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Sure...on the one out of fifteen UR's you've taken this season that wasn't a penalty. The only thing dumber than the penalties is his belly-aching in the media and on Twitter about them.

Yep, he ends up being the hot read guy a lot too though. The Bombers aren't a team that always tries to match the blitz. Watson did a lot more blocking when Lapolice was the coach...and he still produced as a receiver.

Ya, only one UR penalty. Whooo!

Dressler? Taman was the GM in Winnipeg when Dressler was signed by the Riders.

Yes. I expect Watson to be our 3rd receiver, which in an offence that is producing loads of 300 yard plus passing games with the #1 receiver out, should result in some production from him. His production is more what I'd expect from Kohlert, who is playing the field WR, about 500 yards over 18 games. Hard to believe that's the production we're getting from a guy who is in the slot every down. I mean, we can't see the film the coaches do and really pick it apart, but something is up. Either Bellefeuille just doesn't use Watson, which seems ridiculous to me given the state of our receiving crew without Moore and the amount of snaps he plays, or Watson isn't making plays.

IMO, Volny is much more suited to run the ball in a zone blocking scheme like the one we use, and you can see that he's great at hitting a gap and getting upfield, but....I'd expect him to fumble about every 5th time he touched the ball because that's been his track record whenever he's seen the field in pre-season or regular season. The offensive line is not that bad in run blocking. It is ridiculously overstated, and your post is a great example. The RB is the problem. It's unreasonable to expect a situation where an RB gets through the line clean all the time, and that's basically what Grigsby needs to be consistently productive because he's so hesitant when it comes to finding/choosing a gap and getting upfield, then the first arm on him puts him on the turf. There are few RB's in the league that need as much help.

The problem is that Watson is declining though. He's a starting NI today, and even at that he'd be low on most teams list with everyone healthy. He can be a good player still, but it's going downhill quick, he's 30 with a huge injury history. I've seen the 2011-2012 Watson a few times this season, mostly in game 1 before he got injured again, but not enough to look at him as a guy I'd rely on moving forward. I don't think we can look at him as a top NI target anymore and if he is ours, we better have a lot of good imports or we are screwed anyways. We are basically in a spot where we need to replace him either way, with someone already on the roster or from somewhere else. If a desperate team wants to give us a shot at adding quality Canadian depth in probably the deepest draft we'll ever see with 9 teams picking, I wouldn't hesitate.

Sherman is arguably the worst tackler we have on the field (Bucknor would be in that argument too), and he's pretty awful when he gets isolated in coverage too. A lot of our big breakdowns in D have been when he's been isolated, but it's been a combination of luck, Sherman mostly being used as a blitzer, a great safety and set of halfbacks who have saved our bacon for most of the season. Love Sherman's energy, he's pretty good at blitzing and he has a knack for getting the ball out of guys, but he's severely limited at this point. I'd give Bucknor the nod for worst tackler over Sherman. Sherman can whiff in space but Bucknor gets guys along the sideline where he has the opportunity to just push them out and whiffs on that, the much easier play. Both these guys have deficiencies in their game, it's not like we're way smarter than all the other teams for putting them in our starting lineup. We're making do with the injuries we've been handed. I've been impressed by both of them in that my expectations were much lower than what they've delivered. The question remains, are the Bombers better with Sherman at WIL so we can get Sears back in at SAM, or better with the status quo, cause Sherman probably isn't coming off this season. My point was more about his ability to handle increased physicality on the other side. The deficiencies in his game will show up wherever he lines up. Factoring in the ratio, I wouldn't sit someone to make room for Sears in the starting lineup. I'd use him as a DI. IMO, he'd be a huge upgrade on Unamba, who has been useless on D. Sears is great special teamer too, better to have guys in those DI spots who can actually function and play a role on D too. Same would go for Markett, don't really understand how Unamba has held his spot this entire season. Nobody is playing poorly enough to gamble on Sears' health though.

I'd agree if we were talking about 2011 Watson. We aren't. We probably never will see that player again. If we can get value for him and we turn it down hoping he's going to be more than an average player with some ability to do some good things every once and awhile when his body lets him, we're not building our team correctly IMO. This team is going to win in 2015 and 2016, and Watson likely will be a minor factor in that if he is at all.

Situation is that we needed a DL... Pall was cut by Montreal and has barely played, Adebayo was on PR and has CFL experience Both were available. Except you can't simply claim a player off of a practice roster, that player has to agree to sign with the team attempting to claim him. Adebayo is from Edmonton, and he's played even less than Pall. He hasn't played less than Pall... Edmonton wasn't looking for DL depth when we were - Adebayo would not have said 'no thanks, waiting for someone to get injured in Edmonton...' Well, get your resume ready. Walters should be fired soon. Make sure you mention the Bo Adebayo fiasco and how you would have handled it differently in your interview.

Sherman is arguably the worst tackler we have on the field (Bucknor would be in that argument too), and he's pretty awful when he gets isolated in coverage too. A lot of our big breakdowns in D have been when he's been isolated, but it's been a combination of luck, Sherman mostly being used as a blitzer, a great safety and set of halfbacks who have saved our bacon for most of the season. Love Sherman's energy, he's pretty good at blitzing and he has a knack for getting the ball out of guys, but he's severely limited at this point.

Unless one of them handles all the returning, dressing two import tailbacks is a waste of a roster spot IMO. Not when Grigsby can't handle more than a dozen carries a game. Just hope they use the 2nd tailback and give him a chance.

Situation is that we needed a DL... Pall was cut by Montreal and has barely played, Adebayo was on PR and has CFL experience Both were available. Except you can't simply claim a player off of a practice roster, that player has to agree to sign with the team attempting to claim him. Adebayo is from Edmonton, and he's played even less than Pall.

I wouldn't trade him for just anything, but if we got offered a pick in the top 2 rounds in the 2015 draft, we'd be crazy to turn it down. Receiver is a relatively easy spot to find Canadians who can play (Kohlert and JFG are scrap heap guys), and Watson's value to our team is declining rapidly. We are desperately in need of Canadians who can play on D and OL, it might take moving out a guy like Watson to improve those areas, which IMO are more important, and more difficult to fill beyond the draft.

What the hell is an ankle separation?

They were having trouble the whole drive with the headset. Howell ran halfway on the field on one play to signal the call, Marve did the same on the first play from the 3.

I hope Walters is shopping Watson heavily heading towards the trade deadline. He's pretty close to the end of his useful career as a CFL receiver IMO. He might bounce around for another 3-4 years, but he's not going to be a top NI target. I could see Montreal and Toronto both being pretty interested, although Toronto has done a good job of drafting NI receivers, and they might prefer a guy like Adjei to Watson. Saskatchewan might be interested too with Getzlaf slumping and a few of their regular NI contributors on offence on IR.

I would argue that they have yet to come through when the game is on the line, at least I can't recall that scenario happening this season? First game in BC? At Montreal? At Hamilton? First home game against Saskatchewan? At home against Montreal? Banjo Bowl, continually getting the ball back to our offense in the 2nd half? Yesterday, again getting the ball back to our offense and holding Hamilton to field goals? Short memory? Yeah the defense has actually been quite effective for the most part this season. I dunno why people don't want to admit it. They haven't been a dominant D that can win games on their own, but it's rare that they have actually completely failed. Given this team chances to win most of the games. The biggest disappointment for this team has been the special teams by far. Expected a lot better out of them but they've made a lot of huge mistakes and basically cost the team several games. 4th in offense, 8th in defense, the stats speak for themselves. Cause the offense hasn't given up any points themselves this season, and the defense and special teams sure haven't scored any. 6th in offence, 5th in defense for yardage. The stats speak for themselves?

Any discussion of "cap space" prior to 2007 is irrelevant.

I would argue that they have yet to come through when the game is on the line, at least I can't recall that scenario happening this season? First game in BC? At Montreal? At Hamilton? First home game against Saskatchewan? At home against Montreal? Banjo Bowl, continually getting the ball back to our offense in the 2nd half? Yesterday, again getting the ball back to our offense and holding Hamilton to field goals? Short memory?

Defense has kept us in games far more times this season than they've contributed to losses. And the personnel on defense is very far from perfect as well, even within the confines of what Etcheverry prefers. You have to be pretty biased against Etcheverry to claim otherwise.

I don't think we've ever played a game with Knapp and Jones at guard and tackle. They played opposite tackles when January was out for a bit in the 2nd half of last season.

I don't know, there was one offensive lineman ahead of him with a blocker too. Not much else on that side of the field behind him. Unless someone had a jet pack on, Peach was gone as long as he doesn't trip over his own feet.

Key word is ballcarrier though. Sherman didn't have the ball so it doesn't matter if he loses his helmet. If they blew the play dead when a defender lost his helmet, guys on D would just keep popping their helmets off to kill plays.

With Grigbsy and no timeout, I'm not. The only run play I would have tried there is QB Draw. Hamilton wasn't going to let Grigsby beat them around the edge, and he can't make a cut to save his life between the tackles. A good idea in theory, but you may recall that the Bombers tried a QB draw a bit earlier and not only did it fail, it looked like a Keystone Kops routine. All it needed to complete the picture was the comedic sounds effects. And what was the gain on that play?