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Maybe he was referring to trouser snakes?

As much as I believe that Marve has great potential, it comes down to Hall vs Brohm for the backup spot. Hall had the inside track, or should have had, but so far he has not shown any better than last season. Because the O-line is going to take a few games to gel, a lead-footed quarterback will be dismembered. So- do we want a QB who seems to be as good as he can get at this point or one who is at least neck and neck with his rival but has nowhere to go but up?

West: Sask Calgary (dogfight with Sask) BC Winnipeg Edmonton East: Toronto Hamilton Montreal (dogfight with Hamilton) Ottawa (closer than most think)

Ummmm....maybe not. He hasn't wowed anyone in his admittedly limited game reps.

Well, its not as if this is a big surprise to most here. Hall has his supporters who have been keeping the faith even though Hall has been fading in the stretch, as they say in horseracing. Considering the beating he took last year, I would have wished a kinder fate for Max, but there is little room for sentimentality this year. I'm not totally sold on Brohm being ultimately better than Marve, but Brohm does have the CFL experience and that counts for a lot. If Marve progresses as I think he will, I hope Hall hasn't signed a long-term lease on his apartment. This regime is making each player earn his spot.

Did you want Cotton to personally come to your house and punch you in the mouth so you could say "WOW!"? Cause he pretty much did everything else perfect in two pre-season games. 11 carries for 97 yards long of 26. Probably the best RB screen pass we've executed in years against Calgary. What did you want to see? The ol' 60 yards untouched into the endzone play. For that to happen, you'd have to have receivers blocking. Besides, how often does that sort of thing happen in the regular season?

This was from Kowalczuk facebook page. Pretty classy way to handle it hopefully he sticks around Winnipeg. Good to hear that there still are classy athletes out there. Good on you, Chris and thanks for your kind words.

Something we have not had emerge this year is a pass rusher who engages two opposing linemen, and we are going to miss that- badly. I think you'll see Turner and Anderson getting a fair amount of double teams, but there's no such thing as a DL who takes up 2 gaps at the CFL level. I'm pretty sure Doug Brown got double-teamed most plays when he was in his prime.

Something we have not had emerge this year is a pass rusher who engages two opposing linemen, and we are going to miss that- badly.

Once "Taylor Field" is history along with hemorrhoid hill, the CFL will lose a lot of its "poor cousin of the NFL" cachet. About freaking time.

Hmmmm.....Goossen looked pretty good as well, I thought. Does this mean that we are looking at Morley at center, Greaves at left guard, Goossen at right guard and Neufeld at right tackle? Thar would mean a dogfight at left tackle for an import and a possible answer for our ratio problems.

Can we speculate where Bear Woods poops?

With any luck at all, we ought to be better than 6 and 12 but I would consider this as a rock-bottom improvement. Etch had better get his fecal matter together, though or he will be gone by Labour Day.

Sounds like this guy is not worth the pixels to discuss him.

If memory serves, Messam was a decent pass-blocker as well, and with the O-line being a work in progress for a while to come, it ought to make him useful.

Willy had the good fortune to be backup to a very good quarterback in Sask with lots of opportunity to learn from a quarterback who an both pass and scramble. Being part of a championship team doesn't hurt, either. He seems to have a high ceiling plus smarts.

Since Cameron's punting average in the pre-season was pretty much identical to Maher, it would make sense to find a way to keep a local boy on hand as insurance- maybe even instead of Renaud- we have two of those anyway.

On 1290 this AM, it was announced that his ankle is broken and the ligaments have been damaged, so if he's back this year, it will be as a spectator.

I vote for bringing Messam in if he wants to be here. He can't degrade that badly in a couple of years- can he? We could use a good short-yardage back, particularly an NI back.

Willy is a gamer. The line-backing is not good enough and Kuale has a long way to go to be useful. The O-line looks like it will be good enough if we can get rid of whoever is throwing lookout blocks (Howard? January? Jones?) The receivers as a group show promise but have to learn their routes and hang onto the damned ball The D-line is still concerning-no pressure Hard to tell the defensive team from the Keystone Kops We have to find a way to keep Maher and Lirim. Our punt/kick return team coverage sucks Etcheverry is starting to scare me. Greg Marshall is starting to look good. Brohm is gaining ground. Hall is not, and he ought to be way better. Marve did not wow us this time, but he gets a Mulligan. Cotton has the edge but we wouldn't suffer too much with Grigsby. Walters is going to earn his money in the next week or so.

We should get some important questioned today, whether we win or lose: Is Goossen game-ready and if so, will he be a center or guard? Was Morley's performance last game a fluke or will he be the center we've lacked ever since Obby got sick? Is Hall good enough to be Willy's backup? Who will get the short straw- Brohm or Marve? Will one of the running backs step up and seize the job? Who will be cut- January, Jones or Knapp? Can we start four Canucks on the O-line? Is our linebacking good enough?

For me, thinking about the Little joe era makes me want drink the day away. So I often wake up and think about it.There are three things griller's do best, party, grill and party! #livin'lagrillaloca. Kind of embarrassing for me as I defended Mack and many of his picks and I've now been proven wrong on most of them. I do hope Bilukidi and Mulumba can still find there way here in the future, but I may be delusional again. If you were delusional, how would you know it?

Realistically, Brohm is going to have to significantly better than Hall in order to supplant Hall as #2 quarterback. If it is the same offence as last year, Hall ought to be head and shoulders above Brohm or Marve and maybe even pushing Willy with that kind of head start. Either way, this has to be a make or break year for Hall.

Well, the waiting for the next big thing is over. Hard to believe that someone that big and mean couldn't make the grade as least as a backup. Can we fire Mack again, or at least bad-mouth him severely? I was really hoping he would step up this year- it would have solved so many problems, but instead it was a complete waste of draft pick and money.

How so? I thought he was fired for being an a hole? Can't he be both?