MICHIGAN FOOTBALL PREVIEW 2024: DEFENSE 2024 Michigan Football PreviewMichigan Preview | Offense Win Total, Predictions, Season KeysCFN 2024 Preview: All 134 Teams- Wink Martindale knows how to coach up a defense. The longtime NFL assistant – he was the New York Giant DC for the last two years – has been around several blocks, and now he’s stepping into the pressure role of keeping the Michigan defensive production going.Michigan played Maryland, Ohio State, Alabama, and Washington in four of its last five games – fine, so Iowa was that fifth game – and still ended up No. 1 in the nation in total defense and scoring defense.There might be several lost parts, but this group will still be fantastic around another great line.Mason Graham is one of the nation’s best defensive tackles, and 6-3, 339-pound Kenneth Grant is a giant rock on the nose. 6-4, 296-pound Rayshaun Benny is like another tackle on the end, and the pass rushing will come from … – The outside linebacker edge rushers will live in opposing backfields. Former Coastal Carolina transfer Josiah Stewart was exactly who the Wolverines thought they were getting with 38 tackles, 5.5 sacks, and 8.5 tackles for loss. Derrick Moore was just as strong on the other side with 34 tackles, five sacks, and six tackles for loss.Now those two go from being key parts of the rotation to starters – they’re about to go off.Former Nebraska star Earnest Hausmann made 46 tackles last year for the Wolverines, and now he’ll do even more inside next to Maryland transfer Jaishawn Barham who’ll take over for Junior Colson in the middle.
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