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Not to mention, Zach loves to hold the ball and try for deep shots, and is not quick mechanically to get the ball out. He really has to put in max effort to get velocity on the ball now, which has greatly hurt his ability to get it away. Mechanically, he's the anti-Danny Mac. But the outcome is almost the same as late-career Mac. Elsbury isn't worse than Kolo, imo, but he might not be better than any other C in the league. Which, going from old Kolo to a young Imp on the interior of the OL, is mind-boggling. You have to work hard to suck at replacing a guy that bad. It falls on basically everyone on O. From the system to OL to QBs to WRs, even Brady has struggled more this year in pass pro than ever before. When you make good players struggle at something they've been great at for a long time, you've really messed up. The sad thing is that doesn't get all the way into how bad our pass pro has been this year. 2.5 sacks per game against us vs. BC, giving up 2 sacks per game; vs. Sask, giving up 1.4 sacks per game. But the pressures and hits are what really separate us from even other basement-dwelling teams. We will almost certainly end up giving up more than 200 hits and hurries this year, and 45-50 sacks on top of that. Maksymic isn't reinventing the wheel over in Edmonton, and he doesn't have some insane talent set on offence. He's giving Cody easy, quick decisions and not letting the D dictate with pressure. He's running a balanced attack really well. If Maksymic had ended up here and TC in Edmonton, we would be in the battle to win the West.

When u have a 600k qb who can't climb the pocket..have escapability and essentially turtles when any threat of pressure is in his face..u generally are bottom of league in that stat..not saying our line is great by any means but not as bad as they seem..victims of what i said..some horrible schemes and weakest center in league who I dont think is making the right calls..let alone recognizing fronts and blitzers to make call outs Never thought with the dumping of kolo that in 2026 we be even worse at center...but here we are and we just keep banging our head against wall thinking that after 14 games hed be better...if anything he has regressed as teams have ample film on him and know all his deficiencies...but he got big legs according to Osh so we good

I deleted X a year ago. Nothing has changed, except that I spend less time wondering about stupid people.

a fifth round pick isn't a massive stupidity tax, though.

Not all the O-line's fault, but.....

I think that’s just his overall arrogance coming across. He does the same thing talking about the NFL highlights.

Twitter is full of awful, awful people. Willson always has a tone of "this player sucks and there are so many mistakes that would never be made in the NFL..." a lot of condescension, IMO...

They brought in Hansen , that's more then enough activity for them....

yup takes a man to be a man...good on him And agree his analysis and breaking down of what's going on...almost as it happens is top notch. He knows what he is talking about and can explain it to fans in a way that they can grasp, and isnt dumbed down. Compare him to Suitor and its like a 3rd grader vs a College Grad. And Lapo too is totally finding his groove. Best thing TSN has done is bring these guys into the fore front and it only will help with new fans in my opinion. For the Grey Cup and Siv Finals it be in league's best interest to have Willson in the booth...and Lapo doing sideline work of some kind as the game is is being played Keep Suitor far away as in all honesty his color and analysis is just so amatuer hour now it's not even funny...He add's nothing to the game telecast....nothing

Nobody here knows a ******* thing about who's involved in what, but many pretend to, in order to craft a version of reality that fits their narrative.

Is Miller really involved on the football side? I thought he was the business side which honestly is doing well.

In other words, The Trinity thinks their **** don't stink.

True. That is the best source of disruption as well. The easiest and quickest way to impact the offence is to push the C back onto the QB's lap.

There hasn’t been a pocket to climb in years. Pressure inside has been unbearable with Kolo and now Elsbury. Zach does suck at evading pressure too though

The dangers of buying into your own hype and propaganda. Even more so it's the dangers of prioritizing ideology over winning.

We do our stupid stuff in the games...prep leading up to the games..and post game assessing as to what went wrong and how to fix

Lauther...who the riders cut and the have to make a deal for him...Great moves...I don't think we've done anything as stupid as that ....wait a minute, I may be incorrect

Ahhh okay that could be. I have never watched NFL highlights so I wouldn't have seen that. Definitely some arrogance...

Brett Lauther escapes the Redblacks; they traded him back to the Roughriders. https://3downnation.com/2026/09/30/saskatchewan-roughriders-trade-for-brett-lauther-from-ottawa-redblacks/ Ottawa gets a 5th-round draft choice back for him.

Hes still very raw... Has his crutches (as Lapo does too) but you can tell there's something to work with. Similar to Dunigan, he has an energy about him where you know he loves the game. He's clearly one of those "the CFL sucks so much compared to NFL" types that I hate so much, but.. he's clearly passionate about football as a sport.

Yeah Wilson is a ****** but as a colour guy he's pretty solid.

Lat week ...much like the week before was prob the best roster we have had over all....But that being said we didn't use Jaworski at all either game....and barely used Womack, tho he got more reps in second game, but just not targeted...I dont think TC knows how to best use him anyway So was okay as okay can be for those games, but also part of the issue is our pathetic PR construct and really no realistic options for players in the area's we actually would benefit from a lil juggling. Along with the back 3rd of current roster full of the same kinda player. Much like our roster when we break camp ...Our game plans are what they are and that's what we will roll with come hell or high water...is it the stubbornness and lack of preparation/coaching to adjust a game plan once you have 2 quarters played to fix/address insitu things?...or an inability to actually see/identify the issues and fix on the fly? I think it's the combo of an arrogant/stubborn coach and also limited chops from the collective group to do it...we have quite a few good players currently...probably a bunch who we dont even see as being good who are just stagnating and rotting on the vine by no fault of their own....And nobody seems to have the balls to put foot down and be the heavy. Looking at most our losses, it is pretty hard to defend the coaching and what seems to be lazy and complacent preperation week in and week out Thats why we need a coach who can recognize talent...or lack there off...Look forward not back, and target guys in FA in prime...or just hitting it, and will be top tier guys for several yrs moving forward and abandon this reliance on older guys whom "had" success....but are on wrong side of 30...and allow your actual young taent you have to show up and fill the roles....or move on from them too We passed on a lot of talent I sure we could have grabbed from 2022 thru to last off-season cause we figured "we good" with the old guard....and obviously as we seen...we weren't, and now we really on the precipice of total over haul...when we never ever should have been in this situation

100%. Willson takes me inside the game better than even Lapo does. Love how he isolates how a player's good technique or bad technique can make or break a play. Lapo's stuff is mostly Xs-and-Os "this guy runs here and this other guy runs here and they put the secondary in a bind" which is very interesting but not as personal.

I agree. I started out really disliking him with his stints on the desk with Jay. He often just craps on players, plays, coaching decisions, etc. Comes off as arrogant and annoying. But as a colour guy, I like him. He gives some actual insight and talks about the X’s and O’s In a real way. He can still be a bit annoying, but he’s way, way better in that role.

again was he really a guru tho?...I dont think so...he was a flyer of a hire...almost flamed out immediately and got lucky and caught lightning in a bottle...and has effed it up ever since....And culture...any decent person let alone coach could foster the culture that was here that all good teamsthrive in...he didnt event it but people think he did and I been saying that for how long??...to a chorus of "yeah buts"....takes some longer to see the festering rot and erosion than others...seen it 3+yrs ago already and said we would decline until he was punted....and.......... this...we get outclassed week in and week out with coaching and the inability to make adjustments...let alone recognize why....compounded with a poor lineup that we choose to field and its not injury related, or ratio restriction. But from a Smug fool of a HC who is just outto lunch and puts personal bias above team

Been on the road a bit hence no comments nor read the GDT but why bench Singer?...something happen I not aware of?...or White for that matter...But Just think where Singer could be right now if he was playing from day 1? If Pokey is ready he has to be dropped back in even tho he been all over the map...Also.....came to the realization that on offence we obviously have only designated 5 Canadians on offence as last 2 games we have ran out Singer..White.Womack at times with just Demski and Clercius...so floundering all yr with 2 Canadians who have done nothing all yr was a coach's decision all along and not ratio related...and just flat out dumb AF...shocking eh??..Not!! And with last game our last drive before we gave up the go ahead score....Was lost right when on 2nd and 4 we didnt just pound brady if not just the one time to convert...but back to back....Game was lost right there , tho there was a bunch of other nonesense related to it ...again...second half stupidity in a nutshell and the ignoring of what was working..BO...The HC should have at that moment where we gae the ball back had insisted we are gonna pound that ball and go get it...no questins asked...no debate...But nope Oshy boy is just a dumb nutless Eunich And will add...Elsbury still sucks and is killing us with a wasted Import spot, and why dress Jaworski and then not use him?...Like WTF,,,dumb stuff all around over and over again

And if this is done, please show whoever made this 'bold' decision the exit door out back and make sure you have them hand in their access cards.

sad thing is, even short of strategic moves, if we just made competent moves that every team has we would’ve been much better off. Every team adjusted to the ratio changes and nat imp. No other team suffers vets who are completely un able to play their position for more than weeks, we do it for years. Not to mention wasting DI spots more times than i can count.

For instance, the play call is a 3x2 single back pistol formation and a PA with a vertical flood passing concept to the 3 wide side and a post corner to the other side. QB sees the 2 WRs on the boundary side have off coverage and too much cushion. So he goes to check 1, a behind-the-line screen package to the trips side (field). Or if he sees a gap is uncovered, he goes to check 2 for the inside zone run. Check 3 would be a concept to the trips field side; say the QB reads overload, this check would remove the PA and give him a timing route on a 1-step drop. You only have a few checks installed; some will vary per formation, but they won’t be too diverse. Something simple and fast that the QB is comfortable with in a tough spot. You don’t have a QB go to the line with that play, then call a whole other play to swap to. The modern style of playbook construction is very modular. A D generally calls coverage, front alignment, and pressure package. An offence calls a passing concept to each side, formation/ protection, and, on some plays, motion. Then you adjust a piece as needed. That’s part of why we’ve run 1 run game scheme for ages. We used to be the best at running any play from any formation with a diverse number of formations. Now we basically run 3x2, empty backfield, or occasionally a heavy set.

they aren’t changing the play, they are checking it which is with in the system. it’s not like 25 years ago when qbs called the plays and changing things at the line was contested. Offences today are designed for checks based on pre snap reads. This happens off pre determined reads. The majority of the time this is based on db depth or the sams alignment between the far slot and tackle box. With TCs offence, this is often going to be moving away from the slot screen because the D is too tight to make it work. Dru came out getting the ball out of his hand quickly, and was hitting great windows. The running game was cruising too. Tor adjusted, and we had no counter to the pressure. which we’ve seen many times this year. We didn’t work off the run worth a damn and got all away from the run again for long stretches. The Os struggles are 100% on condell. Brown can beat the rush with his release if you give him the plays to do it. he can roll and throw on the run. he isn’t a scrambler, but he’s very good on slide pro, moved pockets, rolls and boots. None of which we used. We also only threw or brady once, which was on a broken play. That’s the best pressure release we have. We didn’t run 1 jet/sweep or even the motion. This prevents the D from getting out of their lanes. OCs have a ton of ways to deal with pressure, and manufacture drives. We tried none of them. After tc, it falls on the ol, and the roster useage. Dante provides nothing and is a hindrance as a big. he can only block on smaller guys and teams know what’s coming when he’s on the field. At least if we put a 7th ol on we could deal with pressure and go heavy.

I'm not going to defend Collaros - I'm more of the opinion that we have 2 bad quarterbacks. Along with a bad OC.

Have them wear Hab and Nordique jerseys for a few games. That will get things going. :-)

Football in Quebec is a pretty big deal actually...Done right I can see it being pretty successful and a natural rivalry now for the Als and prob bring a lot of excitement for a labour day back to back experience there