Mike

So just out of curiosity ... what's your relation to JV?

I disagree... I think the pass is very much in play with Marve... having Willy makes it 2-dimensional: pass or hand-off... Marve makes it 3-dimensional: hand-off, QB run or pass In theory, sure. But in actuality when Marve has come in the overwhelmingly dominant play is QB cut left or right and try to dive between the guard and the tackle. After that has failed 2 or 3 times it has been hand-off to Marshall. Pass is never his first option (which kind of defeats the purpose of calling him a QB). Even his one attempted pass this year in that scenario was out of a run play on a sprint to the corner goal line which got shut off, and the pass itself?.......Yikes! Far too predictable at this point, and has been that way since the start of last season. Not sure if it a play-calling issue (they don't like the pass game down close) or a personnel issue (either the team or Marve doesn't like/trust his passing ability in that situation, or he and they know he'll abandon his progressions and just look to run at first instance), but Marve has consistently shown he is more comfortable with his feet than with his arm at QB in any situation, much less short yardage, where there have been no surprises as to what play is coming. And other teams appear to be catching on this year. I agree that pass isn't the first (or best) option with Marve... but teams have to respect that he can throw... at the very least it should create more options for the D to consider... Not until he starts doing it, they don't.

Tyrell Sutton

Can you imagine if the roles in this case swapped genders?

I see Ladd's deal coming in at something around 6 years, 39 million.

For all this talk about Denmark, he only has 2 more catches than Adams and Adams has had 3 receptions taken away by penalties.

We already burned our exemption on Neufeld, I believe.

You think they would activate Gordon? I think Veltung might make more sense if Adams can't play this week. I don't know why Veltung would make more sense to some folks, Veltung was hardly a consideration at receiver throughout camp and likely wouldn't even be on the roster if not for the fact Stoudermire AND Carlos Anderson both got hurt - meanwhile, Gordon ran with the 1s and 2s almost all camp. Maybe Veltung is a better game performer than practice performer, that definitely does happen with guys now and then, but Gordon still looked impressive and if he and Willy can get some chemistry, he could be dangerous.

Gordon and Collins could play? I like it.

Kito may be getting a call. He's been tearing up the PIT Football league here.

I was actually going to call in to the coaches show last night to ask this question, but life. Hajrullahu is 4 for 7 on converts this year, clipping along at a rate that is nearly unacceptable. I don't know how much they want to tinker with things, seen as how he's perfect on field goals, but at what point does O'Shea make the call to start going for the two point convert on a regular basis? Here's how the touchdowns we've scored breakdown this year. Week 1 - 1st Q - Winnipeg 7 Saskatchewan 0 (convert good) Week 1 - 2nd Q - Winnipeg 14 Saskatchewan 7 (convert good) Week 1 - 3rd Q - Winnipeg 23 Saskatchewan 23 (2 point convert good) Week 1 - 4th Q - Winnipeg 30 Saskatchewan 26 (convert good) Week 2 - 1st Q - Winnipeg 7 Hamilton 3 (convert NO good) Week 2 - 2nd Q - Hamilton 38 Winnipeg 13 (convert NO good) Week 2 - 4th Q - Hamilton 49 Winnipeg 26 (2 point convert good) Week 3 - 2nd Q - Winnipeg 12 Montreal 3 (convert NO good) Week 3 - 2nd Q - Winnipeg 19 Montreal 10 (convert good) I understand why in some cases (all 3 converts in the SSK game) you would go for the single point. But Lirim is 1 for 4 since then and in nearly every situation, you could've argued it was reasonable to go for the 2 point convert. Let's say we average 3 touchdowns a game (our current average) over the span of the year going forward. Even if we generously boost Lirim's conversion percentage from his current 57% to a fairly level 75% going forward, that would give him a total of 34/45 on single point converts going forward for the rest of the year. If that is the case, all we would need to do is see a 40% conversion rate of the 2 point convert (18/45) for us to actually end up coming out ahead. Obviously this ignores the situational nature of some of those converts and I wouldn't expect O'Shea to not manage the game properly, but with the combination of Cam Marshall and Robert Marve looking so smooth in the 2 point conversion set they've been working, how bad does Lirim have to get before O'Shea elects to go for the 2 on a more regular basis? If he made the commitment to go for 2 every time EXCEPT for when it absolutely made sense to go for 1 (to give a 4 point lead late in a game, etc) I don't think I would be opposed to it ...

That's a lot of moves for a team that is coming off a win.

Hope Swiston does well, I'm rooting for him, he'll get the shot he deserves. Hopefully he goes through some growing pains.

Walters has found a decent list of players, I'd say. Cotton, Marshall, Leggett, Johnson, Adams, Bass, Veltung, Daniels, Marve, Fraser ... all great to decent additions by Walters, but his glaring weakness is that he can't seem to find any receivers, middle linebackers or pass rushers.

The illegal block/holding on punts is among the worst. Calling a minor hold while the ball was in the air 40 yards away from where a guy fielded a return and ran directly out of bounds is nonsense.

Funny because I remember you saying the exact opposite when people used this argument in favor of the Bombers in the year they went 4-14 before going to the Grey Cup the next year.

At least Bass is improving. Hurl makes me want to ...

Give it to Harris pleasssssse

Bass is getting better and the pace that he's doing it at is accelerating.

4:30 am isn't too early, nevermind pm

Seems like a lot of backtracking after all the pot stirring you've done all week. I'm not going to go back and look at everything you said, but you've known all week what you were doing. To say now that you didn't *say* something exactly the way it's being regurgitated is ridiculous, you were making implication after implication after implication and you knew what you were doing then just as you know now.

Matt Dunigan is totally unlike the rest of us. He's got far more knowledge into the subject than anyone here...even you. And yet you all discount the doctor he has partnered with for ThinkFirst. Too funny. Believe what you want to believe. I don't discount what he's saying, but he's got three things working against him in my opinion. 1 - he's a defendant in Arland Bruce's lawsuit - no doubt he's going out of his way to speak up in favor of precaution at all costs while his case is ongoing 2 - he's one of the biggest proponents out there of ridding the world of contact sports altogether - agenda much? 3 - he's never met Drew Willy, let alone had a chance to diagnose him

Eskimos have an unbelievable defensive line. You're bang on.

I wouldn't say Nichols is very good. He's productive, but he's also prone to a ton of mistakes. Very clumsy with the football. Look at the pick 6, look at the fumble where he basically Jameis Winston'd the ball to the defender. Nichols puts up good numbers, but there's a reason that is his first ever CFL win.

Al Bradbury makes me sick. Amazing what his crew looks for as far as OC calls go, but they can't call a head shot on a QB?