A good read on Chesson and Darboh this season

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130815/SPORTS0201/308150050/1131/sports0201/Michigan-s-Amara-Darboh-Jehu-Chesson-provide-one-two-punch-receiver

I guess I didn't realize (or simply forgot) that we got Darboh into games last year.

Chesson, however, redshirted.

We're going to need these two youngsters to really step up this season. It can't be just Gallon and Dilleo...or we're screwed.

I'm looking for big things from Darboh this year (of course I also was looking for them last year but they never came)...

Chesson will have a big year. I guarantee it.

2nd, indeed we need solid, if not big, years from both youngsters...but like Fish, I'm confident they both WILL figure into, and contribute to, our offense considerably more this year.  They will have a legitimate quarterback throwing to them this year, unlike most of last (Yes, I loved DR to death, but at least insofar as passing is concerned, let's be honest here).

I don't think both need to have big years, and I don't think that is a realistic goal.

2013 WR stats:
Gallon- 49 catches 829 yards 4 TDs
Roundtree- 31 catches 580 yards 3 TDs
Dileo- 20 catches 331 yards 2 TDs
Funchess- 15 catches 234 yards 5 TDs

I expect Gallon and Funchess to be our leading pass-catchers next season. I think a reasonable expectation that I wold be happy with from Darboh+Chesson combined would be 50 catches, 800 yards, 5 TDs.

I'm not arguing 'hail but we have a QB that can throw this year. 2013 stats are pointless.

I don't mean in terms of overall production, as I expect all overall production to be up, I mean in terms of distribution.

The 3rd and 4th (assuming they both play more than Dileo, which is no given) receiving options don't usually put up great numbers.

Let's make up a number for DG.... say 2,800 yards passing on the season. That would put him 3rd all time in Michigan single season passing yards

I think expected numbers would be like this, based on a year of development and a better passer:
Gallon: 950
Funchess: 450
Dileo: 400

So that would leave 1,000 WR yards to be split by the rest of the team. You've gotta figure our RBs and depth WRs like Jackson will have a few hundred yards receiving. That doesn't leave much for both Chesson and Darboh.

Receivers are going to be a pleasant surprise this year.

hailtoyourvictor wrote:

I don't think both need to have big years, and I don't think that is a realistic goal.

2013 WR stats:
Gallon- 49 catches 829 yards 4 TDs
Roundtree- 31 catches 580 yards 3 TDs
Dileo- 20 catches 331 yards 2 TDs
Funchess- 15 catches 234 yards 5 TDs

I expect Gallon and Funchess to be our leading pass-catchers next season. I think a reasonable expectation that I wold be happy with from Darboh+Chesson combined would be 50 catches, 800 yards, 5 TDs.

Are these the stats you are predicting?  Look very similar to the 2012 stats.  I would be amazed if Roundtree puts up those kind of stats for UM in 2013.  I think the NCAA would have a problem with that.  LOL

hailtoyourvictor wrote:

Let's make up a number for DG.... say 2,800 yards passing on the season. That would put him 3rd all time in Michigan single season passing yards

I think expected numbers would be like this, based on a year of development and a better passer:
Gallon: 950
Funchess: 450
Dileo: 400

So that would leave 1,000 WR yards to be split by the rest of the team. You've gotta figure our RBs and depth WRs like Jackson will have a few hundred yards receiving. That doesn't leave much for both Chesson and Darboh.

Personally, as a somewhat educated guess, I don't see DG passing for that much this year. Don't get me wrong, DG is capable of that but I'm not sure that he will be given the opportunity. Who knows? Hopefully I'm wrong but I'm also not saying that there is no way he throws for that much, just that I doubt they let him.

Next, I think Gallon. even as our #1 WR will only end up with maybe 700 yards total. Dileo less than 300, but Funchess a tick higher. I'm thinking Darboh might get around 550 and Chesson maybe 250. I pulled those numbers out of the air so who knows.

I like the way you went about forming your position though 'hail, I still don't agree with it. Oh well, hopefully Michigan wins 14 games this year and we are both wrong.

fishgoblue22 wrote:

hailtoyourvictor wrote:

I don't think both need to have big years, and I don't think that is a realistic goal.

2013 WR stats:
Gallon- 49 catches 829 yards 4 TDs
Roundtree- 31 catches 580 yards 3 TDs
Dileo- 20 catches 331 yards 2 TDs
Funchess- 15 catches 234 yards 5 TDs

I expect Gallon and Funchess to be our leading pass-catchers next season. I think a reasonable expectation that I wold be happy with from Darboh+Chesson combined would be 50 catches, 800 yards, 5 TDs.

Are these the stats you are predicting?  Look very similar to the 2012 stats.  I would be amazed if Roundtree puts up those kind of stats for UM in 2013.  I think the NCAA would have a problem with that.  LOL

Lol it was a typo. I spend too much time on the basketball board where we refer to the upcoming season as 2014.

I meant 2012 stats.

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hailtoyourvictor wrote:

Personally, as a somewhat educated guess, I don't see DG passing for that much this year.  Don't get me wrong, DG is capable of that but I'm not sure that he will be given the opportunity.  Who knows?  Hopefully I'm wrong but I'm also not saying that there is no way he throws for that much, just that I doubt they let him.

Next, I think Gallon. even as our #1 WR will only end up with maybe 700 yards total.  Dileo less than 300, but Funchess a tick higher.  I'm thinking Darboh might get around 550 and Chesson maybe 250.  I pulled those numbers out of the air so who knows.

I like the way you went about forming your position though 'hail, I still don't agree with it.  Oh well, hopefully Michigan wins 14 games this year and we are both wrong.

Yeah, that # for Gardner is a high expectation, consider it would put him above almost all other Michigan quarterbacks in terms of singe-season pass yards. I don't think it is un-realistic, though. He threw for 1,219 yard in 5 games last year.... for 244 yards per game. Over 13 games, that would project to 3,169 yards. To get to 2,800 over 13 games he would have to throw for 216 yards a game. His yards last year were:

Iowa 314
Northwestern 286
Minnesota 234
South Carolina 214
Ohio St. 171

The good thing is, we only have to play Ohio St. once and even then, their defense lost a lot of pieces. Anyways, I can't blame someone for not agreeing that Devin Gardner will have a top-3 Michigan QB type season.

On thing I'm curious about though is why you feel like Gallon will drop more than 150 yards from last season?
Gallon last year in his 5 games with Gardner at QB: 31 catches 511 yards 3 touchdowns
Gallon last year in his 8 games without Gardner at QB: 18 catches 318 yards 1 touchdown

Gardner to Gallon seems like a good connection.

I could see Dileo's numbers go down though, because there are so many people in line for the WR3/WR4 positions.

rasputin wrote:

Receivers are going to be a pleasant surprise this year.

I agree, and I, too expect they will be.

After all, no disputin' Rasputin...

hailtoyourvictor wrote:

2ndComingOfBo wrote:

hailtoyourvictor wrote:

Personally, as a somewhat educated guess, I don't see DG passing for that much this year.  Don't get me wrong, DG is capable of that but I'm not sure that he will be given the opportunity.  Who knows?  Hopefully I'm wrong but I'm also not saying that there is no way he throws for that much, just that I doubt they let him.

Next, I think Gallon. even as our #1 WR will only end up with maybe 700 yards total.  Dileo less than 300, but Funchess a tick higher.  I'm thinking Darboh might get around 550 and Chesson maybe 250.  I pulled those numbers out of the air so who knows.

I like the way you went about forming your position though 'hail, I still don't agree with it.  Oh well, hopefully Michigan wins 14 games this year and we are both wrong.

Yeah, that # for Gardner is a high expectation, consider it would put him above almost all other Michigan quarterbacks in terms of singe-season pass yards. I don't think it is un-realistic, though. He threw for 1,219 yard in 5 games last year.... for 244 yards per game. Over 13 games, that would project to 3,169 yards. To get to 2,800 over 13 games he would have to throw for 216 yards a game. His yards last year were:

Iowa 314
Northwestern 286
Minnesota 234
South Carolina 214
Ohio St. 171

The good thing is, we only have to play Ohio St. once and even then, their defense lost a lot of pieces. Anyways, I can't blame someone for not agreeing that Devin Gardner will have a top-3 Michigan QB type season.

On thing I'm curious about though is why you feel like Gallon will drop more than 150 yards from last season?
Gallon last year in his 5 games with Gardner at QB: 31 catches 511 yards 3 touchdowns
Gallon last year in his 8 games without Gardner at QB: 18 catches 318 yards 1 touchdown

Gardner to Gallon seems like a good connection.

I could see Dileo's numbers go down though, because there are so many people in line for the WR3/WR4 positions.

 

Chesson's block on the first Gallon TD was awesome.  Took out 3 defenders with one hit.  Loved it.

fishgoblue22 wrote:

Chesson's block on the first Gallon TD was awesome.  Took out 3 defenders with one hit.  Loved it.

Yep and they actually mentioned it on sportscenter this morning. It was a hell of a block.