We certainly hope everybody's getting a chance to celebrate the birth of our great nation this week and Independence Day.

Today on In the Trenches, we're going to bring you a new defensive backs coach, defensive pass game coordinator.

That's Lamar Morgan, our conversation coming up in just a minute on In the Trenches.

Welcome to the official podcast of Michigan Football, in the trenches with John Jansen, presented

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better than anyone. When you have 18 guys go to the combine and you have 13 guys get

drafted, of course, you lost a lot of players, you know. And there's some of our opponents

that we're playing. They haven't lost as many players. But I would make the argument that we also

have another group of players that are really talented as well.

This is In the Trenches, presented by Meyer.

Once again, here's John Jansen.

Now joined by Lamar Morgan, who is the new defensive pass game coordinator and the coach of the defensive backs.

A lot of skill in the secondary.

First of all, thanks for joining us, and welcome to Ann Arbor. What's your experience been like so far coming from Raging, Cajun Country to Wolverine Country? Well, I think it's been really exciting just to get into a program like this. You know, the community, the program, the players. I just think the excitement around the program is at all the time high.

You know, I think that's sometimes you get new coaches in here.

Guys that's been here for a while, they don't really appreciate it.

I think when you get new eyes, you know, guys really appreciate being in the different programs.

You get up here just to support, just the media.

There's different people in the community

when they see you.

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