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  1. Jade Etienne & Brandon Stewart

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    Too many people hated on Jade simply because they wanted him to play to their expectations of a fourth overall pick instead of simply playing like a capable member of our roster.

     

    Nope.  I hated on him because he couldn't play as a capable member of our roster, whether or not he was getting reps as a receiver.  I knew he wouldn't be able to live up to his draft slot as a Blue Bomber, and I knew that by the time he was even an average player he'd be at the end of his lifespan as a Blue Bomber, so even if he ends up being a good player, he's not a good player for us.  It's pretty easy to tell the guys that are receivers in CIS, and the guys like Parker and Etienne who just blow by inferior athletes but don't have enough game to be useful pros.  To Etienne's credit, he has come a lot farther than Parker has in that respect, but he'll always lose when he has to battle to gain leverage on DB's.

     

    Regardless of what Etienne does in Saskatchewan, just a horrendous draft pick for the Bombers.  At least it only cost us Jyles.

     

     

    Never would have included you in my statement, you've always had a reasonable and respectable opinion on the issue.

  6. Do You Get The Feeling...

    in Blue Bomber Discussion

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    Some of you sure have some bizarre expectations. This was a press conference to introduce our new starting QB and you want them to provide an honest answer on whether or not he was their first choice or not?

     

    "We'd like to introduce our new STARTING quarterback, Drew Willy! He wasn't our first or second choice but hey, he was available!"

     

    And suggesting that because they're interested in upgrading the QB stable, they don't feel confident in Willy?

     

    Very interesting reaches by some of you.

  7. Taman comments on Willy/Etienne trade

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    Jay Detain.....the guy we just traded.

    Oh ok. I guess that's supposed to be funny.

     

     

    You must be fun at parties.

     

    Jay Detain is funny because that's what the close captioning on IGF interprets his name as. Same with Rory Dough Alert. And Demons Washing Ham.

     

     

    I can't wait to see what the captioning comes up with for Lirim Hajrallahu next season!

     

     

    The scoreboard is just going to implode.

  12. Would DW be more exciting if not for ZC?

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    Just a question that I was pondering last night ...

     

    If it wasn't for Collaros, would Drew Willy be more of a headline signing? I get that he's still viewed as the guy going forward and I get that we're all still excited, but there's still that air of "but he's not Collaros" to the whole thing and I just have to wonder if more of us would view Willy as a legitimate option for the future if not for missing on the Collaros sweepstakes.

     

    I remember how excited we all were about Reilly last year.

     

    Reilly in 2012

     

    REILLY, M 2012 BC 52 75 69.3 682 56 4 5.3 2 2.7 104.4

     

    REILLY, M 2012-10-19 BC EDM 28 19 67.9 276 47 2 7.1 1 3.6 108.6

    REILLY, M 2012-10-26 BC CGY 26 19 73.1 261 56 2 7.7 0 0.0 130.5

    REILLY, M 2012-11-03 BC SSK 13 9 69.2 101 21 0 0.0 0 0.0 92.2

     

    75 pass attempts, 52 completions for a near 70% completion rate and almost 700 yards.

     

    Three games with decent sample size.

     

    Willy in 2012/2013

     

    WILLY, D 2012 SSK 69 95 72.6 709 43 5 5.3 4 4.2 93.7

    WILLY, D 2013 SSK 32 52 61.5 473 45 4 7.7 1 1.92 108.9

     

     

    WILLY, D 2012-09-09 SSK WPG 23 17 73.9 188 33 1 4.3 1 4.3 94.1

    WILLY, D 2012-09-16 SSK MTL 34 22 64.7 225 33 1 2.9 2 5.9 68.9

     

    WILLY, D 2013-07-27 SSK HAM 25 14 56.0 269 45 3 12.0 0 0.0 133.6

    WILLY, D 2013-11-02 SSK EDM 22 15 68.2 157 26 1 4.5 1 4.5 84.9

     

    Four games with a decent sample size for Willy and they end up comparing fairly.

     

    Seems like Drew is more experienced than Reilly was when we were so enamored with him last year and considering I was a huge Reilly booster, it makes me wonder why I don't get as excited about Willy. Saskatchewan stink? Because he comes across as option B?

     

    Nothing is guaranteed. Reilly wasn't. Collaros isn't. Willy isn't. But after thinking about it, I'm just not sure why I'm not as excited about Willy as I was about the other two. I mean really, I saw what he could do when he tore us a new one in the Banjo Bowl. We know he's capable. So what is it?

  15. Bombers trade Etienne for Drew Willy, extend Willy

    in Blue Bomber Discussion

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    Glad Walters made the deal for Willy - finally we have a young QB who can seriously challenge for the starting QB position.  Won't be as good as Reilly , but he has the opportunity to be a good QB.

     

    We shouldn't be satisfied with just this signing though.  If Glenn is unavailable and Walters senses that Desjardins won't cut him prior to or during training camp, he needs to get out there and get another QB with some experience - Nichols should be the first choice, followed by Crompton.  Heck, I would take Porter over Goltz coming back at this point.  He can run and provide first down conversions just as well as Goltz and he has actually had a few decent passing games unlike Goltz.

     

    Glad Etienne is done.  It's Possible that he might put up some respectable numbers in Sasky (maybe some 300 yard seasons), but somehow I doubt he lasts more than a couple years before his career is over. 

     

    It's interesting that one of the biggest jade supporters over the years is absent from this thread... 

     

    Curious who you're talking about because my first thought is that it's me and I haven't been absent.

     

    I'm actually bummed to see Jade go.

  19. Miller gets the big picture

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    I could see Walters making offers to Matt Carter and/or Mike Bradwell.  Both have been in the league for a while now.

     

    Seriously?  That's bottom of the barrel, man...  why not bring back Hargs instead?

     

     

    Not every signing has to be one worth putting a front page headline on.

     

     

    They can't all be Baboulas.

     

     

    I know right? It's so inconsistent.

     

    In one thread, he's bemoaning our lack of participation in the heated Baboulas sweepstakes and in another, he's complaining that we might be interested in Mike Bradwell.

  24. 2014 Ratio

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    Strange that after so many years of hoping for a 4 NI line, it might happen.  Also strange that I'm disappointed we won't see Jarvis Jones.

     

    Why wouldn't we see him?

     

     

    You think he will beat out January...?  I would think January is pretty much a lock just due to his experience...

     

     

    I think if he's good enough, he will.

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