Michigan Football: 5 questions facing the Wolverines after spring ball

By all accounts, Michigan football had a solid month or so of spring workouts. Yet, each team still has question marks and here are five for the Wolverines.

Spring ball in college is kind of like offseason workouts or even preseason in the NFL — everyone can find something to be happy about and for the most part, it seems Michigan football should be pleased with how its spring workouts went.

The offense adjusted well to the new offensive system under Josh Gattis, Michigan football’s new offensive coordinator and the top three quarterbacks, Shea Patterson, Dylan McCaffrey and Joe Milton all looked more than comfortable.

For those doubting whether or not Jim Harbaugh was really going to make such a drastic change, you shouldn’t doubt anymore. There were glimpses of new wrinkles even in last Saturday’s controlled scrimmage.

There was no huddling, the temp was quick and Gattis definitely get the ball to guys with speed in space. Look at how he got the ball to Mike Sainristil, throwing a little route to him out of the backfield. He got Ronnie Bell singled up on a quick crosser. After a perfectly thrown ball by Patterson, all Bell had to do was break a tackle and he was off to the races.

Later in the red zone, Gattis used rub routes to get Tarik Black singed up. Milton tossed a short hitch, which Black caught and then avoided a tackler to find the end zone.

The defense has its good moments too. There were some sacks, even though there was little live tackling and more importantly, the defense forced three turnovers including interceptions by Brad Hawkins and redshirt freshman viper Michael Barrett.

So far, we have looked at a lot of the good things going on with Michigan football following spring practice such as 10 players trending in the right direction, plus some others like Vincent Gray and Sainristil, who are standing out individually.

It’s important to look at the other side too though and with that in mind, here are five questions facing Michigan football at the conclusion of the spring.