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Le petit mort, 3 little parts of your childhood. Riders are still a favourable match up for us.

Agree. I think he’s Edmonton bound.

Vernon Adam’s last game in a lions uniform. The lack of urgency and poise from the coaching staffs down in clutch time is shocking not just today all year. The league has been trying to replace old guard coaches and still doesn’t have it figured out.

Tbh I think he will abuse the appearance bonus to try and buy a ship next year even harder.

That’s gotta be a back breaker for this flat lions team.

Has to be thrown behind the qb, then it’s a lateral. Just behind the line no.

When’s the last time they had a sell out other than the LDC when we take over? Bet it’s been a long while.

Nor their coaching staff

I had high hopes for the semi final games. It’s not living up.

Better game than any of zachs play off games and he’s gonna lose in the division semi.

I think that’s worse, but if it makes the locals happy and helps bring back fans it’s well worth while just being the esks.

He is a great football mind and position coach. Hes clearly out of his depth as a hc sadly. Have to win the trench battle to win the gc, and idk if we can beat either mtl or tor on the lines.

Right?

Elks have asked for permission to interview ed Hervey for their gm spot. Doesn’t sound like they are offering him a job upgrade, but Hamilton might be willing to move on any way. Not surprising but you’d think Edmonton might like some fresh blood.

Thanks for clarification.

Same. I really want ott to win. But damn they don’t even have a rb wtf

A mod would have to confirm, but as I understand it any posts sharing articles can only contain references so that people go and read the whole thing on the website. Don’t believe while copy pasted articles are allowed.

Yep. And he was excellent at inside zone. Did all the things you need a centre to do.

Projecting a lot of feeling and opinion towards blogs on zach here. I’ve never found his content to be self important or self righteous. I am far worse on here than that I’m sure. I get it, I’ve got plenty on here blocked because I don’t enjoy what they write. same lol also agree. I think 1 more win with in a streak of appearances ices it, but I don’t think you’ll see this level of accomplishment often in a generation.

Godber is better, and Ferland as pressed into duty is better. Worse ol, but kola wouldn’t make their roster. This is a good question. Justin Lawrence in Montreal, Sean mcewen in Calgary, and couture in bc are the class of the league. When healthy, couture is the guy I’d pick on game day. Lawrence is the guy I’d take to go into a season with. I’m a bit biased towards couture. He’s soo good at making guys around him better. Lawrence heads up vs a pass rusher is better.

Qb runs either need to be home run swings or end at the side line. Not power inside stuff. Especially when the guy has a battering ram mentality. It’s fine vs dbs on angles not head on in the tackle box vs front 6 guys. Other teams have done it well in the nfl and ncaa. No excuse why we can’t. (the ravens have long been the standard I hope to see out of that package in this respect.) Yes it’s a 1 year deal. I’d be stunned if he went elsewhere tbh. If buck stays, he shouldn’t though.

Kolo is problem 1b with Jake 1a. Thing is, when Lawson is healthy I think Jake is a very minor thing. Even if he doesn’t retire I don’t think he plays a fraction of the snaps next year. Kolo is the worst ol in the league. he is. He’s struggled next to all our guards. Neuf, Dobson, Eli, vanterpool, Randolph (this year,) then gray, desjarlais, even playing beside couture in one game. I hate to break it to you, you aren’t going to improve on that guard group. And its the centres job to support the guards, NOT the guards job to support the C. He’s not the best guard in the west, but he’d start on 5-6 teams with ease. Healthy neuf + Dobson is one of the better guard combos in the league.

Not via free agency but no one was gonna poach him any way.

Smaller more athletic Cs have been the go to in the cfl for a while. Especially if you’re running a zone run scheme, that’s a guy whose often doubling a going to the next level. In general that’s what linemen look like now too. Gone are the days of guys like Matt Sheridan. Even the nfl has moved down from the 330+ guards for the most part. Now they look like defensive linemen. Fairly trim, and thick. Big athletic humans. Ol used to be an after thought for talent. If they can’t play high level dl athletically they stuck at ol. You put the big slow kids there. Not any more. Teams build at all levels around big athletic kids in the trenches. And of course QBs. You’re bang on. Kolo is skinny fat. Not quick fast or strong. The average nfl guard this year is 6’2 and change, and 315. Exactly the same as Dobson. I don’t remember the stat, but it was some thing to the effect of if you hit 30 and are over 300lbs, life expectancy drops by 20 years. And it’s even more at 40. Few guys are as sloppy as they used to be, and few keep a football build longer than needed. I could see weight pushing down more on both lines across pro football to the point 275-290 is normal again.

Dobson is not undersized lol. He was one of the most athletic OL in d1 football as well. Gray was over height for a guard, with more of a tackles build. Dobson has not had to stuff him self to maintain weight ever. He had to cut 20-25 lbs to play in the cfl. He was playing football at Texas state at 340lbs. And he could dunk a basketball on a regulation rim at that weight. Centre is often an undersized position. Kolo used to be undersized, but hasn’t been since his first year. Hes sloppy, but he doesn’t force weight on either. Couture was 276lbs when we drafted him. He’s up to a bit over 300 now and a bit smaller than kolo. Mathias goosen was smaller and bulked up to 290-300 before retiring early. Neither of those guys were fat.