a live read.  We know Cade is not fleet of foot, so his keepers must be called much like Shea's were.  Cade is typically lethal on deep passes, keeps the offense together, knows the playbook inside and out (see last year how it opened up when he replaced Joe Milton), plays cool under pressure, rarely turns it over and in fact usually saves errors (see him nearly saving the touchdown run where an OL stepped on him), gets people in the right spots (see him pushing Erick All I believe into the right spot on one or more occassions) and on and on.

Cade is a game manager in all the best ways.  It's like people forgot that Jake Ruddddock helped us to 9 wins (shoulda been 10 if not for THAT PLAY), despite not being the most gifted athlete.  JJ will start when he's ready, Cade probably knows every mistake he mistake and will correct it, and our offense is better for having him in charge of it.

I've been saying this since post game one: Bell injury was a disaster. Michigan doesn't have a game breaking WR OR , more importantly, a reliable WR. 

They MAY improve in this department but I'm not sure we get it from CJ or Baldwin. Wilson was coming on but got injured. 

Cade is fine, we are lacking a bit in WR

All the controversy around Cade will stop once you realize that he's the 2021 version of 1997 Brian Griese.

I refrained for listening to this podcast because I've already heard these takes a couple times already this year and it's just tiring.  It's just fucking annoying at this point, some shitty bit the MGoBlog writers can't let go because they're sure the audience will start laughing at any minute.  

Anyway, I'm going to enjoy a 6-0 season with two nice road wins and let the people who desperately wish that they were 6-0 in the way they want to their own devices. 

That was like a Mario Bros. hurdle.

Jade McNamarthy

A great deal of the Cade talk is ridiculous. Does he have deficiencies? Sure. Arm strength could be better. Zone read game could be better -- though I think this is also on the coaches for (a) clearly not being able to teach him to execute it and (b) continuing to trot this package out there when it's counterproductive to our run game as it leads unblocked defenders right to the point of attack. That's a coaching mistake as much as it is on the player.

But, cumong man, Cade just LED the team to what are probably the two best road wins in the Harbaugh era, and back-to-back too. The man has leadership, and the team is putting it all out there for him and each other. Is he enough to beat OSU? I tend to doubt it. But is he enough to get us to 10-2 or perhaps 11-1? I think he might be.

Also, a couple points on JJ -- in that road environment, the coaches did not even call on him to throw a pass.

**EDITED: He did throw one, an incompletion. H/T to MichiganMan**

Maybe they don't fully trust Cade, but it seems like JJ just isn't there yet with the playbook. Athletically, he's much more gifted, but in a JH offense, you need to have the understanding too. Also, if JJ was starting, I'd guess we'd see "issues" on the ZR too. 

Khruangbin is the shit. 

(Posted a comment in the wrong thread, so deleted here.)

I frequented the bars the Meyer's would attend in Dublin. I can attest Shelly is a bad person.

The bar name "2 in 1" made me spit my coffee onto my keyboard.