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Some interesting things to consider from this game 13 offensive drives (im not counting the snap and kneels at the end of the game) 5 2 and outs + the fumble drive which was 2 plays long. Thats 6/13 drives yielding 12 offensive plays. + 2 5 play drives with the last play being a punt. 8/13 bad offensive drives. the other 5 drives? all scored points. Starting position for those 5 drives? the hamilton 50 (td), the hamilton 26(td), our 45 (fg), our 35(td), and the hamilton 54 yard line. In those 5 drives the first had a 30 yard run by harris, started at the 26, the third was the double PI and roughing that moved the ball 31 yards, the last two drives are classic plop drives. Ball control, moving the ball around, keeping harris involved in multiple ways. And of course, both those drives featured key first down YAC runs by petermann. Special teams really wont this game for us. medlock averaged 44.7 net yards punting. limiting williams to 3 returns for 0 yards. Medlock averaged 67.4 yards per kick off, and erlington averaged 22.4 yards per kick off return. Mean while demski averaged 33.3 yards per kick off return (on 70.2 for lirim) and we averaged about 5 yards per punt return while lirim had a net of 35.2 I dont know why we didnt adjust away from those deep passes. I get it that hamilton plays the most man coverage, and that you can create a lot when the saftey slides or shows blitz. But when our offense is at its best they are setting up deep balls slowly. We need for this to be our worst offensive game play call and execution wise for the year. Gotta get back to doing better then this.

montreal is used to being a gong show. toronto is coming off a grey cup win and still a young front office in that city, not to mention serious attendance problems. Wally, is not used to losing. nothing would surprise me at this point. You know he doesnt want to waste his last year on a dud of a team. Lions are most dangerous at old age. They can sense the end is coming and know its time to go down swinging. i actually have a sympathy thing for the browns. Id hate to see him with them. this is a great and interesting point. I think the desire to right that ship will win out, you cant afford to hold a grudge too long in the cfl its too small a world. Every thing comes back around. (see chris williams)

believe it 100%.

The biggest issue with that is loffler is often in position to make a tackle but sells out for a hit instead. Guys the league over have it figured out and have adapted. If he would adjust as well doing more sound wrap up and take down it would open up his ability to hit some times as well. He has got to be among the league leaders in missed tackles. Mo at S, fenner at sam, then we need a back up rotational db, not a hard spot to fill.

ehh depends on how you define it. Right now id say calgary is the only elite team. And even they have an asterisk. I would put us, ottawa and edmonton in the second tier as contenders. Id personally have us at the top of that pile. We play like an elite team every other game, then we surge and coast in the follow up. We dont have the consistent dominance to be elite yet. Would duron carter make us soo much better that itd be note worth? no. Im a big believe in the guys talents. No can can deny he is an excellent player. But we are stacked at wr this year. We have more guys then we have ability to use. Kenbrell thompkins in edmonton would be top 5 in every category imo. Duron is a better player then adams and dressler. But his negative in terms of head case and chemistry is far too large. We dont have a need at wr right now. I wouldnt take any of our wrs off the roster right now. I could see BC, and montreal being interested. Maybe hamilton. But I think the most likely one in TO.

No joke.

I loved what Petermann showed. Turned the corner with speed twice and made important gains out of short passes. He is like a young ni dresser.

Now that first part is pure truth. Totally agree. Motivation? Some guys especially the ever prepared types have a harder time now playing then living life. If it isn't that then yeah I can't see why he'd come to the cfl. It might just be a shot at the NFL to go with not going to his hof ceremony.

First star. Big hill. All over the field making plays. Second star the whole dl. They struggled with the adjustment to read option but made Masolis night a nightmare. Third star goes to Harris. Carried the mail again moved the yard sticks and ran down the clock. A tough night not the flashiest but we'd a been hosed with out him tnite. Hh to medlock for dropping the ball then switch kicking it 40 freaking yards. Great night punting in general.

Our group on the DL is among the most talent at rushing the passer that ive ever seen. To think corney has been hurt alot, and westerman left in the offseason and it hasnt had any affect on pressure.

As long as it doesnt involve cheering for the riders (short of it helping our play off picture) It is ok imo. Just try not to cheer too much or you will wake up feeling dirty and cheap in the morning.

I hear the more LBers you dress the better your chances are of winning. Maybe its apart of a new deception tactic. They wont know who is playing what until we line up! list every one as a lber!!!!!!

this is a good point. He is new to us, but not new to the pros. lol. I have no idea if he takes any thing, but contaminated supplements are a HUUUUUGE thing. I like spooner, I hope this was an accident, and if it was an incident I hope he smartens up. To be honest, I dont know that spooner makes "steroid money" 😛

Boxers are among the best conditioned athletes when it comes to violent sports. And boxing is more reliant on fast twitch type actions then half the positions in football. He claimed he still ran a 4.4 ish recently. Sure I dont expect him to be crazy fast by any means. How fast is JFG though? We have seen some pretty slow wrs. The point is, his skill level is soo high that if sharp he could easily over come being slow. Nik lewis wasnt fast since he got stuck at the all you can eat buffet for an entire year, but he sure was effective. Im not saying he would be instantly good, or great. Merely that giving him a look is not a bad idea by any means.

He might. Though he only missed a significant portion of time once in his entire career. George foreman re captured the heavy weight title at 45 years old. And he took greater damage then TO imo.

Yeah he did.

Need to see a lot of showing blitz then dropping.

and uses his hands to get the ball. A lot of rookie wrs look lost early on. He really looked the part in game one. Had that one brain fart on the deep ball but i didnt think he had the angle to run it in any way.

To certainly wont be at his best. But to be fair, id take him over a lot of the available air lift rookies from down south. The guy has tremendous work ethic, he prepares and gets what it takes mentally, technique is on point. You could reasonable expect him to know the playbook in a few weeks and execute every route at a high level. Imo the vast majority of wrs that never cut it as pros lack the work ethic and football iq. Every one looks at measurables and athletics but if you lack the pro mind set and work ethic it doesnt matter. Now he is a head case, and could easily and quickly become cancerous in the locker room. But its never stopped jones before. For a team like us it wouldnt make sense. For a fist full of other teams in the league I can see it. I really hate how much WRs get away with compared to the kids gloves DBs are forced to wear.

yep. and i certainly have calgarys record with a grain of salt.

all true, but we have also played bc twice and toronto twice as our follow up to ham.

What bridge did barrett burn? He took some very nice ncaa work for a while and is now a positional coach in the NFL. I dont blame the guy at all. Imo he is a gem of a coach too. I think like we did, they go young. Just looking at our team Some one like danny mac and plop. Plop is the HC with his usual hands on offense. He and mac should have some level of chemistry and familiarity. Target successful teams with the right mentality top down. Stamps, bombers etc. You can target the top tier of ast coaches on the rise like steinauer, or you can take the long shot former successful US coach like the cats did with jones or the als tried with sherman. Re hashing a guy like barker, or taman in any role is a poor move imo.

I dont think he has proven nearly enough to warrant much of any thing. A very low pick or neg list name maybe. Meanwhile the leos have travon van who has proven/shown as much as flanders and rainey who just needs better useage imo. The lions are not in a position to mortgage the future right now. On top of that they have some depth and a stud rb who may miss an un known amount of time. I dont see much if any thing happening. It is also the most talent rich position in football and an easier transition then many from the us game. If any thing, I think we would be in a position to swap talent from NI wr (though I wouldnt) young ni OL, dl and lber.

When its forcing turn overs and sacking qbs its elite. When it isnt its among the worst. And when you have elite level talent and regular struggles its bad. A big thing for me as well is his adjustments havent been good this year, and the team tackles poorly out side of a couple excellent one on one tacklers. A lot of tackling is coaching. If he was fired right now, i doubt very much he would have another DC job with in a couple years. If he did, itd be a desperation move by a bottom dweller. He is below replacement level for contending teams.

could be preventive. He missed a big chunk of time, and even being back in shape with out having a TC to ease into game action and game speed a few extra vet days would be wise. Course he could be hurt, its just a possibility. No doubt. The question is, do we gain more from the upgrade of MO at sam then we lose having fenner at db? Either way if both guys are on the field im not worrying about it. 1a and 1b for the best sam in the league. I hope corney is back and healthy soon. He was reallying turning the corner before he got hurt. He is going to make a tough decision next year at DE.