“you have to consider Speight’s ceiling. Every player has a ceiling, so where can Speight get by this season that he didn’t get to by the end of last season?”
Yes, that is the big question. IMO it is very uncommon for a player to hit their ceiling in their first season as a starter. If you look at the track record of red-shirt sophomores who started in Michigan uniforms, it is pretty outstanding in terms of where they went from there.
Maybe Speight breaks the mold, but I doubt it.
I do agree the OL could hold Speight back. It is the key to the offense and perhaps the team. But I have zero worries about a guy who completed 60% of his passes and had a 19-8 TD/INT ratio as a sophomore holding the team back.
Meyer is a great offensive mind but his QB development isn’t something that makes me think we will see Barrett make major strides forward. If any of these guys have already hit their ceiling it is him. McSorley is a tougher argument since he’s in the same class as Speight, so there it boils down to Harbaugh vs Franklin. I know which way I lean.
