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Thats the truth. And if he ever figures it out in coverage he'd be all world. With heath, I think we will see turn over at DB. Would like him back, but I think thats a position we can scout and develop at the highest level. Better to spend the money else where if he expects premium money. Hes a big play maker at db, but he is no randle or mo. Thomas and westerman are both possible casualties of the insane depth at we have at DL. Jeffcoat, ogopogo, nevis, and poop start. Corney and ekakitie as back ups. Thats a fantastic line. With arguably our best starters intact. That said Id love both westerman and thomas back. More time for ekakitie to develop, thomas is great in a rotational role. Westy, when healthy is probably our best pass rusher. Easily our most gifted. And has the right pass port. Id if we can carry him ogopogo jeffcoat AND corney on the end though with out gimping our self else where.

In general bowman has been pretty healthy. Much more so then dressler/adams. Yeah the foolish junk flying about with respect to collaros has me baffled. cfl.ca on FB saying hes a top 3 qb?The same guy who lost his job twice to jeremy masoli? Harris i can see the argument. Harris healthy on the riders would be a threat to break some records. Collaros is far down the list of guys id want. Id rather have jennings. Hes only 25, no doubt his best football should be in front of him. Get him with the right system and coaching staff and look out. Harris, id honestly take glenn over collaros. And durant. And masoli. Time will tell i guess.

In edm, even when he wasnt having a big game he was still productive. Not as hero today MIA tomorrow as denny has been for us. But the drops are real. Still dressler adams and bowman gives us a scary top end of our wr core when healthy. If we started those 3 + jfg and demski we are in a fantastic spot. I hope its a TC battle between denny, bowman and new guys like givens for the roster spot.

I was kinda scared wed end up with bowman. The guy was elite previous to last year despite a ton of drops. If he came fairly cheap, that makes it a lot better. He has no1 wr talent, and if he isnt depended on to be the no1 its even better. Physically he gives us a change of pace from what we have, which is great. If we can still poach demski, this is the best shape our wr core will have been in since the early 2ks.

Not for any kind of star, they have stars. They have developed stars. They are desperate for MORE stars, and really desperate for a star they can control. It does smack of sweat and shame though. This guy does not belong in a pro mma match. Period. They can not dig up a pro fighter who wont merc him. A lot of fault to go around in that horrible beating. Seriously, that was bad. Ill preface this by saying ive fought at the amateur level (not mma) extensively, and I am fully in favor of early stoppages. Dont over weigh one loss like in boxing. Let them come back and do it again later, and save the CTE as much as possible. Matching making, reffing, cachoeiras corner, and mma culture all share some blame in this. I dont think its the worst thing in the world to have a some one like shevy fight a low tier fighter. That said, having her go down in weight THEN fight a low teir fighter in that bracket? Nah thats messed up. That shouldnt happen, especially not with some one with her offensive skill set. Mario gonna mario. The guy is a joke. If we see an in ring death he will be the ref. The guy is a butcher and a joke. In general mma reffing needs work, and no easy solution exists. Hes gonna keep getting work, and so will other questionable at best judges and refs. Knowing this, puts extra importance on the rest of the factors needing to do a better job. Cachoeiras corner. Wow, throw in the ***** towel. It isnt her last title shot as a mid 30 some thing. She clearly was out matched and stood no chance. If you work a corner your number one obligation is the saftey and health of your fighter. You protect them at all times. Mma culture. This macho arrogance, this anti tapping stuff kills me. Seen soo many grapplers maimed because they are too tough to tap. Refusing to tap is as bad as holding a sub too long. Youve lost only you refuse to be humble enough to accept it. This comes out in spades when we see stuff about tapping to strikes. Tapping is ok. Tapping to strikes is also ok. if youve ever taken a hard liver shot or body shot you will know the bodies reaction is soo intense and overwhelming you cant even quantify the pain. You shut down. Getting elbowed a gazillion times in the head has a similar affect. We shouldnt $^%^ on fighters for admitting defeat when every one else knows it too.

Except for the bomber fan camp. Must subdivide!

A lot of names on that list of guys who have been productive players in the league. But have question marks. Gonna be a good year for gambling. Fajardo wasnt re signed? I sure would love to have him groomed behind nichols n durant.

The problem with that is ekakatie has done nothing. He is a lot further behind then trent corney was after his first year. Neufeld cant stay healthy and is a turn stile more often then he is serviceable. Last year in which he rode the pine for 90% of the season was the first time hes dressed in 18 games. And if those two are the starters, what happens if one of them gets hurt? Atleast we have some young ni talent worth developing at OL. If we start our two ni dts (shunning the best DT we've had since doug brown) we are back to mack era NI issues when/if one misses time. Thomas was our 3rd best DT last year, but hes going to be the key stone. Yes and no. Hes had a decent amount of reps. But he hasnt been put in as a starter and known he is gonna play the game. No matter if he makes mistakes or excels. Thats a big difference. Is he ready for a larger role? I fully believe it. Why isnt he in that role already? ogopogo, westerman, and jeffcoat. That is like being the no 3 qb behind tom brady AND peyton manning. Good luck stealing reps. That said if he comes back any larger (like the previous years) he is gonna pretty much have to slide in side to DT.

The story i remember from wicks dad among others was taman was sent to scout wick. At the Sac state pro day. He was then exposed to blink and called back to richie, not having much ability to actually offer contracts and grabbed both. Why they didnt grab ray we will never know. If you remember the release from when we signed blink it was pretty massive. Normally then, even now they are paragraph blurbs. This was like a page and a half on blink.

I think thats the optimistic side as well. I think plenty of people would be happy to have flanders flanker role expanded, and more 2 back set with harris and flanders. Demski i very much want. And i want JFG back too. As to your prior comment about taman not having any thing around him, let us not forget an era when we didnt have money to employ QB coaches even. Taman did some crazy stuff. And made some poor decisions. But he also scouted and signed the likes of blink and wick. Our franchise has come miles and miles from what it used to be. It wouldnt be possible if not for what taman and bauer did. But idk if those two could shape it into what we have now.

Fogg makes some great plays. But his reliability is awful. If he ever figures it out he will be all world.

I hope thats not the case, but if it is as good as heath is gaitor is a better fit imo. With our system we need dbs who are strong tacklers.

Yeah i know, it was. Its kinda split since rodrigo munduruca left for his own BJJ school, though he isnt in the city so much any more. He has kind of settled into this satellite teachers role. Setting up gyms here, edm, la (iirc) etc When he was at CFC it was an incredible gym. The godfather is an excellent stand up coach though. Cfc has been mma since like 2009, and around in stand up since 02 not that old, but there just isnt much else for mma in winnipeg. I found a lot of conflicting reports on the amount lost so idk. Either way you cut it it was super rich guys losing a lot of money to us, but not as much as the pride lost to them. Not a wrestling guy at all, but jim ross was a bright spot.

At the same time, randle wasnt randle good when we signed him. He was ridiculously good in low use, the stamps just didnt have room for him. Love the pick up, the perfect age range to be a long term guy here. All the talent and athletic ability you could want. I liked our DB field year before last year a lot. Last year I felt we took a big step backwards at a couple spots. This is a big step forward.

Idk why i had acl on the brain. My bad. Achilles is worse actually. An average recovery time closer to a year, regularly double digit weeks before the boot can even come off and before recovery can begin etc. http://lermagazine.com/article/return-to-football-after-achilles-tendon-rupture TLDR pray for mo. When atheists say that things are grim. Id love nothing more then to have mo back to being mo. Id rather see him go on to success else where then see him retire in a whimper from such an injury. Weve had soo many big play, much loved defensive guys with bad attitudes and selfish play. But mo makes all the plays. Big, small mo likes them all. Never puts him self above the team, never too big to fill any role. Idr any S going to Sam and playing out of their mind good at both. Hes what bomber football and this organization are about.

Im talking the likes of CFM, ones based out of mb. werent both cfc and ucw based out side of the city but held events here? Money in mma in general is a huge problem. off season mode engaged!!!!!!!!

Yeah idk how it is now but they used to be areal stick in the mud. Given the ufc coming here I imagine some people with money either greased them or strong armed them into not being stupid.

I freaking loved the empire international pictures movies in general. Trancers, Re-animator, robot jox, from beyond etc. Those movies perfectly sum up the era for me.

Some events yes. A few fly by night small timers. In general I think we need a good true grass roots system. starting with amateur people training in the city. A pro regular event would draw and help develop that type of thing. Winnipeg is a rough area, lots of people identify with the rougher sports. When i used to go to various sports bars for UFCs it was allways packed no matter where i went. I think brock was the right guy at the right time. Such a phenomenal athlete, A giant of a man, in the early stages of mma where he could have success. I dont think youd get that cross over any more. every one is exposed to mma now, and a guy like brock would be hard pressed to have a great deal of success. Its off season, I dont think off topic exists till atleast free agency. I think any league that lasts more then a year is likely to up cycle guys who would have fallen through the cracks. And lasting more then a season is pretty good success. I dont think any one stands much of a chance of lasting for good though. I think to do that they have to transcend into a cultural part of america. Like the cfl has up here. Like wrestling once was. But I expect to see them try to be flashy n make splashes instead. If the XFL is gonna start up in say 2 years, Id look to lock up FAs next year to 2 year deals. Give the NFL window and all. But I would start to prepare to prevent the XFL from grabbing a bunch of CFL FAs.

Not soo bad. Drop in the bucket compared to this: https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2014/05/16/wwe-ceo-vince-mcmahon-no-longer-billionaire-after-losing-340-million-in-a-day/#3a2cee445d49 Yeah i had heard that about TUF and the wwe. Pretty crazy. As a mma fan im glad it worked out. Though ive never watched tuf. Thats kind a crazy considering the old ufc to wwe cross over guys. Speaking of those cross over guys thats an interesting story. As an mma fan its too bad that didnt take off. We need some grass roots help in the area. Especially considering how the ufc does here. I sure would have come out to see Dan severn.

Ah kk I thought it was nbc but i wasnt sure. I did hear that vince very much wanted to continue it but the broadcasters and partner pulled out. Some thing like 180m dollars lost in one season or some thing crazy? If they wanted to make a good run of it, I think they'd make a show to go with it. Kinda like the ultimate fighter, meets last chance U.

Depends on what you mean by work. In the same way the nfle and usfl and the first go round of the AFL worked at recycling talent and serving to give another chance to guys who would have fallen out of football for sure. Could one last for good? Idk i wouldnt bet on it. Agree on the upward trajectory of the quality of the game and production as it wore on. It jumped the shark then turned it around but too late.

+ high school football. If any thing football in america is a saturated market.

Wasnt the primary partner for vince and the XFL a major network? The usfl was probably the most successful indy league out side of the cfl. Apparently the UFL ran for 4 seasons. Cuban was supposed to own a team but backed out.

Where do you get that from? Middle of oct. means 4 monthes to recover from a blown ACL. Normal is 7-9 monthes for a pro athlete. But at that its not just getting back to being healthy, its about how diminished your ability to cut, stop, and explode is after recovery. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2012/12/06/acl-injuries-adrian-peterson-nfl-minnesota-vikings/1752355/ The repairs come with no guarantees. Doctors at the Richmond Bone and Joint Clinic in Sugarland, Texas, found in 2010 that 31 of 49 (63%) of NFL players studied returned to play in the league an average of 10.8 months after surgery. Adrian peterson was one of the fastest acl recoveries and his was still north of 6 monthes. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/may/11/acl-injuries-sports-athletes-careers A great recent article on it. It might actually make sense to look at mo going back to saftey post injury.