Mertz ... god damn how does he pull off this shit. Plays like ass, gets hyped all the time .... still plays like ass ... drafted...
How about one who knowingly cheated.
How did he cheat?
Glad to see we have the same understanding of what occurred.
I honestly don't care that much that Michigan cheated (but they did cheat, let's stop denying it), I'm more bothered by the way they tried to turn the whole thing around and play victim after getting caught. Very Michigan-like.
If you know the other teams signals / plays how much reading do you have to do?
Some hyperbole here but I agree with the general idea. JJ was an elite recruit and led his team to the playoffs twice and won a natty. However, we just don't have the tape of him to justify Vikings fans being so defensive over him. I find it odd that even the idea that we reached for him in the draft is somehow controversial. The kid has some intriguing tools, and I think he does have the arm talent to produce at this level, but I had assumed we all knew we were taking a leap here.
Sign stealing even occurs in the NFL. Everyone does it. Also, Michigan won a natty after the Stallions fiasco right? That team was loaded with talent and full of 5-6 year guys. They would have been there regardless
I couldn't figure out why he was drafted. He put up pretty good numbers at Florida, but it was a lot dink 'em passes in a fairly QB friendly system, but he is pretty limited.
They also went 6-0 after Harbaugh was punished for the stealing with 4 wins against top 10 teams (5 wins against top 15 teams).
Mertz was very good at Florida.
So we just ignoring that he pretended to be the coach for another team and stole signals that way?
Even saying that he "led" that team to the playoffs is a little misleading. He was part of two playoff teams.
True, but he certainly wasn't simply a game manager in the way we've seen other QB's that ride a good running game and loaded defense