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There are problems with assuming that concussions in the CFL are inevitable with nothing to be done- there seems to be repeat offenders and players who are vulnerable to them. The repeat offenders seem to think that there are so little consequences to their hits that they do not have to change their mindset to go out and deliberately maim others and on the other hand we have Matt Dunigan who is probably going to have problems for the rest of his life. Surely there have to be better ways of handling this.

If memory serves, EZerins began as a tight end but converted to decent linebacker.

Crap! Vega was one of the bright lights last game. WE are going to need all the muscle we can get against BC, and this is not going to help.

These are BIG guys- wouldn't want to have to pay their restaurant bills.

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Which of our receivers do you see as the speed demons who will get the BC defenders into their backpedal immediately? I see our receivers more as possession receivers rather than fly pattern types. JFG has gotten wide open a few times but not because of his speed.

If you re-read his post, Tracker uses the not-oft-used double "has been has been" and that's as deep as you can get. Or, he could be talking about a couple of has beens. I was apparently referring to a good deal of my brain cells.

Performance anxiety?

Finally had a chance to watch the BC-Montreal game- it looked like a total mismatch. The only thing BC missed was remembering to kick sand in the faces of the Alouettes, and Smith, if anything, was worse in his reads and executions than he was in the first three games.Smith looked like he didn't have a clue and the rest of the team looked like the Bombers did last year under the sad assortments of quarterbacks we had. The Alouettes gave every indication that they didn't expect to win right from the kickoff.

Since Glenn has strained his Rhomby muscle, BC may want to trade for ours. Whatever passing success Glenn has had has been has been on short-medium routes, it would seem that our linebackers will have to be on their toes and that goes for BC's running game as well.

Maybe somebody asked him for sex. lol Your wife having concussion like symptoms?? Alas, a common complaint for many.

Maybe somebody asked him for sex.

I think its time to take the default position that Watson is on the DL and plan a future without him. He might be good trade bait for a team going into the playoffs and need a good NI receiver to play in the last game of the season.

Calvillo among other CFL quarterbacks wasn't any speedster but managed to take off every now and then, even late into his career, to keep defenses off balance a bit. I believe it was last game against Montreal's pretty good D-line when Willy ran for a critical first down. Again, we don't want that as a first option on every play, but a couple of sprints by Willy, even for 4 or 5 yards, may have made a big difference against Edmonton. That. Or Willis may catch him in open field and "cleanly" smash him to bits. Or their new MLB.. Presumably Willy wasn't wearing that ice pack on his ankle after the game because he went out dancing, so sprinting out once in awhile under the right circumstances might not be much worse unless Willy has no self-preservation instinct at all. If he's gonna get clobbered, he ought to be able to slide.

The team can't wait for miracles. If one of our draft choices comes home, that would be great, but the current lot has to upgrade their efforts.

Calvillo among other CFL quarterbacks wasn't any speedster but managed to take off every now and then, even late into his career, to keep defenses off balance a bit. I believe it was last game against Montreal's pretty good D-line when Willy ran for a critical first down. Again, we don't want that as a first option on every play, but a couple of sprints by Willy, even for 4 or 5 yards, may have made a big difference against Edmonton.

You're looking for the next Milt? So is every other team. Now if you are referring to Dave "sticky" Stala, well he may be available. I also included the descriptor "game-breaker" which automatically disqualifies Stala. I thought for a brief moment last year, we had one in that Smith-Whatever guy who dazzled and left.

Well, Harper is devious and slippery.

It also impresses me that one of the bigger lacks we have at the moment is a sticky-fingered game-breaker receiver like we had in Uncle Miltie. Kelly has had his moments, but not consistently and Nic Moore has not lived up to his advance billing. Maybe one will fall into our laps after NFL cut-downs.

A great win for the long-suffering Ottawa fans and the CFL. Not a classic game but entertaining.

We weren't as good as we looked in the first three games, and we probably aren't as bad as we looked against the Esks. For the first three games, the football gods smiled on us and we got a lot of breaks that could have gone the other way. Then the gods were angered and everything fell apart on the offensive side. Lets see what happens against the BC *******.

Truth is, whatever game plan changes were made at half-time, they didn't translate into any different offensive performance on the field, so essentially, we got out-coached. The O-line was good enough, the defense was more than good enough, but got worn down in the 4th quarter- it was bound to happen. I don't know if our receivers were getting open and Willy was just not picking them out or Edmonton was blanketing them that well. The running game showed flashes of promise, but no consistency, What made me crazy was the team's inability to grab onto Reilly and bring him down. Yes, its all conjecture, but if Reilly wasn't allowed to make those runs, its a whole different game. Its only one game, so we can stand down from panic stations for the time being, but the next game has to be way better than this 2013 replay. Two crappy games in a row and all the confidence the team has gathered from the three previous wins will be gone.

Not to beat a dead horse, but its hard to overestimate the impact Willy had when he took off for the first down in mid-drive. I wouldn't want him to do that on every second play, but if he is a threat to run, it changes the whole defensive game plan. I hope if the opportunity presents itself early in the game against the Esks, Willy takes off once or twice, it ought to shake up things pretty well.

Just to stay on topic: I expect a close, smash-mouth game as these two teams are very similar in the ways they won the past 3 games and their strengths and weaknesses. I would rate Reilly a tad higher than Willy, on the basis of game experience, but if we can run on the Esks, we can beat them.

Hey, if it's based on weight alone, let's just trade BC for Ryan Cave so he can sneak the ball. NO need to trade for him, he's available. Farhan Lalji ✔ @FarhanLaljiTSN #BCLions are releasing OT Ryan Cave. #Shocker #CFL Cave had the footspeed and agility of a glacier.