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Hecht is real bad. Pass rush almost got the ball out of Evans on that play too.

Crazy that Laurent didn't get a penalty for that frog splash on 3 of his teammates and Streveler.

It was 09 the play-in game for 2nd place in the East. Winner hosts the cross-over, loser is done. Michael Bishop.

I doubt most of the American players in the CFL end their careers and return south with more than $100,000 USD in the bank. The league and PA really have to do a ton to make them understand how fleeting their earning potential as pro athletes is and how important the transition to real-life is.

10 years.

I think if they want the window open again with the young core they should protect their prospects and let this current roster skid across the runway right into a couple top 10-15 picks to bolster that young core.

Their contracts have been handled well but I don't see Ehlers making a lot of progress the past couple seasons. Coaching is an issue too. The RFA issue is real but that also requires making critical decisions proactively in terms of cap space. There are opportunity costs to bad contracts beyond the dollars in those contracts under a hard cap and guaranteed contracts. The Jets have too many of those deals for guys that are not core players or are fading from that, Perreault, Kulikov especially are killers for what they can consistently provide. The decision to hold Trouba to his last RFA year should have seen some bolstering of the roster to give the Jets the depth to be true contenders, I guess is my main point. And that had to be done through trade because the UFA market is garbage in terms of value. 2016 was a fork in the road, deal Trouba or make sure the window is wide open while a bunch of talented guys are cheap on ELC's or first RFA deals before they have arb rights.

A trade for MBT is almost a necessity at this point. Not a huge fan of his but the only guy available who can play a bit, and we're really relying on Harris and D anyway. We can coo over McGuire but if Streveler goes down we don't have a QB on the roster that's thrown a meaningful professional pass. 4th round pick that could work it's way up as high as a 1st rounder if MBT throws the Grey Cup winning TD pass for the Bombers.

I haven't watched the pre-season too closely but have a couple general thoughts. Even with Connor and Laine I think the Jets are in a lot of trouble for the next couple years waiting for young D to emerge. Personally I would let Heinola head back to Finland as to not waste 1-2 years of his ELC. He's probably one of the top 6 D in camp but not worth losing him at 25-26 for his 18 year-old season. I think out of necessity next off-season they'll have to make a big move to balance their roster, likely a trade of Connor or Ehlers, hopefully Connor's stock stays up and Ehlers rebounds. Chevy's lack of being proactive has really caught up to this organization. Great drafts but the management of players into their mid-20's and beyond has been crap and the Jets have lost a lot of talent while also burying the organization under some sizable cap hits to some diminishing assets. Trouba is the most glaring example, either had to go for broke in 17-18, 18-19 and really load up or deal Trouba when he still had 2-3 years of control left to get a good return, it was quite obvious from the 2016 holdout that Trouba would not give any UFA years to the Jets. The Atlanta core was exiting their prime and the young guys were still a couple years away from it so needed some guys who could play bigger roles to bridge that gap, and they had the cap space to do it. A guy like Duchene would have been a perfect target to make a move on a couple summers ago, O'Reilly another. Jets had the assets to do it, and spent them on 40 games of Stastny/Hayes. Playing straight down the middle all the time and waiting until you absolutely have to make a move is not a strategy for winning the whole enchilada. IMO the window is currently closed and it's going to take at least a few big leaps/surprises to reopen it. Have some stars but really mediocre on the whole. Expecting a lot of ping-pong balls with the Jets numbers in the next lottery.

Audibles are pretty rare in this era of Canadian football. Most plays would have a designated hot route and a read option based on the defensive alignment. Might see the odd one if a team is in tempo.

Thing is they don’t have to guess anymore with the replay booth. They are allowed to overrule the game officials on rough play situations. They can’t hide behind the “speed of the game” stuff anymore. The officiating is getting worse, not better. Horrendous mistakes, usually involving replay, affect the outcome of a handful of games which has an effect on which teams get home playoff games or even who gets into the playoffs. There’s no other league in sports that has botched the use of replay like the CFL.

Lapolice does less with more better than anyone. It's actually remarkable how consistent his offense has been in stalling for entire quarters and halves over almost half a decade, like can score 3-4 TD's in little more than a quarter then in the same game not get a first down for a quarter.

Should suspend Adams for the game in Winnipeg.

I wonder if Bailey comes on for Whitehead this week. We need that smoother, savvier route runner.

Everyone but 1-3 in the West are almost locked in IMO. Couple weeks it’ll be official.

I think they can lose one more and it can’t be vs Calgary or Sask to end up in 1st. Lose 2 out of those 3 and probably looking at 3rd place.

The blitz package is so ineffective too. Not too sure what Bighill is ever doing on passing downs, seems like he has too much leeway to freelance and can’t move fast enough to do anything impactful. Only guys blitzing ever getting into the pocket are Gaitor or Hecht.

Because it wasn’t prevent, it never is.

The D has continually made plays to win even in games that don’t flatter them. Hecht INT in this one another example. The O literally took a knee on that half, and by scheme. Took 0 risks and generated 2 FG attempts, one from midfield.

That Bighill spy/blitz scheme has been useless for two seasons now and worse this year since he’s compromised. Hall needs to do better and if Bighill can’t play get him off the field.

Both coordinators are way overthinking and and it’s killing this team.

Doesn’t matter who’s at QB for Lapo...you get a half of movement and a half of nothing.

No LB’s, no safety.

Hold on Roh again.

Trapped