voodoochylde

In the OP it said Picard was sick today.Yes I know. Your point? It's not surprising that with Picard sick they would need another guy snapping the ball and that Neufeld would be that guy. What's with your snarky comments lately Jacquie? I was just stating a fact, that Neufeld was playing centre in practice. It's a notable development, even if Picard was sick. yep, Jacquie is the one being "snarky" I, for one, think it's notable considering how Goosen is waiting in the wings ..

Political discussion moved to General .. happy posting boys!

There's a reason he's the second highest rated quarterback in the league so far this year (119.6 - trailing only Harris who sits at 121.5) - he's playing smart football. And, to be fair, Willy was playing like this last year as well (before he got hurt) .. he's only going to get better the more he plays.

Odds of success are probably less than 50% I would think. On TSN they said the 2 point conversion was running around I believe 77 percent. Teams are hesitant to go for two but I think once we start seeing more success with the two point conversion and 1 point converts missed. (hello Winnipeg) we'll start to see a shift in mind set when it comes to going for two. When more teams start doing it that % will probably go down. 77% doesn't seem like a sustainable rate. Actually, I think what they said during the game was that 1pt attempts were being coverted at a rate of 78% .. Through four weeks the stats are as follows: 1 point attempts: 48 / 60 for an 80% conversion rate. 2 point attempts: 15/22 for a 68.2% conversion rate.

That defensive line though ...

We should add 'killshot' somewhere in there Every time he says "kill shot" .. finish your drink.

Ottawa got hosed on that last roughing the passer. If that's a penalty ...

Would love to see Ottawa take this tonight but that offence isn't helping matters.

First and foremost, I hope that they don't allow Cornish to get on a roll. If the Stamps get him going early it's going to be a long day in Calgary. I'm hoping that either one of Harlan or Collins can be that anchor on the defensive line, a guy that commands double teams and allows our inside backer to flow freely (I don't find Hurl gets off / defends blocks particularly well and he's not a guy who can afford to lose a step). I won't be surprised if you see Hall testing that offensive line early .. With respect to our offense .. I'm hoping the interior three play a better game .. especially Greaves (95 from MTL put him on his back more than once last game).

If it makes people pause .. makes people think twice about taking liberties with our players .. slows someone down for just a second .. and doesn't hurt OUR team .. then I have no issues with it at all.

Calgary depth chart and notes: http://cfl.uploads.mrx.ca/cgy/downloads/downloads/2015/07/150718-RD-vsWpg2015071124.pdf

Depth chart up. http://cfl.uploads.mrx.ca/wpg/pdf/depth/2015/Depth_at_Calgary073304.pdf

Ask Calgary. I think he was simply being facetious.

He was suspending by the Cats for not showing up to camp or having any sort of contact with the organization for those three months .. ultimately an independent arbiter found that the contract was legal and binding (though a judge later found that Williams was not legally bound by the terms of his contract) .. the CFL was going to appeal the decision but the Cats and Williams reached an agreement to let him explore NFL opportunities .. if he wanted to play in either 2013-14 he had to play for the Cats .. that was their agreement. So yes, he was allowed to take a shot down south but he had agreed to come back and play out the original term of his contract in Hamilton (meaning his contract tolled while he was exploring his opportunities - he could have realistically sat at home under the guise of exploring NFL interest and not reported back to the CFL for those years). "Off season" is simply a poor choice of words on my part.

Well .. technically he won .. he and the Tigercats reached an agreement that he would be allowed to explore NFL opportunities that offseason and that if he wanted to play in the CFL in either 2013-14 he would do so in Hamilton.

Maybe I'm missing something here, but why in the world would Hervey have to prove anything. A contract was offered and accepted. If the player wants a 1+1 then the player should demand it and refuse to accept the offer on the table. Yeah I don't understand that either. Is there anyone who can explain the reasoning behind that? If Edmonton only offers 2+1 shouldn't it be up to the player and his representation to say "I want a 1+1 contract? I suspect Hervey told him he couldn't offer the 1 plus 1 and that is the heart of the issue. Wasn't that the driving force between whatshisname and the tiger cats when he alleged the same thing, that Austin hadn't offered him the 1 plus 1? I could be out to lunch here. Williams fought the same thing while he was with the Cats.

Maybe I'm missing something here, but why in the world would Hervey have to prove anything. A contract was offered and accepted. If the player wants a 1+1 then the player should demand it and refuse to accept the offer on the table. It's just the process as I understand it (and as it was reported).

Thanks for taking one for the team! ;-)

McCoil filed a grievance with the CFLPA alleging that the Eskimos didn't offer him a 1+1 (which would allow him to pursue NFL interests after this season) .. says was only given a 2+1 ,, Hervey now needs to prove that a 1+1 was offered and that McCoil refused it.

Hervey is in a bit of hot water with respect the the McCoil contract situation .. not speaking to media after practice today.

And yet .. Willy *HAS* been spreading the ball around a fair bit. Game one: 7 different players with receptions Game two (between Brohm and Willy) 6 different players with receptions Game three: 6 different players with receptions Willy is going to go where his reads take him .. based on what the defense gives him .. based on the play call ..

To think I used to defend him... Welcome back to the board ISO.

Friesen isn't paid to be a sportswriter .. he's paid to be an opinionated mouth piece.

Agreed. I mean they have it in curling with Hog line infractions. How someone hasn't figured out how to put the technology into other sports yet it strange. The only thing with something like a laser is you can break it with your foot and not the ball (See the reply ) I can see in hockey, them installing the same technology into the puck as they have in curling and once it crosses a certain line it lights up. Would take a lot of guess work off the refs. Not sure how they would do that with a football. But if there are any inventors out there that want my idea I want a 30% royalty The technology for curling is a bit different as it simply records if the players hand is still on the handle of the rock as it crosses the hog line. Where do you put the sensor in the football? The ball only needs to touch the goal line for it to be in, you would have to make the entire football able to become a sensor and that seems like a near impossible task. The solution to me is to accept that there will be human error in the officiating and just deal with it. Ditch all the reviews and just let the refs do their job and hold them to a standard FIFA has a few different "approved" goal line systems and I'm sure they'd be easily (relatively speak) adopted to football .. that said, you'd likely see it in the NFL long before it was adopted by the CFL .. interesting little overview of how that stuff works: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/16/world-cup-goalline-technology-football-brazil-2014 Most of those are still camera based and won't work as well in football, and one of the magnetic ones requires the frame of the goal to use it. I suspect the cost for the one that might work for football is prohibitively expensive for a league such as the CFL. We just need to stop pretending that there is a solution to take human error out of the officiating and accept that mistakes will be made. I have no evidence to back it up but I would suggest that the quality of officiating is lower since replay was introduced simply because the refs are using replay as a crutch. Doesn't matter if they make a poor judgement, replay will catch it. It's why I suggested it would likely be adopted by the NFL first (even if it was feasible) .. the cost to develop, test and implement such a system is way outside the realm of what's reasonable for the CFL.

I think a later start time is all that's needed .. speaking as a guy with a family .. it's hard to make it home from work, get the kids .. get ready to roll and then make the stadium for a 6pm game .. and I live close by. If the team was doing well .. and the stadium was selling out (increasing traffic) .. I can only imagine it being that much harder to make kick off.