CFL - Pre-Season - All Your Non-Bomber News/Talk - 2023

[johnzo]

the Elks' RB Brown is a dangerous player.  Was impressed when I watched him play last year.  Real explosive runner with a next-level burst, guy who could feast in the flats.

[CodyT]

2 hours ago, Noeller said:

speaking of the LOLk's: 
 

 

I don't like to see this. It's really lame because j hate chris Jones but for the viability of the league, we need the elks to win some games

[JCon]

2 hours ago, johnzo said:

the Elks' RB Brown is a dangerous player.  Was impressed when I watched him play last year.  Real explosive runner with a next-level burst, guy who could feast in the flats.

He'll be judged on his flexes. Nothing more, nothing less. 

[Booch]

Elks receiving corp could be....could.....be top 4 in league...Lewis is good....Dunbar is a nice compliment...but Moore?...meh...dime a dozen player...Mitchell...lets see what he does in more games....guys like him have come and gone before...need to sustain...I do like that running back....but big....Huge question mark with QB's there....and is that O-line a dominant unit....time will tell...I'd rank them just below the stamps...and just above the Riders in terms of receiving groups in the west...and not sure what they have for depth behind the starters....

Thats what I like about our unit...with what we know from last year...BOLO, Agudosi and Mcrae can be more than adequate replacements behind our starters, and we have some interesting talent competing beyond them this yr as well

2 minutes ago, JCon said:

He'll be judged on his flexes. Nothing more, nothing less. 

have to have that Flex appeal haha

[Tracker]

46 minutes ago, Booch said:

Elks receiving corp could be....could.....be top 4 in league...Lewis is good....Dunbar is a nice compliment...but Moore?...meh...dime a dozen player...Mitchell...lets see what he does in more games....guys like him have come and gone before...need to sustain...I do like that running back....but big....Huge question mark with QB's there....and is that O-line a dominant unit....time will tell...I'd rank them just below the stamps...and just above the Riders in terms of receiving groups in the west...and not sure what they have for depth behind the starters....

Thats what I like about our unit...with what we know from last year...BOLO, Agudosi and Mcrae can be more than adequate replacements behind our starters, and we have some interesting talent competing beyond them this yr as well

have to have that Flex appeal haha

So he is going to buy a Ford fine product?

[Stickem]

13 hours ago, Tracker said:

So he is going to buy a Ford fine product?

cuz they had a better idea.........................

[Noeller]

 

[Bubba Zanetti]

3 minutes ago, Noeller said:

 

I'd be interested if we needed a receiver but we are STACKED.

Edited May 10, 2023 by Bubba Zanetti

[bigg jay]

8 minutes ago, Noeller said:

 

Spend big in FA then cut players before they are due bonuses for showing up to camp.  Not a good look, IMO.

[johnzo]

15 hours ago, Booch said:

Thats what I like about our unit...with what we know from last year...BOLO, Agudosi and Mcrae can be more than adequate replacements behind our starters, and we have some interesting talent competing beyond them this yr as well

man how times have changed.  In 2013 BOLO would've been our top national on O...

[wbbfan]

16 hours ago, Booch said:

Elks receiving corp could be....could.....be top 4 in league...Lewis is good....Dunbar is a nice compliment...but Moore?...meh...dime a dozen player...Mitchell...lets see what he does in more games....guys like him have come and gone before...need to sustain...I do like that running back....but big....Huge question mark with QB's there....and is that O-line a dominant unit....time will tell...I'd rank them just below the stamps...and just above the Riders in terms of receiving groups in the west...and not sure what they have for depth behind the starters....

Thats what I like about our unit...with what we know from last year...BOLO, Agudosi and Mcrae can be more than adequate replacements behind our starters, and we have some interesting talent competing beyond them this yr as well

have to have that Flex appeal haha

It’s certainly going to be more balanced and not nearly as old as their core was in camp last year. More grey hair in the wr core last year than the coaching staff for tc. 
 I don’t expect much from a mcadoo offense but it’ll be interesting to see if heavy balls can grow and  improve. 
 

8 minutes ago, johnzo said:

man how times have changed.  In 2013 BOLO would've been our top national on O...

I could see him taking a big step forward this year. He was so good and smooth in limited action last year. Really excited to see what he can do. 
 Being able to wait and develop guys like him is a tremendous luxury, not to mention having great guys for him to learn from. As the ratio quality goes so goes the team. 

[Booch]

Yeah BOLO just looks polished and legit as a bigger bodied receiver...hand catcher...fluid....strong....high high upside....and a legitimate target when on the field...we lose nothing when he is getting reps, and is only gonna get better...loved that draft pick from day 1

[Noeller]

 

[Bubba Zanetti]

17 minutes ago, Noeller said:

 

Was this a Joe Mack pick?? What a waste of a 1st overall pick lol. We took Dobson 2 picks later.

Edited May 10, 2023 by Bubba Zanetti

[wbbfan]

First over all pick and just a day or two ago the team 14th over all pick they traded for a lber retired at 23. 
 

30 minutes ago, Bubba Zanetti said:

Was this a Joe Mack pick?? What a waste of a 1st overall pick lol. We took Dobson 2 picks later.

I think this is going to be a big year for Dobson and Eli. 

[SpeedFlex27]

Elks claim they averaged 20,000 fans a game last year. Who are they kidding??

[Booch]

56 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Elks claim they averaged 20,000 fans a game last year. Who are they kidding??

Is that ticket sales...or actual bums in seats?...I could see it, as likely a lot of people bought tickets..seasons/flex's etc...and chose not to waste more money actually going there...good thing they had a massive war chest of loot to cover losses the last 3-4 yrs

[wbbfan]

1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Elks claim they averaged 20,000 fans a game last year. Who are they kidding??

 

3 minutes ago, Booch said:

Is that ticket sales...or actual bums in seats?...I could see it, as likely a lot of people bought tickets..seasons/flex's etc...and chose not to waste more money actually going there...good thing they had a massive war chest of loot to cover losses the last 3-4 yrs

I think it’s total fans in existence last year. 
 

things are gonna get ugly fast over the next two years if edm doesn’t get better. 

[HardCoreBlue]

1 minute ago, wbbfan said:

 

I think it’s total fans in existence last year. 
 

things are gonna get ugly fast over the next two years if edm doesn’t get better. 

I'll state the obvious, at least to me, they need a damn QB to excel not to manage. 

[wbbfan]

2 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

I'll state the obvious, at least to me, they need a damn QB to excel not to manage. 

Honestly almost every bad team needs that. They need a miracle. I worry that even winning alone might not turn things around quickly for them. 

Milanovich to ham seems strange. That staff has been together for a while. I can’t see them axing Coach o mid season little on doing so and replacing him with Scott. But I feel like confusion with what ham is trying to do has become the new norm. 

[GCn20]

3 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Elks claim they averaged 20,000 fans a game last year. Who are they kidding??

The state of the CFL in Alberta right now is a little concerning. Calgary is quickly becoming a tire fire, and Edmonton with a multi-million dollar loss....yikes.

[Bigblue204]

24 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

The state of the CFL in Alberta right now is a little concerning. Calgary is quickly becoming a tire fire, and Edmonton with a multi-million dollar loss....yikes.

 Cgy is a flat out embarrassment. That stadium is an eye sore and the attendance was pitiful last year. This year they're actually going to "hide" seats under banners like they do in BC place...I know it's a pipe dream, but I'd love for the CFL to force the owner to spending some real money on the team or selling tovsomeone who actually wants to be here.

Edited May 11, 2023 by Bigblue204

[kelownabomberfan]

9 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

 Cgy is a flat out embarrassment. That stadium is an eye sore and the attendance was pitiful last year. This year they're actually going to "hide" seats under banners like they do in BC place...I know it's a pipe dream, but I'd love for the CFL to force the owner to spending some real money on the team or selling tovsomeone who actually wants to be here.

perhaps they could go with a community model like the Bombers, rather than having an owner?  

 

[Geebrr]

The Tican’ts have Milanovich on the staff now?  No funny business there. 

Edited May 11, 2023 by Geebrr

[kelownabomberfan]

36 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

The state of the CFL in Alberta right now is a little concerning. Calgary is quickly becoming a tire fire, and Edmonton with a multi-million dollar loss....yikes.

it started by allowing that lunatic Chris Jones back into the fold.  Imagine if that idiot was brought in to replace the Canadian mafia?  IGF would become a ghost town too.  The team before Jones was a  dumpster fire too. Edmonton has been stepping on rakes now for too long.