Eskimos @ Ticats

[Mr Dee]

I think he had more offers…but he dropped one.

[HardCoreBlue]

Bowman has to be the most frustrating player in the entire league. I don't care how good he is, I couldn't handle having a player that inconsistent on my team.

 

Adarius Bowman is a like a good golfer. He has all the skiils needed to be great, but can't consistently get them all working together.

[SmokinBlue]

 

Doesn't matter how much he drops if he still does more than 99 percent of the receivers in this league can even dream of doing.

It does matter.  If the game is on the line will he make the catch?  Reliability matters big time at all positions.

 

No, no it doesn't matter because the game wouldn't even be on the line to begin with if it wasnt' for him. Edmonton would be crap without him, he's the biggest difference maker on that team right now. Even the year the Bombers stupidly got rid of him, he was far and away our best receiver. Heck, it wasn't even close, sure he sometimes drops the easiest balls, but he's also going to break more tackles, catch more balls and get open more than anybody.

 

He's downright scary to defend when he stays healthy:

Currently he has 81 receptions, closest guy in the league has 50.

 

Most Pass Receptions, one season

• Derrell Mitchell (1998) 160
• Allen Pitts (1994) 126
• Don Narcisse (1995) 123
• Michael Clemons (1997) 122
• Allen Pitts (1991) 118

Adarius is on pace this season for 121.5 pass receptions. That would give him the 5th best season ever in the CFL, not bad for somebody known for dropping balls....

 

He currently has 36% of Edmonton's receiving/passing yardage, the next closest recevier is Emmanual Arceaneaux who has only 24% of his teams receiving/passing yardage. 12% difference! HUGE! - Bow down to Adarius Bowman!

 

Currently, he also has 1,048 yards, next best in the league has 734. That puts him on pace for 1572 yards, and 314 yards ahead of the next guy in the race, which is more than any receiver had the last 2 years and more than any receiver aside from himself will get this year.

 

Edmonton cutting him would be even more stupid then us cutting Willy for sometimes doing the most boneheaded throws ever.(eg. some of the interceptions he gifted the Riders, those weren't simply rookie QB mistakes, those were idiocy) But sometimes when everythign is on the line, really smart people can do really stupid things, so you have to take the good with the bad and move on.

[17to85]

but if you can't rely on a player what good is he? Yeah he might get you a lot of yards but if you go to him in a key moment and he drops the pass and you lose the game does it really matter that he already had 7 catches and 100 yards?

[SmokinBlue]

Except he's currently being relied on more than any other player in the league and he's currently producing more than any other player in the league.

 

You have to look at the big picture! Even the year we got rid of him, sure he dropped some of the easiest balls ever, but he DID NOT and was not leading our team in drops when we dumped him. Fact is no other player in the league gets as open as he does as often as he does, which is one of the reason is drops so many more wide open balls than other receviers.

[17to85]

but again you are missing the big picture in favour of stats. Coaches above all else want players they can rely on. A guy who might piss away the biggest play of the game is not someone you can rely on. It's that talent that has gotten more chances than a lesser player would have ever gotten with the problems he has catching, but eventually every coach gets tires of not being able to rely on a player. It's working out for him this year, but will it last? Somehow I doubt that. 

[SmokinBlue]

I've already explained, despite his drops, he is currently the most reliable receiver in the league. It's not even really a debate, it's just the cold hard facts, if you want an opportunity to get a big play he is your man, if you want to waste a play targetting players that can't even work their way open and let your QB get sacked or have to throw the ball away or throw it 2 yards on 2nd 10 and proceed to watch the receiver not even get close to the first down, then be my guest. With the game on the line, I'd rather take the small risk that he fumbles or drops the ball then the huge risk that we don't even get the play off at all, period. You also state it like Bowman might get 1 big play a game if he's lucky and if he drops the ball then he pisses away that one big play. Truth is he's practically guaranteed multiple big plays each game whether he drops the ball or not, he's not pissing away the one big play his team can get a game, he's getting more big plays than any of his teammates, almost every single game. It's not even just big plays, he's helping his team throughout the entire game, consistently getting first downs and receptions throughout the entire game. This season alone, he's on pace for more receptions then Ben Cahoon ever got in a season, that's saying something, and what it's saying is definitely not negative. The other thing he does, unlike Ben Cahoon is he takes5-6 yard catches and consistently turns them into 15-20 yard gains by dragging would be tacklers like they are little fleas. No other receiver in the league can currently do what he does.

 

That is the big picture.

[17to85]

you keep using that word but I don't think you know what it means. Being relied on and being reliable are not the same thing. No one is saying he's not putting up good numbers and no one is taking away from him the things he can do, but the fact is he's also going to drop passes on you that should be caught. That flaw in his game is why he has bounced around several teams. If he keeps gassing easy passes at bad times I have no doubts that Edmonton will get tired of it too. 

[Brandon]

I wish the CFL had more in depth stats....   because to me it feels like Bowman is targeted at least twice as much as any other receiver in the league.   

[17to85]

That's because of the limitations of the esks offense. Reilly isn't really sharp enough to run a lot of variations in the passing game.