Obi Ezeh's Back Injury - Rivals link and TTB link - Does anyone know more about this?
This was lightly skirted a month ago on the board...Magnus is harping this in his TTB Kevin Leach rundown and in his countdown explanation. All I see on this is the Rivals comment.
Certainly this makes a difference wrt to last year and expectations for this one. Ezeh has NFL measurables and this year is going to be make or break for him.
Is there a better link with more info? Is this a nagging injury or is Obi even going to be 100% this fall?
I hadn't heard about it, but Obi's biggest problems last year, indecision and bad zone drops don't relate directly to any back problems.
I can tell you've never had a back problem, because having to perform a zone drop, in my opinion, would be exceedingly difficult to execute with an aching back.
Yet another reason to be optimistic - Ezeh should be healthy, and he'll have Demens as an alternative to go to in case of injury/poor performance.
He certainly had back problems. It's called the running back.
all i know is michigan has had too many DC's, new defenses, and too many issues with depth for me to point fingers at current Michigan defense players.
sure, i would have liked for Ezeh to progress quicker. at the same time, i would like to have seen Michigan recruit 1/5 as many pure LB types as OSU has in the past 5-10 years. Ezeh is a converted RB, thrusted into a LB role becuase of various reasons. Michigan hasn't had the consistent depth, coaching, or scheme to really get the chance to see Ezeh make a lasting impact.
I take it nobody has had a back problem on the board.
Couldn't even imagine trying to run let alone play football with a bad back or any sort of back injury.
These injuries won't be so costly when we finally get some depth in place.
I think the best we can hope for is 100%
That seems to be the case all too often.
SPINAL. Tyson's analysis of his back begins about the 40 second mark of the video.