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Some lines with decent players here or there, but even a few of those i think are over rated and over all i didnt consider the units to be above average. An elusive back and a qb with a quick release makes it look better then it was imo.

Imagine youre right on him being retired. If they are gonna dig up some one id rather that then say doerksen. I dont follow the local scene at all (shame) Edmonton and alberta in general is allways a hot bed for combat sports. That, and montreal/quebec. Ya the FNs are about pushing up and comers. Which is why gaethje would be great. Or Re pushing a guy like showtime.

omg JJ would be soooooo gooooooood! They allways do that schtick with the home fighters, its meh at best. They will prolly ring up roland delorme or some one again. Gaethje would be good too. Korean zombie too if he was healthy >.< I hope they bring good style match ups and some guys who are game to fight.

Very much so. Id like to see him get some of the dressler package plays. Hes built like a running back, with good size and was a returner to boot. Would also like to see him get some returns, screen passes would be nice too.

I think you get more value the later you trade guys. So even anticipating a fire sale, its worth while to wait. Even if the arms struggle, teams will pay through the nose for pitching help for the stretch run when they know they are in the race. I think the question now is how deep do the jays cut. Bo is still off to a torrid pace in high A ball, but vlady jr has cooled off. Most of the minor league help is still a few years off. Either cut deep, and take a multi year rebuild risking tons of attendance and tv money or cut shallow, maybe deal some low ball prospects for closer to mlb guys and try to be respectable next year. I expect it will be closer to the ladder, as this administration puts its stamp on the franchise.

Having to follow up the blink show was impossible for any one. And with how quick and sour it ended, the guy never had a chance. If we had reid as our starter now hed be much more beloved. Bang on about first contact. Cant count how many times blink, and harris get hit in the back field and still get positive yards. Thats gigantic. Poor blink really got stuck running behind some awful OLs. If he had an OL like we have now, as young as they are he might have played another fist full of years and made some serious noise in the all time cfl rushing list.

Like most of them, just not the every thing in one section. The slower former general discussion threads like ufc, netflix etc are gonna be a pain to keep digging back up. And i worry the jets talk will become overwhelming (like in game day chat at times during nhl season) especially if they bombers have a weak finish to the year.

Making the wrong reads? at a few points in the game i would say nichols made some poor decisions as to eating the ball, vs throwing it away but our offense is fast hit short pass quick reads etc. He hasnt been making the wrong reads, hes been holding the ball too long when pressured / getting rid of it too slowly, missing deep shots, and his location even on completions leaves wrs reaching vs smooth catch and runs. But even that comes and goes. In crunch time against mtl he was on point. Is it an agenda i have with coaching now? I thought it was with nichols? Or was it with willy i cant keep up with the labels. The point of the post was its not one facet of the team, and no one move fixes us. Mentioned nichols, coverage, injuries, coaching etc. You are fixated on the coaching portion how ever. This just seems to be your knee jerk reaction to any thing other then blind optimism.

awesome, i hope its a decent card.

thatd be fantastic. The event here prior was a bit under whelming but the gate was awesome, and so was the crowd. FOTN went to two women who went at it with one trying to grab a chair and go all wwf. hell ya i cant wait! idk bout that fight. I worry when i see guys giving up that much weight. I dont even like JJ very much. I think its a lose lose cash grab fight, so it will probably happen. I reeaalllly want maia to win. But idk twood is a beast. Also my least favorite fighter in the ufc though. Not a fight i would bet on. jones, cybro, and lawler are about as much a lock as you can get.

No one likes it. Cept our coaching staff. smh.

Its certainly a back and forth thing. Our D keeps the opposition offense on the field too long, Our o keeps our D on the field to long. After that first turn over and score, we went 2 and out twice to end the first quarter on offense. Scoring drive to answer montreal to start the 2nd, 3 plays and punt twice in a row, then 2 and out to end the first half. The two scoring drives started at the MTL 27. and at our 53 yard line. In the first half montreal had the turn over drive, and 1 2 and out. Its like a perfect $h1tstorm of poor coaching philosophies. I shutter to think about what our field position metrics would look like.

2nd all of the above.

under 100 yards passing in the first half will do that. The problem is not 1 dimensional. Both sides of the ball play half a game a week. The pass coverage is too soft, we give up huge runs at bad times. We blitz to very low effect. Our lbs are also pretty banged up and have 2 rookies in the secondary starting. On off we go long periods of time with out moving the ball, often look lost when the quick pass isnt there and struggle to complete deep passes. We forget about the run too long and are un creative with run plays. etc. 6th in passing yards 5th in rush yards. 6th in turn overs too. We have put up a ton of points, but weve also seen points from all over the place, have the same amount of picks as the 2nd and 3rd highest totals in the league. The bottom 5 teams in picks in the league combine for 1 more pick then us. The half a game of play and playing miserable football when we dont have momentum is heavily a coaching factor. Offense isnt just scoring, you have to move the yard sticks and keep your D off the field so they can play better too. Its a top down, both sides and coaching issue. No 1 move fixes this team.

Good call on the HH, after last week having bob back was huge. Adams long catch was huge early too. I really like our wrs when healthy.

Making it easy to sit ogogopogo but yeah. Would love to see a trade there. I like the comparison of nichols being the anti glenn. Another ugly first half despite scoring on the first drive. Well un productive more then ugly. But brought it in the clutch. Yeah i like what we have at wr. Thorpe looks like a stud.

1 Harris. Game winning td. 12-41 2 tds 9-93 catching. 2 Jeffcoat. Great pressure, 2 sacks 1 pick. 3 Westerman, 2 sacks maybe we are seeing him heat back up finally. Adams and nichols are real close for the 3rd spot, but durant was thrashing us while getting smacked around if we didnt have that pressure, I dont think the game is even close. HH, Tough between medlock OS kick, and harris run to win the game. The on side kick really gave us a ton of MO, so im going with that. WHAT A GAME!

Thats true, its really dangerous to peak early. If we swept this weak portion of our schedule though we'd be knocking on the door to locking down a home play off game.

Its not that he doesnt fill that in the box role out very well, he would be fantastic for a MLB role similar to the tampa 2 mlbers in the states. A deep drop guy who can rush etc. But with our loose coverage we gotta have that deep cover help. Even if its rotated. Hes certainly a guy who benefits from playing a mid field type of role, run around and make plays. But to really make the most of that wed have to move him or change a lot.

Our coverage schemes over all are poor imo. Our use of loffler in the box soo much leaving him out of position to cover, or having him man cover a slot from the S spot, The too deep zone/very loose match zone, its all not good. We give up first down yardage on 2nd down, even 2nd and fairly long. Zone it self isnt bad, if you blitz you are pretty much pushed into playing a zone or match scheme, or have no deep help. In general though I dont like our system on O or D. The D drives me nuts though.

The bombers could have won against calgary and had a more then 2td lead against the leos. While playing only a half of football. In sports you have to have the confidence if your self and your team and then you win. So i hope they have all the smugs.

Feel like edm will beat us but the rest we should beat. However, with our tendency to give up as many passing yards as is possible and only playing a half of football per game we probably win 4.

Its a big difference on the Line between running, with run protection, and tossing it to the RB as a release valve out of pass pro. Establishing dominance and maintaining it on the line is a big deal. Now, not a lot of teams run heavy any more in the cfl. So its not as big a factor as it once was. But it is the difference between being able to run the ball well in the 4th and not. And being able to get the hoggies in sync.

Cant ignore that for sure. For a good portion of the game lulay had more yards then our offense combined, and at times a near 2:1 advantage. But its hard to out yard another team when you play half as many quarters, and spot them a huge edge early on in TOP.

Was that on tsn? Off the top of my head, aside from it being a difficult thing to quantify statistically our offense very very low usage of deep passes would skew results a good deal. Ob talked about nichols deep ball completion % being among the lowest in the league. This year and last we saw some lousy drops and bobbles. But we also see nichols miss and over throw open deep targets a good portion of our small sample size. People often see a WR get close to a ball or have it go off the finger tips and think, oh he should have had that. Instead of recognizing an incredible effort and going all out just to make it a close play. In general i dont agree with a lot of people on whats a drop and whats a just miss on a huge effort.