DT Mazi Smith is an athletical freak!

[RustyBourneHorse]

Like I’ve posted before, he’s gonna have some good games and some bad games and the key is to learn from the bad ones…..if he’s gonna be dominant it will take a couple years

im 100% behind this pick

Exactly, I think we will like this pick, but we will need to be patient and let DQ and Hankins teach him.

 

[CowboyFrog]

I am looking forward to seeing him in a "turned loose" situation because he was required to play the position exactly the way Harbaugh wanted it played, clog up the middle which has always been Michigan football.

He is surrounded by better players and it will be a pleasure to watch him respond.

But you know the real pleasure? Watching our first DT taken in the 1st round since Russell Maryland 30 years ago. Been yelling for a guy like this for a long time,

I think some forget who the Michigan coach is when saying "Well he couldnt do this in college", The Michigan coach is pretty known for his way or the highway, if he told Mazi to eat Olineman and nothing else then that is what happened....

 

[GMO415]

The hell with the PJ Olympics. Let's see him play against some real competition.

 

[CCBoy]

The hell with the PJ Olympics. Let's see him play against some real competition.

By chance, you volunteering?

 

[Typhus]

He was a problem off the field too but yes he was an athletic freak of nature. He looked like a super human but as the saying grew about him….”look like tarzan, play like Jane”. He was thoroughly underwhelming on the field including his college tape. That’s my fear with Mazi. If Mazi has any shot at all of becoming a great pro he landed in the right place. I hope DQ can turn that athleticism into a run stuffing, pocket collapsing, double-team swallowing, unblockable beast….but as I said repeatedly when we drafted him, I have concerns. And no one wants me to be wrong more than me. I will celebrate my wrongness here if I am because it will likely mean our defense is dominating.

You take a true 1T and put them into a situation to succeed, Q has the ability to do that and why the investment was made on Mazi.