Michigan Thursday: Where are Michigan's DT's?

Michigan under Greg Mattison always seemed to have great defensive tackles and defensive ends.    We all know who the star DE's were, but how about the tackles?  Guys like Willie Henry, Chris Wormley, Mo Hurst, or Bryan Mone (who made the Seahawks as a non-drafted free agent).

Carlo Kemp who came to Michigan as a LB/DE has played a lot this year and showed flashes, still seems to be out of position.  Dwumfour and Jeter have both been hurt and limited or not played at all (Dwumfour has had one snap all season).

These are the other DT's on the roster:

• Chris Hinton, Freshman 
• Ben Mason, Junior Former FB
• Carl Myers, Senior Walk-on
• Joey George, Sophomore Walk-on
• Mazi Smith, Freshman 
• Jess Speight, Junior Walk-on
• Phil Paea, Junior 
• Julius Welschof, Sophomore

I'm on record very loudly that I hate the defense Don Brown has been playing.  For some reason he wants to play a 3 man defensive line against Army and Wisconsin who do nothing but run the ball.  The reason is, he wants Glasgow on the field even when the opponent is in short yardage.    

I'm a huge fan of Ben Mason, but how the hell did he move over from FB and start beating out the other players on the list?  Phil Paea has been playing on the OL but he is 300 pounds and I would much rather have him in there then a OT pushing the 226 pound Glasgow around in short yardage.   What about the talented freshman, Hinton and Smith? I know Welschof came to A2 very raw but he can't get a few snaps?

I'm concerned about the offense with the turnovers, miss reads, and OL play but I'm more concerned about Don Brown and this defense which is clearly declining.   The injuries to Dwumfour and Jeter could be the most costly on the team.   I think Don Brown is killing this team in his defensive schemes and poor preparation.  

Don's style is to play man to man coverage and blitz the LB's against he pass.   The issue is Michigan isn't stopping the run and when the DB's are in man they have their back to the QB, which means he can get yards anytime he wants by scrambling.  The predicable blitz is also costing Michigan's defense as its very easy to throw a screen or a QB draw when you know the blitz is coming.   How you game plan to do that against the best RB in the nation, blows my mind. 

It's also fair to say that the middle of the defensive line played decent against Wisconsin and Taylor broke contain and made all his yards outside.   Which means the DE's, DB's, and LB's where out of position.   When Kemp would beat a block they were running away from him. 

• The Urban Meyer to Michigan rumor is the dumbest thing I've ever heard.  

• Gattis did say that ZC has been limited and missed a day of practice last week and that DPJ didn't practice last week but felt good enough to play on Saturday.   

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