There’s a reason why many pundits have become detractors of Michigan football entering 2025, and that’s due to the offensive side of the ball falling off a cliff after the 2023 national championship season. With the starting offensive line, quarterback, starting wide receivers, and running back Blake Corum all gone to the NFL, the offense struggled to get much of anything going last year.
So, it stands to reason that many don’t anticipate that it will be an easy fix, even with Chip Lindsey and Bryce Underwood coming aboard.
Though a new offensive coordinator and star quarterback, respectively, should help the Wolverines become much more proficient on that side of the ball, fullback Max Bredeson sees other things that are going right for the offense. At Big Ten media days in Las Vegas, Bredeson says that the results of 2024 are helping drive the team so that last year’s struggles don’t happen again.
“A lot of reasons,” Bredeson said. “The running backs are unbelievable. But it’s just, you go position to position, I think the biggest thing isn’t just about guys, it’s just about a hunger. It has more to do with how hard you’re playing than it has to do with X’s and O’s. I think it’s just because of what happened last year. You’ll see a better outcome this time.”
It’s an awfully familiar sentiment to 2021. At Big Ten media days that year, Aidan Hutchinson and Josh Ross both insisted that they could not let the 2-4 2020 campaign recur.
Given that the Wolverines finished strong, primarily defensively, that’s giving the maize and blue some confidence, even offensively. Because they’re striving harder, knowing that they have to be better than 2024. With that in mind, the offense is eager to prove it can have a quick turnaround after a down season.
“You don’t wanna sit there and beat yourself up about what happened,” Bredeson said. “But at the same time, if things go wrong, you’re able to kind of remind yourself, hey, this happened, there is no room for just to let this one slide.”
There’s a lot to wonder about, not just the quarterback. Given that there are unproven wide receivers and that offensive line was a weak point last year, we’ll have to see if all of the above groups strive to become better, as Bredeson, beyond the scheme or game plans.
Michigan is set to start fall camp on July 30 with eyes on the 2025 season opener against New Mexico on August 30.
This article originally appeared on Wolverines Wire: Max Bredeson says Michigan’s offense is hungry to overcome 2024 woes in 2025 season
Reporting by Isaiah Hole, Wolverines Wire / Wolverines Wire
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