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Julian Feoli-Gudino made a beauty of a catch in traffic and then tore free and carried 2 defenders on his back for another 20 yards down field. Kid sparked the team and the crowd with that energy and grit. Walters looking very smart to sign this kid to a 3-year extension.

Brohm gets no love around here. So he must've thrown for 10,000 inaccurate yards at Louisville. Ended up being nominated for a Heisman even though he couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. Was drafted 56th overall in the NFL draft because he was always overthrowing or underthrowing his receivers who always ran the perfect route and never dropped a catchable ball. What is it that you are seeing about Brohm's "accuracy" that the scouts and coaches at Green Bay and the Bills (and Danny McManus) missed?

Riders will show Winnipeg the importance of a solid run game in the CFL. Just about everyone should be able to beat the Argos and the Esks will win by a wide margin. I agree with tburgess Cats over Stamps as Collaros outplays Mitchell. Redblacks still have a long way to go but might just take this one from Montreal.

We could see that from time to time, no? MOS said they will move D players around depending on variables such as injury, ratio, or even cover schemes and what they think they can exploit of opposing teams personnel + weaknesses. I know Randle gave up an endzone catch against Ham as cover lb but he was close on the play, very close, and it was a beauty of a throw by Collaros. It's a testament to Randle's versatility they would play him in the box. More concerned about the O, over here. How many times did we try unsuccessfully to pound it in from the 2? Was it 5 times and penalty assisted before Marshall took it in? Still liking this team, though Cats made 'em look bad.

Significant turnover in Winnipeg's Canadian depth over 2014: Picard Hurl Chungh Bastien Cronk Westerman Gibson Waggoner Morgan Rempel - 10 Canucks who didn't play a down for us last year - 11 if you count Newman who was hurt. The fact that Bastien and Morgan made it - pretty cool. I'm going to go out on a limb and say, pretty soon, sooner than later, those 2 guys will be very good adds for us.

And I'll add that the lack of execution by some of our players is the exact reason for exhibition games.It may not be fair to judge a player(s) on a single game or two, but that's all they have. C'est la vie. Our OC, imo, is not unlike most OCs. When effective, they look quite brilliant (see start of 2014). When stumbling, (see the rest of 2014), questions arise quickly and second guessing starts anew. You can look to George Cortez as another example. Genius one year, kicked to the curb the next. Who's right? As to Willy, this is the year Willy has to start looking like a starting QB. He both, scares me and fascinates me at the same time. The D? Sounds like even with a simple attack, they got beat by a simple offence, led by a QB who 'gets' the game and loves to attack the other team. Willy hasn't shown that instinct yet. But they are different style QBs. Our B/U QBs are still a big concern for me. Nobody has shown they are a potential starting QB, and isn't that what we want? Without seeing the game it is hard to comment further. All I know is Hamilton whipped us...in an exhibition game. It must be noted that we play them in our second league game and if there was a reason to not show many facets of our game..I hope that that is the one. I'd include Drew Willy in that list - guy who was brought here because of potential but hasn't shown it yet. Collaros looks like CFL elite, Willy not so much. I truly hope he steps it up but also hope management doesn't wait forever to replace him if he fails to produce. Most of the ingredients are there for him to succeed, except maybe OC.

I was at the game and didn't hear the play-by-pay or commentary after. Here's what I saw: Overall I was disappointed and expected more from all 3 phases out of this team. Whole thing kind of reminded me a lot of last year. We have tightened up our run defence though and Winnipeg's QBs all had pretty fair to good protection from the new offensive line. Washington didn't have a very good game and T Gibson took a very undisciplined penalty against Collaros. Johnny Adams looked pretty good but not outstanding. Kahlil Bass had his nose in a lot of plays, Hurl looks to me like he is always in pursuit - i.e. behind the play. But he was there on a couple of run stops. Derek Jones and Graig Newman I liked. Did not see Waggoner at all. #14 Freeman was mostly good given the short time he's been here. Not much push from the D line - but it appears Westerman is just getting warmed up. It was the backup O line - Tyler Griffiths Goosen Chungh Lewis that made holes for Cotton on that TD drive. Tommy Condell called a good game for the Ti-Cats O - who look much further ahead than Winnipeg's O. Willy brings no tempo to the game and failed to pick up the blitz both times he was sacked. I am not buying a Willy jersey yet. I liked JFG and Bastien, Denmark and Moore. The rest of the receivers, not so much. Good to see Willy running a no-huddle and his pass to Denmark gives cause for hope. They should run the no-huddle all the time, bring much-needed tempo to the offence. Marve is very exciting to watch, does things with his legs, and makes things happen. He could be good for certain situations. Portis looks like a very laid back guy, is he from California? I felt badly for Yantz who didn't get to play. I am still a Brohm fan. Will we pick up a tailback from other teams cuts? Marshall is a bruiser but doesn't look fast enough. Anderson went down in a heap at practice the other day too - and so without knowing anything about his injury, although he shows promise - is he durable? Placekick and ST kick coverage pretty dubious, to be honest.

I'm interested to see if we run any kind of hurry-up offence.

http://morningbigblue.com/community/topic/7419-merged-pre-season-game-2-depth-chart-etc/ Beauty! Tnx mbrg.

Where's the Winnipeg Depth Chart for this game? Ti-Cats have posted a chart but none for us. Anyone?

I could see them sitting one of Richards, Waggoner (the two green-horns) or Thomas. It's possible we see Normand instead of Lattanzio. Going by versatility Lattanzio may win out, especially if they sit Thomas. Look forward to seeing how our team performs in a game. Cats will be no push over. They are a good team but they have a lot of injuries. I agree Richards and Waggoner could sit when the roster shakes out. Didn't OShea say they would look at keeping Santella depending on how things work in other positions? Hang time even more important with the new rules. Thinking they like Burnett who has a chance to play his way onto the roster with a good game tomorrow.

I was only there a short while. Nick Moore running the right direction following catches today. Toney Clemons and Shaq Richardson beaking grill-to-grill and uttering bad words after Richardson earholes Clemons with an elbow after the play. Portis taking reps ahead of Marve. Hurl def in the starting rotation at MLB. Randle picks Willy on a nice int. Just really like Randle and Greg Peach. Willard Reaves watching his son #72. Didn't Leo Ezerins wear #72 for Winnipeg? #14 Malachi Freeman getting a fair number of reps at DB and CB and looking OK in the short time he's had to digest things. Carlos Anderson definitely hurt something on a return - limped off the field. Unamba looking solid. Can't help but notice Z Anderson and Thaddeus Gibson out there. Bryant Greaves Picard Chungh Daniels look to be starters on the O line. Cotton, Gordon and Veltung on returns after Anderson went down - Stoudermire still has his hand heavily taped and he was just watching, obviously.

Surprised he wasn't suspendered.

Lots of Wpg connections in that game. Demski around the corner for a nice return. Eddie Steele with a sack or two. And yes, Simpson and Goltz looked good though I woudn't want either of them here. That young Esks QB Franklin looked very good. Could be the Battle of Alberta for tops in the west this year. And Riders and Lions clawing their way to the bottom.

'preciating the TC updates gbill2004, tnx

With Tanner Marsh on the Als 6-game, Montreal is going into the season with Crompton and LeFevour. Anyone think Popp must be looking for a QB at this point?

Nat QB Andrew Buckley was impressive directing the Stamps offence.

Not a lot of confidence in MB either but, no, thank-you to PLP.

Is he? I didn't watch the game but people who were watching the stream said he was inconsistent. I trust the coaching staff whatever they do will be the right choice. Inconsistent maybe, but he was still more effective than anyone not named Willy. 6.9 yards per play in which he was involved and 14 points scored overall. No matter how you look at it, Marve has been able to move the offense and put points on the board on a consistent basis. It would be absolutely foolish to cut the guy. You remind me of Roadgriller and his fetish for Goltz. BTW I'm not saying Marve is anything like Goltz. He might be inconsistent but he did some things and was more effective than the other back ups so let's not cut the guyyou have a very low bar for what you deem a fetish No, actually, I can see where Logan is going with that statement. Seems to me it's far too early to be gushing about a 3rd stringer at this point. Fact is Marve should be the backup. Is the objective in football not to move the chains and put points on the board? Marve has been able to do so effectively and on a consistent basis. You must be a relative or his agent or something.

In the game he started, before being injured, I thought Brohm was "better" than Willy at directing Winnipeg's offence, though I use that term loosely. He brought a tempo and urgency to the huddle break and set that Willy lacked all season long. He managed the clock better too. Mind you, Willy was pretty shellshocked by that point in the season and I am in no way saying Brohm is a "better" QB. Better/worse it's a bit misleading as all our QB have different strengths. Brohm also didn't waste time between plays and got rid of the ball quicker than Willy, seemingly made quicker reads. I expect that has been corrected and that there will be a lot more urgency in Willy's game this year. Interesting that Brohm was running the hurry-up in the Toronto game. We're going to see a lot more hurry-up from Willy this year, I predict. Quicker tempo and hurry-up - maybe even on most possessions.

Not the impression I got from the couple practices I watched... he was very vocal and seemed to be constantly encouraging guys... sure seemed like he enjoyed being part of this team... OK great. Thanks for that. It'll be good to finally see him play on the 19th.

Meanwhile, what are the Bombers going to do with T Gibson? Anyone else get the impression he doesn't want to be here?

Is Cotton nicked or something? I predicted in another thread prior to TC that he could be on the bubble. Expected more from him last night.

Any chance Yantz gets a few reps next week?

Looking forward to #37 Normand thundering off tackle on a 44 Woody and then dragging 7 Argo defenders the final 40 yards for the TD. Also curious to see how Veltung, Gordon, Randle, Cotton and Anderson manage on returns. Kick game so potentially explosive now with the new rules. Also, I'm a bit with voodoochilde on Hurl - I noticed he seems always to be in pursuit. Is that because he's not anticipating the cut-off angles, and getting there on time? But I admit I was not watching the LBs very closely at the couple of TC practices I attended. And you gotta believe Greg Knox, Richie Hall and MOS know their LB talent.