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Geez, that's insane. Training, and learning to play football without equipment on is like trying to learn how to swim on dry land. I feel like less equipment and a heavy focus on proper head protection/hawk tackling would go a long way.(though some teams practice that without pads on)

The best returner pick up weve made in a long long time. The guy got a real raw deal in the NFL. The local police put out a warrant for his arrest over allegedly stealing 25$ worth of groceries. He was cut instantly. The next day it turned out it wasnt him, charges dropped and he wasnt even in the area. He has a ton of potential as an Xfactor type player doing some of the demski package stuff too.

On a play here n there he did show flashes. But overall, he was putrid. I've never seen a QB throw the ball away soo many times on second down without checking down. Truth. Ol wasnt fantastic either. Long hard days as a bomber fan back then.

The average athleticism has improved by leaps and bounds. I feel that the outliers, the real freaks are pretty close though. A big difference too is the preparation that football players put into combines now. Guys were field fast back in the day and not on the track because they didnt run track. (say jerry rice 4.7 40) I feel too that a lot more of the well-rounded athletes lack the football polish that guys had back in the day. More time on the track and in the weight room and less in pads on the field.

Ac was the class of the league at qb for years. He was a product of a better system then maas no doubt. That 2000s form AC was head and shoulders better then the careers of the other 2000s qbs imo. Ray was a great qb, one of the best in the 2ks era. Id take peak ray over every qb we had in that timeline. Ray was great, not AC great but great. I think AC, moon and flutie are all head and shoulders better then the next tier. Id a been happy to get soli or manny. Not on huge deals though. Theyd be great bargain bin guys. But to hang the success of your season on soo many old guys coming off injuries and bad years with a new HC to boot... "With the first overall pick in the 2020 cfl draft, the crieders select..."

The guy was here for 2 (1?) training camps and around 25 games but upon his departure admitted he never got his head around the 3 down concept. As for shape, Id say when he first got here he was in good shape. (some monster runs in practice) In 05 when he started he got run down by some awful slow interior DL. His touch and accuracy were not good. But outside of glenn and khari we did not have anything to write home about in qb talent for a very very long time. I dont think any of the guys we went through in those days were worth a can of beans.

Valid question, yet impossible to answer right now. It is a cushy gig. Though you tend to get blitzed like mad and can deal with deflated a deflated team. And depth QB's tend to have strong chemistry with depth WRs from running second-team reps and drills all the time. I suspect its a bit of both, plop will out think himself and get away from Harris for long stretches on end. The Demski plays tend to come in bunches as well. Nichols came back from injury though and wolitarski was seemingly in his blind spot. Then a fist full of weeks later he starts going to him and its the same production if not better then what we saw with streveler. Our offense is also seemingly designed to open up one or two guys and if that doesn't work check down to the rest. Defenses shifting how they play us opens and closes doors. How they played streveler isnt how they played Nichols. How they played Nichols when he came back wasn't the same as when he started to find a groove again. Nichols and plop compound each others success and failures. Both have a tendency to get extremely passive, both can really work a fast-paced offense and drive the ball downfield. The longer a QB and OC are together the more they have to fill their gaps. Because more and more other teams know what they do, when they do it and what they are bad at. The offense doesnt have any notable new weapons, and the OL is seeing the biggest roll over in their mutual era. A lot of pressure will be on plop and nichols to do more with less. If they succeed then they deserve more of the credit then theyve have gotten before. If they dont, the duo probably gets split up.

I dont think their D is going to be better then last year with the talent on paper anyway. Combine that with collaros and the OL they have, and its gonna be a tough season in green town.

90% of all offseason threads are in that classification IMO.

Maybe the best negative nickname in Bombers history.

Helps the OL as much as any back since mike sellers. He busts tackles, pushes the pile, blocks almost like an extra OL. Lets em pound DL a lot with far more rune plays. Plops role could not fit him better. They are a match made in heaven. Id love to see him get more touches.

Or atleast is here every summer 😛

Pretty sure brazzell was after those two. Mcgarity was supposed to be an answer to a bunch of questions. And he just ended up being soo bad. I felt soo bad for k9. Such a great guy, had success after and before here just snake bitten while here. He also ended up with some pretty bad QBing at times but still.

Sign me up. Lets kick the cflpa head too.

Agree x2. I wonder if he will go into coaching now? Wish he would have retired after that GC, but atleast he is reasonably healthy. I will always remember him seemingly completing 80% of his passes against us every single game.

Ahh that does make sense. Ive heard that in game gambling software thing they had has mega potential. I imagine this is going to have everything he can muster behind it. Im, sure he doesn't want his public legacy to be failing at football twice, and his wifes failed political run. (few people under 30 know or care how big wrestling got under his brand)

Incredible size too. Solid production in college as well. Itll be interesting to see how big he is coming into camp, he was pretty light at the combine.

again. That's an incredible amount of money to front, considering how much that team owner dumped into the AAF and didn't buy half a season I'm not optimistic. I think a secondary league in the US doing well is good for football. Another talent catch before guys disappear, a place for old guys to go who arent done with football yet, giving chances to young bucks to play more. I just dont think the XFL will be it.

I bet jon ryan had more reps at WR in college then jade.

Arent they up and running again? I think they had a nice little niche, they just went crazy with expansion and pushing it. Is the XFL dead again yet?

Drafting a football player high, who is built like a ballerina is a bad idea.

very low miles though. Harris is 32, powell is 31, gable is 31, wilder is 28, sutton is 32, jeremiah johnson is 32 etc. Id take a shot on a guy like green over gable, sutton, johnson etc, even wilder is a lot of head ache and money for a similar skill set. Cheap, fresh legs, established that he can play in the league, not a threat to jump to the nfl etc.

Addison was tall, strong (something like 6'4 225?) and fast. (4.6 to the 4.5 of nic demski) He put up good numbers in college too iirc. I feel like that was the more reasonable of the bust picks.

He was in at guard in 16 a bit and didn't look good. He is more of a tackle, which is odd but does happen some times. It is hard to not only play up to the level of a Hardrick but also to slot in on short notice without much possibility of keeping that job. Hardrick also struggled at guard actually. Bond coming in at guard and Hardrick going to tackle was huge for our OL. Some guys have used height to great advantage. But in general ive always felt that being a lot taller makes it far harder to maintain good leverage, and easier for the other guy to get it. Especially on the inside of the line.

Such a fantastic story, person and football player. Hes such a corner stone of the team. I hope his career ends with the HOF and a couple of blue, grey cup rings.