Michigan WR Tyler Morris Gives his Perspective on Offensive Struggles 

Michigan is heading into a rivalry game against MSU with possibly its worst offense in a decade. The Wolverines average 128 passing yards per game this season, and only four FBS teams average less, with two of them being Air Force and Army. Sophomore Semaj Morgan is the only Michigan wide receiver with over 100 yards (106) on the season. 

Junior Tyler Morris has eight catches for 73 yards and a touchdown so far this year. Morris said the offense just hasn’t been able to get its feet under it. 

“I think it’s obvious that we need to pick it up,” Morris said on Tuesday night. “Just get the ball going, gotta be consistent. I think there have been times when we’ve shown that we are hard to stop once we get rolling, but we’ve had trouble getting rolling.”

Are the Issues Mental or Physical?

For a wide receiver, going through three different quarterbacks in seven weeks could be difficult on more than one level. Most importantly, it makes it almost impossible for a receiver to build rapport with the quarterback. If the quarterback isn’t on the same page as the receivers, they’re already one step behind. Morris said the receiver room can’t let it bother them. 

“I think we just have to make it not a challenge,” Morris said. “Mentally, can’t be thinking about it too much because we can’t control it. That’s just what it is. Like I said before, whoever’s out there on Saturday, that’s who we’re rolling with, and we support them 100 percent. And yeah, we can’t think about it too much and get too caught up on what’s uncertain or anything that comes with that.”

At the end of the day, everything starts in practice. If the offense can’t produce during the week, there’s no reason to think it could on Saturday. That doesn’t seem to be the case for the Wolverines. Morris said the offense needs to stay level-headed come game time. 

“There are times where in practice where we look real good,” Morris said. “And we just gotta apply more to the game where we’re messing up small details that we were good with all week in practice. So I think it just comes with calming down a little bit during the games and just going out and executing. That’s really all I see because we have more than enough time during the week to get things right.”

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