Pickle Rick

Als D is really good to be sure, and they may give Brady and our run game problems, but you can't really look at the East Final and not notice Chad handed them the game (hence his lame assed excuses).
I just can't imagine a world where ZC8 crumbles like that.  No matter what else happens on Sunday, the Als won't be handed the ball 9 times.

And I would argue a Bomber blowout would add those years back to life.

A bomber blow out would not be boring. That last grey cup game in Hamilton took years off my life.

How did the riders miss the boat on this guy?

Here is how it really went down.
Shortly after ESF loss Kelly picks up his phone and calls his agent:
CK: Hey thought I would give you a call because the season's over up here and I am ready to start talking with NFL teams about going back South.
Agent: Ummmm....did you watch the game film from the ESF? Yea....it might be a while before someone calls.
CK: Well I know I played bad, but was it that bad that NFL teams will overlook my great season?
Agent: Yup...it was that bad.
CK: Well what if I said I had a concussion and that's why I played so bad, would that help?
Agent: Well there is nothing helpful about trying to sell a concussed QB but I guess anything that could explain that melt down is semi-helpful. 
CK: Great...that's what I will do. Watch for the article on 3DN. They are stupid enough to not see through this.

Honestly wouldn't even concern myself with it.  Great, convert one second and long.

I am more worried that Bighill plays hurt than he doesn't play. 

This is on Dinwiddie. He gave Dukes plenty of reps for just this scenario. Kelly goes down or flails, and the coach couldn't pull the trigger. With Dukes going in the second half, I bet they win. 

Not only that but an excuse for his performance. That's not leadership.  If you're not pulling yourself out of the game for an injury you need to take responsibility for your performance.

Really that's what really separates Kelly and collaros. Collaros tosses a few ints and he just keeps playing. Same really as our last game vs. Montreal. Kelly meanwhile gets overwhelmed and essentially gives up and pouts. 
Argos could have easily won that game if Kelly wasn't a total suck. 

No, but he did throw the ball away a lot. Not sure I’ve ever seen a qb throw the ball out of bounds as much as Nichols did. 

Agreed. Fajardo is just Prukop with a shitty personality 

And no turd downs.

There won't be any 'olding this Grey Cup! 

Bang on assessment.
Consider that at the half the turnovers were 4-1 for Montreal and they were only up by 7. Toronto was still right in it.  In the 2021 West Final the Bombers were trailing 10-7 at the half with 5 turnovers to zero against. And Collaros ran down the Sask defender with a two blocker escort on the second one instead of quitting on the play. And look how each team responded in the second half in those situations. Kelly and the Argos allowed themselves to be defeated in the moment and crumbled in the second half. That Bomber team sucked it up and flipped the script to gain a win. 

Argos were basically coddled all year in various forms...and when rubber actually hit the road and sh1t got real...they had no answer for it...plain and simple

At the bare minimum, I would expect Zach to employ the patented Bob Cameron road bump method....

The correct situation there is to obviously prevent the score. In fact Collaros was put in the situation - in a more meaningful game scenario, he stopped a fumble return in the 2021 Western Final against SSK from being a scoop and score. SSK did eventually punch it in, but the fact you at least give the D a chance to make the stand is much better.
Also, just from a morale standpoint, nothing is more demoralizing to an offense than a defensive touchdown.

Ok, so if that was Zach in the same situation as Choke, you'd be ok with Zach trying to tackle Dequoy or say if it was someone else... maybe Awe? 
Yeah, no, heart of not- the smart thing for the qb is to let it go.
 
Ok, sure- i can get behind that.
I'd still rather Zach just let it go, keep that head on a swivel and not risk a tourist hit. 

It was a small thing, (that's what she said) but watching Chad give up on chasing down Dequoy on that first pick 6, so early in the game made me feel there was trouble brewing for Chad and the 'best ever' Argos. Something about that visual (TSN tried to crop him out on the replays) of Chad deciding he was done looked so demoralizing. I know qbs shouldn't really be relied upon to make that tackle but at least run out of bounds or somehow get outta frame and avoid getting POSTERIZED 

It was a small thing, (that's what she said) but watching Chad give up on chasing down Dequoy on that first pick 6, so early in the game made me feel there was trouble brewing for Chad and the 'best ever' Argos. Something about that visual (TSN tried to crop him out on the replays) of Chad deciding he was done looked so demoralizing. I know qbs shouldn't really be relied upon to make that tackle but at least run out of bounds or somehow get outta frame and avoid getting POSTERIZED 

It was a small thing, (that's what she said) but watching Chad give up on chasing down Dequoy on that first pick 6, so early in the game made me feel there was trouble brewing for Chad and the 'best ever' Argos. Something about that visual (TSN tried to crop him out on the replays) of Chad deciding he was done looked so demoralizing. I know qbs shouldn't really be relied upon to make that tackle but at least run out of bounds or somehow get outta frame and avoid getting POSTERIZED 

Meh. He was here all year throwing out not so subtle passing aggressive barbs about how good the Argos were. I'll allow it.

Guess running all tha "vanilla" stuff all yr to not show your cards back fired eh when games got real ...😉