I am happy to see such a good start for the Maize and Blue. I had a feeling that Hoke would turn out to be good hire and so far he's justifying that hunch of mine. However, this good start does not mean I'm willing to bury my head in the sand when it comes to the obvious weaknesses we still have.
Now comes the part where I will probably get attacked somewhat. Denard Robinson. He is obviously an athlete of the highest magnitude and I know he is learning a new offensive system. However, his accuracy is still suspect. I'll overlook the wide open receivers he didn't see because he's still learning the Borges system, but his overthrows to open receivers that he targets and his tendency to throw into double coverage and pray is not something I want to see much more of. His touch passing is almost nonexistent. He only seems to be comfortable throwing 5-15 yards on a rope. Anything shorter or longer where he has to put some air underneath it and his accuracy goes all to hell. Those long passes he hit last week , with maybe 1 or 2 exceptions, were more the work of the receiver than him. If he can't start being successful with more of his throws we are going to start losing games when we start to play real defenses.
Now that I've gotten that off my chest, I do see progress in our run game when it comes to using our actual running backs which is good because it'll put Denard at less risk. Also, the seam routes to TE's and slot receivers we're hitting off play action are working out pretty well too. There is alot I'm seeing that gives me hope, but also alot that makes me worry. We are definitely a better team already, but we still have a fair amount of work to do on both sides of the ball before we can become the truly dominating force that the Wolverines have been historically.
