What Jim Harbaugh said at Michigan's weekly press conference
Michigan has a bit of work to do moving forward.
The Wolverines opened the 2018 season in disappointing fashion with a loss to Notre Dame. QB Shea Patterson and the offense was less than impressive in his Michigan debut while the Irish did just enough against the Michigan defense to get the win.
It certainly was not a disastrous showing, but it was evident head coach Jim Harbaugh still has work to do with the team. However, one point of interest from Harbaugh’s press conference Monday was his comments about the offensive line. According to Harbaugh, he does believe pass protection is improving and he does not foresee any changes in the offensive line for Week 2.
Here is what Harbaugh had to say about the team at his weekly press conference:
Harbaugh says he loves Nico Collins' "big play." "He blocked well and consistently ran good routes the whole game." Also praises DPJ and the other receivers. Notes Shea "was really accurate throughout the game."
— Isaiah Hole (@isaiahhole) September 3, 2018
Harbaugh says "yeah, I think so," on question if Devin Bush is okay.
— Matt Pargoff (@MaizeBlueNews) September 3, 2018
Harbaugh said the OL was improved. "Quite a few boxes, you look at it, and it's improved."
— Isaiah Hole (@isaiahhole) September 3, 2018
Harbaugh happy with Shea Patterson's accuracy. "I thought he managed the game extremely well."
— Aaron McMann (@AaronMcMann) September 3, 2018
"Loss hurts," Harbaugh says. "It hurts your body. Getting our bodies back — guys that played a lot of plays played in a very physical game… came out well from a physical standpoint…"
Team is recovering well, both emotionally and mentally
— Adam Biggers (@AdamBiggers81) September 3, 2018
Harbaugh says Dylan McCaffrey "was seeing things good…he's got that ability — to be cool about it, cool under pressure." Says he was also accurate, notes that he took care of the football and run the offense "without any miscalls" or formation issues.
— Isaiah Hole (@isaiahhole) September 3, 2018
Harbaugh: "Karan was running well…" Notes "in pass protection, had some really nice blocks.
Harbaugh notes that he would like to get the ball equally to Higdon and Chris Evans. "We're very confident in both our backs."
— Isaiah Hole (@isaiahhole) September 3, 2018
Harbaugh said he thinks the offensive line group will be the same moving forward.
— Zach Shaw (@_ZachShaw) September 3, 2018
Harbaugh asked if he'll look at different OL personnel this week: "I think the way we played this game is the way we'll play next week with the offensive line."
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) September 3, 2018
Jim Harbaugh on the failure to snap the ball quickly late: “That’s something we need to improve.”
Said they had a silent way to snap the ball. Simplified it with just one way because of a new QB, new center.
— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) September 3, 2018
Jim Harbaugh: “It wasn’t a simple gameplan. It just wasn’t.”
— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) September 3, 2018
"On another level, it's disappointing that a member of Big Ten Network would choose to attack the character of two of our players."
— Orion Sang (@orion_sang) September 3, 2018
Harbaugh on if he would like to see Edwards punished for his tweets by BTN: “We'll handle things in the program.”
— Zach Shaw (@_ZachShaw) September 3, 2018
Harbaugh says that Michigan could use Ambry Thomas in all three phases of the game.
— Isaiah Hole (@isaiahhole) September 3, 2018
