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  3. Around The League: 2018 Offseason

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    2 minutes ago, Jesse said:

    NFL doesn’t want a Canadian team. And I don’t think they’re interested/able to drop a billion dollars on an NFL stadium, which is what they’re running these days.

    Okay, thanks for giving your side of the story with a valid reason instead of not saying why. I happen to agree with you plus add on the discounted Canadian dollar & it'd be crazy expensive. 

  12. Around The League: 2018 Offseason

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    1 hour ago, Zontar said:

    How can even the most optimistic MTL fan think a dollar store hire like mark washington makes the team better ? Grease fire hasnt dissipated one iota

    Hiring Reed is like the Bombers hiring Joe Mack . Woefully inept at being a CFL GM. No coach could have been successful working for Mack. Just like no coach will be successful working for Kavis Reed. Hence, the qualified first choice candidates are turning the Als HC job down.

  13. Around The League: 2018 Offseason

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    20 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:

    Go back and read my first post again. I said I'd take Jennings over any of the other QB's I mentioned. I wouldn't take Willy back at any price.

    Collaros hasn't won  a game in over a year. Masoli won a bunch of games with the same team. I wouldn't touch Collaros for anything over than 200K. I think he's been Willy'd as in broke beyond repair.

    So what's Jennings accomplished? Became a CFL starting QB at 23 or24. Got his team into the playoffs in his first year as a starter. Has thrown for almost 11K yards in less than 3 years (Collaros threw for about 54K yards in his first 3 years). Suffered the sophomore jinx in 2017 behind a bad O line and with an OC that wanted to go deep all the time. 

     

    I don't believe in jinxes. Players make their own luck. So what if he's 25? He's played & lost a lot of games being given the opportunity to start most of the Lions games since 2015.  He makes the same mistakes now that he did 2 years ago. I don't see a lot of progression in his development.  He should have won a lot more games with the receiving corps that he had in BC but he didn't. Yes, some of it was the play calling of KJ, like not using Jeremiah Johnson enough to establish the running game. However, a lot of the mistakes on the field were Jennings fault. Throwing into double coverage, not believing his eyes looking downfield therefore holding onto the ball too long resulting in sacks, lacking patience on drives where he overthrew open receivers, fumbling because he didn't do enough to protect the football & throwing interceptions at the worst possible time. All these mistakes killed so many drives.  He did all of this in 2016 & it continued & even got worse this past season. Maybe with a new OC it'll be a rebirth for Jennings but right now I'd say he's bottom 3 for starting qbs. 

  16. Around The League: 2018 Offseason

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    1 hour ago, TBURGESS said:

    You're comparing Willy to Jennings? That's laughable. Willy on his best day isn't anywhere near as athletic as Jennings on his worst day and he never learned to read a defense. I never thought Willy had 'it', but I think Jennings still might. Jennings isn't there yet, but he also had to deal with a horrible O line that didn't give him any time to make his decisions and an OC who loves the deep ball, just like he did when he was a player.

    You simply can't compare a 25 year old to a 29 or 30 year old. After some time, the game slows down for a lot of QB's. Collaros is 29. Willy is 31. Franklin is 26. None of them has done as much as Jennings has and he's only 25. I think Jennings is much like Burris. It will take him some time to get there, but if he does, he'll be one of the best QB's in the league.

    What has Jennings accomplished other than being a turn over machine? You said you'd take Willy over Collaros & that Jennings just has to make better decisions. Willy's a slug. Jennings has a brick between his ears. When it comes to playing qb, I don't want either. And, unlike Collaros, those 2 haven't won a lot of games between them as starters. Like I said, I don't know if Collaros still has it but I'd be willing to give him a chance over the other 2. 

     

  17. Around The League: 2018 Offseason

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    4 hours ago, TBURGESS said:

    Assuming that Jennings stays in the CFL (Pretty good assumption IMO), it will be interesting to see how he does with a different OC. I'll bet he looks a lot better. He has all the physical skills. All he needs to do is make some better choices. Either people are forgetting that he's only 25 with 3 CFL seasons under his belt or they're expecting that a inexperienced QB will make as good and as quick decisions as a 34 year old QB with 9 seasons of experience, which is unrealistic.

    I'd take Jennings over Collaros who hasn't won a game in over a year or Willy who lost it years ago or Durant whose been injured then didn't play well or even Franklin who is older, has less experience and who has only started a few CFL games.

    No way, TBurgess, you're being sucked in by Jennings athleticism. The same as Wally & KJ did. Jennings athleticism is all he has.  He doesn't have the smarts. What does Willy show when he gets the time to play? Deer in the headlights look as he's panicking. I don't know if Collaros still has it but Willy sure doesn't. There's absolutely no upside for Drew Willy. 

  23. When do we fire Richie Hall?

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    16 minutes ago, Stickem said:

    Nasty little guy in the middle who is very experienced....Was injured all of last year but should have recovered completely by now..Sounds good unless we can make a deal for Solo in B.C.lol

    Do you have any idea what BC would want in a trade for Elimimian? Multiple starters & draft picks. It would be too rich for the Bpombers. Or any team

  25. Around The League: 2018 Offseason

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    Posted · Edited by SpeedFlex27

    1 hour ago, Goalie said:

    Remember when people wanted to hire Khari over Lapo? Ouch. .

    Im not sure he took the fall.. BC had tons of weapons and their O wasnt so good. Some of that is on Jennings but some is on the scheme also. 

    I'd think most was on Jennings. He's terrible. All kinds of athleticism but can't make the right reads or decisions. Guys like KJ thought he was a can't miss kind of player & that he was elite. He sure fooled Wally. Instead he was just a cut above Darian Durant for the worst starting qb in the CFL.

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