The No. 19 Michigan Wolverines have a chance to focus on improvements this week, as the team has a bye week before hosting Wisconsin on Oct. 4. Michigan sits at 3-1 after an impressive, yet imperfect, win on the road over Nebraska. Here are three winners and three losers through the first four games of play.<\/p>\n
RB Justice Haynes \u2014 Winner<\/p>\n
Running back Justice Haynes decided to transfer to Michigan from Alabama after waiting a few years for his time. Now, he\u2019s getting a ton of attention for his explosiveness on Michigan\u2019s offense. He\u2019s had long runs in each of Michigan\u2019s games this season, including a 75-yard touchdown run against Nebraska. To use the old cliche, it looked like he had been shot out of a cannon. He\u2019s definitely impressed in each of Michigan\u2019s games this season.<\/p>\n
HC Sherrone Moore \u2014 Loser<\/p>\n
You have to have some empathy for head coach Sherrone Moore and the fact that he missed two games this season because of the NCAA investigation into Connor Stalions. Even if you agree with the suspension, he\u2019s a young head coach who is missing time with his staff and players. To hear Biff Poggi talk about Moore each week, you get the sense that he\u2019s a good guy to be around and cares about his players.<\/p>\n
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QB Bryce Underwood \u2014 Winner<\/p>\n
The true freshman has had a lot of hype and attention this offseason, but it seems like he\u2019s stepping into the limelight well. Already, he\u2019s thrown for 733 yards and two touchdowns, while picking up three TDs on the ground. While he\u2019s had some growing pains, including an interception and fumble, he\u2019s mostly kept the ball out of harm\u2019s way.<\/p>\n
Wide Receivers \u2014 Loser<\/p>\n
Michigan\u2019s wide receivers have shown some glimpses of what they can be, but have yet to put together a complete game. Transfer Donaven McCulley leads the team with 13 catches for 197 yards through four games. Behind him, it\u2019s Semaj Morgan with 11 catches for 143 yards and a touchdown. While they\u2019ve fought hard for first downs on some of the plays, they haven\u2019t been much of a threat downfield. Let\u2019s hope that changes as the season continues.<\/p>\n
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Linebackers \u2014 Winner<\/p>\n
Going into the season, we expected Michigan to have quite a bit of talent and depth at the linebacker position. Sophomore Cole Sullivan and Jimmy Rolder have stepped up this season, and Ernest Hausmann and Jaishawn Barham continue to impress. While Barham has taken some snaps at edge rusher, too, he\u2019s still having an impact at the linebacker position. Together, those four players account for 85 tackles, seven total sacks, two interceptions, a recovered fumble, and one defended pass.<\/p>\n
Special Teams \u2014 Loser<\/p>\n
Thankfully, kicker Dominic Zvada looked like his old self against Nebraska, but what\u2019s going on with special teams overall? There have been some questionable decisions by returners and some miscues in every game. As Michigan works to break in a true freshman quarterback, even if that is Bryce Underwood, you want special teams to help put him in positions where he can find success.<\/p>\n
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As we say every week, the team wins and loses together, but who would you say needs to improve as the season goes on, and who has already impressed through the first four games of the season? Let us know in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The No. 19 Michigan Wolverines have a chance to focus on improvements this week, as the team has…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":261288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[83243,136784,136786,1318,136785,136783,214,7800,1317,1315,1316,3336,136787,8807,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-261287","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-bryce-underwood","9":"tag-cbs-sports-college-football-","10":"tag-ernest-hausmann","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-jaishawn-barham","13":"tag-justice-haynes","14":"tag-michigan","15":"tag-michigan-wolverines","16":"tag-ncaa","17":"tag-ncaa-football","18":"tag-ncaafootball","19":"tag-nebraska","20":"tag-semaj-morgan","21":"tag-sherrone-moore","22":"tag-sports","23":"tag-united-states","24":"tag-unitedstates","25":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115281981900182889","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}