Mike

No, you are not.

Realistically, this is what we’re gonna be this year. When our O looks good, we’ll be fine. When they don’t, we’re going to need big plays in other areas because our D is too old and slow. Half of our regular defenders look absolutely cooked.

Old defensive players looking old, go figure. Coaching questionable, go figure. Alexander about to be on milk cartons

And the talk that Chad Kelly isn't known is wild. The guy was on Pardon My Take somehow. I don't know why, but he's got a following in the US. I can't say I understand why he's so popular, but he's got that Manziel-ish following to him. Everyone loves a trainwreck, I guess.

FWIW I never claimed the league's plan is a good plan. But it's very obvious that it's their plan.

It's not a contrarian point of view, it's just reality. It's not even about Toronto, although that is one angle (not one I really care about though) The reality of the situation is this. Nobody in the CFL HQ gives a flying **** what you think. Or what I think. We're watching either way. Saskatchewan is watching either way. Edmonton is watching either way. Hamilton is watching either way. Ottawa is watching either way. There are some struggling markets, but more importantly ... those fanbases are already installed. They're trying to grow the game "globally" (really just make inroads into the US and become that secondary option for those viewers) and the best ways to do that are to have a recognizable face and to have a competitive league. Without Kelly, they have neither. This version of the CFL leadership couldn't make a star out of Milt Stegall, hell they probably wouldn't even know what to do with a Patrick Mahomes or a Josh Allen. They need a name brand they didn't create. Chad Kelly (love him or hate him) is that, even though he doesn't deserve it. The other thing is, they desperately need a QB who can compete because if not, it really looks like the league is going to have to bank on Vernon Adams or Matthew Shiltz to be that guy this year otherwise Winnipeg is probably just going to run roughshod over the entire league. That's not fun for new viewers either. so yeah, call me "that guy" if you want but the reality is, their goal isn't to make us feel special. They don't care about us. They care about growth and he's their best shot at it right now.

He's not wrong. You don't have to like it, hell I don't like it .. but he's right.

Starting to feel like almost a degree of overconfidence that they can just scout a street free agent and plug them in without any time in town.

I *think* they can activate McCrae if Brady can’t go .. seems kinda gamesmanship-ish to not just list him though. They made game day changes week 1 and didn’t have a 44 man roster. Honestly not quite sure how this all works.

Honestly mind boggling lol whenever I get a “Brandon has quoted you” notification, I fully expect to just come into the thread and read a paragraph or two arguing something I definitely did not say

Yet again, you go and argue a point nobody is making. JA is great at what he is. What he is is not a bellcow back.

Go back in time and marry a Bomber cheerleader like I did.

No, moreso what it is is that you don’t really understand what you’re presenting as evidence. The reason Augustine shows such a high YPC is because he’s typically been deployed as a guy who gets the “high risk” carries that are going to be home run swings. He’s put out there in positions where he’s either going to bust a chunk play or he’s not, not being asked to grind the hard yards between the tackles as a chain mover. In his two most productive seasons with us, 20-25% of his yardage came on one carry. The evidence you’re using would be the same evidence you’d use to suggest Demski would be an impact RB for us if deployed as such, which is interesting if we call back to the fact that when we HAVE needed to run between the tackles without Brady, those touches actually have strayed away from JA and towards Demski in past years. JA isn’t a bellcow. That’s not a bad thing. He’s just not. I’ll use NFL stats because CFL stats don’t exist anymore - look at the top RBs in YPC last year … not many (arguably any) three down backs in the bunch because that figure is always inflated for the guys who are asked to run almost exclusively off tackle, see low usage or both. But sure, go off with your box scores. Tell me how JA did running between the tackles in the preseason. Spoilers: it was not good

Box score watching at its finest.

Didn’t you love Swaggerville 😂

People who don’t like what Agudosi or Bailey are doing so far this year don’t know what Agudosi or Bailey are supposed to be doing. Agudosi is an over the top, jump ball receiver. Red zone target. Done fine in both of those aspects so far. Bailey is a chain moving, gritty TE in a WR body type dude who is going to make the tough catches, move the sticks and lay some blocks. Done fine in all of those aspects so far. We don’t need 5 Schoen types or 5 Lawler types. We have those guys, we have Demski and we have the rest playing their roles.

I’d really like to see us sign Harelimana

Also, Lawrence sucks tonight big time also, I’m drunk

I’m not a big ref ***** guy but holy **** this is pathetic

At the same time … terrible coaching You play the drive to get a field goal and then … don’t kick a field goal?

No doubt they have a plan, I just don’t really think it’s a very good one.

Way to miss the point entirely

We got rid of all of them

What does that even mean? What cost? The cost of a minimum salary rookie? Nobody is saying go get Lemon as the end all be all. We’re saying put a ******* edge rusher on the practice roster in place of one of the redundant 36 global so we’re actually prepared.

So once Lawson comes back, we can replace Fox with a DE we currently don’t have signed?