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Barrett didnt get pushed out of the cfl though. He left for greener pastures down south. Some cushy college jobs (realistically college jobs are the best positions in all of football for a coach imo) then the NFL. he could be a head coach in the cfl if he wanted. Most isnt barrett, but they are similar types of coaches and people. And frankly Im good with that comparison.

Yep. This fan base is past the point of being happy to make the play offs each year. Its time to turn the corner as a franchise and do what ever it takes to get that done.

Nichols in general has done very well facing the blitz. The usual issue would be the offense disappearing for stretches and being too conservative. Last night was different. To be honest i feel like the CFL today is a race to 30 points. Like 100 in the nba I feel like the team that hits 30 first has a gigantic edge, and that any thing short of 30 is not a solid out put / lead. Such few first downs blah blah blah thats what happens to defenses in the 4th. Same issues with the D as always.

ill never get tired of them getting trolled over that.

right about now half the fan base would be only too happy to deal plop n matty to the riders. I wouldnt send nichols. I do think plop is a better hc then OC though. His greatest strength as a coach is as a teacher and leader. If he ever stops getting in his own way trying to out think him self he'd be great at x n o stuff too. At this point i expect him to be in bc sask or mtl as a hc next year.

Not surprised this has drummed up. Since coming back from injury he hasnt performed at his previous level. The feast or famine nature of our offense has always been this way though. So its hard to pin point how much is nichols and how much is plop. nichols doesnt excel at the deep ball, but then why are we tossing em soo much more suddenly? The big thing Im seeing is nichols is not beating the rush this year. Previously he beat the rush with his pre/post snap read and quick decisions. If that meant throwing the ball away he did. Its not just teams running more complex schemes either, hamilton uses mostly man coverage. Harris had 3 catches for 6 yards. 3 wrs made up 90% of our pass completions and 1 was well over 50% of our passing yards. One this is for sure, As fans we expect better and better things. And the team is taking a bit of a step back. One way or another we cant have double digit 5 play or fewer drives including a punt.

1 Darvin adams. He was all over the field, and was missed when open a couple times monster night. 2 Drake nevis. often the dl or both DTs get the nod. because nevis and poop and the entire dl are stellar. But drake the snake deserves the nod to him self. 3 Thompkins. I feel like as a check down guy he is heavily under used. Need a first down? Need to toss a 50/50 ball? This is your man. HH odd one, but this goes to weston dressler. Hope he gets better soon. What we lose just by having stankford on the roster is a huge turn down. The effort and leadership of dressler on top of his skill is sorely missed.

and the off season scrum for plop begins early.

im pretty sure if it was we would have heard a comment about bauer from him already.

I feel like he has had more time and reps with the riders then us. but at the same time i still feel like he is one of ours, i love watching the guy play. i wish him nothing but the best.

of this half dozen of the other. lots of guys get false positives from contaminated supplements. The manufacturing of legit supplements is very often done in the same place were illegal substances are bottled. That said it doesnt excuse guys who pop. its on them to be sure they are clean.

paint me like one of your saskatchewan girls.

missing that big chunk of time hurts. QB is a rhythm position, once knocked out of it it is hard and time consuming to get back. I dont think weve done that in a while, though i do love that package follow up.

calgary is certainly an elite regular season team. But yeah this is not an era dominated (in grey cups) by any elite team or teams. I dont know if its the salary cap bringing parity, or just that the qb talent has spread it self fairly evenly across the league. Also any one short of a deep ball specialist (and even then to an extent) is going to struggle when they throw that many balls deep down field with such regularity. The defense knows its coming after a while, and even if you run it well its such a lower percentage pass the deeper you go that it will take your offense out of any rhythm and stall drives.

I think thats two good teams tackles for him since he came back. Un like most mobile athletic qbs, BB is strong af.

Some interesting things to consider from this game 13 offensive drives (im not counting the snap and kneels at the end of the game) 5 2 and outs + the fumble drive which was 2 plays long. Thats 6/13 drives yielding 12 offensive plays. + 2 5 play drives with the last play being a punt. 8/13 bad offensive drives. the other 5 drives? all scored points. Starting position for those 5 drives? the hamilton 50 (td), the hamilton 26(td), our 45 (fg), our 35(td), and the hamilton 54 yard line. In those 5 drives the first had a 30 yard run by harris, started at the 26, the third was the double PI and roughing that moved the ball 31 yards, the last two drives are classic plop drives. Ball control, moving the ball around, keeping harris involved in multiple ways. And of course, both those drives featured key first down YAC runs by petermann. Special teams really wont this game for us. medlock averaged 44.7 net yards punting. limiting williams to 3 returns for 0 yards. Medlock averaged 67.4 yards per kick off, and erlington averaged 22.4 yards per kick off return. Mean while demski averaged 33.3 yards per kick off return (on 70.2 for lirim) and we averaged about 5 yards per punt return while lirim had a net of 35.2 I dont know why we didnt adjust away from those deep passes. I get it that hamilton plays the most man coverage, and that you can create a lot when the saftey slides or shows blitz. But when our offense is at its best they are setting up deep balls slowly. We need for this to be our worst offensive game play call and execution wise for the year. Gotta get back to doing better then this.

montreal is used to being a gong show. toronto is coming off a grey cup win and still a young front office in that city, not to mention serious attendance problems. Wally, is not used to losing. nothing would surprise me at this point. You know he doesnt want to waste his last year on a dud of a team. Lions are most dangerous at old age. They can sense the end is coming and know its time to go down swinging. i actually have a sympathy thing for the browns. Id hate to see him with them. this is a great and interesting point. I think the desire to right that ship will win out, you cant afford to hold a grudge too long in the cfl its too small a world. Every thing comes back around. (see chris williams)

believe it 100%.

The biggest issue with that is loffler is often in position to make a tackle but sells out for a hit instead. Guys the league over have it figured out and have adapted. If he would adjust as well doing more sound wrap up and take down it would open up his ability to hit some times as well. He has got to be among the league leaders in missed tackles. Mo at S, fenner at sam, then we need a back up rotational db, not a hard spot to fill.

ehh depends on how you define it. Right now id say calgary is the only elite team. And even they have an asterisk. I would put us, ottawa and edmonton in the second tier as contenders. Id personally have us at the top of that pile. We play like an elite team every other game, then we surge and coast in the follow up. We dont have the consistent dominance to be elite yet. Would duron carter make us soo much better that itd be note worth? no. Im a big believe in the guys talents. No can can deny he is an excellent player. But we are stacked at wr this year. We have more guys then we have ability to use. Kenbrell thompkins in edmonton would be top 5 in every category imo. Duron is a better player then adams and dressler. But his negative in terms of head case and chemistry is far too large. We dont have a need at wr right now. I wouldnt take any of our wrs off the roster right now. I could see BC, and montreal being interested. Maybe hamilton. But I think the most likely one in TO.

No joke.

I loved what Petermann showed. Turned the corner with speed twice and made important gains out of short passes. He is like a young ni dresser.

Now that first part is pure truth. Totally agree. Motivation? Some guys especially the ever prepared types have a harder time now playing then living life. If it isn't that then yeah I can't see why he'd come to the cfl. It might just be a shot at the NFL to go with not going to his hof ceremony.

First star. Big hill. All over the field making plays. Second star the whole dl. They struggled with the adjustment to read option but made Masolis night a nightmare. Third star goes to Harris. Carried the mail again moved the yard sticks and ran down the clock. A tough night not the flashiest but we'd a been hosed with out him tnite. Hh to medlock for dropping the ball then switch kicking it 40 freaking yards. Great night punting in general.

Our group on the DL is among the most talent at rushing the passer that ive ever seen. To think corney has been hurt alot, and westerman left in the offseason and it hasnt had any affect on pressure.