Week 3 Practice Notes & Discussions

[Noeller]

good news, all around, in that post. If Harris's body responds well to the increased workload, he'll be in for the LDC for sure....

[Goalie]

Oliviera is solid but Harris is next level.. blocking running and catching.. the perfect release valve for Collaros.  Brady has yet to show he can be that release valve 

[wbbfan]

1 minute ago, Goalie said:

Oliviera is solid but Harris is next level.. blocking running and catching.. the perfect release valve for Collaros.  Brady has yet to show he can be that release valve 

Yeah Brady has to develop as a pass catcher. But he is excellent as a blocker. Still some decision making improvements to be made but he's a beast  blocking. 

[voodoochylde]

3 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Oliviera is solid but Harris is next level.. blocking running and catching.. the perfect release valve for Collaros.  Brady has yet to show he can be that release valve 

To be fair, they haven't used him as one.

[M.O.A.B.]

Wouldn't mind seeing both on some 2-back schemes. Added to the fact that Demski can also carry the load every now and then. Our running game can be more unpredictable. 

[wbbfan]

3 minutes ago, voodoochylde said:

To be fair, they haven't used him as one.

He's had some block and release stuff but yeah not much for looks. 

 When collaros scrambles or is pressured he looks to beat the d down field. He doesn't look for the short release valve. In the past that was our go to read. 

3 minutes ago, M.O.A.B. said:

Wouldn't mind seeing both on some 2-back schemes. Added to the fact that Demski can also carry the load every now and then. Our running game can be more unpredictable. 

For sure. Brady as a lead blocker could do some damage. The misdirection and ability to stretch the defence out laterally could open a whole lot in the seams and down field. 

[M.O.A.B.]

 

[Noeller]

5 minutes ago, M.O.A.B. said:

 

Soooo.......Thorax for Woogie......? What's up with that? 

[Tracker]

7 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Soooo.......Thorax for Woogie......? What's up with that? 

Thorax is a supervillain.

[Noeller]

I thought it was a Dr Seuss character, but after Google-ing, it's apparently your entire torso area....

[Nolby]

4 hours ago, Goalie said:

Oliviera is solid but Harris is next level.. blocking running and catching.. the perfect release valve for Collaros.  Brady has yet to show he can be that release valve 

We'll see what level he's at at 34 years old and a year off.

[Noeller]

[JuranBoldenRules]

Why is Geoff Gray even on the report?  No injury and full participant all week.

[wbbfan]

3 hours ago, Noeller said:

Soooo.......Thorax for Woogie......? What's up with that? 

With Grant on the 6 game I hope we look at another return man. Maybe activate devonte Williams. 

Nelson has had 1 good return but we've faced some big legs but Nelson is under 20yards per ko return. And a shade over 10 on punts. 

[M.O.A.B.]

53 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

With Grant on the 6 game I hope we look at another return man. Maybe activate devonte Williams. 

Nelson has had 1 good return but we've faced some big legs but Nelson is under 20yards per ko return. And a shade over 10 on punts. 

Agree. Nelson doesnt impress me. I was hoping they will try McKnight on the return game last week.

[BBlink]

A microcosm of the return game was when there were 4 Argonauts in front of Nelson with zero Bombers to block for him. I wouldn't be putting it all on Nelson. I think we still have some work to do in our blocking.

[Eternal optimist]

Harris is miles ahead of Oliveria. Oliviera may be great later in his career, but right now he is still developing.

Even just having Harris in the lineup helps, he drastically alters opponents scheming because they have to respect that he is just such a good release valve for Collaros. Also, as a vet, he is way less likely to miss blocking assignment than Brady, which makes blitzing riskier.

Not relevant to our current injury situation, but man I miss Streveler.

 

[Noeller]

28 minutes ago, BBlink said:

A microcosm of the return game was when there were 4 Argonauts in front of Nelson with zero Bombers to block for him. I wouldn't be putting it all on Nelson. I think we still have some work to do in our blocking.

I don't know **** about this, but during the radio cast, Brown seemed to indicate that Nelson was baiting them to one direction all night in order to set up the one big run where he got the corner and went around the edge. 

[wbbfan]

1 hour ago, BBlink said:

A microcosm of the return game was when there were 4 Argonauts in front of Nelson with zero Bombers to block for him. I wouldn't be putting it all on Nelson. I think we still have some work to do in our blocking.

Because he was flat footed after catching the ball. I rewatched today and he was constantly tentative with the ball. When he had blocks he wasn't decisive and that led to blockers running out of time. 

49 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I don't know **** about this, but during the radio cast, Brown seemed to indicate that Nelson was baiting them to one direction all night in order to set up the one big run where he got the corner and went around the edge. 

Idk he was flat and shaking left and right constantly.

 He ran up the middle mostly save for the one he broke. But even including the 30 ish yard big return he's been sub average. 

[Brandon]

LOL @ Jamie Nye being 1-7 

[bigg jay]

4 hours ago, Brandon said:

LOL @ Jamie Nye being 1-7 

I'll give him bit bit of slack since pretty much nobody had Calgary & Edmonton starting out like this.  He had the worst record in that group for the 2019 season though so it's not a complete surprise to see him at the bottom. 

[Jpan85]

 

[Wanna-B-Fanboy]

8 hours ago, Brandon said:

LOL @ Jamie Nye for being 1-7 Jamie Nye

FIFY

Edited August 19, 2021 by wanna-b-fanboy

[JCon]

Nelson stutter-steps himself into getting tackled. He never goes. 

The best returners just go. 

[Brandon]

4 minutes ago, JCon said:

Nelson stutter-steps himself into getting tackled. He never goes. 

The best returners just go. 

As per Bob Irving on the last game radio broadcast.... O'Shea likes Nelson because he goes North South and is secure with the football.