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and with that being said, and true as well, why as a team do we continue to place all of our eggs in one basket?

come on, that's easy, it's one of two things... it's either a upper or lower body injury... you should know that by now, lol...

that's a shame, always like him... played hard and was a capable receiver, not a play maker per se, but capable... hope he catches on somewhere...

Hope the same Lion watchers lamenting the missed call also made note of HAM having a previous return called back and the six consecutive calls against HAM in the third that set up BCs last score.

He's had a decent run - wouldn't be surprised if he gets picked up for depth. 

Not over rated imo but nothing fancy. He's a real steady back. A good guy for a team that doesn't need big gains but grind out yards on first down some. 
Better guys available though. 
Tough Canadian who can play teams block and rotate in not a bad guy to have around for any team imo. 

Ok what about Masoli and Reilly last season or Burris and Durant before that....    
 
 
 

Tackles are not an indication of success at the safety spot. If any thing it trends in the opposite direction. 
Hecht has been very good this year. I was shocked he too the job over Jones but he has shown why on the field.

He apparently has information on the Clintons and has been hiding in a safe house since May.

come on, that's easy, it's one of two things... it's either a upper or lower body injury... you should know that by now, lol...

Watch other teams on O.....spread out the field and clear out a zone for the slant, or drag pattern.   We almost never do that.   We have guys who should be running those patterns.

unless you allow the QB to stand and the pocket and have the receivers run their entire route it's impossible to determine whether or not a receiver is or will be open... but I'll add this, if you're waiting for the receiver to be in the clear you've probably already waited too long... also, just because a receiver may look to be covered in the early stage of a route, doesn't mean that he won't be open by the end of the route... and not to mention that receivers like Matthews who has a 5" height advantage you simply throw them open... ot throwing your receiver open with a back shoulder throw, etc...
also, OCs can help receivers get open by route design, using other receivers to pull defenders away from the targeted receiver or create favorable match ups... running receivers at varying depths creates more space for receivers to work and can create larger throwing windows... but in most cases your QB is throwing to a spot, not a receiver per se, such as the Demski TD earlier this year... Nichols threw that ball almost immediately after the snap and while Demski was still covered... both on the same page, Demski makes the catch and the result is a 82 yard TD...
but unless you are throwing to a receiver that is suppose to sit down in or under the coverage, most times you won't see a guy running wide open early in the progressions... you never see them open when your first or early second read is the check down at the line of scrimmage... I think that most are smart enough to understand that it does take longer to run 20 yards than it does to run 1...

Streveler has shown that he gets picked off more frequently in his playing time this season. THAT is the downside, and to a team that tries to win by making less mistakes than their opponent that's the one thing you can't do.

agreed… in my short time of following the CFL I find that Calgary is more of a 'reload' team than a 'rebuild' team... they seem to have a knack for finding good, young talent that is ready to play, or, they have had a system that seems to get the most of their players...
I do think that it would be tough for Nichols to have a better all around cast of supporting players than he does this year... so for me, if he can't get it done this year I would have serious doubt of him ever being able to do so... I honestly think that we have assembled a championship caliber team, talent wise... of course, chemistry and luck also have a say in some of it...

Oliviera's injury was unfortunate... not to mention it looked pretty nasty... hope he has a full recovery...

Similar to how, if I had to, I could hitchhike to work tomorrow.

and one of those was all on Mr. Mitchell with a very poorly underthrown ball that was intercepted in the endzone… 

agreed… in my short time of following the CFL I find that Calgary is more of a 'reload' team than a 'rebuild' team... they seem to have a knack for finding good, young talent that is ready to play, or, they have had a system that seems to get the most of their players...
I do think that it would be tough for Nichols to have a better all around cast of supporting players than he does this year... so for me, if he can't get it done this year I would have serious doubt of him ever being able to do so... I honestly think that we have assembled a championship caliber team, talent wise... of course, chemistry and luck also have a say in some of it...

but, wouldn't it be cool if as a fan you could actually have teams from the past, in their prime, play teams from today? we can only dream of such match ups...

Mitchell is definitely the better QB, though I'd argue that's attributable much more to the team surrounding him than his individual abilities as a QB. He is the straw that stirs the Stamps' drink on offense, but they've also had fantastic D and STs over the last decade or so. Besides, even if we could've coaxed him over here, his contract would've been even more massive than what CAL paid for him, we wouldn't be fielding the same level of team... other areas would suffer.

Still Nichols. Mitchell is so self-interested and conceded it's obnoxious.

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.

I mean, the backup QB will always be overhyped. Even moreso when the starter is so underwhelming. But I do believe for most of us, the desire to see Streveler more is less infatuation with him and more exasperation with Nichols. And yes, people were calling for Pierce's head even in 2011. 

exactly…. and the numbers prove out that when Harris is our most targeted receiver we are less effective as an offense...  I'm not suggesting that we don't use him, just that we also use our other skill players as well and in an effective manner, not just running short routes in the box with few targets or attempting to block for Harris...

Please do not take this chat off topic about bomber team news... We are focused on Flags and fun with flags.