Four-star transfer WR CJ Daniels commits to Miami

[Hstokes1447]

People Keep thinking Marion is just a kick Returner, Will be Suprised he has Gained 10lbs more at 6’1 203Lbs with Breakaway Speed stood out at BYU Spring Practices.
He could be that deep Threat for Beck.
He has the Tools for it.

I see Marion playing the Sam Brown role this season and being more productive in that position.

 

[Calinative]

I know Fields Situation with him aviliable because he hasn’t enrolled at Notre Dame Yet, but Donaven McCulley? He did enrolled at Michigan. Unless he is in the Portal he is stuck? Unless you know something we don’t know

He's saying he think NCAA sanctions could come down harder than currently expected on Michigan, and if Sherrone Moore is hit with a show-cause some **** could go down. And players could dip because of it...

 

[Juanmanuel V]

He's saying he think NCAA sanctions could come down harder than currently expected on Michigan, and if Sherrone Moore is hit with a show-cause some **** could go down. And players could dip because of it...

Ohhh , but would players be aloud to Transfer? That would destroy Michigan 25 Season.

 

[90scane]

He's saying he think NCAA sanctions could come down harder than currently expected on Michigan, and if Sherrone Moore is hit with a show-cause some **** could go down. And players could dip because of it...

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Take the NT, K, Slot please!

 

[Juanmanuel V]

I see Marion playing the Sam Brown role this season and being more productive in that position.

If He Houses a few early on, they will make him more involved than Sam Brown early they tried to force Feed Sam Brown. But Horton Outshined him & every Sense.
If Marion Shines he may start.

 

[Calinative]

Ohhh , but would players be aloud to Transfer? That would destroy Michigan 25 Season.

Players are allowed to transfer whenever they want right now.

 

[TomAce]

He's saying he think NCAA sanctions could come down harder than currently expected on Michigan, and if Sherrone Moore is hit with a show-cause some **** could go down. And players could dip because of it...

What if Michigan and the big ten just tell the ncaa to **** off??? It’s only a matter of time until someone does

 

[twes.305]

he just got open.

i think Jojo is WR1. Daniels has to prove he remains healthy. miami and health dont mix well.

hoping to see if carr hasnt plateaued now since hes back with the team. maybe our coaches can get him to a new plateau.

Man, JoJo needs to prove he can remain healthy. Second offseason dealing with minor injuries. Dude was in a cast at the end of spring.

 

[RozayCane]

 

[ST26]

Is that Tony Johnson training with him in the beginning?

 

[JHallCanes]

I think WR1 on our current roster is more talented than Restrepo was but not (won't be) more productive. Also, hard to replace his IQ and just overall reliability.

BUT I think 2025 Jojo and Daniels would have both been better than the 2024 versions of Horton/George/Brown.

I'm more curious to see what Dawson's offense looks like without the go-to guy in the slot. I would have went harder after Pena for that reason alone. Definitely think Trader/Daniels is just as good or better than probably 55 or more P5 teams' top 2 guys on the outside. Add Marion in the mix as the first guy off the bench on the outside and there's a high ceiling and a high floor for that group.

If Toney is the guy some see him as, we might be much more dangerous at WR.

I go back to the film where Chase Daniel was watching our UiF game

His exact words I believe were “I don’t know how the wide receiver saw this but he did”

X pointed out a coverage to Cam and then they torched UiF on it

I think Beck is good and am a big fan of many of our wide receivers, but that level of awareness and preparedness is gonna be tough to replace

 

[rascon]

I go back to the film where Chase Daniel was watching our UiF game

His exact words I believe were “I don’t know how the wide receiver saw this but he did”

X pointed out a coverage to Cam and then they torched UiF on it

I think Beck is good and am a big fan of many of our wide receivers, but that level of awareness and preparedness is gonna be tough to replace

I think Beck will work inside Dawson’s scheme alot more than Cam did. Cam and X had essentially veto power over any and all calls depending on what they saw pre AND post snap.

Beck won’t extend plays the same way Ward did. If he doesn’t see anything, I can see him taking off a lot more than Cam did. I suspect we will have a lot of drag routes, quick hitches and slants and hopefully the WRs break a tackle.

 

[JHallCanes]

I think Beck will work inside Dawson’s scheme alot more than Cam did. Cam and X had essentially veto power over any and all calls depending on what they saw pre AND post snap.

Beck won’t extend plays the same way Ward did. If he doesn’t see anything, I can see him taking off a lot more than Cam did. I suspect we will have a lot of drag routes, quick hitches and slants and hopefully the WRs break a tackle.

Dawson doesn’t have 1 system. People keep saying this to make themselves feel better because Cam is on another level than Beck

Dawson will change his system (hopefully not much) to fit Beck the same way he changed his system to fit Cam instead of TVD

 

[OrangeBowlMagic]

I go back to the film where Chase Daniel was watching our UiF game

His exact words I believe were “I don’t know how the wide receiver saw this but he did”

X pointed out a coverage to Cam and then they torched UiF on it

I think Beck is good and am a big fan of many of our wide receivers, but that level of awareness and preparedness is gonna be tough to replace

My biggest thing is pocket awareness. And actually, it's my #2 attribute for a successful QB, right behind accuracy. It cannot be taught. But Cam was ELITE in feeling a rush, feeling a pressure, anticipating and being able to escape. Beck has frankly been bad for his career in this aspect. It's what I feel is the biggest difference at this point between the two. I think Beck has comparable athleticism and arm strength. And accuracy, actually. As far as pure physical talent, I genuinely believe Beck is just as good as Cam. The difference, and it is vast, is the understanding of the game and more specifically the feel of the game. When Cam is pressured, he shines. When Beck is pressured, he folds. He drops his eyes, he is not a natural evader of the rush....he just doesn't have that elite pocket presence that the true greats do. And IMO that's why you saw his performance suffer last year. Yes, the receivers didn't help, but it wasn't losing Bowers and McConkey. It was the protection and him having too much on his shoulders. He doesn't excel on 3rd and 12 when the defense is bringing exotic pressures. He's more of an on-time player. But this doesn't mean he can't/won't shine here. I think he's going to be excellent for us, because we're going to protect the **** out of him, and we're going to be able to keep him ahead of the sticks.

When he has a clean pocket, he is as elite as it gets in throwing an on-target ball.

 

[JHallCanes]

My biggest thing is pocket awareness. And actually, it's my #2 attribute for a successful QB, right behind accuracy. It cannot be taught. But Cam was ELITE in feeling a rush, feeling a pressure, anticipating and being able to escape. Beck has frankly been bad for his career in this aspect. It's what I feel is the biggest difference at this point between the two. I think Beck has comparable athleticism and arm strength. And accuracy, actually. As far as pure physical talent, I genuinely believe Beck is just as good as Cam. The difference, and it is vast, is the understanding of the game and more specifically the feel of the game. When Cam is pressured, he shines. When Beck is pressured, he folds. He drops his eyes, he is not a natural evader of the rush....he just doesn't have that elite pocket presence that the true greats do. And IMO that's why you saw his performance suffer last year. Yes, the receivers didn't help, but it wasn't losing Bowers and McConkey. It was the protection and him having too much on his shoulders. He doesn't excel on 3rd and 12 when the defense is bringing exotic pressures. He's more of an on-time player. But this doesn't mean he can't/won't shine here. I think he's going to be excellent for us, because we're going to protect the **** out of him, and we're going to be able to keep him ahead of the sticks.

When he has a clean pocket, he is as elite as it gets in throwing an on-target ball.

Reminds me of the conversations we have about Frank Gore and elite running backs

People call it “vision” and that’s part of it but what made guys like Frank great was just feeling the rest of the offense and defense around them without using their eyes

A lot of that is intangible but also can be taught a bit through obsessive reps

Something else about Cam that made me think Heisman there’s a level of preparedness where it just becomes second nature

Believe @Memnon mentioned this when talking about “swag”

 

[Cookie917]

My biggest thing is pocket awareness. And actually, it's my #2 attribute for a successful QB, right behind accuracy. It cannot be taught. But Cam was ELITE in feeling a rush, feeling a pressure, anticipating and being able to escape. Beck has frankly been bad for his career in this aspect. It's what I feel is the biggest difference at this point between the two. I think Beck has comparable athleticism and arm strength. And accuracy, actually. As far as pure physical talent, I genuinely believe Beck is just as good as Cam. The difference, and it is vast, is the understanding of the game and more specifically the feel of the game. When Cam is pressured, he shines. When Beck is pressured, he folds. He drops his eyes, he is not a natural evader of the rush....he just doesn't have that elite pocket presence that the true greats do. And IMO that's why you saw his performance suffer last year. Yes, the receivers didn't help, but it wasn't losing Bowers and McConkey. It was the protection and him having too much on his shoulders. He doesn't excel on 3rd and 12 when the defense is bringing exotic pressures. He's more of an on-time player. But this doesn't mean he can't/won't shine here. I think he's going to be excellent for us, because we're going to protect the **** out of him, and we're going to be able to keep him ahead of the sticks.

When he has a clean pocket, he is as elite as it gets in throwing an on-target ball.

I dont think many shine on 3rd and 12 situations but I get your point. Also our OL was pretty good last year, as mentioned some of Cam's critics were arguing he would hold the ball too long and avoid checkdowns and the safe play. With our run game I dont see us getting off schedule much and I have a feeling Beck will be more of a "system" player as in first read, second read, dump it off and move on.

You obviously do not take that big play mindset away from Cam, its what makes him so much of a threat but I also dont think you can beat that mindset into Beck.

 

[rascon]

Dawson doesn’t have 1 system. People keep saying this to make themselves feel better because Cam is on another level than Beck

Dawson will change his system (hopefully not much) to fit Beck the same way he changed his system to fit Cam instead of TVD

I didn’t mean to imply that Dawson has one system. A good OC adapts to strengths of his players. But not sure how much adapting Dawson did last year. This year Beck won’t improvise the way Cam did.
Beck will play the cards dealt (plays called) much more than Cam did.

I’ve also said that this year Dawson will get TONS more credit than he did last year if we have a successful season offensively.

 

[JHallCanes]

I didn’t mean to imply that Dawson has one system. A good OC adapts to strengths of his players. But not sure how much adapting Dawson did last year. This year Beck won’t improvise the way Cam did.
Beck will play the cards dealt (plays called) much more than Cam did.

I’ve also said that this year Dawson will get TONS more credit than he did last year if we have a successful season offensively.

Yeah apologies I quoted you but didn’t really mean you I was just kind of venting a bit of what I’ve read elsewhere and continuing the discussion

I get what you mean for sure. I think some fans here think Cam and X were running the offense and Dawson was picking boogers the whole time

 

[N.M.B. Cane]

My biggest thing is pocket awareness. And actually, it's my #2 attribute for a successful QB, right behind accuracy. It cannot be taught. But Cam was ELITE in feeling a rush, feeling a pressure, anticipating and being able to escape. Beck has frankly been bad for his career in this aspect. It's what I feel is the biggest difference at this point between the two. I think Beck has comparable athleticism and arm strength. And accuracy, actually. As far as pure physical talent, I genuinely believe Beck is just as good as Cam. The difference, and it is vast, is the understanding of the game and more specifically the feel of the game. When Cam is pressured, he shines. When Beck is pressured, he folds. He drops his eyes, he is not a natural evader of the rush....he just doesn't have that elite pocket presence that the true greats do. And IMO that's why you saw his performance suffer last year. Yes, the receivers didn't help, but it wasn't losing Bowers and McConkey. It was the protection and him having too much on his shoulders. He doesn't excel on 3rd and 12 when the defense is bringing exotic pressures. He's more of an on-time player. But this doesn't mean he can't/won't shine here. I think he's going to be excellent for us, because we're going to protect the **** out of him, and we're going to be able to keep him ahead of the sticks.

When he has a clean pocket, he is as elite as it gets in throwing an on-target ball.

Mario being able to build an offensive line and how that translates with the ability to lure top QB’s from the portal will continue to pay dividends for this program.

 

[CANESCANES]

I go back to the film where Chase Daniel was watching our UiF game

His exact words I believe were “I don’t know how the wide receiver saw this but he did”

X pointed out a coverage to Cam and then they torched UiF on it

I think Beck is good and am a big fan of many of our wide receivers, but that level of awareness and preparedness is gonna be tough to replace

Film study was elite for them

Cam Ward and Ken Dorsey were film junkies