SpeedFlex27

Or is it just super confidence?

Well, it's interesting for sure. I think football at its core is the same as it was 30 years ago. A collision sport & not a contact sport. The only positions you see bigger players from that era are on the lines. Receivers, O & D backs as well as linebackers are still the same. It's a cool discussion, though.

Defensive players could take more liberties back then with offensive players like leading with the helmet legally. The game was more physical back then as the rules were different, I'd say. There were more safeties playing headhunter by emulating Jack Tatum in those days.

Again, I harken back to running backs being able to handle a workload like that... The great backs get better the more times they touch the ball. I'll use Willard Reaves as an example. In 1984, he touched the ball 344 times, in 1985, 287 times & in 1987, 298 times. Great running backs are workhorses. The more they do the happier they are & the more effective they are. You can't limit a back's touches to potentially save him from injury. He could slip in the shower at home.

I don't see things changing. We need a fresh approach as we've gone stale.

Just an aside, getting real tired of LaPo. Please find a HC gig somewhere. Please.

The problem is we rely too much on Harris at the expense of other talented players. I remember back in the 80's when Willard Reaves was running for anywhere from 1500 to 1800 yards a season we still had our passing game with Joe Pop, Murphy, Boyd & Tuttle having thousand yard seasons & we never missed a beat. We could score from anywhere on the field. But this offense? I don't get why it's either or with LaPo. We centre around the run game & it takes away from the passing game. We should be able to do both but we don't.

LOL. Leo The Lip.

The Lions OL was firing out & getting to their blocks aggressively. John White looked like he was blocking pretty well when Reilly was throwing which helped. The play at RT was much improved with the new guy in there & moving Foucault to LG. Pass pro was much better as well but once Reilly got hurt he couldn't step up in the pocket so he was sacked.

Yeah but it's Carter so that was okay.

Well, in 2013 we'd have hailed a sad sack qb like Antonio Pipkin as a saviour. The qb position was so so bad.

Amazing we say that when guys like Willard Reaves, Jay Washington, Robert Mimbs & Charles Roberts carried the load 20-30 times a game. As fans with those guys we never talked about being overused & injuries. If anything, those guys played better in the second half than they did in the first. The great backs love the work.

I never saw Bowman play live so I could never key on him by watching. So, I guess my observation about Bowman was wrong.

Until we throw the ball downfield deep we won't see it.

Okay maybe Bowman was a stretch.

Well, I never saw him play as I live in Calgary & we don't see the little things that you would if I was at a game. Like route running. But my point is... guys are being wasted in this offense. The ball does not get spread around like you see with other teams.

They never threw to him. Maybe he was done but I remember that offense & he was ignored. Matthews is just a waste.

He doesn't use his receivers the right way. How many times was Dressler squashed & injured on that fly sweep that Lucky Whitehead now runs. They signed Bowman but hardly threw to the guy until he became a totally ridiculous decoy. Matthews a big bodied receiver who makes contested catches who they never throw to downfield. Of the 3, Dressler had the most success if you want to call it that. I just see Matthews taking up cap space being totally wasted in our offense. Even Wolitarsky, the guy could be a thousand yard receiver & he gets the ball 2 or 3 throws a game. He's being wasted as well. That's LaPo's offense. The ball never gets spread around. But hey, let's check down & throw a hundred balls to Andrew Harris.

LaPo not only wrecks qbs he also wrecks receivers. He turns thousand yard receivers into the scrap heap. Like Dressler, Bowman & now Matthews.

Well, the OL finally did Reilly in...

Think Black knows?

Foucault was an island at RT for BC. Three Mile Island.

Man, does Rod Black ask stupid questions.

Congrats to Ernie Pitts & his son being inducted into the Canadian Football HOF.

So, it only took the Lions coaching staff 7 games to realize David Foucault was the worst RT in the league.