1. Rocky Lombardi
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I was wrong about Rocky Lombardi.
Do I think he’s the best quarterback on the roster? Right now, it’s hard to argue that. Do I think he’s elite? No, but he’s getting the job done. Rocky is playing the best football of his career and he’s not pieced together back-to-back solid performances.
After the Rutgers loss, I believed it was time to give a new quarterback some reps. Rocky had a good game and passed for over 300 yards, but he threw a couple of bad interceptions (one on a miscommunication) and missed some wide-open receivers by a mile. In my mind, he was expected to pass for 300-plus yards and three touchdowns against Rutgers.
What I didn’t expect was his performance against Michigan, gashing that defense with multiple chunk plays and finishing with 323 yards and three touchdowns with no picks on a completion rate of over 50 percent.
Rocky was known for firing the ball to his receivers with questionable accuracy, but he added some touch to his throws. He looks like a completely different quarterback.