Recruiting Analyst at Irish Sports Daily on Shea Patterson
Jamie Uyeyama, "Football/Recruiting Analyst at Irish Sports Daily", breaks down Shea Patterson. LINK at Irish Sports Daily:
https://irishsportsdaily.com/s/6486/film-dont-lie-breaking-down-shea-patterson
"When the line first came out for Notre Dame-Michigan, the Irish were favored......They no long are favored and the primary reason for it is the eligibility of Shea Patterson."
"Is he the phenom that is going to completely flip Michigan’s passing game?....... Or is he the guy who will struggle when facing better teams/defenses? He might end up being a little bit of both...."
"He gives his receivers a chance to gain yards after the catch just about every time because of his ball placement and how quick his release is."
"Deep ball dimes like this can look routine for him when they are anything but for most quarterbacks."
"His lack of rushing yards doesn’t reflect his athleticism at all. He frequently can escape the rush and either move the chains with his legs or create time for big plays down the field. When a player gets out of the pocket like this, even a defense as good as Alabama's can’t defend it."
"..... Notre Dame fans should be unhappy that it’s going to be him and not another Michigan signal caller on September 1st. Patterson has some magic and unpredictability....."
"In almost all of the games he often stared down his first read. That might be a product of the system at Ole Miss (Michigan runs a much different offense), but it’s still not a great habit to have."
"Whether it was Cal, Alabama, Auburn, or LSU, he did not handle the blitz well...... He was bracing for a hit and let it affect his mechanics."
"One reason why this would scare me if I was a Michigan fan is that their offensive line is a question mark heading into the season."
"That one awesome throw he made against Alabama while rolling to his right shows what he can do outside of the pocket. There is a big difference when he is flushed to his left, though. He’s not as comfortable and he is sacked much more when being chased that way rather than to his right."
"Harbaugh hasn't had anyone who is close to the level Patterson over the last three years."
"By all accounts, Patterson is a very hard worker...... Ole Miss only had 28 plays in their playbook (you read that correctly). Michigan’s offense last year had over 280!"
"..... the Irish defense should have some chances to create havoc and make Patterson’s Michigan debut an unsuccessful one."
Pretty accurate write up.
There is a storm comin and everybody better get out of Shea's way!
Whenever I read a comment of yours, I just assume you're actually Shea Patterson.
Would Shea Patterson have his avatar taken away and not given an explanation of why or how to get it back, even though he has asked Seth nicely in the moderator sticky?
Would Shea Patterson care about such things?
My picture is gone too in this upgrade site. I suppose there will be an explanation soon on what to do.
I don't know, but Shea Patterson would definitely refer to himself in the third person
Why? Because you might get sacked as well if you are anywhere near him as well?
Joke aside, we have absolutely no idea how the Michigan O is going to be and we still don't know who is going to be the #1 QB.
Remember, we--including me-- thought O'Korn was going to be the guy. How'd that turn out?
Confidence in the offense has to be earned. Harbaugh hasn't done that yet going into his 4th year.
And I think that is a fair assessment.
"That one awesome throw he made against Alabama while rolling to his right shows what he can do outside of the pocket. There is a big difference when he is flushed to his left, though. He’s not as comfortable and he is sacked much more when being chased that way rather than to his right"
Shocking revelation that is harder for a right handed QB to roll left. I believe this applies to every QB from pee-wee to the NFL.
I guess everyone is different, but as a right handler I have always found is easier to throw who’ll moving left than right. Moving right I have a tendency to throw high. It’s always just felt more natural to square my shoulders while moving left and throw. I guess I’m just weird or something, which is fine. It’s just hard for me to fullly grasp the majority.
I am left-handed, but I have that same problem, just in reverse. In the times I've tried it, I am less accurate and take longer to set myself to throw if someone is moving to my left than my right. I wonder if any other lefties have that problem honestly.
I read that and was thinking “no shit, that’s difficult for most QBs.” Seems like picking on something just to pick on it. I would love to see what the same author says about Wimbush.
28 plays?! What the shit
That's considered a lot of reading in Mississippi.
That’s pretty consistent with most spread offenses.
They dont overcomplicate their playbooks. They don’t try to outsmart you. They just line up, find the mismatches, and they get their athletes in space to make plays.
This is the exact reason some spread QBs tend to struggle when it comes to them going to the NFL. They’re asked to do more and learn more complex plays. That’s why OSU can’t seem to send a QB to the NFL despite them having really successfully college careers.
Flip side is just as crazy. About 300 plays? No wonder the offense has struggled. I’m assuming that is counting the same play out of a slightly different formation as it’s own individual play, which ok, but wow.
Maybe not just as crazy but it seems like overkill to me. Not that my opinion matters.
Shea Patterson: Born in Toledo, which is half Michigan's anyway, Granddad played for the Pistons, has played high school football in Texas, Louisiana and Florida and three of the last four defenses he played against were: Alabama, Auburn and LSU.
And the best defense he'll face this year is the one he sees in practice.
Now if Ruiz and the boys develop enough chemistry to give us better than average Oline play, should be a fun year to watch.
+1 (Best I can do for you; apologies)
Beat ND
I'm loving the hype around how much the team should be improved this year, but that brings with it an anxiety around Shea missing these expectations. Tempering expectations from "great" to "slightly above competent" will still yield high expectations from the team as a whole.
Overall, though, I'm excited for this year. Go Blue!
Slightly above competent QBs would have us with a 2 game win streak against Columbus
2 wins yes, win streak no. Two years ago, the LBs were exploited and Michigan was demolished. It would have taken an exceptional QB to overcome that.
Having said that, a slightly above competent QB last year and Michigan has a 10-11 win season.
I don't expect Patterson to be a savior in the light of having to perform amazingly well for UM this season. IMHO, he mostly needs to not be the weak link, or one of the weak links, in the offense. If he's moderately above average without making untimely mistakes, we're very good to great this year.
My main concerns of Patterson upholds to reasonable expectations would be OL (obviously) and our return units. It'd be nice to have weapons in kickoff and punt returns.
Shea didn't look great under pressure, but most qbs won't be good with 2-3 defenders in their face. Luckily Notre dames defense wasn't good at creating pressure. Their leading sack returner had 4.5 total sacks. Notre Dames defense compares with Purdues if you look at their stats. I expect a Michigan win.
280 plays that's all? Can Jim put more in this year?
About expected in terms of analysis and outcome. Patterson is a talented-if-flawed player who should flourish at Michigan, just perhaps not immediately. I do think we see Peters this year and he'll be effective as well. I know the SC game left a bad taste in people's mouth, but he only started and finished 1 of their 5 losses last year; they were absolutely in that game against Wisconsin when he got hurt, and other than PSU I think him replacing O'Korn gives Michigan a better-than-50% chance of winning those games.
I'm happy Patterson is here because he's a talented player and gives Michigan another good option at QB. But all Michigan really needed last year to win 10+ games was competency at QB, and the same applies this year. Both Peters and Patterson provide that.
How are you separating QB performance from OL performance? I have a 'chicken-and-egg' dilemma when I try to evaluate it.
To hell with Notre Dame. NM.
You forgot "dudes", was this Don Brown giving that assessment?
An unbiased assessment, I pretty much feel the same way. There is no middle ground with Shea; is he going to be the greatest quarterback in Wolverine history or is he going to be human? Hopefully, the O-line represents; if they come through I think Shea (if he is indeed the starter) will have a tremendous year at Michigan.
I'm nervous about the O-Line. I'd probably feel more confident about Shea's Michigan debut if this were home game.
Word. But at least Shea is mobile and can sense pressure.
If the Online is just serviceable we will win most games we can score 20 points in. The defense will be suffocating and overpowering. This could be the year!
From the article: "Harbaugh hasn't had anyone who is close to the level Patterson over the last three years."
I beg to differ. Jake Rudock was performing at a very high level in 2015, especially at the end of the season.
The Harbaugh effect.
I appreciate the writer striving to be unbiased.
I'll probably start following his stuff.
I'd much rather have an offense that can execute 28 plays consistently than one with 1000 plays it can't execute.
I like getting info not from wolverine sources.