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100% yes. We are thin at back up ni wr. He can also contribute on teams.

Going to be interesting to see how they rotate the front with only one imp dt.

Man sucks couture is out. I hope kola does well at c. People often think LTs get qbs killed. But with modern pass rush and the prominence of shot gun and pistol it’s centers that get timed and toss high snaps that kill qbs. I’m hopeful he played well enough last game and he’s been around long enough. Excited to see Dobson as the 6th on goal line sets.

Personally I don’t put any stock in qb records. I think it’s more a curio then a metric. like our record when blink / harris ran for 100 yards or more. If you put that range harris on the riders They might do worse because of the ol and mobility. But if you put cf on the harris teams I think they’d be much much worse. if either was the rbs qb this year I think we’d have creamed them bad.

I was kind of leaning the same way. For a season I’d go with cf narrowly. For a single game I might go with Harris because he can hit the broad side of a barn deep. Both are about as un clutch I think. I can’t ever imagine cf throwing 4600 yards 30 tds 11 ints or comparable quality.

This is my thought too. But maybe another run scheme will help. Also if I was in the red zone in mtl I’d call iso fade routes to td jake that guy has an amazing catch radius. kine of merging the two discussion points, would you rather have cf or Harris at qb this season? 18/19 Harris had 44 tds 17 picks. 9344 combined yards. 19/21 cf had 46 tds 19 picks 8351 combined yards. both in 31 games.

Yeah I’m not saying he’s small, he’s the modern athletic style of linemen. He’s not a guy who will drop 60 lbs after football. Height is often looked at as a disadvantage in power lifting too. I would much prefer to see his body type and athletic make up become the standard in linemen. And I think it will. But it will take longer on the inside positions. A lower center of gravity and 30 extra lbs is just tough to replace.

That’s awful.

Sort of. Every player who signs a contract agrees to a team option for year two with the limited windows. However the league had to tell which players they opted in on in April. It also triggers a guaranteed health care kicker for all of 2023. More importantly the nfl has required that any player it brings in have their contract with the usfl fully terminated. Even just for a try out. Basically all the top players that get try outs will be free of the year two option. finally for me I’d challenge the contract if I was the cfl. 1 the cfl has no contract with the usfl and Is not under any obligation to go by the usfl contract. They could sign a guy mid season and the usfl couldn’t stop it. They could sue but none competes up here very seldom win in court and down south well you’d be a lot harder pressed to get a court to uphold your right to limit a persons right to work in their field out side of the country no less. I think the usfl contract would be thrown out quick fast and in a hurry. But really the cost of that action would rule it out probably and it wouldn’t be needed. Any player the cfl would consider will be released and worked out in the nfl then be an urfa.

I think as always this will lead to a lot of yards and not enough tds with Harris at qb. But just the top and consistent yards should be good.

Sad but not at all surprising. the usfl announced its year end awards before their play offs today. Riley wins coach of the year and he got two player position wins too. I haven’t followed the usfl. But I wonder how much of its talent will end up being air lifts for the cfl rather than the nfl. I feel like teams aren’t sending out a lot more tc invites at this point. I’m sure a couple guys will get looks but the cfl might be the real beneficiary.

Yeah. And yoshi didn’t do well at g here previously.

Gray isn’t huge he’s a modern athletic ol. Especially in the tackle mold. Some tall guys really make it work in side but generally it’s shorter heavier guys that succeed inside. Being 6’6 isn’t really an advantage at guard. for comparison desjarlais is 6’2 320 and gray is 6’6 300. Bond was 6’7 but was also 360lbs. I have no doubt a long tall athletic guard can work and that some guys will have and are. But it’s harder for sure. It really depends. Some times it does especially going from a bad line to a good consistent line. When we put in bond and moved hardrick to tackle it didn’t take time to gel. Moving on from goosen suhk bond etc wasn’t slow.

It’s really strange. Idk why we wouldn’t be showing looks now and setting up twists on those looks later. Buck has shown flashes of great creativity and individual game planning. He should be able to keep defenses off balance with out sacrificing regular season games quality. It’s not even vanilla. It’s gruel. Vanillas got too much flavour for what we’ve been running. thing is a lot of the stuff we’ve been doing for years. Jet motion passing schemes demski in as rb screens etc. feels almost like plop out thinking him self.

He was yes. He played some c in college last year too. gray is alright in pass pro. I don’t fault him for the holdings really. But he isn’t ok in run pro. He’s frequently been collapsed. Especially on the heavy set. you are right though that it’s not a one man issue by any means. And a switch would not it self cure our issues. The whole ol has struggled and we haven’t done a good job of forcing the defense to stay home with jet motion etc like in past years. Or stretched the field side line to side line with screens and the 15-20 yard out. starting on other teams doesn’t mean much. A lot of teams have shoddy ols but we are more reliant on ol play than any other. Right now almost every team has an ol that would take a job on the starting line here. if this is still a thing in 5 games we might be on qb2, and rb 3. Both backs have been taking a royal pounding.

I’m pretty sure at this point that couture won’t play this week which means Dobson draws in. I would start gray again just for consistency with kola at c. But on short yardage I’d move gray outside and put Dobson at rg. The only way I’d go double switch and have Dobson start at guard is if we were gonna run a lot of 6 man heavy fronts. long term or even medium term I think gray is a rt though. Maybe the ol needs a bit of shaking up. Their performance hasn’t been this poor since before bond came into the roster and hardrick moved to t.

I hope that’s it. wish Richmond was healthy.

What we see is very much the defense prior to last year. Until jeffcoat came back any way. With him back it’s already better now. The dl will adapt to no nose. And eventually ba will be healthy. At that point our defense will be excellent.

Big cultural difference between the two though. I don’t think any one would argue that cf puts out a couple toxic quotes and or events each year. Collaros would never throw his wrs under the bus for instance.

Vaj can’t execute the rpo khari runs reliably. He just makes terrible decisions. 4 passes is kinda silly. yeah and he’s still young enough to have his best ball in front of him. It’ll be interesting to see what he nets.

Glad the old coach is getting in finally. chip cox and suitor as an announcer? Really? Pathetic. Should be a slam dunk imo.

I feel like vaj is a gentle breeze from being traded and Harris being anointed the new starter. Maybe sent to edm. His last good game was week 8 of last year vs the Toronto in turmoil team. He had one really good game last year and that was vs ott. He’s still a guy stuck between being a back up and a starter imo.

Oh no not Lofton. If that guy starts at tackle may as well sit collaros so he doesn’t miss the rest of the season.

Plus the best release in the league. He’s the toughest qb in the league to sack. I can see pressure boiling over there though with inability to score tds and just dumb play calls at time. I think it’s a mix of talent and experience lacking from last year. I think with experience this roster will get much better. Buck has struggled play callling too. We haven’t seen any kind of rhythm from the offense yet.

wbb, ham, ssk, to, mtl, cal, edm, bc, ott. becomes Wbb cal bc ssk ott tor ham edm mtl