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Zach calls his concussion and history an upper-body injury and history lol. Basically confirmed it in the podcast, says he is fine but that hit looked nasty. I could see him dressing this week as a back up again but it'd be crazy to stick him back in this week.

The gap between top players and average isn't what you'd think. The coaching gap is much wider. For instance, the talent gap we had in our favor in the last two GCs, plus the 01 gc was pretty good. But the coaching gap really slapped us around. You can have a bit of a talent gap at some spots, or a coaching gap. You certainly can not afford to have both in pro sports.

That’s not even the question. The question is how and what do you watch? Are you watching the line play, are you watching the coverage reading the play as it develops, or are you following the ball and looking at the qb? Watching football and following the qb/ball with your eyes is like driving on a scenic road, and staring at the head of the person in the seat beside you. I watch line play in general because it’s what I understand the best, and up here we don’t get great angles in general. And tbh passing concepts are not terribly interesting up here. Oh it’s flood to the field side again. Oh it’s dagger in the boundary.

Some people can’t see the Forrest from the trees so they believe no one else can either. Can’t talk people like that out of their position with logic, because they didn’t get to it by logic. Gio is the most impressive ol prospect in the cfl draft, and out of the Canadian college system in 20ish years. Literally his only knock in the nfl is, he played his ball up here before going pro. If he had played a decent career at Alabama, he’d a been a top 5-10 nfl pick. He’s 6’7 350+, with a 90th percentile athletic testing in run and jump drills, by nfl ol standards. His 10 yard splits are faster than some of our skilled position imports. Hes more athletic than Dobson, significantly taller, jacked and long arms. Hes built like a madden custom character. Dobson struggled to stay explosive and powerful in his frame as he dropped weight. Gio is stronger and more explosive in a build that doesn’t need to drop a pound. Hes also a tackle in the cfl. Gabe Wallace has some potential to be a rt. Gio is a tackle day one. He arrives here, he’s the best ol to land here since desjarlais. Import or Canadian. In football teams cover tall long Tackles for their potential to play with great bend and leverage, manu is already there. The nastiness we scout first and foremost in ol? That we draft inspite of the rest of the tool box? He’s got that too. If manu was 6’1, and 310 he’d still be a top pick in the CFL draft. If he wasn’t nasty and have the high quality footwork he has, he’d still be a first round talent. The only reason we got his rights is he had soo much going for him he was selected in the 4th round of the nfl draft. Know who else was drafted that high in the nfl on the bombers? No one. He’s a bigger stronger leaner more explosive vanterpool/randolph. Any one who wants to see for them self, skip his college tape and watch him manhandle nfl players in ps with the lions. Lots of film available it’s extremely impressive.

Yeah. If he comes up, I think you need to dress him immediately. That’s a sick 6th ol, at worst. Some one probably try to scoop him on the pr too.

Not a FIFO guy. could be. Lions have 4 lts, he’s pencilled in no3 with an injury to decker who likely will be back in mid to late September. Could be any where from Ar to gone. Skipper likely starts, if jamarco jones backs him up manu is on the out side looking in.

Ellsbury has retired making room for McLeod. Which means we don’t have a developmental/back up imp ol any more. Vanterpool is pressed into action currently, but we should be looking for another with nfl cuts. But our pr is at its limit. So likely some clearing out to happen soon. 1 or maybe 2 easy cuts thats it. Though if zach is out chase could come up but we should bring in some one with experience.

Looking at what Qbs are locked up right now, it will be difficult to be in a better place in 2 years after just mediocrity.

On D, the WJ effect. Once a positive, when supported by guys from Kongbo, to ba and biggie, now is likely a negative. He's taken some bad penalties this year, just undisciplined stuff. If the leader on D is getting away with that, no one else can be held to a higher standard.

It's changed a lot, that's for sure. The coaching cap has hurt every team's ability to scout within the league, and has niche scouts in the US. We have 5 guys now who cover scouting. The GM, AGM, and 3 DOPPs. 1 DOPP and Walters heavily cover Canada. Mac has a territory; Jauch and Brock are left with the rest of the continental US and CFL. Walters fills a bit of everything, but also has all the other GM roles to do. Mac covers a fairly small geographic region, though the most dense and important. But that leaves a massive expanse of land for Jauch and Brock to cover. Hamilton has a bunch of non-coaching cap executives working for the organization and stadium to enable their cap counters to do more with scouting. They could do even more with it, but Ted just got them set up. I wouldn't be surprised to see more scout guys and fewer logistical guys in the coming years. I think Cyril was a much bigger piece of the WR talent surge we saw briefly. I think Ted was the DL guy though.

Yeah, it's an ok move, but with moves like this we need to bring in another guy then be quick to move on from guys in a week or two and cycle till we find something.

Like his productivity, even though it was D2. I worry about the reliability and durability of guys who play 2-3 years and catch 30-50 passes. Even less than 100 is not a lot in game success. I also like his hands. Looks like hes catching everything with hands extended and not body catching. Solid size as well. He listed 6'3 200 in college, but his pro day was 6'1 and 194. Don't so much like his route running / film and athleticism. I don't see much in his get-off, breaks, or his trade craft in beating DBs. He looks to lean on his superior athletic ability vs D2, and his tremendous hands. He's a decent athlete, 4.54 40, 33" vert, 10' broad, 4.22 SS, 7.09 3 cone. That's OK, speed numbers and slightly better Agility. But on his game film, he's just walking away from guys, but doesn't look explosive or like he has a great top gear. He runs like he's 225-230, but plays like he's a low 4.3 guy. The upside: He could really benefit from the waggle if he figures it out quickly. He could also fit our scheme really well. Zach loves guys like him. He looks like a small-school, less polished Kenny Lawler, without the circus catch ability. If Kenny is a 10/10 in hands, McLeod is maybe 8/10. Or a less polished, less athletic Schoen. For his upside any way, his down side is a bigger version of McKnight.

IMO a lot of the hc and gm changes are full on rebuilds after collapse. Hamilton is the predominant current case to look at. Dickenson moved up and of course kept him self as hc, boy that wouldn’t be a fix here lol. Ringmaiden moved up last year and brought in Buck this year. I don’t think we need to emulate other teams in doing this though. Outliers work too, like the Steelers never firing hcs. Danny Mac interviewed for the Hamilton job. If he’s interested in the life style change of living up here full time I’d consider promoting him from with in. Sunderland could be a candidate as well though far from top of my list. Having Deslauriers and Gulakow is a big help for supporting gms too. You have a guy who knows the Canadians scouting and draft extremely well and a guy who can do day to day football ops stuff and logistics.

That would make sense. Seemed like he just evaporated at some point. What happened to in game injury updates? Only happens occasionally for qb/wr/rb who are stars now it seems.

Slap on the wrist inc

My gut says Jake played the most, vaughters second then wj, then Lawson then adams. I’d bet Adam’s Ayers and person combined played significantly less than any of the top 3 rep dl. Idk how he can constantly say they’re all starters and they all play, then 90% of the back ups only take a small handful at very best. But hey atleast we don’t want for guys dressed to play teams! We have soo many guys who just play teams so starters don’t have to play much. But then we don’t rotate them and especially on D, leave them to be gassed by the 4th.

That would make sense. I had 3 when I stopped counting. Yeah I saw Ayers again only on short yardage stuff. Burned half the teams DIs on de, where we struggled massively yet again, to only use them for maybe 5-8 total D snaps. Sickening.

I think your 3rd imp wr had to be above one of the two nis. I don’t think sterns is the guy to marry in that role. I’d rather take some one like agudosi. You can use sterns in that role but you can use a lot of guys in that role. He’s got a great motor and ethic. He plays like his last name is hallett. With schoen on the 6, and two guys who aren’t no1s in Demski/wheatfall, we need either air lifts or a trade. Wilson could be available mid to late August, but he might not be back at all this year. Schoen might not be back to being a no1/2 this year either. If we bring in an established guy, we can keep waiting on a guy like sterns. And not have to force wheatfall to try and be no1. If we don’t, we gotta use the two imp spots to shuttle guys and find answers. Atleast one guy a week. But none established guys need more than one week to.

Difference is this year, half the QBs aren’t 38. Kyle does need to wake up and imo needs to take action to justify an extension. It’s much easier to replace a gm in the cfl than a hc, especially with the guys we have. And while a lot deserves to be on mos plate, Walters as his boss is responsible for his failings too. I don’t think Walter’s will replace mos so I think the hot seat will pass to him.

We always fall in love with the wrong pr guys. Bridges, Houston, McKnight and a bunch of others. Even Adam’s broke in as a starter now suffers for reps. @DTonOB would you mind sharing how many reps on D you had for Ayers and Person last game?

I mean sterns is only hidden from judgement because we got worse. I like the way the guy plays football but I don’t see a future for him as a 3rd wr. except our wr core and ol are drastically worse. Strev came into a bad position last game and did well in game 1. I mean he isn’t getting any pay, and probably would be in the line up now. He could’ve left for another team from the pr too. He shouldn’t have been camped on the pr after his camp and pre season, but money and opportunity is more than sitting as a fa hoping some one calls.

That sucks. Awful year for qb health in the league.

around here it’s called audition for next years training camp 🤢

Guys don’t play one spot exclusively. WRs move around depending on scheme form etc. He fits the role he’s in perfect too. Catches every thing thrown his way, hard runner with the ball, very good blocker. Hes not a huge yac guy. The slot really benefits guys who don’t have a good get off move, and either are quick enough to pressure the cover at the snap, or a fast but not quick guy who needs to boost to hit high gear. Big Kev isn’t really any of those. The problem is we’ve got no no1 target, we’ve got a 2 a 3 and no 1 or 4. You cant afford to run out two scrub imp wrs in the cfl. Moving guys around won’t fix our issues, we need to dump sterns and case for legit CFL players.

With the lack of other available QBs on the market, whether its mbt, faj, schlitz, or who ever else, I think the price will be similar. I’d expect a first, plus a conditional pick that turns into a first or second with enough starts.