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Have you seen attendance the last few years league wide? Tickets are down and revenue is steady. True, but do people spend more money at the rum hut or on tickets? A tooon of people buy cheap seats and never sit down.

I dont think the league is gate driven any more. Id love to see a break down of league revenues, And I wouldnt be surprised to see ticket sales in 3rd spot over all. Team gear is a huge cash cow for the teams with fans. heck, the rum hut could well turn more profit for the bombers then the ticket sales. 😛

Would still be better then the concerts. I miss the super dogs. Even the crossfit thing last year.

This is true, though im not sure that they would enjoy this type of offensive game play vs more aggressive down field passing. I dont really see this being more entertaining then heavy run attacks tbh. If it is, and it means better revenue flow for the league thats good. Though I dont feel like casual fans contribute that much financially long term. I may be wrong on that though. 100%. Its inflation to passing yards and %. Throwing for 5k yards on 60% completion percentage is not nearly same as when it was done in khari jones era. I firmly believe that 90% of player safety concern is about qbs. The way they have allowed pushing and shoving to carry on well after the play un punished, and lack of attention to late/out of bound hits etc is sad.

Thats a big improvement from the era prior.

This is some thing thats been floating around in my head for a while. In the last few years weve seen a heavy shift in the way the CFL game is played. Mainly it rotates around PI. The PI enforcement is soo strict these days most defenses are playing varying degrees of bend but dont break. (some thing that has been a hot button topic around here in Halls era) Because of both of these facts, most offenses are run in the west coast / possession passing scheme. I also believe that Holding on the OL has gone down dramatically over a decade or so, which may be intentional to try to keep qbs safe. This all combines for a pretty intense short passing game bias. We see different wrinkles in the league, some teams mix a lot more deep passes in, some teams work catch and run plays, option etc. But I feel like the Default has become passive passing and passive coverage. Is this a good thing? Do you enjoy it? I wish the pendulum would swing back a bit in favor of defensive aggression. I hate hot much hand fighting and push offs WRs get away with (not to mention picks, and illegal blocks down field) while DBs dont even have the right to maintain their own position.

Id say its highly likely he would be the 6th OL if speller is good to go. Eli still has a bit to go, and desjarlais hasnt been consistent. The team prides it self on nasty, physical OL. And Eli, in his limited reps has been the nastiest ive seen in a while. And his explosiveness is insane. Cant wait to see what he can do in camp next year. The primary limiting factor with a big guy like that is cardio. If he has been able to keep it sharp he can draw back in. If not more time would be understandable. Doesnt matter how good you are in the first quarter, if you are shot for the 4th and half of the 3rd. Thats too bad. Some people are like that professionally though. Especially athletes and football players from that era. Back then you had 1 time of coaching and leadership, and it wasnt uplifting.

Thanks for sharing. Agree 100 percent.

Thats great news, also pretty surprising. I didnt expect to see him back before TC next year.

Agree with that too, especially in TC.

In most cases yes. This case is like 200% though. Cfl coverage in all mediums seems inclined towards click bait, flavor of the moment trash but this is poor quality even by those standards.

Sounds very likely. I wonder if we will bring in another project qb. Maybe when the PR expansion happens. Right after 2 6 game stints so decent savings. Perhaps he was close to returning and he was given extra time to prepare and be 100%. Hope speller is good to go for the next game. Then if only we could get the DBs healthy too.

This. Id say lafrance is more a balanced offensive back, augustin the better runner, and coombs is a pass catching wing back who runs some. yes each group has some nuance and time to gel needed, but our run game is pretty vanilla for the rb as well. We dont do a lot of stretch, power toss/sweep, shovel etc. Its the same looks in the same gaps. Vision is tough to quantify, you can see runners that have it and ones that dont. And ive never seen a pro back that didnt have it, find it. I would be fascinated to find out how one did if they did though. That wasnt reading the line with harris, the lack of continuity and experience left him with contact in the back field and making plays to get 3 yard gains instead of losing 3. Traditionally rbs are expected to not be taken down by the first guy, Be it in the back field or down field. After that you cant expect a chain of jukes or trucks, but the first arm cant be what stops you. You can do it with quickness, moves, cuts, speed, angles, power however. Harris has a diverse tool set in that respect. And always pushes forward, he doesnt get contacted and go back. Which is hugely valuable. All 3 of our backs are that type of guy. Which is also very good for the ol. The amount of 2nd and longs says other wise. It was a fairly steep drop off. From one of the best in the league, a driving force for our offense to viable. Its not like he was playing at an allstar or borderline allstar level. That said, I think a lot of good and borderline allstar rbs in our system would turn into allstar borderline elite rbs. That what great running offenses do.

Pretty safe bet. I think the key with him is upside. He swings for the fences with the high picks. Some times they miss, but when they hit they contribute in a big way and quick. If he drafted a campbells soup can right now, id trust the pick. Hes earned it easily. Even when you might want another guy, you get his approach. And his approach works.

If we started using him like brandon banks... scary.

I expect us to beat ham and ssk, then split the other 2 at worst. So yeah agree on 13 wins. Maybe 14, we could sweep montreal. But away games are hard, especially this year.

Athletic measurable is why he went from a mid round draft pick to undrafted. 4.77 40, 30.5" vert, 9'2 broad, 4.40 shuttle 7.34 3 cone and 22 reps. At 5'8 202lbs. His highest percentile score was 76%. 43% for vert, 77 and 76 https://www.cfl.ca/2017/04/07/comparisons-sake-projecting-johnny-augustine/ Olivera ran 4.7 with 35.5 inch vert, 9'10 broad, 4.17 shuttle, 6.90 3 cone, with 29 reps. At 5'10 230. His slowest 40 yard times were slower then Augustines slowest times but his fastest time was faster, and he was better in every single measurable department then augustine. While nearly 30 pounds heavier. Were pumped about him because he had a very good NCAA d1 career, is a big power back with very good athletic numbers. Augustine had how many rushes and catches before this year? Literally 100s of better backs have 0 touches in the cfl south of the border. If not 1000s. Anthony coombs had way more touches then augustine and while we kicked the tires on coombs we stuck with augustine. Coombs has more potential but zero chance to stay healthy. 11 carries for 3 yards or less in 2 games. 4 for 10 yards or more. 1 in the last game. Minus the 1 outlier run of 55 yards in the LDC and he has 118 yards on 27 carries for 4.3 yards. Thats something you learn in college and HS. Not in the pros. Teams have tried to teach the likes of trent richardson how to read blocking at the pro level it just doesnt work. You can improve it, but you cant teach it. Just like a qb reading the D. You can help them grow and improve but a player bad at reading the field in the pros will never be good-great at it. Adequate yes. I would say hes almost exactly replacement level. We could plug nearly any pro RB in his place and get the same production. He doesn't hit the hole with any authority, he is indecisive with the ball, lacks significant power or speed when running. He is a tough kid, and a secure ball handler. You cant expect more from a 3rd string NI rb. Hes as good running the ball as lafrance was. Id take Normand back in a heart beat for the blocking and teams play alone.

This is the dumbest crap ever. Demski, speller, mason, lucky, Alexander, humes, jeffcoat, Neuf, Nichols and harris. Plus our starting kick returner in nelson, Plus remple our LS , and our no2 rb in olivera. Thats 11 guys who would have started. No one is that hurt right now.

Youre wrong. Thats how bend but dont break defense works. Look at our 2 games against edmonton. 61/94 for 65% completion percentage 775 yards 8.25 yards per attempt and we beat them both times. Are the riders a passing team though? 5th in the league in passing yards, 8th in passing tds, 3rd fewest passing attempts etc. You have a good completion % and average but that is not indicative of a passing team. Volume is.

Or you can follow up when he provides this huge boost...

One or two all of last year too. Streveler has a lot to improve and learn. He may never be an elite starter in this league. But he did carry the offense in the banjo bowl At the very least streveler is a very young guy who can factor in games as a back up and win you games in a pinch If the starter is out. If he never become more then that he's still well worth keeping. Wouldn't wanna pay him starter money but I'd love to keep him.

I would have taken Messam as a player in a heart beat. As a head case not so much. In this league as a back up Canadian you have to play teams. And you have to do it well. A starter doesn't need to. Messam was a starter Betts isn't yet.

Two plays for half those yards. While he isn't explosive by any means it's not sustainable. To proclaim him any thing other then what he is a stop gap is a huge leap. Saw too many poor runs. He will be the back up as we don't have any one else, the only time he might get more touches is if we sit the starters in the last game. He isn't spelling Harris based on the last two games or otherwise.

Betts can't play teams, lber, DT etc. It's hard for a back up rotational end to be exceptional just pass rushing. I'm a big fan of Betts, Kongbo isn't the same kind of prospect. Kongbo was the best talent in the league and a steal. Betts could be one of the better nis in the league in a few years. Where as Kongbo could be playing significant minutes in the NFL at that point.

Yeah he hasn't shown more then other back up fringe CFL Ni backs. People love to hype average players who over achieve. Ni rbs who start for years are extremely rare and so so because they still maintain a high level of production. Lacking that highly productive imp RBS are far too easy to find. Augustine is a small less athletic Olivera. And Olivera may not be a starter after Harris leaves.