Stop Blaming Davis Warren for Michigan football loss to Texas

We're all passionate football fans. We all love our team irrationally. And we all hurt when they lose as if we are getting dumped by someone we still have feelings for. And when our team loses when we had so much hope and optimism that they would win going into the game it feels as if we're being dumped right before our planned proposal. Instead of a candle-lit dinner at the restaurant we went to on our first date at we're left with rival fans making inconceivably fallacious claims that "a loss like this never happened while Connor Stallions was there".

But the Michigan football loss to Texas wasn't a break up, it was just a fight that started over the rationality of one of you claiming a hotdog is a sandwich (it's not by the way). But there's still plenty of hope left in this season if we're both still willing to work for it, prioritize our relationship, and finally put each other ahead of our friend Gary's Tuesday night bowling league.

And I get it, fighting in a relationship is stressful and seeps into other aspects of your life that it probably shouldn't. But one person who has been the recipient of a lot of misaimed criticism is Michigan football quarterback Davis Warren. I talked about Warren's performance last week after the Fresno State game. While his stat line of a 47.6 (out of 100) QBR or quarterback rating and two interceptions certainly didn't allude to confidence in even the most optimistic Michigan fans, Warren was hardly the reason Michigan came up short and doesn't deserve criticism from fair weather 'fans' like in the tweet below.

Quarterback is the most visible position in sports. When things are going well the quarterback is the first person to get credit. Unfortunetly, when things are going poorly the quarterback is usually the first person to get blamed. I think this generally comes from a lot of people having a poor understanding of what is actually happening on any given play. Casual viewers are results focused because most people don't understand the intricate mechanics that make someone successful (or terrible) while playing the position. So let's get into actually evaluating Davis Warren's performance from a more informed perspective.