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Watching that makes me sad that we haven't found/brought in another pass rusher to make it really go. That's when you just become lethal at turning the ball over...like we were from 2016-2022

Yeah BC has played the majority of their snaps on D with 5 Canadians on the field. They lost some Cottoy snaps but Mackie took some of those. Usually 5-6 on O. We'll have a hard time being anywhere near them if Rourke plays the rest of the season.

Who have been our best guys since Collaros has been here? The guys he seeks out? Adams, Lawler, Ellingson, Schoen, Wolitarsky, mix in a bit of Bailey. Then you have the shots to Demski and guys like that. All 6'1, over 200 lbs. Once we lost Schoen and Lawler our offense changed significantly without any vertical threat. And we had 20 American rookie receivers in camp. I think 3 of the 20 fit the profile of Collaros type targets. Wheatfall made the team, Alston got brought back. There's enough guys around to bring in 7-8 guys like that instead of 3 or 4. But it's pretty easy to tell they were thinking "we have Lawler, Schoen, Wolitarsky" so we're covered and they were very specifically looking for someone like Wilson to fit around those guys so they brought 15 of them to camp.

He isn't. He can adjust to deep balls but generally needs a very accurate ball to have a shot. Haven't really seen him take a lot of contested balls aside from the Calgary game when he went off. He needs space. I'm talking about guys who have range and can get the ball covered or not.

Well I don't expect them to run a 4.4. There's tons of 6'3-6'4 guys up here.

He's getting better as an adjustment to our group of receivers minus Schoen. I just don't understand why basically every receiver we brought in this year was 6' 180 lbs except for a couple. Collaros loves vertical. We need catch radius guys like Lawler, Schoen, Wolitarsky style even.

Basically the Western teams use it extensively. BC has a territorial exemption receiver on PR who is a legit CFL prospect. One of Calgary's best special teamers was a territorial exemption two years ago. Cottoy was a territorial exemption. Logan Ferland was for Sask.

The rouge being an issue is sad. Everyone knows the rules…so maybe don’t hand the ball over to the other team on your own 35 in the last minute and then complain that you lost in a tied game? Only rule I absolutely hate is the forced kickoff under 3 mins. You play 57 mins with one set of rules after a FG then change. Rouge is fine…it’s a reward for field position and makes the game far more strategic.

It's not a hard cap. It's a system to keep salaries in a range. If they want a hard cap they should enforce it daily or weekly.

Why don't we have guys on the PR? Why are we signing guys on the PR? Some need to pick a lane. Our fanbase getting dumber, or just a few?

They are playing to win the Grey Cup this year. They could give a rip about the 2025 CFL Draft.

Our Adams played in the game in Winnipeg.

Disagree. They had a scheme to let Rourke rot back there by taking away his pre-snap (first) reads with multiple coverage looks and changing looks right off the snap. There was hardly any pressure. There were some coverage sacks. Pressure wasn't key to that game plan. But you can't play that scheme repeatedly and against QB's like BLM and Harris. You need to move them.

Our best game for QB pressures this season was home vs BC DL was Garbutt, Schmekel, Thomas, Adams, Woods, Jefferson. At BC we killed them with coverage, often dropping 9, very rare we didn't drop out less than 8 in that game. To me, Haba is the luxury. Easy to cover that edge rush with the extra backers and we run a ton of 30 fronts anyways. Adams being on over him is obvious based on the strengths of our current scheme and Haba not being that impactful of a rusher.

Yeah it is. They've got almost nothing high end. They didn't replace anyone they lost on the DL. They replaced Rhymes with rookies. Hatcher was down for the first 6. The only guy they paid on D has been down all season (Woods). Couture was down for first 6. TJ Lee was down for 6. They cut Dolegala immediately which covers about 1/3 of Rourke for rest of season.

A team that has Patrice Rene and Adrien Greene starting at SAM and HB. Ryder Varga and Ben Hladik taking most snaps at middle and WIL. Look at their OL. They kept money back for these guys.

In any amateur sport a violation like Lemon's would make him an ineligible player from the time of the violation on....meaning any wins a team got with him on the roster wouldn't count. Montreal should feel lucky that's not the case here. The players get lengthy training every year from league and union on the gambling issue. There's no excuse.

The SAM switched to being an every down DB type guy in the 90's. First real impactful ones in my memory was a guy named Darryl Hall who played for Calgary under Buono in a couple stints and Don Wilson who played for Edmonton (Stubler D) and Toronto (Matthews in mid-90's). Bombers basically played a 3-4 until Cal Murphy got fired. They'd run a dime back in for a linebacker. First real SAM we had was Mo Kelly with Reinebold.

Yeah but even if he's just a CFLer he's killed his ability to get any signing bonuses as a FA every year or two, whether he stays with Montreal or not. And he's put his career entirely in Montreal's hands. He's got no leverage through the prime years of his career. There's basically no reason for a CFL player to sign a contract more than 2-3 years unless they are getting insane money to sign...like 4 years of FA style signing bonus.

Yeah probably never. If you do get him he'll be an overpaid guy who is washed like Covington on BC. There's basically 400 OL spots in the NFL and they all pay more than he'd make in the CFL even practice roster. And there's no limit on PR time anymore. Could have a 40 year old guy with 18 years in the league on your PR.

Feltmate is down again.

I hope he got half a million up front. Otherwise incredibly stupid career move. Likely doesn't have an agent.

It's crazy to me how many teams aren't carrying 4 QB's. I wouldn't have minded seeing more of Grainger. Wonder if guys are refusing PR spots to try US spring leagues instead.

Whitehead is kind of like when we brought back Albert Johnson III in 2006. His brain knows what to do but he doesn't have the wheels or the extra gears anymore. I think between him and coaches they view the missed FG's as an opportunity for a big play but he just doesn't have that speed to explode off that first cut that you need to beat the angle even on the heavier cover team.

I would say have a panel for each game with 2 former players/coaches and 1 former referee. Bring a group of 30-50 of these people together each year, train them up on the rulebook/current rules and changes, have a meeting each week. They all make a decision and don't speak to each other. They could all be on their own couch at home. They have 1 minute to review and decide. Majority rules. Doesn't matter what call on the field is. Their mandate is to make the right call based on what they see. For procedural type stuff maintain a booth referee.