HardCoreBlue

Tommy Clements and John Hufnagel comes to mind. Yes I agree not a common practice but at times you do see some coaches keeping their back-ups in after they made their one yard gain for a first down. I just think it's something to explore a little bit more in depth, especially from a strategic point. I say strategic because I fully understand how important it is to ensure you don't negatively screw with the rhythm and psyche of your starting QB. I just find that using a different QB with a different skill set at strategic moments (other than 1 yard plunges), if it presents itself , has nothing to do with not supporting the #1 QB. I think QB controversies and using QB's strategically are two different scenarios.

Yup we scheme Reilly like we did with Manziel, forcing him to stay in the pocket. Contain, Contain, Contain. Unlike Manziel though, this game will be tougher on our coverage guys as Reilly can go through his reads much better than Manziel.

My original post has nothing to do with the scenario "proven" starter struggling and giving more playing time to the back-up. It has to do with using all your weapons strategically at your disposal, in this case at your QB position, and has nothing to do with who is proven. It has to do with keeping the D off balance imo.

Whatever happened to the days that you could use both QB's strategically without fear of melting a snowflake.

With Harris our premium run threat down, have a few customized packages for Streveler to come in forcing more pressure on their contain. 60-70% Nichols Sprinkling in Streveler 30-40%.

Not a waste of time for the bubble players trying the make the show. They aint out there not wanting to get hurt. Plus not a waste of time for the coaches/management to assess their depth.

I'm intrigued by his statement that he has to trust his players and coaches in what to do. Why did he veer off that in the first place?

Kudos to Hall for scheming the front wall to contain Johnny M for most of the night. If 80% of the time Johnny M has to drop back and read he realizes playing in the CFL is a lot harder than he thought it would be.

Yea doing those types of things gets you noticed by the coaching staff. Willing to do the grimy stuff makes you a complete baller and Thompkins showed he may have that DNA.

Manziels flutter balls finding receivers at times reminds me of pick up football we use to play in the school yard. Ugly Ugly Ugly. Dressler looked like he was playing hurt and in protection mode.

The best they get is Jets Alumni.

There in it's simplicity, yet sophistication, is exactly what needs to happen.

We need to pound them into the ground, no mercy but If we shite the bed, I better not hear 'we had the gameplan we wanted, we just didn't execute'. All the mulligans are used up.

I feel Lowry may have a breakout season this year. Imo he has shown tremendous development. I was not a big fan at thestart but have warmed to him considerably in terms of what he brings to this team.

One of my wishes for this season is by game 20 we see a headline on TSN "What's wrong with the Leafs?" This constant Tavares Marner Matthews talk is nauseating.

I'm beginning to hate the word 'progression'.

Would Morrissey and agent sit if they don't get what they want? It will be interesting to see how this unfolds.

Hope so because I took him in my amateur draft, him and Niku. Am I the only one who plays hockey pools and takes too many Jets because of my love for them.

You're right Nichols missing open targets is not Lapo's fault but with Dressler out and Harris spent that limits Lapos chosen scheme and it may be that he is not adjusting his scheme well enough for Dresslers replacement and tailback options other than Harris.

But I've also read here overtime how aghast some are here if MOS would consider calling out a player/coach to be better outside of the dressing room. So do people want him to be more hard assed for all to see or just internally that most of us don't know how that goes?

What's the chances of Vesalainen cracking the lineup for this year I wonder.

Based on some of the speculation by a few posters here about Lapos primary focus on Nichols, will he have a customized package for Streveler in place ready to go for our next game?

That could also be because there are a lot more teams in the NFL.

Figures ex Jet :)

Hope so because it would be a double win for me, i.e., Helps my team and provides me with more ammunition to trash talk my Oiler friends and colleagues.