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You don't think they take a combo of Willy and Glenn? At most Ottawa will draft 1 QB. They need/want to stock up NI's in the draft, and drafting a QB gives that team the opportunity to protect more NI's. Collaros, Willy, Glenn are all free agents anyways.

I'd be considering it big time. Ray has missed a lot of games over the last two seasons and he probably has more trade value. Big SMS hit too.

No kidding. To blame a DB who is trying to make a play and made multiple plays in the game for one play when you were outscored 35-7 (that 7 being a defensive TD) over the better part of 3 quarters is completely gutless. Hard to believe a coach could be so inept as to say something like that about any of his players publicly, but Burke is doing it week after week. The only reason a coach should ever publicly shame a player is if they aren't playing 110%.

Or 3 feet too high. He needs to settle his feet down. Reilly has 3 guys in his face and he can stop his feet to make a throw. Hall never does. He turns an open receiver into a covered one because he can't place the ball.

To me it looked like the Esks made adjustments to our scheme after the first quarter. I guess it takes more than four weeks to rebuild a playbook.... What gets me about the play calling is when we get down to little time left, the calls are to run the running back into the middle even though we haven't been able to do that all game. With Ford he has so much speed to the outside, run him there, takes more time off the clock and he has a chance to bust one for good yards. Most run plays aren't designed to go to a certain gap, it's zone blocking so Ford is reading the blocking and defense. IMO Ford is actually better than Simpson at running zone. Those misdirection plays worked well because they sucked the contain man in and Ford could get around the edge. If Ford reads the WIL and rush end taking an outside leverage, he's going to hit it inside and try to make a cut. Read option didn't work at all because Hall isn't quick enough to beat contain even if the contain man takes a step inside. The worst play call of the game was Goltz QB Draw. Everyone knows that is coming. If there isn't trust in his ability to make a throw, don't put him on the field.

Playing defense first in OT is the standard choice in this format. If you can find a CFL or NCAA game where the team that won the coin toss puts their offense out first, I'd be surprised. Personally, I don't understand why. You're putting pressure on your defense, and if the opposition scores a TD, your offence comes out under tremendous pressure against a defense with nothing to lose really, at worst for them it is tied with another round to play. Can take a lot more risks in that position.

There's nothing personal in here. There was nothing personal about Lawless. All the fat bald ugly stuff just came from you. If you are offended by people being critical about a sports columnists trade proposals, a quarterbacks play, or a football coach's in-game decision-making, why bother coming to a football fan message board?

Irving is a great play by play voice. His analysis is terribly subjective. He likes Burke, he liked Lapolice. He'll spend hours rationalizing the decisions they make that lose football games.

Huh? He's the only person on the panel not making excuses for Burke and his downright poor decisions. Everything that happened after Edmonton's FG was crazy. Taking a kickoff makes zero sense. Edmonton isn't going to kick a ball that will be returnable, they aren't that stupid. All that is going to do is waste time, and possibly lead to a scramble for the ball with (shaky) Ford back there. Exact same thing I said about Palardy, I'll say about Goltz now. If you don't have any confidence in him to make a throw and play quarterback, cut him and put someone else in there. 23 seconds and 1 timeout= 3 plays and a kick attempt. Crime against humanity to take knees there. If they want a season ticket base above 15,000 next season, Burke can't be back.

The problem with Toronto is venue. It's a losing proposition playing in that cavern. They get themselves into a facility more suited to the CFL .. the organization becomes a lot more palatable. The bigger problem is that there is no venue as of the end of the 2017 season, notwithstanding any behind the scenes wheel spinning. Also that the franchise has a 2 decade record of financial futility.

The Argos only hope is MLSE. Hopefully the league doesn't allow a group like Cynamon and Sokalowski who were bankrolled by the rest of the league and flubbed away any hope the Argos had of having a football facility to play in. I feel like the league will end up operating the Argos.

It's nearly impossible to call plays based on who is on the field and who is not when guys are rotating. Labbe already plays in some of our 2nd and long packages, so it really won't make a difference, Sherman essentially takes the dime role. We will have more NI's on the field than necessary for many plays.

You're probably right. That transaction probably just indicates that the Argos let him go to join our roster. Last time I can remember us starting two American tackles the same week we brought them in was in 05 when we brought in John Feugill and Dan Goodspeed. Feugill had played with the Argos before though. At least one of those guys turned out, hopefully one of these two does.

Matt Norman stunk at guard. BC was extremely desperate and he stood in relatively well. They didn't really have another option, and they've been in that position where they are tossing guys to the wolves for several seasons now, including bringing in a guy who had essentially been banished from the league (Jesse Newman), dressing a coach who had been retired (Kelly Bates), bring in a 450 lb'er who couldn't play on the worst line in the league (Kabongo) and Angus Reid, who they've been trying to replace since 2009. Norman is a good fit at centre because he is never going to fire out of his stance and move someone, at his best he'll get in the way and maybe seal a gap in the run game at least get his ass toward the ball, but you hardly see BC run anything but off-tackle because to try to hide their OL.

Too bad they couldn't bring in at least one tackle with some CFL experience given they'd be playing after two practices. Even if these guys are supremely talented it could be a mess out there, although that wouldn't stay too far from the norm.

Carter and Black don't play defence. McCullough couldn't even hold a gap last week when the Argos ran the ball down their throats in the 4th quarter. Don't apply for a scouting job with the Bombers this off-season please!

That's kind of an ignorant take. Starting a guy who's arguably a top 5 NI LB in the league is a disaster, but starting a guy who was a hardly above average CIS DB at safety is a good idea? I am assuming that you misread and are not referring to Labbe as a top five NI LB... This isn't a witchunt for Labbe... its just that we already went down this road in 2011 and it cost us dearly. He is just too slow, that's the way it goes... Name 5 NI LB's who are better defenders than Labbe. Emry, Muamba, Pottinger and Yurichuk? Maybe. Brouillette? As a DB/SAM, ya. Hurl? Can't play D yet. Plesius? Probably too fat to play LB in the CFL. With Butler playing LB now you can put him in the 5. That's a hybrid spot though, he doesn't really play in the box, essentially a nickelback or roving safety. He'd be comparable to Brouillette. DB's.

I wouldn't expect Reinders to be ready to play this season, at least at a professional level. He's a freak of nature trying to learn how to be a football player.

That's kind of an ignorant take. Starting a guy who's arguably a top 5 NI LB in the league is a disaster, but starting a guy who was a hardly above average CIS DB at safety is a good idea? I am assuming that you misread and are not referring to Labbe as a top five NI LB... This isn't a witchunt for Labbe... its just that we already went down this road in 2011 and it cost us dearly. He is just too slow, that's the way it goes... Name 5 NI LB's who are better defenders than Labbe. Emry, Muamba, Pottinger and Yurichuk? Maybe. Brouillette? As a DB/SAM, ya. Hurl? Can't play D yet. Plesius? Probably too fat to play LB in the CFL.

That's kind of an ignorant take. Starting a guy who's arguably a top 5 NI LB in the league is a disaster, but starting a guy who was a hardly above average CIS DB at safety is a good idea?

Dirty IMO. He wasn't in a position to make a form tackle, he took a terrible route to the ball and he stuck his facemask out as Kackert had him turned inside out, essentially a headbutt. Textbook headshot, principle point of contact is Kackert's head, even worse that he led with his own head. Dangerous for everyone involved including Brackenridge, doesn't belong in any sport. Maybe the Argo guys on the field didn't really see it, and Brackenridge ran to his sideline right away, but something as stupid and dangerous like that should have immediate repercussions.

Boatman is upper body (slow reaction time), mid-body (no bend in the hips) and lower body (no foot speed).

We suck either way. Volny can at least block someone in the pass game. Ford is 50-50.

Maybe Thomas should work on converting to OL over the off-season. Could extend his career.

He's had a bad injury history but I would jump on that one - he would be an instant upgrade Injury history? Weekly paper cuts to stay on the injured list, sometimes really deep ones to go on the 9 game?