I would be interested to see if BB would jump on Branch at #24, if Branch fell that far.
I've thought all last year that Branch was the engine in the Michigan defense and that Harris was the most under rated performer on that defense and that Woodley, Burgress and company were vastly over rated.
I guess in BB's mind, you have to weigh the opinions of some of the draftniks, that Branch is lazy and over weight with what you see with your own eye balls on film.
One thing is fairly evident. Branch wore down as the season progressed and was out of gas by the OSU game. And just like CB Hall got tooled by WR's Jarrett, Smith and the local peanut vendor in the Michigan-USC bowl game, Branch got tooled by the USC center Kahil with help from the OG's as well.
Branch would need a year or two in the Woicik school of pain and torture before he could hold up fro a full 16 games.