Erick All's Family Taking Shots at Michigan and Colston Loveland

I don't wish All ill at all (hmm, that phrasing may look jokey but is earnest).

I feel bad for him. Spinal surgery is serious. Being a father is serious. His future is hard. I wish it were all easier for him, with the health parts in particular being better or untrue.

And I do hope he can prove us wrong, prove the choosing of his operation wise, prove able to take one more year of football contact, if not twelve, and perform at the highest level all the while.

His behavior here is poor--that goes double for his family's. Duh. But I can judge the behavior without judging the people. They are in a supremely tough and emotional situation. I've acted poorly in easier circumstances than theirs. It just sucks, end of transmission. I can only hope they get theirs and get better. I can have no interest in the opposite.

The silly part of this whole thing is that Michigan uses more tight ends than any team I can think of.  Seems there would be plenty of snaps for Loveland, All and another TE or two.  

"Was."

First law of marketing: everything about you affects your brand. Ask Mel Gibson. Or Tom Cruise. Or even, now, Tom Brady. People can't think of the professional without thinking about the stuff around them.

And, yes, Erick All absolutely could control his out-of-control father and brother. Tell them to be quiet and respectful. Or, get out there yourself and distance yourself from the comments.

Now, Erick All will be "that talented TE with a complaining attitude and the crazy family." Not a good look for NFL teams. Teams absolutely take these things into consideration. Unless the team is an amoral cesspool like the Browns and you're a player of the talent level of Deshaun Watson, most don't need the baggage. This stuff alone will drop All's draft stock, to the extent that he keeps any, which translates directly into starting salary.

Hope it was worth it. 

Dear Erik and senior, if you're reading this (and you probably are), feel free to just delete everything from the past week and paste this.

"I have learned a lot during my time at the University of Michigan and have appreciated my opportunities.  Going forward, I can't wait to **insert nice thing about Iowa football here. Maybe "watch punts"?** in Iowa City. Go Hawkeyes"

Possibly. We’ll see next year how they compare. Loveland looks to have a great trajectory but All has proven himself already. Will have to do so again after having surgery and sitting for a year. I’d be thankful to have All back but wish him the best in Iowa City. Am glad to have Loveland regardless.

Of course he is, ask yourself the last time you've seen a true freshman perform like this so early...  though not at blocking. All was quite good at that.. but there is still time.

Or maybe a day one pick. NFl is in love with athletic TEs right now.

I would love nothing more than for Schoonmaker to come back, can you imagine him AND Loveland on the field together similar to Bowers and Washington for Georgia?

wait until he adds 20 lbs of muscle

Reminds me of a joke...   So a guy was sitting around lamenting about his life and his name. 

"It's hard living in this town with Jim the Hero. I mean, yea, he's a firefighter and saved all those kids from the orphanage fire, but I've done some good things too!  I was there catching the kids with him!  Or Bob the Bricklayer, I made bricks with that guy for a decade, half the houses in this town have been built with these hands.  But no, not me, only they get the cool names, you can spend a lifetime saving kids and building the town but if you **** just one goat..."