QB1 Battle between Milton and Cade

Just reshuffling chairs on the Titanic at this point.  And I do feel bad for Milton - sunshine blowing slappies should not have been hyping him as Cam 2.0 before he ever took a snap as a starter (and shame to those who drank it up as well).  Also, it's not all his fault Michigan is 1-3.  

The lack of QB development is probably the most surprising thing under Harbaugh. In his previous stops, he was undeniably great at it.

In six seasons, Milton is the first Game One starter whom Harbaugh recruited out of high school. That's surprising in itself: you'd have thought the program could recruit and develop organically a lot sooner than that.

Milton is in his third year with the program, and he is still VERY raw. I think he can get better, but can he get a LOT better? Probably not: most players, by their third year in a program, are a lot closer to their ceiling than their floor.

Let Cade start, give him a shot.  Doesn't mean Milton can't improve, but it might do him some good to sit and watch for a bit.

If Michigan has any chance of winning the next two games, then have McNamara as the starting QB. Milton had his chance and regressed each week. Milton has become on of the worst starting QBs in the B1G conference. Maybe his overall QB rating will show otherwise but throw out those metrics. Milton has lost confidence.

McNamara threw the ball with much more finesse. He completed 4 consec passes in the lone TD drive and the 2 point conversion. The WR seem to trust him more. If I were a WR at Michigan, I wouldn't want all those bullets Milton thrown at me. Perhaps that is one issue with the offense. Milton lacks leadership, from just the casual observer.

Can or will Harbaugh make this QB change? He failed to pull Paterson last season. McNamara is the key to giving Michigan a chance to win in each of the next two games, worth mentioning again.

I do not like to trash any player who wears the Maize and Blue helmet but I am OFF the Milton train. Let him transfer if he wants. He's not Power 5 starting QB material. He's in year 3 so there no excuse for him not elevating his game.

Let Cade start. That way we can all root for Milton again since he will be the back up.  We always love the backup at Michigan. 
 

I hope Cade starts so that Milton can watch a little and hopefully reset. That said, Milton is suppose to graduate in December and then have two (three if this year doesn't count?) years remaining and will probably be a highly sought after grad transfer. 

Sadly I feel it is inevitable that Milton will start on Saturday, practice results be damned. I’m sure we’ll get a comment that it was neck and neck and Milton has really risen to the occasion and then on Saturday, it will be exactly the same results. 

I'm starting to think that McCaffrey didn't actually lose the starting job and instead just said "fuck this" and sat out because he saw how much of a shit show this team is

We struggle to run the ball. It's only fair that we have issues throwing it to balance things out. Opposing DC's don't  know whether we're running for a two yard loss on first down or throwing a 3 yard out on 3rd and 12. Mind games dude.

You have to remember that Cade was no slouch coming out of high school. He was a 4* prospect out of Nevada. Went back and watched his video highlights and he was pretty darn good throwing on the run and also hitting receivers in stride. Sure he's not as big as Milton and doesn't have near the arm strength but if he can orchestrate drives and put points on the board I'm all for the switch. One of the knocks on Harbaugh has been that he plays favorites especially when he chooses  who he thinks should be his quarterback. If he's going to be serious about saying that the guys that put forth the most effort and show the most desire to win it has to be all positions, not every position but quarterback.

Milton was a 47% passer in high school.  So far this season he is a 56% passer that has issues with accuracy on long balls.  In a sense he has improved.  It's the hype that got you all in a mess.  You listened to the (insert year here) Harbaugh hype that has ended with egg on his face more often that not.  It was unfair to Milton  to pump the expectations so high before the season.  

Dylan deciding not to play, while in a season that if he does play he loses no eligibility, but remaining on campus and taking classes should be a huge concern.  Either he got himself into some trouble that hasn't come out (unlikely), or he is fed up with the coaches (likely). Something is rotten, and it goes beyond just missing a couple stud DB/DT's. 

I mean at this point might as well get as many players experience as possible for hopefully a new staff. I do think people are overreacting to the Milton versus Mcnamara comparison based on one drive. If you go back and watch that drive it's the only one the o-line gave either QB clean pockets all night. Not like the offense did anything the rest of the night after that drive. It doesn't matter who the QB is if they are young and you aren't providing them any help in the running game or consistent pass protection. The o-line has reached late era Hoke levels of suck the last couple of games. As far as Mccaffrey we have no idea what he is or would have been, he had not proved anything.

If memory serves, Cade was just as highly rated as Dylan coming out of HS. Alabama and ND both wanted him badly. The only difference is that he’s younger than Dylan. But there’s no reason to think Cade won’t ultimately end up being the best of the bunch. 

This is such an overreaction. Milton had as rough as a start as possible in the Wisconsin game. That doesn't erase the fact that he was one of the only bright spots on the team for the first three games. What a knee jerk reaction, especially since Cade looked good in the first series and pretty awful for the rest of the game. Could just be Wisconsin had prepped for Milton but not Cade. 

This QB carousel is why no QB ever succeeds here. Milton threw two interceptions (one not really his fault) and everyone immediately clammers to bench him. Let him take his lumps and see how he responds before throwing him away like yesterday's news. 

The real issue here is the offensive line, which has totally tanked the running game and as a result has started to tank the passing game. You correct the offensive line, you correct the running game and you give Milton a better opportunity to succeed. Same goes for the defensive line. I think our secondary has actually improved quite a bit. Unfortunately it is coinciding with the downfall of our DL, which lost its two best players. Even bad QB's can carve up a secondary if there is no pass rush at all. 

I think it is Joe's eyes I blame more than his arm.  There are some throws he was making in those first few games that were extremely danger.  Some of those things he was getting away with against 2 crap programs are catching up to him against better teams.  

He still has a touch issue no doubt about it but I am more worried about the tight windows he tries to missile the ball into.

I think Cade is the better option in the interim to try to settle the offense down.  

Does not matter anymore I saw enough last game to realize we have a bigger problem than just defense. Both QBs are not good nor ready. Cade showed good ball skills that first touchdown but then the next time once the defense adjusted he was not good. Yes you could say it was easy to adjust because the defense knew Michigan would only throw since time was running out, but what bothered me with Cade was his arm strength.