Bruce Feldman talks Michigan football vs. Ohio State with Rich Eisen

Fox Sports sideline analyst and The Athletic college football insider Bruce Feldman does feel like Michigan football is much further along than it was a year ago, despite many pundits feeling that the Wolverines will take a step back.

Appearing on The Rich Eisen Show on Friday, Feldman was asked what he thinks about the quarterback competition, and ended up giving a full-throated review of the team, and why he feels like the Wolverines could be formidable in 2022.

“I think it’s better than a year ago at this time,” Feldman said. “I would say this: you have a much deeper receiving corps. At this time last year, nobody knew Ronnie Bell wasn’t going to be able to play most of the season. He’s back, but I think they are so much deeper. I talked to your guy Jim Harbaugh for a while a few weeks back, and that was one of the first things he talked about, how deep the receiving room is. They have a lot of speed. They’ll miss Hassan Haskins — I don’t think a lot of people outside of the Big Ten realize how good he was. But Corum is fast, Donovan Edwards is dynamic. They have a lot of weapons. Erick All, I think, really established himself last year at tight end.

”What’s interesting about them, having been around their players a little bit at Big Ten media days, they have a chip on their shoulder. Which is interesting because a year ago, Josh Ross, Aidan Hutchinson — you could feel them talk about they were disgusted and embarrassed about what had happened against Michigan State, the way the year played out previously. And those guys were real leaders and I think they established a real standard there.

“If you talk to DJ Turner and Mazi Smith about — they didn’t use this word, but I felt like it sounded like — they both thought it was flukish that they beat Ohio State and won the Big Ten. Maybe some of that was the way they got mauled by Georgia in the playoff. But there is definite talent there and I think if they play with some of…