SpeedFlex27

Sorry to hear about the passing of Gerry Marsden.

It took years to develop the first 3 quality Canadian OL. Walters was a big part of that but we still didn't see the fruit of his drafts until at least 2016. By then Drew Willy was a human piniatta. He was getting hit on nearly every play. He never recovered from the fear he felt after his leg was seriously injured. Panicking while standing in the pocket trying to find receivers while his blocking constantly broke down.

To Mark F & others in this conversation, we may disagree but isn't wonderful to be talking ball again????

But don't make it out that the NFL is some kind of easy. That's as bad as what Esiason said about the CFL as it's wrong. NFL contracts aren't guaranteed for most players. How is what the Seahawks did any worse than a CFL GM cutting a veteran player on a 2 year deal because they owe him his bonus? It's the same ****.

Former CHQR talk radio host Dave Rutherford & political columnist Rick Bell of the Calgary Sun as well. Both staunch, staunch conservatives who wield a lot of power. Rutherford just tore a strip off Kenney yesterday. Bell was on the attack since Friday. I have read that making changes to the vaccines for these variants is very easy & takes just a few weeks.

Good comments, Booch. What brings the CFL down is the ratio. Look at how bad our OL was for so many years. That's because we tried to build it thru the draft for so long & we failed. It just took so damned long for Canadian OL to learn how to play in the CFL. Like years. It wasn't until Kyle Walters took over that we found some prospects that did pan out, start & play extremely well for us & we went to having a minimum of 2 American OL starting. However, look what happens if one of our starting American tackles go down like Stanley Bryant. We have to slide a Canadian into his place from another position. Probably a Canadian who is probably a guard. Everybody on that OL is affected & the quality of play goes down. The ratio can create huge gaps inn talent between an American starter & his Canuck backup. If Andrew Harris got hurt, who comes out when an American running back goes in? We've been lucky to have Canadian backs who can fill in but what if we didn't? An American starter somewhere else comes out which causes all kinds of issues with talent on the field & quality of play. My response is what would Streveler's passing rating be if he was the full time starter? It wouldn't be pretty.

Backup qbs are expected to be ready when they go in as injuries happen at any time. Yes, backup qbs don't get a lot of reps with the first team but that doesn't matter when they go in. Look at what happened last night when Philly head coach Doug Pederson benched Jalen Hurts. The backup went in & sucked. The Cards expected Streveler to go in & perform well. We'd expect the same thing if Collaros got injured & McGuire had to play.

The guy is a coward & a snake. Doesn't change what I think of him.

There are some GMs that would be furious. If that was Earl Lunsford & Russell Wilson was Bomber QB, he'd be traded. I don't think Cal Murphy would have been too happy if Tom Clements helped Joe Pop get a $35,000 bonus by changing the play.

I agree. I just used Canadians as an example of a disadvantage the CFL has as others have said that the NFL is slow & boring. I don't have a problem playing Canadians by the way. It is a part of our heritage. But people here diss the NFL when they ignore the fact that our game has disadvantages as well. The "I hate the NFL" crowd will say they are proudly Canadian. Some say really dumb things here & elsewhere saying the CFL is better than the NFL. Well, Esiason is American & is obviously just as proud of the NFL so he sais what he said. Yes, it was unfair to Streveler & the CFL. But what did he say that was so different than people here continuosly dissing the NFL or calling it slow & boring? Why should Esisason be any different than a Canadian blindly defending the CFL? I like both games. I appreciate what both bring to the table as a fan.

If it's slow & predictable why did Chris Streveler struggle today? He should have been able to have been successful but he wasn't. You & other CFL fans who constantly say things like this have to ask yourself that question. Why didn't Streveler do better? You dismiss it like the NFL game is so uncomplicated & predictable that it's easy or something. It's not. It's a game that is complicated made even moreso with freakishly great athletes playing at every position. I love the CFL but we have mandated inferior Canadian players starting because of the ratio rule who shouldn't even be on the field & can be exploited. In the NFL the best players play. In the CFL Canadians will play while a better American player sits or is cut. A physical runner like Streveler can easily take on typically smaller CFL defensive linemen & Sam linebackers as they are essentially another 195 lb defensive back used for run support but are primarily slot covers. That & the wider CFL field gives more room to run which is why Strev had such success up here. The NFL is a more physical game with bigger running backs as well as huge O & D lines able to pound teams. The CFL is about speed & finesse.

Read where media & fans in Arizona want the team to sign a veteran backup to Murray even before this game was played. I expect that will happen as HC Cliff Kingsbury & GM Steve Keim will be under pressure to strengthen significantly the backup qb position. I think that Streveler will at some point be released. I can't see other NFL teams picking him up (but I could be wrong). I hope he ends up back here.

You can't be a one read qb in the NFL or CFL. High school qbs can do better than that with their reads. Streveler is & always will be a "gimmick qb". Give him a set of plays suited to his talents & let him rip in certain game situations. But a full time NFL or CFL qb he will never be. That being said, love to have him back here so Buck can use him the same way LaPo did in 2019.

If I'm on EI I can't travel out of country so why not? If Deena Hinshaw wants to bring in tougher health regulations at some point just how will Kenney be able to force them on Albertans now after what happened? He & the UCP have lost the moral authority to govern. People will just say **** off & refuse to listen. If Kenney had come down hard on these idiots it would have stopped the negative reaction. He chose not to & defended them all for travelling which just made things worse by infuriating everyone in Alberta. Now, I expect things to snowball this week as people are back & the Christmas break is mostly over. For a veteran politician, Kenney is so damned stupid.

Now the real fury has started with Kenney letting his cabinet ministers & MLA's off the hook with no repercussions for travelling during restrictions (& lying about it). I think Kenney & the UCP have underestimated the anger in Alberta over this. I think this scandal is just getting started & it's hopefully the beginning of the end for the UCP. Letting these morons off without Kenney asking for resignations is as bad as these Elitists thinking the law doesn't apply to them. Kenney just confirmed it.

I want to see McGuire play as well.

I guess nothing ever came of that in 2005, I don't remember. I do remember Irvin's drug trial in 1996. That was a big deal back then during the height of the Cowboys 1990's 3 Super Bowl run. He faced 20 years in jail for cocaine possession but got no jail time as long as he kept out of trouble during the time of his probation which was 4 years. However, the only reason he got probation in the first place was because he was a Dallas Cowboy as his probation coincided with the start of training camp.

Michael Irvin when he was a Cowboy was as bad ass as they came. You see him now on the NFL Network all loosy goosey, happy & joking around but you can still see the intensity & look in his eyes that he had when he was a player back in the 90's. Back then, it was a life of excesses. Money, alcohol, drugs, houses, cars & women nearly did him in. He had it all & he was not a nice human being to boot. He really should be dead or having spent years rotting in jail but he's one of the guys that did turn his life around. I think he appreciates life now & what he has.

Two-peat!

Hey 2020...

You clog the hospitals then hundreds will die & you have all kinds of other problems far worse.

Yep. parents can be terrible people as well taking their son or daughter's money as well.

The first thing a young player needs is a top flight agent. On who isn't a friend who simply tells his client what he wants to hear. One that will light a fire under his client's ass if he isn't doing the work or needs tough love if he screws up. Too many agents are in it for the money & to get rich off their players & actually don't care. Agents are business partners & young players need to trust & respect them. Finding a good one must be a daunting task.

I remember five years ago people saying the same thing about Johnny Manziel. How he deserved another chance. We all know how that worked out. In the end, even June Jones in Hamilton said he refused to put the work in to be a great player. I know he played in the AAF but for all intents & purposes, Hamilton was his last chance & he still refused to do what he needed to do to have a chance at success. I call that just a lack of character. Like the student who never studies who blames the teacher when they fail. Ultimately, it falls on the players shoulders to be prepared & ready.

Did you defended Johnny Manziel with the same message as well? If you did it was a waste of time like we always knew it would be. Other young players come in from college, sign big contracts & become great players. That is the majority who make it & start. Why? Because of character. Because they jnow how fortunate they are to be playing pro footvball. They outwork the next guy & do what they have to do to become better players . Thatis what separates a one player from another. Why some make it & others don't. Yes, Duane Haskins was coddled. For that we already know. He was probably told how great he was since he was 10. Transgressions were overlooked for him but probably not others on every team he played before Washington. Because he was coddled he never developed a proper work ethic as he could get by on athleticism until he got to the NFL. In other words, Haskins became a spoiled, entitled brat thinking the rules never applied to him. I have no sympathy for an athlete who was getting paid HUGE money but throws away his career. He'll probably get another chance to redeem himself as first rounders always do but looking at the track record of other first rounders who were given chances (most recently Johnny Manziel), Haskins will probably screw that up as well.