johnzo

this is true! Whenever there's football on in the background of a scene that's a rewind-and-frame-by-frame advance scenario for me. Luckily I have a patient spouse...

Picking two of Reaves, Roberts, and Harris is gonna be tricky. All three of those guys could take over a game.

Won't vote for Hardrick as an all-timer but I gotta throw him some love -- that play we run that springs him into the open and gets him downfield on the right side, bulldozing unlucky DBs, that is always so goddamn fun to watch. Love to see a big man turning space into more space.

no way. the league was completely up front about how Manziel's participation had a bunch of contingencies. Reed knew the risks when he pulled the trigger on the worst deal in modern CFL history. That deal is now Reed trading two first rounders and a canuck starter for an import tackle. It's staggering how bad that turned out, and everyone saw it coming but Reed or whoever ordered him to do the deal.

bad spin: good spin:

Gotta be Jovon Johnson. Guy sparked so many rallies during his stretch here ... even during the darkest times there was always hope when he set up for a return.

I wonder why wingers are so obsessed with AOC ... to the point where the FBI just arrested a Coast Guard white supremacist who was making plans to kill her...

A lot of the veteran FA receivers we've signed have not worked out real great for us ... Bowman and Stafford were busts, Smith didn't ever get in a groove, Moore couldn't stay on the field and wasn't really the #1 receiver we needed him to be ... Demski, Dressler, and Adams are the only guys I'd put down as complete wins, and Dressler and Adams have had their own injury struggles.

Bakari Grant is still out there. What's up with this guy? Had a breakout year with the Riders in 2017, yet in 2018 he couldn't get a sniff of the field until the Calgary receiver emergency. Is he toxic?

I've liked Hazelton everywhere I've seen him. Big guy, wins contested catches, moves the chains. I remember when he was like the WR6 for Edmonton and they rolled him out after an injury wave and I was all "how the hell do they have that depth at import receiver?"

hah! I'm getting too old, all the seasons are blending into each other. appreciate the gentle correction bg84. At least the Stampeders didn't win the cup last year. Can't stand to see Dickenson win anything, that guy's not a gracious winner I hear.

I'll always maintain that Coach Jones did a pretty freaking amazing job in 2018, squeezing twelve wins out of a 4-5 win roster. If he'd won COTY, I wouldn't have complained. But Jones the GM, hoo boy, he took a dump in the seed corn and then set it on fire. They're gonna be digging out there for awhile.

I don't think I've ever seen a Bomber who could ignite a rally like Jovon Johnson. Anything good that happened between 2008ish-2012ish, he was usually the guy sparking it.

ZC over Lulay is madness. How many games did Collaros even finish in 2018? Lulay isn't nearly what he used to be but he won some games last year without looking completely busted like Collaros did.

going back to Collaros is almost cruel. It's his business, of course, but all indications are that that guy's head is broken and he needs to be moving on to the next chapter. Good luck to him. I hope he doesn't wind up even more screwed up than he already is.

Manny is done.

If both Matthews and Adams are healthy, where do you line them up? Put em both at wideout, move one to the slot?

I don't think that Argos are particularly hot properties when it comes to endorsements. I think I saw James WIlder hawking insurance once...

Looking forward to Rod Black calling at least four more John Bowman retirement games.

Birmingham. San Antonio. Memphis. hmmm.

Wow, Moosehorn has a 1st Ave S and a 1st Ave N, but no 2nd or up. https://goo.gl/maps/wLBfqW5pkaK2 (when I get bored I just look at places on Google Maps. It's an amazing time we live in.) Think I spotted SF27's heritage house, but not sure.

Comparing modern kickers with pre-2005ish kickers is tricky -- the standards are so much higher now. that said, I'd like to see Medlock in the mix because Kennerd was just barely an average kicker even by the lower standards of his day. Westwood wasn't that great either. And both have some serious playoff stink on them. Can't be an all-timer if you're not clutch.

Cameron was huge in the 1988 Grey Cup. On a day when points were at a premium, when the wind was howling and our O was stalled badly, he repeatedly bailed out the team with field-flipping punts. Very rare that a punter is a difference-maker like that. He's like Stan Mikawos. He was as steady as the sun for a long time, he had a moment of title glory, and his work enabled his team to be great.

some guy in an Arsenault jersey bent on revenge.

My first impulse after Brown was Fleming because that guy was like a Terrance Edwards, a lonely legit CFL player who shone on some really really bad no-hope teams. But I think my non-Brown pick is Mikawos, he was a fixture during the glory days, especially in 1990 when our defence was freaking unreal. That doesn't happen without a real good push up the middle.