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Great share. In his book "The score takes care of it self" he puts forth a great anecdote about prepping for a possible player strike by bringing in essentially a whole 2nd team of none NFLPA guys to teach the 9ers way of playing football, the playbook, etc. Preparation, for every possible out come is the difference between a team that makes the play offs, and a contender year in and year out. "Finding the winning edge" is even better. Though the stories in the score takes care of it self really punctuate the simple points extremely well. (bill walsh is to football nerds what bill james is to baseball) Great teams, and coaches dont get beaten by the breaks of the game. They take advantage of soo many previous plays that the little wax and wayne of luck doesnt hurt them. You also have to be prepared to get lucky. Atleast some what. It doesnt matter how poor a throw is or the ball is carried if you arent ready to take advantage.

Thats the truth, and if you can make a go of it at a good d1 school thats about as good as a HC job gets in all of sports. College kids are easier to coach in some ways then pros, security once youve built some thing is great, huge money, and a bigger impact on the roster. He could retire, if he wanted. I dont doubt hes made more money then every HC in the cfl right now. He could possibly still get on with a big d1 school, or could go to a mid tier d1 school and have a ton more flexibility. Even after lean years, teams like Nebraska have high expectations.

Huge CG to harris. Such a monster, and leader for the team. Im really happy for him. I wonder if this would have been the year for MO to win if he had stayed healthy... I feel like he would have won it (finally). I dont think that any one has been better the last 4 years then mo. Maybe as good but not better.

Hes a guy that If i was a desperate team Id take a shot on. Id rather him then collaros, or durant. WIth their age Id consider him to replace ray, or glenn should they retire (they should). If i was montreal Id be willing to risk 300k on him. Any one else Id want a discount And a steep one. Not only what they have done, what they can do. I would have taken either over denny and down on the WR depth chart this year. Basically any one not named adams or dressler. That offense was hot trash.

No, its an insult to people who get offended as a hobby. Thats not what a SJW is. Thats as much what a SJW is as antifa is anti facist. Cant really compare marvel tv shows to the movies. Its imo the best or tied for the best marvel tv show.

Its coming up seemingly a fist full a week. I think most people have long been accepting of the exploitative nature of hollywood/entertainment. Now this outrage culture has every case, allegation and assault ever popping up as news. Even by hollywood standards its sad whats going on. Knowing the sheer amount of stuff turned up, some thing or some things are going to be un true and possibly ruin some one, and worse the thought of what greater true horrors probably remain burried. I really dont like SJW/offended culture, and idk if any of this will actually result in justice or change.

I think they probably trade him for a modest return. Though its possible they could cut him if hes owed a high sum of money. Idk what his salary is, but I dont know if any one is gonna wanna give him 350k+ and give up assets to get him.

not bringing in any one = not trying to improve the spot. And no JSK wasnt reported to have failed at mlb in camp. Kknox and temple were.

Walters said they were able to do some deferring of money to this year due to using less of the cap space then suspected due to a lack of short injuries. That plus the heft of some of the deals that will be free agents means we wont be un able to make moves. Id say wed be in a similar position to last year, or maybe a little less cap space. Dont really want any part of collaros. Not at 100k. I imagine what fever gets will go to some one else in a similar spot. The guys id be interested in are fajardo from TO, and bridge from the riders. + a new development guy. Based on nothing but opinion, I think BC will go all in on james franklin. Buono more then any one else in the league knows how you ride or die with your starting QB. And how to spot a good one. I think jennings goes to montreal. And Durant takes a back up job like harris/ott or retires. I could see TO going hard after franklin too. Especially if he argos win the cup (retch) and ray retires. Or jumping in on jennings.

FItzgerald is gonna strap em on and play till the wheels fall off. That guy is incredible. No joke. He might be better then every NI wr weve had in the past 10 years rolled into one. I think the only way we would be able to do that is if bryant or medlock was downgraded to a much cheaper alternative.

For the first considerable portion of the season if hurl was in he was run blitzing or wasting space. Loffler up in the box to send hurl up the line was certainly the strategy used. We moved more and more away from it and rotated hurl out more and more. Walters talked in his post season presser that the need to rotate guys and essentially hide guys was wearing thin. That he wanted to get a core of 12 guys and let them play more. And most talked a good bit about needing to change things up on the D. It was talked about in the media a good bit when mos became more hands on in the D. And it showed on the field. Far more blitzs designed to get pressure, more pressure from our ends, and more exotic blitz packages. It seems that change will come to our D. Not in the form of coaches though. What our new scheme will be no one can say. But I would be surprised if it wasnt more mixed fronts, more blitzs that are better designed, and less designed to cover up a short few weaknesses.

JSK played mlb on passing downs before wild came back. Wil, sam, jack, mike doesnt matter if you cant tackle. Also our Use of hurl wasnt as a mlber. He virtually never played mid linebacker box area. We made no attempt to improve over hurl from last year to this year. And refused to play the best players we had at the positions. A lber who is used as a jack half the time, but doesnt get any pressure, and in any position (in a gap, scraping to the ball or peeling back) cant make a tackle isnt a Lber. Its just a horrible waste of a roster spot.

The better team in the play offs, is the one that wins. That simple. Respect is earned, class is learned. Its not a point of the rider fans earning our respect. That wont ever happen. Its a matter of us being better then what we point fingers at rather then dropping to that level.

Well, we didnt have to start him and we did find our LBer (jsk) If you listen to the presser its also pretty clear that hurl isnt walters guy, hes mos guy.

Ive had this crazy feeling TO would end up winning the cup since the bombers lost idk. An easier road? In theory yes. In practice no. See history of the cross over team and what happened to the riders. We didnt play well enough to win a play off game. The only thing that changes that is playing better.

Didnt we start 8 canadians with him a few times this year? Chungh, goosen, jfg, harris, thomas, hurl, westerman, and loffler were our starting NIs out of camp iirc.

Ya he would. Walters was talking about the FA frenzy in the post season presser. And I think hes bang on the money. Its gone on at such a rate, and with the previous increase in the cap feeding it, I think we are gonna bottom out. Teams just arent gonna have the cap space. I could see montreal and to a lesser extend hammy stripping down, freeing up space and making a couple moves But I dont think it will be a bonanza. From here moving forward, short of more significant cap increases I think we will see a choice of go to a bad team for a high sum or go to a contender for a low sum. In fact I wouldnt be surprised over the next few years to see the final vet waiver day become a much more important part of the season.

couldnt tell you.

With his size, athletic ability, and superbowl heroics I cant see him winding up back here. Especially being on the right side of 30 still. He would be a phenomenal fit, and is an all world talent. I put that in mike sims walker come back territory.

Thats the truth. We need more use of flanders, and more steady runs for harris. That will go very far to helping all who suit up for the blue as an OL next year. Lots of ways to do that. Couture could be used in a zone running scheme at guard no doubt. Id be happy to fill from with in for our OL. (again assuming bond is nfl bound) We can stretch it deep with adams. Dressler can stretch it side ways (as well as harris/flanders) Another guy for the opposite side who can do either, eat up the middle, or and X factor who can take a screen pass all the way on any play would give us full control of the field. When we lose the ability to stretch the field in multiple directions, especially deep, teams can attack the box and run blitz. QFT. Spencer would be big, ofc sinopoli too. Id actually take bass back for a look in camp at WIL. Incase wild isnt 100% and to push him. Assuming JSK can make the transition to mlber. (I think he could do it pretty well)

I think it depends on your system, and available NI talent. Expecting a guard of bonds cailbre isnt reasonable. But a good one, is reasonable. If you compared say Newfi, foketi, denmark and the extra NI I would take foketi at guard and the extra NI. Love denny but hes gone invisible too often. The hunger and drive he came back with after being cut ran dry and he pulled a houdini. 6 games with 1 catch or less, 2 catches for 30 yards or more, season high of 69 yards in one game, the huge majority of his tds were less then 10 yard passes as well. We can set up fades to taller guys for a high percentage of that.

I think weve seen the end of hurl starting at MLBer. I hope we get a real no1 threat vet wr. I think our OL will be good. Even when bond leaves. Better back up qbs x1million. Dont think we will see hall canned. Too important a position in the cfl to bicker over a pass port. In theory could we sign brandon bridge, dress him as a kicker but have him as the back up qb, And have medlock listed as qb? We would essentially gain credit for medlock as a NI and bridge would be usable on the field (option stuff) at the same time as nichols.

I would bet next year JSK starts at MLB, and wild at wil. Bighill would be incredible. But Its about as good a shot as **** butkus being our next starting MLBer. Id like to see a DL pressures ranking. Jeffcoat and poop would shock some none bomber fans. Unless they are also secretly punters. I remember us scratching our heads about this lanky quick depth WR we drafted from regina one time. Pretty good leg on em. I would carry sam hurl on my back home to any place in canada if it meant henoc muamba came back to be our starting mlber.

Yeah thatd be fantastic. I think bond is gone, but having him back would be huge. For my money he is hands down the best guard in the league. Close to the value of a tackle quality guard. Newfie 2 good young developing NI ol, corney, thomas jones is a gooder, Hopefully faith turns into a player of value (if he fullfills his potential he could replace nevis) its a real good core of NI depth. Guys who have a chance to play and make a difference. That and the dedication to players with strong character should have us continuing to improve year after year. What imp FA wrs are out there? I would think earnest jackson would be available and at a discount to boot. Ive allways liked him.

Very good player on a bad teams D is a dangerous thing. Its easy to rack up a lot of tackles when you sped 3/4 of the game on the field. No doubt hes still deserving of being in the league. I wouldnt wanna take much of a risk on the guy though. Too much of a chance he either hits the wall with his age, cant play at a high level on a contender, Or gets hurt. Younger hebert I would think would be a fantastic talent for us. Listening to the post op presser from walters makes me want mulumba about as much as i would want chris jones involved in our franchise.