It’s been a good long while since Michigan football ran a quarterback out on the field who was completely capable of leading a team to victory and didn’t make you uncomfortably nervous in the process.
As exciting as it was to watch Denard Robinson streak up and down the field, it wasn’t always sustainable, and it sometimes became ugly.
What about Devin Gardner? Sure, in the right system he was going to be something special. But what about the Devin Gardner who had to make pre-snap reads and drop back into a pocket? Didn’t think so.
The last quarterback to embody what Michigan is currently striving for at the position was Chad Henne, Lloyd Carr’s final gun-slinger.