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Dinwiddie in his office right now:

My wife & I drove from Calgary to Winnipeg. We went to the game. We won. It was fun. We drove back to Calgary, That is all.

we just need to stop signing vet DBs and just trust our scouting.... it's the only position group our management seems to be reliably good at scouting... and the only position group that is all scouting and draft... would we even have benched the useless Moxey and seen how much better Texada is without the injury?

Maybe Vaccaro comes home in a couple seasons if Ottawa doesn't completely wreck him - might be a long term center option for us.

on short yardage Eli plays inside the tackle...and most the dives go his side. Elsbury hasnt been dominant, or consistent in moving nobody really...gets roller skated alot...and cant keep on a block very well Plus Eli is not a small dude...he's 6'-4" and listed at 315 I think?..But he heavier than that so he's not undersized by any stretch, and he's athletic on top of it...But like mentioned by @17to85 when has he been given a real shot...never....but games he filled in was no worse than anyone of late, and likely a bit better once settled in...and with more reps prob really settle in, And a real shot is several games to watch film on him in real games....we too hung up on his role we put him in and how well he does it...plain and simple Correct...If anything Elsbury would make a great 6th and used on the edge to get out in front of run plays...But for a bigger bodied guy he is very disappointing in his brute strength ability and his ability to manhandle any defender..Has a hard time keeping engaged too...Eli...Polar opposite...But he also excels outside too...gets upfield really fast...and can play multiple spots on line...so we feel some need to keep him there evn if it means inferior center play...like 4 yrs running now If he was given the Kolo rope back when that charade started he'd be a hell if a Center now,,,,Prob poached away from us for refusing to ante up...Tho he not wired like that so I sure a fair deal woulda kept him.

I'm sure B.C would have put in the effort if they really wanted Bighill back. Did we have the extra cash to spend after Durant decided to take the money and run?

The OL has been hit or miss since we started trotting out a subpar centre to be honest. The guy who was truly a huge loss was Deslauriers

nope

My concern is that Vaval will sustain a season/career ending injury returning kicks and then we will lose both our kick returner and good cornerback.

Mine is based on TiviMate as well. There are different options (ex usb memory stick, external hard drive) you can setup to create extra storage so you can record without worrying about space.

I don't have any idea what Eli has to offer... but I know he has history at C... and I find it hard to believe a line of Big Stan*-Vanty-Eli-Wallace-Brox + Neufeld woiuldn't be an improvement... *though I'd prefer Broxton at LT

Didn't Durant's abrupt retirement free up some space as well?

Vaccaro definitely would like to come home...I think he was disappointed that he wasn't a Bomber BUT we realistically didn't have a shot at him in the draft....His family sure turned out for him when Ottawa came to town.....He'll be a Bomber sooner or later

It goes back farther than that but Dejarlais, Couture .. then Dobson .. we've bled talent on the line and they are all better than what we have there currently. I'd trade any one of those guys over who we have starting right now in a heart beat.

This... We were never getting him back, which sucks, but he's the only guy we really miss. I guess you could say Yoshi, if just for vibes, but RT has been more than adequately replaced. The C hasn't been right since Couture.

Yeah the only but he took was from the ground, which given the way he rolled over makes me think shoulder something. Could be neck too I guess. But definitely some thing. Probably related to his neck problems he's had for a few years now.

So you're saying he got multiple offers and choose one team over the other...? That's quite literally my point. WE DO NOT KNOW. But there are a few posters here, apparently yourself included that KNOW, KW didn't even try to sign him.

This thread's time is up.

next year we can enact the Tburg rule - no Horvath or "Tommy time" (h/t to our old pal Suits) Stevens TD's allowed lol....

not entirely true...BC couldnt afford him when he came free...the blew their wad and were tight to the cap..KW had kept a slush fund for exactly that purpose of a potential FA being cut free

Hah! apparently i failed reading comprehension 101. I misread that as "who is"- sorry about that!

Thanks for your assessment. I've been an Eli fan for a long time, and it makes no sense to me that Elsbury is playing ahead of him. I think big Stan And ZC have both surpassed their best before dates. I'm wondering about Vaval. Most of his returns seemed to be him running right into traffic. Is it on him, or the blockers? And totally agree that Vaval should be playing more D.

Elsbury is a strange athlete. He's fast and a good jumper for his size but he isn't powerful or physically explosive like that. Teams dont really have bigger DTs, you see the dt tweener but not guys that big. At 333 lbs, he handily has 20-30 lbs on every DT he faces. yet he is not able to road grade at all. Eli does for sure. At this point of the season and career for zach, I don't think there is a lesser of any evils when it comes to injurys.

Yeah should probably establish some ground rules first...

yup......AND IF we could have pulled that one out we would be sitting in a damned nice position....would have put a different complexion on the whole season.....Would' ves and should'ves though......

Goalie didn't indicate what type of brawl he wanted to participate in....was it boxing....wrestling....martial arts or 'kneecapping and run like hell'....Anyway I think Goalie would probably show up complete with his mask and pads or a no=show....like he's doing now

Kramdi really helped set the tone for physical play. And Jones being a dink to the opposition every time it a good thing too. Get that nasty edge going. Make it a slog for offenses. We all saw Harris with his palms up and lower lip dropping but another guy who did not enjoy his experience was Johnson (the good one). He had a miserable experience that game and I love that for him and the riders

Does it matter right now? This league was given an opportunity to inject a good amount of cash right now.... The world is going to be so different in 5 years it will be hard to predict what anything looks like.

Osh probably has a few of his favorites on standby...

Begin the thawing of Sam Hurl

Honestly no difference between this and the guys who went to the White House after the Olys, AFAIC....