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ayers choked hard on vaj yep, but if we were gonna use him as a regular we probably should’ve got him in on pre season action.

Been good for me for a couple days now.

Dont believe it was 1 big injury. But a lack of interest and opportunity. That said, dude never stayed healthy. In the league 7 years and played 63 games. Yep, that's huge. I expect our OL to win that battle definitively tomorrow. Our DL should provide the best pass rush we've seen in a long time as well. When you win the battle in the trenches, you are in a great position to win the game. I think the secondary will take a few games to gel with 2 new corners, 1 rookie, and 2 guys changing positions. Ol will need some games to be at 100% as well, but they should be prety good out the gate.

Could, but ELi isn't close to 100% ready. I think being the 6th is the most he's ready for given his recovery from injury and lack of PT. Take his STs soldiers from MOs' cold dead hands. For game 1, I don't think we have a better option at C. I think Eli is pretty well short of being 100%. When he's at 100%, right now Id say Elsbury might be better in pass pro, but I didn't love what I saw from him in run blocking. He has elite tools, though, and he was here for part of last year, so he shouldn't be rookie green. He should be able to execute Marty's schemes. That will be the big litmus test for week 1. How the OL plays, especially if we are able to establish the run. IF we can get the run game going to a point where we aren't holding back Brady, it won't matter who the worst WR on the field is. Zach has a few targets in Demski, Wilson, and White who he is very comfortable with. A strong running game, good OL and those targets will bring a massive improvement with a proper OC. Yeah, it is, that's the MO here, though.

TC loves the 11/21 formation. Both for max protect and passing. Looks like we might catch a bit of a break there too. Calgary isn't listing Flo, or Hutchins on the AR. Flo as the reserve tells me hes probably a GTD and not 100%. https://static.cfl.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/260605-vsWPG-position-chart.pdf

I don't mind cobb as an end roster canadian. Even forced into action isn't the worst guy on the roster. I do feel like he is a poor fit and field wr though. If you're gonna use him I think it should be in the slot. In order to put singer in, they would've had to use the nat american. Its 8 NIs, 1 of which can be a NA. Because we refuse to use it, we start 8 canadians. That would make us soo much better. And fit right in with our canadian by committee on D.

Some really curious tweaks on the D. Tony jones at wil, does that mean he will be rotating with Woodbey? That would be fantastic. Flipping shay for smith is also interesting. Idk why we wouldn't have tried smith at sam, but idk if hes really a sam either. That might just be for sake of roster balance just like when ayers was a DE. A bit thin at DL, only 6 guys. But atleast all 6 guys can go get after it. No real back up DT would be a bit of a concern, but then both Dixon and Jenkins can play inside out. Which is tremendous luxury. Love that we are using a DI on the DL, and with no canadian back up to lawson at DT, they must be really comfortable with Smith and maybe Gatkuoth.

Yeah, MCI and Clercius out of a TE spot could give us so much ability to create and exploit mismatches. Im all for bringing in actual TEs and really going to town.

Id bet on it. Probably corcoran starting. Or they’ll throw the extra blocker in. I wonder if they will play eli as the 6th since he’s not 100% and doing partial practices.

100%. I don't think he will ever be a cover sam in the cfl.

Smith was more pro-ready, Shay had more upside because he has played S and could play Wil with minimal need to sub for a dime. We are trying to shoehorn Shay at Sam, and it's not going great.

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Thats a good point, but hes QB2 at this point any way lol. I really didnt expect that much from him. Canadian Streveler? The cfl media would wet itself endlessly. If/when TE does take over, they will be really torn between drooling over him and hating/sleeping on us. MCcheese and Brown are going to be interesting to watch as the season goes on. I can see RD flip-flopping back and forth between the two. As browns bad games are below Maiers floor, but his ceiling is stratospheric in comparison. Qb controversies in Ott and Tor will likely be the hope of the basement dwellers this year, come the off-season.

Actually, I think you're right. I believe it was JSK that was non-contact. Accurate.

knee for clercius sucks. Rare for that to be a minor injury. Iirc it was a no contact injury

i’m not surprised, cfl media has been chomping at the bit to write our obit and bury us. Especially to once again crown the riders as the league cornerstone. blech. I hope we get to disappoint them. it’s not a huge issue. we aren’t talking jake thomas or kola level issue. I do think it’ll be a part of the usual roster management issues. injuries look a bit better than i expected. Will see how close to 100% these guys are

Good, is the most dangerous enemy of great. The biggest issue with the Lbers, is that by starting Smith we would gain a massive amount of ratio flexibility, that would enable us to be much more effective in another position group. Like the difference between Lawson rotating with Korny, vs Lawson rotating with an imp dl.

The worst Lber in the league in coverage. It is changing, but it is going more to a large zone defender, less to the between-the-tackles run stopper. I don't think the rookies were here with a real chance to win that spot, kinda like how we keep bringing in imp rbs. That said, I think they went into camp reasonably open to the 3 vets at Lber. If Lber was an open battle, Smith would've cleanly won 1 starting spot. And I doubt that is happening. Lber isn't the most impactful position on the field in the CFL, and the more we play guys like Woodbey the more we can cover up for Jones ' deficiencies in pass d.

Other than injury, I think the only chance Eli doesn't start at C is if Mos is still that enamoured with the 6th OL role. Despite or maybe because of the TE. Elsbury, I really hope his run game was hampered by not playing with the 1s enough, and that he takes a big step forward when he is in with them. His pass pro was a massive improvement over Kola, though he still wasn't what you would want or expect from an IMP interior OL. Despite being 6'6 335ish, Elsbury is about as elite an athlete as you could want. He is very likely the most athletic guy on the team this year. 1.69 10-yard time is insane. Most of his agility/explosive measurables would've been tops or close to it for his position in the NFL draft. He needs to translate that, though. Especially in the run game.

Don't think he will be close to ready this week, but he could've still won it.

Mayala would be worth a look/workout/physical for sure. We should get a preliminary look at the injured soon. I'm worried the pile of DNPs this week will be long.

Its a good add. A QB coach would've been better, but its late now for that. He must've been very well received by the O and the coaches. Also, ott picks up Bailey. Probably just for the told-ya-so crowd on here 🙃 3DownNationOttawa Redblacks sign three CFL cutdown casualties - 3Dow...The Ottawa Redblacks have signed American receiver Binjimen Victor, Global defensive lineman Kemari Munier-Bailey, and American linebacker Aaron Casey, the team announced on Monday. Victor was release

Jake Thomas at every position. We were really mediocre overall, and one of the worst bomber offences in over a decade. Overachieved win-wise, which is kind of crazy. The offence will be better from addition by subtraction. How that will translate to points scored is up in the air. Never know with a new OC/system. Hasn't Condells teams had red zone issues? Daniels didn't do anything in practice either. He should start out on the PR to develop some. Jake Thomas at every position. We were really mediocre overall, and one of the worst bomber offences in over a decade. Overachieved win-wise, which is kind of crazy. The offence will be better from addition by subtraction. How that will translate to points scored is up in the air. Never know with a new OC/system. Hasn't Condells teams had red zone issues? Daniels didn't do anything in practice either. He should start out on the PR to develop some.

Rando mcrandolpohersons' name will only be remembered if he goes else where and becomes an allstar. Almost forgot about the best part of camp, the awards! Best name, Stevie rocker. No first guy gone, because we had a pretty crazy amount of retirements pre- and mid-camp this year. Camp? who needs camp? Oladejo. Made the club from the tub, List is too long and uncertain. But most importantly, the MVP of TC, Taylor Elgersma. And for the first time in a long time, camp MVP has made the team!

Thanks. Yeah, I wish we had hidden Randall on the IR. I think that didn't happen because we are hiding a lot of injuries. I don't think we will see a bunch of room on the IRs to hide a guy for the whole year. Middling teams are really tough on fan bases. And it is hard to jump from mediocre to exceptional. I still see so much potential in the bones of what we have assembled. But slow starts and injuries are the biggest obstacles to succeeding with old teams. We also are soo bought in on this year, looking at what we'd have next year in scary.