Tag: Jake Butt

X’s and O’s Ep. 5: Jake Butt breaks down Michigan football’s win over Rutgers

What’s not to like — is both a question and a statement after this game.

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It wasn’t an easy win, but it was a win, nonetheless.

There was still a lot to like, but even more to question in Michigan football’s 20-13 win over Rutgers.

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Topics discussed:

-Why this isn’t the same Rutgers team Jake Butt faced, nor is it a bad team

-What Rutgers did particularly well to keep Michigan football off-balance

-The lack of adjustments by the Wolverines offense

-What we need to see more of from Michigan’s offense

-How to extrapolate what we did see for the upcoming game against Wisconsin

-Jake’s players of the game

-The all-new #ButtDial segment where Jake answers fan questions

Get a breakdown of the game from the Mackey Award-winning tight end who can break down the X’s and O’s with the best of them!

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Xs and Os Ep. 4 – What Jake Butt liked about Michigan football in Week 3

It’s Victory Monday again! Hear what Jake Butt has to say about the Wolverines on the latest episode!

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Michigan football, once again, annihilated a lesser opponent, this time destroying Northern Illinois, 63-10. There was very little to dislike, and that’s how Mackey Award-winning tight end Jake Butt sees it.

In our weekly breakdown, Butt shares what he liked about the Wolverines’ win and answers whether or not it’s sustainable once Big Ten play starts. With a power-run game and stellar defense, there are reasons why he and Isaiah are optimistic that the success will continue down the stretch. Our players of the game and introducing a new feature that will begin with the next episode!

Catch it all with the Mackey Award-winning tight end and publisher of WolverinesWire right here!

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Xs and Os Ep. 3 – What Jake Butt liked about Michigan football in Week 2

The Mackey Award winner is back to break down this past week’s big game!

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Michigan football rolled over and through Washington in Week 2, but it wasn’t as pretty as some might have liked it. On the third episode of Xs and Os, Jake Butt and Isaiah Hole break down what they saw from the Wolverines’ 31-10 win over the Huskies.

Topics include:

  • Why Jake would have liked to see Michigan pass more, despite the run working
  • Why Washington is not a bad team, per sé
  • More on Blake Corum and Hassan Haskins’ big day
  • What we liked about the defensive performance
  • Reveling in Ohio State’s loss to Oregon

Catch it all with the Mackey Award-winning tight end and publisher of WolverinesWire right here!

(Note: there were some connectivity issues, so there is some intermittent audio/video lag.)

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Xs and Os Ep. 2 – What Jake Butt liked about Michigan football in Week 1

The Mackey Award-winner saw a lot that he liked from #Michigan football! Watch episode 2 right here! #GoBlue

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We finally get to talk about what Michigan football did rather than what we wanted to see it do! On the second episode of Xs and Os, Jake Butt and Isaiah Hole break down what they saw from the Wolverines’ 47-14 win over Western Michigan.

Topics include:

  • The new-look defense and standout players on that side of the ball
  • Blake Corum’s big day at The Big House
  • Michigan losing Ronnie Bell for the season and who could step up to fill his shoes
  • How seriously the team needs to take Washington, especially after it lost to Montana
  • Cade McNamara’s quietly stellar performance

Catch it all with the Mackey Award-winning tight end and publisher of WolverinesWire right here!

Xs and Os Ep. 1: Michigan football 2021 season preview

#Michigan football fans: you’re not gonna want to miss our new video series! #GoBlue

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It’s finally game week! And with that, WolverinesWire launches yet another weekly show, with the former Mackey Award-winning Michigan tight end Jake Butt, who co-hosts Xs and Os with Isaiah Hole.

In the first episode, Isaiah asks Jake how much the culture inside Schembechler Hall may have changed, what to expect in 2021, if Jim Harbaugh is still the answer at head coach, and Cade McNamara being a leader at quarterback.

There’s a lot to get to with the season set to start in earnest on Saturday!

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Check out all of WolverinesWire’s new video series which will run every day during the 2021 college football season:

Sunday

  • Xs and Os with Jake Butt and Isaiah Hole

Monday

  • Morning Dish
  • RECAP

Tuesday

  • Morning Dish
  • Random Guest
  • RECAP

Wednesday

  • Morning Dish
  • RECAP
  • The Great Debate with Matt Leach and Isaiah Hole

Thursday and Friday

  • Morning Dish

Saturday

  • Pregame and postgame shows
  • RECAP

All at WolverinesWire and on YouTube!

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Chicago Bears TE Jake Butt has retired

It looks like former Michigan star and Bears TE Jake Butt is calling it a career as he was placed on the reserve/retired list on Wednesday.

It looks like former Michigan Wolverine star and Chicago Bears tight end Jake Butt is calling it a career as he was placed on the reserve/retired list on Wednesday, according to the NFL’s transaction wire.

Butt had a tryout with the Bears back in June and signed a contract shortly after. He entered camp competing with J.P. Holtz, Jesper Horsted and Scooter Harrington. The Bears also signed veteran tight end Jesse James to a one-year deal last weekend, possibly indicating the Bears had an idea Butt’s retirement was coming.

A star at Michigan, Butt was projected to excel in the NFL, but tore his ACL during his final collegiate game and wound up getting drafted in the fifth-round of the 2017 NFL draft by the Denver Broncos. Butt battled various injuries during his professional career, including another torn ACL. He played in just eight games in four seasons.

With Butt’s retirement, Holtz, Horsted, Harrington, James, Jimmy Graham, and Cole Kmet round out the tight ends for the Bears.

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Former Michigan TE Jake Butt finds new NFL home

The former Mackey Award-winning tight end is on his way to the Windy City after an injury-plagued NFL start.

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Jake Butt’s football career hasn’t exactly gone smoothly.

The former Wolverines standout and Mackey Award-winning tight end tore his ACL in just his second year with the program, just as he was ascending. He came back and really started to thrive, particularly when Jim Harbaugh took over the program in 2015. Despite being a likely early-round draft pick and being mocked in the first-round, Butt returned for his senior year, where he had an incredible season, but again tore his ACL near the end of the first half of the Capital One Orange Bowl. His injury caused him to backslide all the way to the fifth-round of the draft, as he was selected by the Denver Broncos.

Just as he was getting started in Denver, again, Butt tore his ACL. But again he made a return and started looking the part, three-to-four years into his injury-plagued career. However, with his rookie contract up, it was time for a fresh start.

Per ESPN NFL insider Field Yates, Butt is headed to the Chicago Bears, where he has signed as a free agent.

We’ll see if Butt can stay healthy and start to be truly productive at the NFL-level. Chicago has some offensive issues of its own, having just signed Andy Dalton to be the replacement for maligned-QB Mitchell
Trubisky, but the Bears also picked former Ohio State passer Justin Fields to lead the team.

The Bears also have a plethora of tight ends on the roster, including Jimmy Graham and former Notre Dame TE Cole Kmet.

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LOOK: Tom Brady and Jake Butt share a moment after Bucs-Broncos game

The former Michigan football legend checks in on the former Mackey Award winner after the game considering Butt’s career is mired in injury.

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Jake Butt has had an incredible journey, and one might say, the road less traveled.

It’s certainly not how he would have drawn it up. As an emerging tight end for Michigan football, Butt tore his ACL in spring ball before his sophomore season, but he came back better than ever, winning the coveted Mackey Award his senior year. However, that year ended in heartbreak, as just before halftime in the Capital One Orange Bowl, he tore his ACL again. He would have likely been an early-round pick, but with his injury, he fell all the way to the first pick in the fifth-round of the 2017 NFL Draft.

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He sat out the 2017 season, but came back poised to make an impact in 2018 — before tearing his ACL — again — in practice during a non-contact drill. The injury kept him out for the rest of that season as well as the entirety of 2019.

But now, he’s healthy and getting some playing time as a reserve for the team that drafted and believed in him. And his career trajectory is something the G.O.A.T. has paid attention to.

After the Denver Broncos and Tampa Bay Buccaneers faced off in Denver, Tom Brady checked in on the fellow Michigan alum, asking about his health and sharing some enthusiasm for seeing the fellow former Wolverine out on the field. The official Broncos Twitter account shared video of the exchange.

Watch below:

Butt and Brady have crossed paths twice before in Ann Arbor. Brady visited the team before the 2013 season — Butt’s freshman year — and again in 2016 when he was a senior.

Broncos TE Jake Butt ‘playing some really good ball’ at training camp

“He’s super smart and little more athletic than people give him credit for,” Broncos QB Drew Lock said of TE Jake Butt.

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Broncos tight end Jake Butt has suffered three torn ACLs during his football career and lingering complications from his knee injuries limited him to just three games last season.

Butt has struggled to stay healthy but when he’s been on the field, he’s looked promising. If he can make it through training camp without another injury, Butt might be able to make Denver’s 53-man roster as a fourth tight end.

“There’s nobody in our locker room that doesn’t want to see Jake Butt succeed,” quarterback Drew Lock said Monday. “One of the best teammates that we have in this locker room. For him to push and grind through all the injuries he’s had . . . . Obviously, you can never get back to normal after a knee [injury], but he’s as close as you can possibly get after having those surgeries. The guy is playing some really good ball. He’s super smart and little more athletic than people give him credit for.”

Noah Fant, Nick Vannett and Albert Okwuegbunam are all expected to make the team and the Broncos only carried three tight ends last season. The Broncos might carry four tight ends in 2020 but Andrew Beck can also play fullback, which might give him an edge over Butt when roster cuts start.

Butt’s going to face long odds to make the team but he has a chance.

“I think Jake is way ahead of where he was last year at this time,” coach Vic Fangio said Monday. “To quote him, he feels the best he’s felt in a long, long time. I think he’s looked out there not just today but all the days he’s been out there. He had a great offseason.

“Hopefully we’ll see the real Jake Butt here this season.”

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Broncos tight end Jake Butt: ‘My knee’s good’

Broncos tight end Jake Butt says his knee is healthy again.

After suffering three ACL injuries and undergoing four knee surgeries over the last four years, Broncos tight end Jake Butt is finally healthy.

“My knee’s good,” Butt said in a recent interview with The Denver Post‘s Ryan O’Halloran. “Doing everything running and lifting.

“This offseason has been a little bit weird for everybody, having to bounce around and train anywhere you can, but I’ve still been getting good work in, feel good about things and excited about playing ball again.”

A former fifth-round pick, Butt has only appeared in three games in his career, catching eight passes for 85 yards. After Denver added two tight ends to the roster this offseason, Butt will face long odds to make the team.

The Broncos drafted Albert Okwuegbunam and signed Nick Vannett earlier this year — they are both likely to make the 53-man roster. Noah Fant is a lock to make the team and Andrew Beck might have an edge over Butt because he can also play fullback.

Despite his odds, Butt appreciates that Denver hasn’t given up on him.

“The fact they’re standing by me and giving me an opportunity, it obviously means the world to me and I’m going to try and go out there and prove them right and prove myself right,” Butt told O’Halloran.

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