00:00Got some questions for you.
00:01Of course I do.
00:02People can send them in
00:02dearjohnjansen at gmail.com.
00:04Someone has a question
00:05about a pending surgery.
00:07Oh.
00:08The birds and the bees.
00:11And do I have to choose?
00:14Oh.
00:15Birds and the bees?
00:16Birds and the bees.
00:17Wow.
00:19Can I start with the question?
00:20Is she hot?
00:247.35.
00:25Okay.
00:26Football season is going to
00:27begin locally this weekend.
00:30And we are excited.
00:31Yes, we are.
00:34We'd like to discuss pressure.
00:37The pressure facing the local teams,
00:39the coaches, the quarterbacks,
00:41the coordinators,
00:42whoever you deem.
00:43We want to talk about pressure
00:45for the upcoming season.
00:47And what I'd like to do
00:48is nominate the person
00:50that I think is under
00:50the most pressure locally
00:52for this football season.
00:53Okay.
00:53And you tell me if it's somebody else
00:55or if I've got it spot on.
00:57All right.
00:58You go first.
00:58First, I've got a nomination as well.
01:00Okay.
01:00My nomination is Calvin Shepard.
01:04This defense at the end of last season
01:06was being manhandled, run over.
01:08He could stand on two tables
01:10if he'd like.
01:10We all watch the tape.
01:12Can't happen.
01:13This team's offense should be better.
01:15They made some investments
01:16in the offensive line.
01:18We've heard about,
01:19hey, we're going to run
01:20more sub packages,
01:21more nickel,
01:22more creative blitzes.
01:23We're going to unlock a pass rush.
01:24Okay, then let's see it.
01:26Or they got to make a change.
01:28I mean, we're talking about
01:28making a change at the end of last year.
01:30His job is on the line this season.
01:32So from that standpoint,
01:33I think Calvin Shepard
01:33has the most pressure.
01:35It's hard to argue that
01:36because I think the,
01:38however far this team
01:39is going to go,
01:40what's been the most consistent thing
01:42since year two of the Campbell era?
01:45It's been the offense.
01:46Yeah.
01:47What have we always been
01:49complaining about?
01:50The defense.
01:51Whether it was Aaron Glenn's defense
01:52and he had some good moments
01:53or whether it's been
01:55Calvin Shepard's defense,
01:56the limiting factor,
01:57and in fact,
01:58we said it yesterday,
01:59whether it was them playing the Rams,
02:01whoever they're playing
02:02in the playoffs,
02:04it's going to be,
02:05can they match up defensively?
02:07And that's one of the hurdles
02:08I had to get over
02:10in the matchup that I had
02:12in, was it,
02:13I forget which,
02:14the second round of the playoffs
02:15was Seattle.
02:16And the reason I said it
02:17was because I,
02:18even though Sam Darnold
02:19is a Super Bowl winning quarterback,
02:21I still think there are
02:22some deficiencies
02:23and does he play
02:25to his lower medium
02:29than what we saw last year?
02:31And in terms of,
02:33is there enough talent
02:33to hold him to this standard?
02:34I wish I had
02:36more certainty
02:37about the safety positions,
02:38but they've invested
02:39in this defensive line.
02:40Okay.
02:40Aiden Hutchinson is a
02:41defensive player of the year
02:42candidate every season.
02:43Tyleek Williams
02:44is a first round pick.
02:45Aleem McNeil
02:46is one of the highest paid
02:47defenders in football.
02:48These guys are all
02:49on your D-line.
02:50You used the second round pick,
02:51a top 100 pick
02:52on Derek Moore.
02:54You have an all pro linebacker
02:55in Jack Campbell.
02:56Like there is enough
02:57for you to hold your own
02:58on defense.
02:59If it looks like it did
03:00at the end of last year,
03:01he's got to find a new job.
03:03Mm-hmm.
03:06It is,
03:07I think that's
03:09the most obvious one.
03:11Okay.
03:12Who else would you nominate?
03:132, 4, 8, 5, 3, 9, 97.
03:1597.
03:15We'll call it
03:16the pressure cooker
03:16who's under the most pressure
03:18for this upcoming
03:18football season.
03:19I think there are
03:20a number of individuals
03:22on the defense
03:23or on the Lions
03:24that you could talk about.
03:26You could talk about,
03:26and I'm not going to bring up
03:27any names right now
03:28because I want to see
03:28what our texters
03:29and listeners,
03:30callers might have to say.
03:32So I'll just give you
03:33my nomination.
03:34And I think it's
03:35the Michigan football coach,
03:36Kyle Whittingham.
03:37You're taking over a team
03:39that won nine wins last year.
03:42And they did that
03:43with major dysfunction
03:47in the coaching staff.
03:49And when we say major,
03:50like shockingly dysfunctional
03:53in the coaching staff.
03:54So that was a nine-win team.
03:56And I know you can't compare
03:58schedules year to year
03:59because you've got 18 teams
04:00at a conference
04:00and every year's
04:01going to be difference.
04:02And no one at the end
04:03of the year is going to say,
04:04well, this schedule
04:04was a lot tougher
04:06than last year's schedule.
04:08If that's a reason
04:10that at a minimum,
04:12you've got to at least
04:13be an eight-win team.
04:14You brought in
04:15a quarterback coach
04:17to coach up
04:18the number one recruit
04:19in the country
04:20two years ago.
04:21You've brought in
04:22some of your guys
04:23offensively and defensively
04:25from Utah.
04:26And this is probably,
04:29and I mean,
04:30I'm not going to go back
04:31and look at all
04:31the rosters
04:32that they had
04:32at Utah.
04:34The most talented team
04:36that this coaching staff
04:37led by Kyle Whittingham
04:39has probably ever coached.
04:41You've got experience
04:42back on the offensive line.
04:43Your quarterback
04:44has some experience,
04:45albeit not great experience
04:46last year.
04:47You've got another
04:48all-world recruit
04:49in Savion Hyder
04:50in the backfield
04:51along with Jordan Marshall
04:52who was just shy
04:53of a thousand yards
04:54last year.
04:54You brought in
04:55J.J. Buchanan
04:56to compliment Andrew Marsh
04:57in the wide receiver room.
04:59You've upgraded that one.
05:01Defensively,
05:01you brought in
05:02John Henry Daly
05:03from Utah
05:05who was a 10.5 sack guy
05:07last year.
05:07And I know he's coming off
05:08an Achilles,
05:09but you've brought in
05:10guys that have been productive.
05:12I think there is going to be
05:14a lot of eyeballs on
05:15and a lot of pressure
05:17on the ultimate outcome
05:19of this Michigan football team.
05:20It's a high-profile job.
05:22There's an expanded playoff.
05:23You've got to win big games.
05:25I wouldn't fight you
05:26that there's pressure
05:26on winning him,
05:27but I don't think
05:27he's got the most pressure
05:28of any Michigan Wolverine.
05:30I think it's Bryce Underwood.
05:31I think Bryce has more pressure.
05:33Whittingham,
05:34if it doesn't work well,
05:36could make a change.
05:38Bryce didn't throw
05:38for 100 yards
05:39against either rival
05:40last season.
05:41That's okay when you're,
05:42well,
05:42I don't know if it's okay
05:43when you're a freshman.
05:43It's easier to excuse
05:45when you're a freshman.
05:46If you're a grown-up
05:47with a real quarterback coach
05:48and an adult coaching
05:49your program
05:50and you can't throw
05:51for 100 yards,
05:51if you're throwing
05:52more picks than touchdowns
05:53down the stretch
05:54the way he did last season,
05:56you're the five-star.
05:57I don't care
05:57what your money,
05:58your salary,
05:58your NIL deal is.
06:00You're going to lose
06:00your job.
06:00That's pressure.
06:01Whittingham's not going
06:02to lose his job
06:03no matter what happens.
06:03Well,
06:04seemingly no matter
06:05what happens this season.
06:06No,
06:06I agree with that,
06:08but it's,
06:11it's a little bit
06:12different for me
06:12in college football
06:15in regards to Bryce
06:16is still only 19 years.
06:17In fact,
06:17he just turned 19 years old.
06:19There's a lot
06:20that he is still learning
06:21about the game.
06:21I don't expect him
06:23in year two to still,
06:24to,
06:25there's a progression
06:26that I expect him
06:26to live up to
06:27in terms of the expectations
06:29coming in
06:29and the skills that he has,
06:31the,
06:31the,
06:32the increased talent
06:34of,
06:35that is surrounding him.
06:37So I,
06:37yes,
06:37I,
06:38I'm not going to say
06:38that there's not pressure
06:39on him and to add on to it,
06:42he's a sophomore captain,
06:44right?
06:44Like that adds
06:45to the pressure as well.
06:47But I think he's under
06:47more pressure
06:48than Winningham is.
06:50I don't know.
06:51I mean,
06:51if,
06:51if you don't end up
06:54my expectation every year
06:55is that you make
06:56the college football playoffs
06:57and you're right.
06:57If they don't make
06:58the college football playoffs
06:59there,
06:59he's not going to lose his job.
07:01But what happens
07:02if they lose
07:04all those four
07:05major games
07:06that we're,
07:06we're highlighting,
07:08but then you also
07:09have to play Penn state.
07:10We don't know
07:10what that's going to be
07:11like with Matt Campbell
07:12and all the players
07:12that he brought
07:13from Iowa state.
07:14We also don't know
07:14what,
07:17what Iowa's going to be.
07:18I think Iowa's
07:18a sleeper pick
07:20to make the college
07:21football playoffs.
07:21Whittingham's going to
07:22have his team,
07:22we think,
07:23playing clean football,
07:24but Iowa is
07:24the squeakiest
07:25clean teams
07:26in terms of
07:27don't beat yourself,
07:27punt the ball,
07:28field position,
07:29play defense,
07:29so you don't get
07:30an edge there.
07:31Who's under the most
07:31pressure?
07:3297-1.
07:33What's going on?
07:33That's not going to be
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