Michigan Football: 3 overreactions to Western Michigan win

These are the most obscene overreactions from Michigan football’s victory over Western Michigan in the 2021 season opener.

It’s only human nature that mankind has to pass along judgment following what they witnessed in Saturday’s triumph over Western Michigan. Below are three overreactions that stood out in Michigan football‘s convincing performance over an unmatched Western bunch that succumbed to the Wolverines in the Big House.

#1. The offense will run like a well-oiled machine without Ronnie Bell.

That is indeed an overreaction that is not true. Bell is the glue that pieces the offense together. He will be sorely missed and it’s going to be a difficult to replace him with with just one guy. He was just scratching the surface on his impact in the game before he got hurt too. His wealth of experience will be what the offense misses the most.

Some will argue that he shouldn’t have even been returning punts in the first place. It’s a valid complaint, but as many can attest to that is the risk that you take in those circumstances.

Others like Desmond Howard, Charles Woodson, Steve Breaston and Donovan Peoples-Jones have all played highly important roles in others facets of the game and still returned punts as an added bonus.

Stepping in for Bell will be a cast involving Roman Wilson, A.J. Henning, Daylen Baldwin, Mike Sainristil, amongst others.

They surely cannot supplant his veteran leadership, but will be tasked to make those critical, crunch time catches that Bell had been relied upon to generate for his fellow teammates.

#2. J.J. McCarthy is poised to surpass McNamara sooner rather then later.

This is also an overreaction that is simply not true. It is thoroughly unwise to base McCarthy’s performance after just one showing. He executed his style fairly well with one out of the ordinary play that will be gushed about by many around the program. It’s beyond evident that he has all the tools to be a generational talent that hasn’t been seen in a Michigan football uniform in some time.

McNamara, on the other hand, really managed the attack solidly and didn’t have to put all of it on his shoulders. He was accurate and took what the defense gave him to have a quality outing in the amount of time he was given. By no means did he do anything to lose his job, but he’ll be expected to do more as the competition ramps up in one week.

Having McCarthy gain some precious playing time in the blowout was a serious feather in the cap for Harbaugh though.

Although it would be a major coup to redshirt the future of the position, McCarthy is just to valuable to leave on the sidelines even as the primary backup behind McNamara.

#3. Hunter Dickinson’s tweet was utter nonsense.

This one didn’t pertain to the Western affair, but in case some didn’t see on twitter, Hunter Dickinson posted a tweet that may have been sarcastic, but as usual was taken out of total control by many. On Thursday night while the Buckeyes were struggling for a brief period of time with Minnesota, Dickinson took to social media to say Michigan would beat the Buckeyes this year.

https://twitter.com/H_Dickinson24/status/1433609679473623042

The responses to the tweet were priceless as the norm for twitter. Many were confused if he meant football or basketball as well.

Needless to say Dickinson got roasted by countless people supporting the scarlet and grey and others who didn’t care for what he had on his mind during the Big Ten Network broadcast.

The next day it was bulletin board material across the internet for folks to read. Of course he could have meant in basketball, but with it being the offseason for the sport and by the timing of the post, it certainly felt like a jab at the Ohio State football squad.

This is an absurd overreaction that makes him look classless, unless he was being sarcastic of course.