Mike

We're super deep at corner but if their argument is that we needed a top halfback to either 1) get Bruce Johnson on the bench or 2) get Kevin Fogg some rest, I'd be hard pressed to argue with either statement I mean, who do we have after Fogg and Johnson that can play halfback? Meanwhile, we could field two sets of starting corners.

Randle for Carter would be trading one of the best leaders in our locker room for one of the dumbest athletes in North America. No thank you.

Roosevelt in Toronto makes by far the most sense.

I can't deny it, he's really made strides in that area. I remember "bad body language" Nichols and that guy is all but gone.

When Walters took over, here was our Canadian situation RB/FB: Volny, Fitzgerald, Pontbriand REC: Foster, Kohlert, Etienne, Poblah, Watson, Carter OL: Greaves, Kowalczuk, Morley, Pencer, Neufeld, Sorensen, Swiston, Paliwoda DL: Thomas, Lucas, Boulay LB: Muamba, Labbe, Dubuisson, Stephan DB: Muamba, Sherman, West Fast forward three years: Literally 3 or 4 legitimate starting caliber players on that list. I can now safely say we probably have about 13 Canadians on our team who, while they may not all be full time starting quality, are good enough that I wouldn't worry if they were atop the depth charts. Harris, Chungh, Goossen, Kohlert, Feoli-Gudino, Westerman, Shologan, Thomas, Corney, Waggoner, Hurl, Loffler, Jones There isn't a guy on that list who I'd be worried about if they were starting / had to start in a pinch for us.

Waggoner also rotates in on several defensive packages. Just because he's not a "starter" doesn't mean he's not contributing. He plays plenty and he does a good job.

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I have to be honest, I think it's you who is exaggerating. Using "easily over 50%" as your benchmark is a dead giveaway. Off the top of my head, I can think of three awful throws last game alone without even looking at the game again. The catch by Dressler, the catch by JFG and a throw Nichols skipped into the dirt on a screen play on 2nd down. Those were all bad throws. It's okay to be supportive of Nichols and still be critical of him if it's fair. The criticism I'm giving him is pretty fair.

errr ... that isn't really true.

It's pretty obvious Willy isn't as bad of a quarterback as some think. We wouldn't have gotten the return we did for him if he lacked talent the way some of the members here have suggested.

Calling those drops is a bit of a stretch, but I agree his receivers haven't always helped him out. That being said, Dressler has also done a lot of work in the opposite direction by fighting to make plays out of poor throws by Nichols. On the deep ball towards the north end zone (I forget what quarter) on Saturday, Dressler turned a horrible throw into a 40 yard gain. It's give and take of course, but the eye test simply doesn't tell me that Nichols is a GREAT quarterback. He's doing just enough to help us win, but our defense would be the reason we go deep this year if there ends up being one. Perhaps once Nichols gets Adams back, something can change with regards to our offensive production. Adams is a big weapon to have in the lineup and should make a difference for us.

I do appreciate and agree with this, but it's not unfair to suggest that if he'd show up earlier in games, he wouldn't need these last minute drives.

His bad throws have been few and far between. Unfortunately, so have his good throws recently. His decision making isn't something I can knock, but his execution lately has been poor. 6 touchdown tosses in 6 games with the opportunities he has been afforded isn't going to be a winning result for us if it continues moving forward.

In terms of results, you're definitely correct. But you can bet that our coaching staff doesn't just grade performance on results. A bad throw is a bad throw whether the result of it was bad or not.

Drew both Fantuz and Tasker depending on the alignment.

Agreed in principle, I would imagine. I think you're right.

Maybe someone fell asleep on his shoulder on the plane.

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That was my point, I was mostly directing it at those who think Willy can give Toronto some kind of advantage.

people aren't forgetting that Heath can share intel too, are they?

I wouldn't say changing your mind always means a mistake.

No contract in the CFL is ever a major mistake.

Macho is good to go. That should tell you everything.

Man he really loves the juice

Am I the only one who noticed Couture wearing 70 last game? It was a jersey with his name on it too. He has one of each. That must get annoying.