Mike

Really bummed about Tuinei and Brown. Starting to look like we failed in DE recruiting again this year, which is incredibly disappointing.

I highly doubt that another game's worth of reps would have hurt him in any way. If anything I believe it would have helped him grow. Hindsight doesn't mean anything. Having a pro rookie as your number 2 QB behind a guy in his first year as a starter would've been lunacy.

The cuts could have been decided on soon after the first game. The only reason to keep practising the guys you're going to cut in just in case a player ahead of them on the depth chart gets injured. Even if that happened, do you really want to keep a player you were willing to cut in the first set of cuts? No one's played themselves on or off the team since the game. The players on the bubble have waited 5 long days and nights to find out if they still have jobs next week. They've practised as hard as they can this week hoping that will be enough to get another chance. Now they get one more uncomfortable day/night jumping every time there's a knock on the door. More maybe's? Really? Can't get hold of them by phone tonight? In this day and age. Weak argument at best. Stupid argument at worst. Weren't you one of the guys who said a voice mail was an OK way to cut a player last year anyway? (I don't agree BTW) Assuming the decision's have been made, they could have told the players to come to the office after practise today and told them in person before announcing it. Is tonight a night off for the players? Red herring unless it's true. Final call on the number they have to cut? Today? Really? They've known since before TC how many players they have to cut today. Waiting on the Doctor's? To tell them what? No 1 game IR at this time of the year IIRC. Anyone hurt badly enough to 6 game them? I'd think they'd already know if that's even a possibility. Still arguing who should be cut? At this late date. Those decisions should already have been made. Keep bathing in your ignorance and keep making excuses based on 'What if's' that no one can prove or disprove. Obviously you missed my point about the injuries, which is less than surprising given your fondness for not actually doing any research before you provide your take on things, but while there is no 1 game IR at this time of year, it's fair game to place injured players on the suspended list (as Hamilton has already done, for example)

For a guy who LOVES Marve so dearly, you sure are willing to put his career on the path to failure if you think it would have been intelligent for him to be the backup last year as a pro rookie.

The thing is, you don't know whether our management is indecisive or not. You're acting as if because the announcement hasn't been made, the cuts have not been decided upon. There are literally a million things that could impact this decision and it's incredibly ignorant of you to be so easily dismissive of pretty much all of them. Maybe they're still trying to get a final call on how many people they need to cut. Things like injuries that could land a player on the suspended list impact how many cuts we need to make, maybe there were players meeting with the medical staff today and they're waiting on doctors. Maybe today was a scheduled evening off for the players and they're not counting on being able to reach every single guy they're cutting by phone. Maybe O'Shea or Walters don't see the point in having to be available to the media on a Sunday evening, so they're waiting until the morning to be nice to sports reporters (I hope this isn't it) who now won't have to piece together an article at last minute for the Monday paper. Instead of considering any of that, you're much more content to just bathe in your ignorance and sing your song of "well they haven't told the whole world yet, they must not know what they're doing" Give me a break.

You just prefer to whine. Pick your battles man, who the **** cares when we announce our cuts?

Mark my words ... BC is in trouble this year.

Didier Ornejuste thinks Sam is gone permanently.

Imagine that, you're not a fan of an evaluation that basically tears apart your entire bias towards Marve. And this number you came up with? What is the point of that? It honestly means nothing. It means that Marve is effective at moving the offense. No. It doesn't. In your mind, maybe. In reality, not even close to what it means.

Imagine that, you're not a fan of an evaluation that basically tears apart your entire bias towards Marve. And this number you came up with? What is the point of that? It honestly means nothing.

Why so much extrapolation of incredibly small bodies of work? Do we really think decisions should be based off of 10 snaps? It's never as simple as "Marve scored a TD, Portis didn't" and while I prefer Marve easily over Portis, there's an entire further depth of reasoning as to why. Yes, Marve is exciting. No, that's really not all that important. Yes, he has shown to be capable of making something out of nothing. Unfortunately, he has not proven himself capable of taking something given to him. He hasn't shown the ability to make throws at a high level of consistency from the pocket. But he seems like he is aware of it and is going to take steps to head in the right direction with that aspect of his game. Yes, he has put points on the board in awkward situations. No, that's not going to continue once teams start to gather film on him and are able to prepare for what he brings to the table. Not until his work from inside the pocket improves. Fact is we're looking at it and trying to argue 4 of 9 vs 6 of 8 and that's not what the debate is at all. What was their process? How was their footwork? Regardless of an incompletion or a completion, was it the right throw to make? A nice throw? Did they read the coverage properly? Are you confident that they make the best play at a higher frequency than their competition? It's not as simple as "two touchdowns is better than two field goals" - granted it is, but how was each scenario achieved? What happens if an Argo safety blew a coverage on one of Marve's plays and Brohm had drives stall because of missed assignments by his receivers? It's never just about evaluating the results in training camp - the coaches are going to evaluate the process. I'm confidently of the mind that Marve stays over Portis, but I'm not sold on him over Brohm yet because the simple fact is he's likely not able to be as good of a fit within our offensive scheme until he shows more progress in the pocket. He needs to be able to produce without being on the run so that he can be MORE productive going forward when he IS on the run. Otherwise, he'll quickly become an easily defended one trick pony.

Also hoping they thin the roster a bit more by the end of the weekend and don't just hide guys on the IR. I would like to see a far more defined roster by the time we kickoff next week.

Really surprised they cut Allen and Lamar, thought they both did well in game 1. Even more surprised Patrick Hall is still on the team, though.

Comments like this make me wonder if people often forget that this is a guy's career we're talking about.

Awesome.

I'm hopeful. Our line has some solid road grading lineman that know how to run block now. Chungh seems to be capable of being an adequate run blocking lineman if Neufeld can't go, definitely more suited to that than pass pro in the early stages of his pro career. Picard has made his mark in the CFL as a run blocking beast. Bryant is just an all around awesome lineman. ... I'm hopeful.

The roster currently has 85 people on it. Yeah, you're right my sheet is wrong. Anyways, I figured some guys will go to the IR like - Stoudermire, Neufeld, Dile and West (what's the deal with him?) So my list would be RB Randle (or RB Scott) FB Cronk (or FB Fritz) DB Hall DB Kearney DB Franks LB Taylor There. That'd be a lot of money to put on the 1 game IR right off the bat.

I don't think anyone is going to get much out of the stream for RB performance. It'll all be about how they grade out on film with following their blocks, pass protection, who followed their assignments to a tee. One or two carries a guy isn't going to teach them much at all, especially behind a revolving door OL.

The roster currently has 85 people on it.

Could also be Cronk instead of Fitz if they view him as less versatile.

Sounds like the Bombers need to make between 8-10 cuts by Monday to get down to the 65 man limit. Not sure of how many counters they currently have, but it's at least 73 and seems to be no more than 75 if I have it right - which I'm not sure I do. I'm also not sure they can hide people on the 1 game IR yet so anyone being hidden would have to go on the suspended list (which I guess is the same thing right now) or the 6 game IR. If I had to guess right now ... DB Patrick Hall RB Bradley Randle DB Vernon Kearney LB Dominique Franks LB Curtis Taylor OL Corey Lewis P Anthony Santella WR Justin Veltung WR Ezra Millington FB Carl Fitzgerald I'd imagine these are a few of the prime candidates. Thoughts?

Impossible to rank Anderson that high ... he had ONE carry as a running back, we haven't seen anywhere near enough work. However, the return game is where he created value for himself. I don't think he's at the bottom anymore, he's put his name in the discussion. But now he at least deserves another opportunity against Hamilton, in my opinion.

So TB ... I'm curious if you're still going to stick to your opinion given that Carlos Anderson would've likely been one of the guys they wouldn't have brought if it was up to you. He was probably the 4th or 5th RB going into the game and now where does he rank? What about as a return specialist? THAT is why you bring everyone and give them a shot.

Shaq Richardson was very solid, Allen had good numbers but a lot of them were compiled late in the game. Johnny Adams seems to be who we thought he was. Patrick Hall was awful, Curtis Taylor (Curtis? I forget) was forgettable, Tony Burnett was ... just there. Wasn't thrilled with the pressure from the DL at all - looks like another season in the making for Greg Peach potentially. I liked Carlos Anderson, but he was really only what I'd call the best of a bad bunch at the tail back spot. Didn't really get much of a chance to get going though, so let's hope it was a bad day. Offense was really hard to evaluate, but OL looked strong. Especially Chungh and Goossen.

He's definitely ... dedicated. lol