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They talk about it a lot, but it is impressive that the Ricky Ray pipeline in T.O. churned out Collaros, Harris, Fajardo & MBT. I like the looks of the 2 we have brought in behind The Chad too. Seems probable that Dukes has a future in our league, I wouldn't put it past Scott either. He looks to be a player.

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That's because you've never come down from a high like this before you hit bottom.

Having done my rewatch of the game, and being able to see things on TV that I didn't quite pick up live. I have a slightly more nuanced view of the Alouettes now. Player for player, athlete for athlete, physicality versus physicality they aren't better than us. We might even be better than them. We had some holes in our game last night and we made some mistakes which they jumped all over. Good teams always do this. And right now the Montreal Alouettes are executing damn near flawless football. They are a machine. Credit to the coaches, the captains and the players as a group of professionals. They went out there with a game plan and carried it out. And it was put into effect ruthlessly. They are obviously the team to beat this year. And to the Cody haters, It's only going to get worse for you.

If there are still people in denial over Fajardo and his Als, they need to step back and have another look.

Beaten on offence, defence, teams, X's and O's, discipline... They kicked our butt. I'd be concerned if this wasn't June and our team was in full health and playing to its best level. But this isn't anywhere near our best. We may hand these guys a whooping yet.

Didn't know if that was coming across on tv. Every time he literally gets touched he does the hands to the sky cry to the ref thing.

Dukes looks over amped. Not cool and collected like he has been. K'DC hits the hole at 100mph. Jordan Williams (the new one) is a lot. Robbie Smith's first step is elite. Sankey is everywhere. Fajardo never misses. Anyone who copied my Philpot lock pick owes me a beer.

I appreciate the confidence that 7 of you are showing in the Boatmen and we are a tough team to beat on the natural grass of BMO... But we are very banged up for a week 4 matchup and having already had a bye week. Both Tackles are questionable and we don't have any identifiable backups aside from the veteran Canadian Landon Rice who we just brought in this week. Ciraco is also out. Brinkman is questionable. Ka'Deem is questionable. Brissett is out. Daniels, Ungerer, Mital and Flo Orimalade are on the 6 game... I'm not seeing it this week. Especially with our new defence exposing our rookie corners that have no backups and we've 2 less days to prepare than the Als. EDIT: and who are the 4 of you who are taking 0-3 Edmonton going cross-country on a short week to play in BC? Did you tap your screen on the wrong circle by accident?

Yeah, played well and now appears listed on the PR. No idea. Maybe Herslow got his spot?

It's only week 3, but Qb efficiency is off the scale so far this year. Usually it's the defences that start strong.

More concerned over us having 2 rookies at corner and NO BACKUPS. So when Benjie Franklin was getting killed by MacBeth, we couldn't even sit him to let him watch and figure it out. And let's be fair, Cody's next bad outing this season will be his first one.

AFAIK, his big lump sum was already paid, so hypothetically, dropping him would be after this season... and the Argos end up with a net savings. But Dukes needs to keep this up for awhile yet before that'd become a reality (or even a possibility). I'm not fussed over it because: i) Like I had said, it's a great problem to potentially have, and ii) I'm more concerned about Montreal and whether or not there's any way that we can stop Fajardo from ritualistically sacrificing our rookie cornerbacks this Friday.

Philpot. I've seen nothing from our pass defence that gives me any confidence that we can keep him out of the End Zone.

You mistake me good Sir. If The Duke of York plays well enough for the Scullers to lay out that sort of cabbage, it will be an either-or proposition.

Frontline CFL QB money is $400k+ Nailed-on star CFL QB money is $600k No reason to expect that the Argos couldn't or wouldn't do that when it makes sense.

If Dukes can maintain this level of play, it'll be an awful nice problem to have.

Grant and Haggerty flipped the field for us. I saw someone around here opine that he looked like he'd lost a step... I've seen him in camp, practice and games... That guy's speed just jumps at you. Astonishing.

Go to the game. Win or lose that's your club. You've stuck by them through worse when they had no hope. This year, they may actually pull their heads out and be a veteran team that comes together for a late run. As for the 18 time Champions: our rookies at corner are getting torched. And until they figure it out, we literally have no backups for them on the depth chart. This is a big issue. Great athletes... But MBT (who we have to say can still zip that ball) took advantage of them all night. Edit to add: I'd be remiss if I didn't give laurels to Cameron Dukes. 18/21 and two of those weren't misses, they were throwaways. And he's a murderer in the Red Zone.

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I know what you're saying Mike, but... We excellent depth at defensive tackle. We have zero depth at corner and at OT. Right now if we had someone go down in those positions we'd be taking someone already on our depth chart and sliding them over. Sometimes you've just got to churn the roster.

Honestly, from a roster standpoint we need a Corner or OT way more than we need DT depth. I reckon that's where Oak's salary goes. It hurts a bit, but you make the smart choices, not the ones that feel good.

Or Hamilton.

My guess is that his replacement got sacks against BC.

I was pretty sure that we brought him in last year before the season so that'd mean he was due for free agency after this year? (Hence my earlier comment about hating to see him in Black and Yellow next season)