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again the concern, more then him being a FA is if he will be able to recover. ACL over 30 is about as bad for your career as several concussions.

No kidding eh. I wonder is the XFL the least successful start up pro football league in history? The USFL played what 4 years? They produced a few HOFers as well. The NFLE lasted a long while, didnt produce a ton of star power but a few guys. The AFL stuck in various versions of it self for a long while and produced a couple guys too. Did AFL2 out last the xfl as well?

I think we will go into camp with JSK and wild at mlb and wlb. Sam is gonna be the question mark.

Dont agree with the sentiment to other sports. Im not a hockey guy, so i cant speak to that. In the NBA and MLB guys finish their contracts and STILL arent free agents. In baseball a TON of guys are straight up sold every single year. No doubt, in the nba the players have more power then in any other sport. At the same time the top tier probably make more from endorsements then contracts. Even more so with rookie - 2nd deal max stars. See lonzo ball. A high level basketball player seeking to become a NBA player is used more then any other sub pro imo. The junk that is the sponsored tournys HS kids get sent to all over the US is sickening. The amount of money made while the kids pay to travel, lodge etc. Years of service in baseball create the most restrictive FA in all of sports. Not to mention compensatory picks for players who become a FA who are actually good. TLDR, valuing a commodity higher and restricting them in different ways doesnt make them any thing other then a commodity.

hes talking about his ability to earn per year. working 1 hr a day for 6 monthes would have a TON of people in north america ruined and homeless. Tons of people work out or train 5 days a week or more. And still hold down full time jobs. You cant complain about supporting your family on the amount you earn in a year when you only fill up half your time. Plenty of CFLers have held down jobs in the off season, some very high level careers.

Yes it does. when talking about earning power, it totally matters. Demetrius johnson was working at a best buy (iirc) while being champion and one of the best p4p fighters in the world. And kept training, Lots and lots of athletes do it. Especially in the cfl. Off season training is not the full on time consumption that is the regular season. Not even close. I hope it does improve. If any one is gonna do it, its mlse. Id like to see the bar raised league wide to be even with top. Wilder is an un real talent. But he seems kinda soft. He doesnt have that consistent willingness to lower his head and push the pack. If he ran with the effort and determination of harris or messam he'd shatter the single season rushing record with an un godly YPC. If he doesnt find that, I dont think he is going to stick back in the nfl.

What you are missing is the ability to work in the other 6 monthes. You can easily still train as an athlete and work while out of competition. Like Olympians do, like amateur boxers do, many ufc and pro mma fighters, body builders, strong men, etc.

He should try a strategy that gets him more then 2 sacks total after week 3. Hes like joe first half flemming, but instead of the first half of each game hes a monster for the first couple games then MIA.

They do tend to name drop a few here n there. I have mixed feelings about this. As a fan I love to know, I miss the days of open talk about guys on the NL. On the other hand I can see some stupid stuff taking place on social media pushing guys away from up here. I hope im wrong. Feeling bad for some one making 77k in toronto? Nope. Lots of guys in the league are earning less then that. Did he get a signing bonus as well? How much money does he think an IMP rb is gonna get? I dont think any one is gonna give him 200k especially not the way hes acting while under a contract he agreed to. Im glad that right now we arent facing any of this.

Idk, have you only worked in machine shops in the city? Cus ive seen utterly horrific maimings out side the city in accidents. I saw one guy run over by a fork lift in the city (at a very large company no less) Out side the city ive worked at a place some one died in (less then a year before my employ at that location) Ive seen multiple awful finger crushings, (again one of them in the city at said large shop) ive seen a guy crushed under a grain bin (he lived but it was beyond life altering, and nearly fatal) and lots of other various injuries. Football is dangerous, no doubt. All contact sports have danger to em. Idk if say combined games and practices a year of 55 ish is worse then 340 ish of a dangerous job. Little on more dangerous jobs. On one hand football players should get paid very well and im all for them getting what they deserve. On the other hand, guys holding out pisses me off to no end. You signed the contract, you did your job. Now you want to reneg mid stream. Its allways bugged me and maybe allways will.

Sure fans disliked dd, but I think he was well respected. He still wasnt top teir in terms of all time qbs in the cfl. But he was a lot better then the QBing we had most of his time in the cfl. A former high level starter is almost always welcomed as a new back up for depth.

you might be right about our starting line up. But Its probably the smart move in the cfl. Kicking and back up qbing is too important. If this ends up being our big off season get then Im gonna be a bit worried. But I am confident in our scouting. Thats the truth. You can argue him or glenn for better back up. But aside from glenn idk the last time our QBing was soo strong.

Could be the end of davis as well.

I feel very much the same. I hope this move doesnt come at the expense of a starter at another position. That said, last year in MTL he was better then any of our back ups. And MTL was a hot mess. He fits the system, and is familiar with it. Hes the type of vet that can help all the other qbs on the roster. Strange to see him in a bomber uniform? At this point nothing is strange to me. Seen soo many faces of franchise change teams its not a shock any more. This isnt the same darian durant that left the riders. But it isnt the same one that played with an awful team last year. And he doesnt have to be the riders era DD. Its a bit of a toss up between durant and glenn for who the better back up would be. Edge to glenn after last season, but Id rather have dd late in a game then glenn.

with PI as they are you cant expect much better. We do need some better over all db play though. Happy randle will be back.

https://www.bluebombers.com/2017/12/11/bombers-add-three-roster-3/ I dont think its about the number of NIs you have where. I think its about the quality of the starters at the bottom, and the immediate back ups.

I understand the logic here, at the same time walby similarly attached him self to some very underwhelming OL like this in the past. That said The issue with him isnt based on talent. Its consistency, health, and execution. He could back up for another 5-8 years in the league for sure. But if he is ever gonna be more then a below average starter and above average back up hes gotta figure it out quick fast and in a hurry. * some of the guys he has made similar claims about include Jermese jones, and benedict ibisi. Particularly he was very high on jones, they did a pretty good segment on the two and how much they had talked about playing the line.

Randle is a great player. He could very easily end up a HOFer and in the all time great bomber db discussion. Bond is the best OL weve dug up since garrick jones, and even better then him. With the difference in rules between Dbs and OL, I think a single great OL can have a great impact then a DB. Bond is a bit younger, and as rare as his ability is finding that in a man his size is even rarer. Guard is generally consider easier to play then tackle, especially blind side tackle. But playing guard especially in the cfl at such a huge stature is also hard. I dont doubt he could play out side and be great at it. Make it a healthy Mo vs bond or randle vs hardrick and I think you have a very close call.

Thats kind of the nature of reffing. Its like playing OL. 90% of the time you do some thing good or get it done right no one notices. The times you get it wrong or its close, every one notices. The PI rules as they are make our refs look bad. The inconsistency in more severe penalties (stuff that get fines and suspensions) is my biggest problem with the refs.Even that has a lot to do with the league though.

Happy feet can refer to a few things. Some qbs, younger and less experienced guys just need more coaching and training with their foot work. Its also some thing qbs go through some times when going from shotgun to under centre systems and vice versa. Field type can do it too. Going from natural grass to turf or worse the old astro turf can make it really hard on some guys. The foot steps syndrome is some thing else. Thats a mental issue, which is much harder to fix. Some times and in some guys it cant be fixed. What can and cant be fixed is also heavily case sensitive. Some guys naturally are resistant to being taught, others struggle with learning mental/physical aspects, and some are just too used to doing it a certain way. If a guy has had good mechanics in his footwork, and been mentally sound in the pocket, isnt un coachable in general and still not too seasoned you may be able to fix shell shock. A gritty qb whose spent a lot of time with bad OLs may seem a bit un settled in the pocket if he suddenly has a good OL. But a good qb will be able to settle down. Qbs face tons of pressure, both inside and out side them self. 2/3 minute drills, late close games, over time, rivalry games etc. Any qb who makes it to the pro level has at some point shown an ability to recover from hard ship and settle down. Imo, if you have or end up with a qb like this (willy/collaros etc) the only way to know is to put them behind a good line and see if they can settle back down. You will obviously have a better idea case by case the more you know about a specific qb. In general I fully believe its possible. That said, if you do not have a much better OL to protect that battered QB, I dont think putting them behind a bad ol has any chance at all of fixing things. I consider shell shock like a concussion. Its cumulative, and you have to be real careful in bring em back. Many athletes have found huge success at the highest levels only to fall apart mentally long before their physical peak and finish their career much earlier then they would have other wise. Its why sports psychology is a billion dollar industry. This is a good point. When nichols has struggled, especially earlier in his career and in college his throwing motion would lengthen and he'd wind up. When hes relaxed and at his best he just slings it. Dunigan is a guy who over came shellshock imo. Though hes the tough SoaB type so its not surprising.

Quality of performance on the field is not allways directly related to positional coaching, you can also have a guy whose a good positional coach but a poor fit.

Im worried about the potential out come of having bob sapp and gabi get too close together. GL tapping to strikes against a bear. They operate on the palhares fight to the death (of your career) rules.

Assuming poop doesnt get an NFL deal that would be formidable to say the least. The best interior on the DL weve had since brown and fortney probably. I do think thatd be the move. Also westerman coming back to starting on the edge. The end is gonna be real interesting. Ogopogo was a late season monster, and jeffcoat is a beast too.

Pretty different cases. Manziel isnt even at the ray rice level. And art briles? Cmon hes on bill cosbys level of awful. Its not totally reasonable to make sure cfl and domestic violence never appear in a head line. Its not reasonable to do in any sport, or line of work. You can be heavy handed with repeat DV offenders (of which manziel is not) but you can not prevent it from happening. what does sex crimes have to do with manziel? Imo I dont see a sex crime reckoning involving the cfl. If any thing ive allways heard players have a tough time dating or more up here. Gigantic culture shock.

Imo spooner as a rookie was about a year behind suhk chung (as a rookie). So if his off season and camp goes well He could be a guy who is a starts to develop into a good starter type. But it could still easily be a coin flip if he ever plays a regular season game for us. Thats just the nature of NIs. Thats the darned truth. Idk how far back youd have to go to find the last time we had a NI developmental wr who was better.