Michigan football 2023 season preview: Defensive line
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4.6 • 855 Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Zach Shaw and Steve Lorenz continue their position group preview series, flipping over to the defensive side of the ball to look at the defensive line. They look at the room’s strengths, question marks, position battles, X-factor players, stats to watch and make bold predictions for the room.
Their discussion begins with a look at Michigan’s dominance last season stopping the run, and why it feels replicable in 2023. They discuss what Kris Jenkins, Mason Graham and others can bring to the table. The talk then turns to the biggest question mark facing the room, the pass-rush, and why Michigan is in position to be better rushing the quarterback this fall. They also talk about the battle for the No. 3 defensive line role brewing this fall.
In the second half of the episode, they look at some of the true freshmen in the room, a key stat to watch and both make bold-statistical predictions for the room in 2023.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your audio source for all things, Michigan football, basketball, and recruiting. |
| 0:06.2 | I'm your host, Zach Shaw. Steve Lorenz is here with me. We have flipped over to the defensive side of the ball, and we are continuing our position group preview series. |
| 0:15.0 | If you miss them, wherever you got this podcast, you can probably find the quarterback running back wide receiver, tight end, |
| 0:21.4 | offensive line episodes. Next, we will look at D-Line, Edge, linebacker, cornerback, safety, |
| 0:28.3 | and then we'll close with special teams. Next week, we'll be doing our official preview |
| 0:34.4 | podcast episode. That's often our most listened to of the year. |
| 0:38.2 | So keep that on your radar. |
| 0:39.9 | And of course, we have tons of written stories, whether it's insider stuff, |
| 0:44.0 | inside intel from fall camp or press conference write-ups or analytical stories over |
| 0:49.8 | at the Michiganinsider.com, Michigan at 247sports.com. |
| 0:53.8 | This episode is going to be all about the defensive line, a position group. |
| 0:58.1 | I am extremely high on this season, and I imagine Steve is as well. |
| 1:02.2 | We'll talk about the biggest strength, the biggest question marks. |
| 1:05.2 | And then the second half of the episode, we'll take a look at some of the X-factor players, |
| 1:09.7 | position battles, sort of this this position |
| 1:12.5 | doesn't have a straight up position battle uh stats to watch and ultimately make our bold |
| 1:17.7 | predictions for this room and Steve starting with the strength I really think this is the best |
| 1:23.7 | run-stopping defensive line in the country. I think that they were last season. |
| 1:29.3 | I think that they were top three the season prior. |
| 1:33.3 | But last season, as you and I had been predicting all summer, Chris Jenkins had his |
| 1:38.9 | breakout season. |
| 1:39.8 | He ended up leading all defensive linemen in run stops, according to pro football |
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