JuranBoldenRules

Willie celebrating another missed tackle.

I'd like to know if that was called or if Bighill adjusting to the edge there was his call/read. Just handing over B gap on 3rd and 3 makes no sense.

Run right at Bighill 3rd and 3. First down.

Defensive holding on a screen pass. A lot of inexperienced refs on the field.

Are they just making up the calls or what? Why is it taking a minute to get a call?

Calgary just daring our LB's to try to make a tackle.

God damn Willie...you have arms.

Wilson's time here has to be ending pretty damn soon.

PI all the way from goalline to the ball.

Calgary way offside

Alexander really needs to go. Guy is going to turn a 6 yard run into a 60 yard run.

Titus Ryan was here in 09 and in NFL after.

You gotta have some good **** for Streveler and the running backs this week.

This "film room" segment on OB pregame is so useless. Wish they'd cover the team and upcoming game.

Mike Sims-Walker. They thought he was going to be something big but he basically failed his physical and took months to get into shape, then got hurt right away when he did get on the roster.

There's a long stretch where Terence Edwards was our best, another stretch with Clarence Denmark. I wouldn't consider either of those guys better than a poor 2nd option in their prime. Ideally 3rd. Like even in 2011 we had almost nothing consistent at receiver. Our #1 target would have been a good #3 guy on a strong offense.

Then you have a poor memory as a fan of this franchise.

Realistically though that's a couple week process. Like maybe they could have plopped Alston in there. If they sign someone I'd expect them to play the second week unless we literally didn't have the bodies to fill the roster.

I'd rather have Mitchell or Alston on than Alexander on D. Kramdi and Cole are basically DB's so even without Alexander we'd have 8 DB's dressed. That's a crazy thin receiver group just in terms of numbers given how inexperienced they are. Hopefully they have some packages with Smith and Oliviera/Augustine out there together....maybe with Streveler....

That receiving corps is something. Hopefully Johnson has some game.

A lot of double clutching by both QB's in this one.

I wouldn't be worried with overall fitness of most of these guys whether they got "reps" or not and certainly not Schoen, but your statement makes no sense to me. Say a receiver showed up 40 pounds overweight and they put him on the field. That guy is far more likely to have his knee or achilles blow up. Happens to us out of shape middle aged people all the time when we try to be athletic again.

Watched this guy his whole career at NDSU. He's good enough to get a legit shot as an American player. Easy 1st round pick. Mardner was 2nd overall in a great draft. Very comparable. Top receiver on a run heavy team at NDSU, weak QB in 2022 who got better in 2023 (QB likely to be CFL prospect too, Cam Miller still at NDSU). Guy that was used lots downfield, screens, intermediate, full route tree. I'd expect there'd be half the league or more bidding their 1st rounder.

Protecting mobile QBs is way harder. But that aspect makes it a lot harder on defences in terms of coverage vs pass, and the zone read/RPO stuff really compromises run coverage too. But in terms of pure protection having a QB that lives on 5-7 step drops is probably the easiest to protect for a OL. But that QB needs somewhere to go with the ball in a reasonable time frame.

Eli had no reps pass protecting last week. So if you're looking at PFF grades they are basically irrelevant as a comparison tool for him. Not arguing against some changes in the line for at least some stretches, just pointing that out. There's some work for media to do here. But they don't really exist. There's clearly a significant reason why Eli's reps are so limited. That's been kept under wraps but a little digging with some sources would reveal it pretty quickly. Then the question is are you better off running with him until he can't go anymore or playing him 15 snaps a game? Some of that digging could be around why we always dress 7 OL for the past two seasons?