Michigan’s offensive line has done a good job of protecting Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy this season, but last Saturday against Rutgers McCarthy was hit hard more than a few times.
“We gotta protect him better,” head coach Jim Harbaugh said on the Inside Michigan Football Radio Show. “Didn’t like some of those hits, one of them was a blatant personal foul. Took a few other hits in the game, as an offensive lineman you wanna keep the quarterback clean.”
There was one play that McCarthy was asked about specifically at the end of the first half. McCarthy was going out of bounds and got popped pretty good.