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No. An import backing up a NI (Or a global if that ever happens), can replace anyone. They aren't a DI. They don't have to play special teams.

You'll argue with me about anything won't you?

The joke ran it's course a while back. More like beating a dead horse now.

If only there were more threads so this kind of stuff wouldn't get lost in a mega-thread.

Strange that the club didn't announce Fokketti's absence. I checked the transactions and he was transferred to injured vet back on May 15. I don't understand why he wasn't suspended for not showing up unless the team is holding a spot for him, should he want to return.

Refused to drink the kool aid? 🤣

My vote is for more threads. Megathreads are OK in the off-season when there isn't much going on, but get in the way once the season starts IMO.

Hope you're right.

Maybe the 1s won't be playing at all in the first game.

Last year. We need to do it again this year because 1 playoff win in 6 or 7 years isn't enough.

They've got to make the playoffs and win a playoff game. If they don't accomplish that, then we really need to look at replacing MOS.

Anyone have any idea if they are just resting Harris and Neuf or if there is some type of injury problem?

I agree with most of if, but Collaros is the worst QB in the west.

Hall had a good season last year. Nichols didn't.

Would we tho? Would Streveler have won less games?

I wrote what I wrote and you read what you wanted to so you could start another useless argument.

Gaiter/Fenner is great competition. Last year Gaiter came out on top.

I chose them just fine. You chose to add additional meaning that wasn't there, so you could argue against a point I wasn't even making. Nichols should play this year cuz he won games in the past? Are you suggesting that Streveler wouldn't have won most of the same games that Nichols did last year? I remember Nichols being a big difference maker in one of his wins last year and a big difference maker in a bad way in two of his losses. Wins are a team stat. I never suggested yanking Nichols or any other vet at the first sign of trouble. Players confidence shouldn't get destroyed because the coach didn't let him play when he isn't playing well. That should motivate him to play better. GTFO about perfection. It's not about perfection. No one is perfect. It's about competition and letting the best players play. If Davis and LeFevour were still the backups, we wouldn't even be having this discussion. Nichols was clearly better than they were, but I don't think he was clearly better than Streveler last year. If Nichols gets back to 2017 form, then he clearly beats Streveler and should get the starting job. If he maintains that level, he should clearly get all the starts until the last game of the season, assuming we don't need the win. If he's at his 2018 level again, he shouldn't get a ton of rope based on past successes, but based on our coaches he will.

It happens every year. Vets who are more expensive than they are worth and vets who are owed bigish bonuses get cut before camp. Toronto didn't sign an expensive QB either. It's just the way things are.

What I actually said was it's not the fans decision and for better our worse, OUR coaches give vet players the benefit of the doubt. 'That guy used to be good in 2017' is a lousy reason to give a player the benefit of the doubt. Football is a what can you do for me now profession.

And.... another thing I didn't say. FTR: It's not about how many games he won in the past. It's about how well he is playing right now and if Streveler is playing as well or better.

Nichols gets 'a ton of rope' because it's the coaches, not the fans who decide if he gets pulled or not. Right or wrong, our coaches have proven time and time again that they will give vets the benefit of any doubt.

The NI QB is only counted as an NI IF he starts so no... you don't get an additional DI. You do get an additional import if you have a starting NI QB.

You guys never fail to make me laugh. I outlined our off season changes. I didn't say the sky is falling or that everything is the worst or that the only team we can beat will be Montreal. I didn't make any comment at all about where I think we'll end up this year. I didn't compare our team to any other teams, because the post was just about our off season changes. How well teams react to their off season changes will in a large part define their seasons. We're not Calgary no matter how much folks want to make that comparison. We won't be until we can prove A: that we can win the west then the Grey Cup and B: that we can replace our all stars with our backups without losing a step. MAYBE that happens this year. LIKELY not. I'm not alone in thinking that Eli, Desjarlais and Gray have valid shots at starting this year. All of them are rookies. (No... NFL practise time and a couple of games last year don't make Gray a sophomore.) I called Wild, Leggett and Fogg vet backups, not hard to replace starters. We'll likely miss their leadership tho. I didn't suggest that every player we lost was playing at their peak, but I believe that our 2 NI OL were. I don't think Foketi is a projected starter. He's insurance in case we don't have a starter ready NI OL. If we play him we have to play 3 NI receivers or start a NI DL to go along with our NI safety. The all star starters we drafted over 5 years are gone. Woli is the only NI starter from last year that Walters drafted. 3 more draftees will get a starting spot this year. None will have to beat out a vet starter. Jefferson and Matthews are known upgrades. Rose takes Randles spot. We'll see if he's an upgrade or not, but I don't think he is. I didn't mention Streveler cuz he's not a change from last year. Unless Nichols gets injured or really really really sucks for 3 or 4 games in a row, we won't see much of Streveler anyway. Personally, I'd rather have Streveler as the starter but I know that ain't happening. I don't see Nichols getting his 2017 form back behind a reworked O line that won't give him as much time to make his decisions and who will be fooled by defences way more than the guys they replaced. I expect a lot of throwaways. I'm not the one who says I told you so. I leave that to the cheerleaders around here.