Each week, we'll re-watch the Michigan game some time Sunday or Monday and give another breakdown of what went down.

We broke up the first three quarters and a little bit of the fourth quarter in Michigan's 45-17 win over Eastern Michigan on Saturday before a bunch of subs ended up coming in.

OFFENSIVE THOUGHTS: -Carlos Brown’s first run from scrimmage, which kept him from a touchdown by a barely-there touch, had a great hole develop in the first and second tier. That credit on blocking goes to the wide receivers. Michigan ran a similar play two plays later and had the same type of blocking.

-On TV, Carlos Brown looked like the fastest player on the field when he was in during the early going. That isn’t surprising, though, as Brown looked like that live, too.

-Wouldn’t be surprised if Kelvin Grady is still learning the offense. When he’s in and the play is designed for him, it often seems very similar when it comes to route and distance. Essentially, the plan seems get it to him short and see if he can outrun people. Remember, he’s still a freshman when it comes to learning the playbook. He did have a nice catch on what appeared to be an in route on the second series, which was the first time I remember him being targeted on that route. But, Forcier was scrambling there, so it could have been a third or fourth read.

-Carlos Brown’s first touchdown was well-designed. The fake reverse was pretty well sold by Forcier. By the time it was finished, Brown was five yards downfield.

-Forcier had great read and touch on the first play of the third series, a corner-route strike to Martavious Odoms. The throw, which had a similar arc to Forcier’s pass to Hemingway against Western Michigan, was dropped in perfectly.

-When Michigan put Michael Shaw in the game during the third series, you couldn’t tell much difference by his speed from Carlos Brown’s, at least on first burst and acceleration. Both seems to be faster as Brandon Minor, but not as physical.

-Shaw, though, showed some physicality on Michigan’s second touchdown. He got good blocking by Steve Schilling, who decimated a player in Eastern’s second tier.

-On Michigan’s one-play fourth drive, Carlos Brown’s 90-yard touchdown run was aided by a huge hole from the offensive line. Once Brown got seven yards deep, he was gone. Eastern had no player who could come close. Decent block by Mark Huyge on the play that allowed the hole to open. Steve Schilling, on a pull block to the right, also had a huge block to open up the extremely large hole.

Michigan’s line was pretty good with creating holes all day. Michigan, at the point, led 24-10.

-Denard Robinson’s first play in the game, in the second quarter, was cut off by the Big Ten Network.

-Teams load up in the box when Robinson is in the game. On Robinson’s third play, it allowed for an open Martavious Odoms. Robinson hit Odoms easily. The play was reviewed and overturned, but that was Odoms’ fault for not corralling the ball in. He had plenty of space, no one around him but bobbled it and had it called incomplete. But it was Robinson’s best throw of the day. Showed his potential on the run. For him to play more, he needs to be able to do that.

-On the next play, Robinson showed his rawness as a passer. He had time, threw the ball into double coverage, good double coverage, over the middle to Odoms. It was a bad pass that wasn’t terribly crisp, either. Looked like he threw it short.

-On the last offensive series of the first half, Forcier went scrambling, had nothing and then fumbled. More of a freshman moment there. That’s when he has to throw it away once he gets out of the tackle box.

-On the first drive of the second half, Michigan started throwing the ball. Forcier’s accuracy is really impressive. He hit Darryl Stonum on an in route perfectly.

-Later on that drive, Stonum might have had a case for pass interference on a long pass for Forcier. But he slipped, wbhich probably hurt his case. The next play, Forcier was sacked. Didn’t look like the linebacker was blocked by anyone.

-Second offensive drive of the second half, Forcier again faked a defender off his feet with a cut, but the play was covered better than Notre Dame did, which meant not much yardage for Forcier.

-Midway through the third quarter, Forcier had a great run after a hole opened up on the right side of the line. He was looking to throw, but eventually took off. He has good reaction to that.

-Michael Shaw really showed himself as a potential third back Saturday. He displayed good speed and enough acceleration that when he gets into the second tier, he could break a long run. Much like Brown and Denard Robinson, if they get into the secondary, it could be a long touchdown run.

-Michigan appeared to be pretty good with penalties Saturday. First offensive penalty came in the third quarter and was a mental error on Schilling, not a hold.

-Michigan’s fourth touchdown came on a great reverse. Have to like that play because it is essentially a reverse option with Forcier and Shaw going one way. Eastern Michigan had no clue what was going on. Good block, too, by Kevin Grady to make the play happen. He basically made sure a defender that already fell stayed down. Michigan led, 31-17.

-On the play where Forcier was injured, he actually made a smart play. It exposed his eventually-bruised ribs, but he threw the ball away instead of taking the sack when he saw he had an open place to throw. It was a smart move for the freshman.

-Denard Robinson’s speed really is impressive. He’s shown his ability to take the smallest holes and make players miss. He also showed the ability to break tackles on his touchdown run, giving Michigan a 38-17 lead.

DEFENSIVE THOUGHTS: -Eastern, at least early on, really took advantage of the left side of Michigan’s defensive line. It ran toward there three straight times. Eastern really seemed to try and pick on the left side of the Wolverines’ line early. On the first two drives, every Eastern run went to the left or down the middle shaded to the left side.

-Brandon Graham, as he has done in the first two games, was dominant against whoever he was matched up with.

-On the second defensive drive, Boubacar Cissoko was flagged for pass interference. Except it shouldn’t have been called. Cissoko didn’t touch him, was hit by Johnny Sears, who broke up a potential interception for Cissoko. He played the ball. He had inside leverage. For as bad as Cissoko was a week ago, that was a rough call for him.

-Michigan, at least in the first half, did not tackle particularly well. Eastern Michigan’s quarterback was able to dodge tackles when he scrambled from the pocket. Both of Eastern’s main running backs often did the same and were rarely brought down by the first attempted tackler.

-Eastern, either because of design of its offense or because of seeing a hole in the Michigan defense, really avoided the right side of the Michigan defense on the ground. They really liked to attack the left.

-On rollouts, though, Eastern liked to go to the right, including on Eastern’s first touchdown in the second quarter, a scamper by Andy Schmitt where he went almost untouched 11 yards into the end zone. No one was close until he came to the goal-line. Most of Michigan’s defense bit on the play-action fake with 11:16 left, tying the game at 10-10.

-Craig Roh had great wrap skills on his sack. No one blocked him, so he had an open path to Schmitt. Good discipline, though, by not overrunning the Eastern quarterback and not allowing him to use any elusive footwork.

-Eastern finally went to the right side of Michigan’s defense on a pass play and Donovan Warren missed a tackle. Still, it was a rarity until midway through the second quarter.

-After Robinson’s interception, Eastern marched down, mostly running on the left side. Eastern seemed to run similar plays three straight times, gaining yards on each run play to the left ending in a Dwayne Priest touchdown late in the second quarter to cut Michigan’s lead to 24-17. Michigan’s front seven was susceptible on the left side all game.

-On the first Eastern offensive play of the second half, Easter went to the, shock, left side of Michigan’s defense.

-Eastern eventually became predictable with its runs to Priest. Michigan was able to swarm better. Plus, Eastern’s offensive line appeared to get tired as the Wolverines were able to really get good push and assert themselves more in the second half. In the first half, they were blown off the ball a bit more, which allowed for holes for Priest.

-Michigan’s defensive strategy against the pass, for the second straight week, appeared to be to sit off the ball and give up the small outs and hooks, guarding against a deep ball or long route.

-Great play by Obi Ezeh to knock down a Schmitt pass. Good awareness keeping his hands up. He got in unblocked. It let Craig Roh pick off the pass, which floated for a long time.

SPECIAL TEAMS: -Bryan Wright, unsurprisingly, continued kicking the ball into the end zone. That ends up being such a weapon in college football.

-Michigan did a pretty good job in kick coverage, as well. The unit struggled against Notre Dame, allowing a couple long runs, but was more sure in tackling and assignments last week.

-Greg Mathews made a bad decision on a punt return in the second quarter. He picked a ball up off a bounce, broke a tackle but then tried to run east-west instead of north-south, gaining nothing. Mathews, though, has been a sure-handed returner so far.

-Darryl Stonum is becoming a good kick returner. Late in the second quarter, he showed patience looking for a hole on a kick return. There wasn’t much there, but he still got close to 20 yards.

Michael Rothstein covers University of Michigan sports for AnnArbor.com. HE can be reached at (734) 623-2558, by e-mail at michaelrothstein@annarbor.com or follow on Twitter @mikerothstein.