Jake Rudock visits Attack Each Day podcast, and Harbaugh talks spring practice

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Great to hear from Jake as he talks about his life after college, plus Harbaugh gives some updates on Spring practice so far.

 

Some highlights:

"Offense is improving" according to Harbaugh

"Quarterback play is improving and receiver play is also improving"

"Tru Wilson is probably #3 back, Samuels is #4"

"I call Donovan Peoples-Jones our best receiver right now," Harbaugh said.

"Tarik Black is getting back into form and doing extremely well," Harbaugh said.

"Oliver Martin is making big moves up the depth chart"

 

And he raves about the defense

Link:

https://podcastone.com/episode/Detroit-Lions-QB-Jake-Rudock-Visits-the-Podcast

 

stephenrjking

April 3rd, 2018 at 4:51 PM ^

Tru Wilson is #3? That's... wow.

"Somewhat implausible" is the most rational thing that comes to my mind.

I have a feeling things are subject to change.

AZBlue

April 3rd, 2018 at 6:00 PM ^

Steve Lorenz about him (and the other walk-ons) on the signing day podcast that year.  IIRC Steve said he had offers to all the academies and 247 was surprised he didn't at least have some MAC offers.  They also noted that he took some carries in HS from the 4-star M commit that we ended up offering a Medical(and he instead went to a MAC school).

 

That said - Wrobo was getting a lot ofhype last Spring/Fall and hardly saw the field last year.

MGoStrength

April 3rd, 2018 at 7:22 PM ^

He's the light skinned #20 that always seems to pop up in off-season and pre-season videos.  From what little I've seen of him he seems like a capable guy.  He's just undersized (5'10" is and 195 ish) and not super fast, but he looks quick, athletic, and seems confident and decisive with the ball.  I don't think he has the speed of Higdon, the quickness of Evans, or the power of Walker, but he has a litte bit of all of those qualities.  

Blue_42

April 3rd, 2018 at 5:02 PM ^

I know Wilson is on the smaller side, but I think I recall hearing that he is a burner. Maybe nobody can catch him to put a hit on him.

mgobrooklyn

April 3rd, 2018 at 5:59 PM ^

Jay's comments about Kareem the other day could not have been more tepid. Would love for him to put it together, but it seems like he can't get out of this own way and is perenially in the doghouse for one reason or another. Really hope we hit on one of the incoming freshman at RB, because it's looking shaky past Higdon and Evans on the depth chart. 

Mr Miggle

April 3rd, 2018 at 6:35 PM ^

Ruiz and Bredeson are the best two. Filiaga, Hudson and Onwenu are poised to separate themselves, although he mentioned Runyan and JBB first..

gobluem

April 3rd, 2018 at 5:16 PM ^

Some interesting tidbits. Hard to separate out the motivational tactics from the coach speak and the overall issue with it being spring ball, but:

 

Things I really liked hearing are Oliver Martin rocketing up the depth chart, and apparently Filiaga and Hudson are ascending?

If we can get halfway decent pass pro and then have some WRs that can create separation, our offense will be light years ahead of last year's

goblue16

April 3rd, 2018 at 5:59 PM ^

Exactly we don’t need to have 50 pets per game but we need to have an offense that can posses the ball and score when our defense is exhausted. Unfortunately it’s becoming obvious that in order to beat OSU our offense has to put up at least 30 on the board or we will never beat them. Even if we shut down OSU for 3+ quarters eventually they will score against us

JonnyHintz

April 3rd, 2018 at 6:13 PM ^

Kinda. I mean the only way OSU has been truly effective against Michigan (under Brown) is when the offense shoots them selves in the foot.

Looking back at the 2016 game, OSU scored three points on drives that didn’t start inside the Michigan 25. A halfway competent offensive output (I.e, don’t turn it over in your own end of the field) and Michigan likely takes that game by multiple scores.

Last year wasn’t the turnover bug, it was just the flat out inability to move the ball at all. That wore down the defense and that’s all she wrote.

So evidence shows, if Michigan is going into that game playing top 5 defense, all the offense has to do is be average and it’s a game the Wolverines win 90% of the time. The problem has been that the offense hasn’t been average in that game in a few years.

But simply play field position, get a few first downs, don’t please points on the field and don’t turn the ball over. Brown has shown that his defense can stop OSU.

Maizen

April 3rd, 2018 at 5:47 PM ^

Totally shocked our highest rated recruits are the ones flying up the depth chart. Just shocked.

DetroitBlue

April 3rd, 2018 at 9:17 PM ^

do you honestly have nothing better to do than constantly bitch, complain and pick e-fights on mgoblog? do you have friends, a family, or anything else to do, or have you alienated everyone in your life by being such an immense douchebag?

goblue16

April 3rd, 2018 at 5:56 PM ^

I love what I’m hearing but I wanna hear more about the oline it won’t matter how great the qbs or rbs play if they don’t have protection

Night_King

April 3rd, 2018 at 6:06 PM ^

Was it Tru Wilson that had some impressive carries in the spring game last year? I remember the name and recall him running very hard. He was a good player at De La Salle.

 

Victor Hale II

April 3rd, 2018 at 6:21 PM ^

Any dad with a son should listen to “Cat’s in the Cradle”, by Harry Chapin and heed the lyrics. I’m honestly glad they mentioned this, as I’ve thought the same thing for a long time.

SkyPanther

April 3rd, 2018 at 7:46 PM ^

My hat's off to Don Brown for finding a diamond in Kwity Paye. I'm wondering next about Sammy Faustin.