Jets

Jefferson, Kramdi, D.Lawson, Vaughters...

DL is ass, QB is crap, Receivers are meh, OL is bad, secondary is poor, linebackers are washed... but at least the kicker and RB are solid.

Even if the CFL goes full stupid mode and Americanized everything (4 downs, essentially the same field & rules), it doesn’t make a lot of sense to make any sort of agreement or merger with the UFL. If the CFL is in dire straits financially there’s no logic in merging with another failing league and adding 8 more struggling/bankrupt franchises to the mess. Im much more inclined to think switching to the American game is a feeble attempt at aligning with the NFL and making the CFL into some sort of “NFL Canada” setup akin to NFLEurope of old. Basically you play NFL rules on NFL fields in Canada, but the NFL farms out dozens of practice squad players to Canadian teams as a development league, while keeping a handful of Canadian players on each roster (probably a lot less with less stipulations on playing them though). In return I could see the NFL propping up the CFL financially and maybe even expanding to Toronto and/or BC, leaving the remaining teams as a NFLCanada, the farm system.

Deck chairs on the titanic.

"Go fill up those water bottles and put some air in those footballs!"

Woli still has some tread left on the tires though if he's healthy. He's still been putting up consistent 500 yard seasons, and in a grey cup year with a plethora of receiver injuries, it should be a no-brainer.

Gonna have to have Eli at slotback by the end of the game

Hogan is a clown. In over his head, and wears those goofy pit viper style glasses.

Same here. And with hindsight, maybe we just weren't using Lawler to his full potential. Felt like with us we'd just toss up a couple 50 yard jump balls to him and he'd make a couple highlight catches. Hamilton is just using him as a stud in all situations and its working.

This kinda feels like this is it. The dynasty of the last 5+ years has come crashing down to earth. There's been a slow fade the last few seasons, but this season is the spectacular explosion at the end. We're pulling off a few wins on the back of luck and a bit of veteran guile, but it won't last nor is it a recipe for a competitive playoff team. The crappy part is that it's only going to get worse from here for a long while until they completely cut bait and clean house. At best we might manage a couple half assed seasons, but our time as a league capstone is firmly in the rear view mirror, this game proved it more than any.

give him some credit, he got to fumble 2 kickoffs

Could just be AQmap doesn't poll PurpleAir API that frequently

Thank god. Been worried about how we don't have enough LBers

Seems like a perfect chance to get Mitchell in with Case out, but it's Mike O'Shea so I fully expect the only changes to be Case + Ball off and Cobb + J.Jones on so we can start an extra Canadian and also roster a 12th LB.

Traded for a top 2 QB in the league that was tossed aside for scraps.

It sucks because Lawler is a very boom or bust receiver and Schoen is/was just a consistent reliable guy that you want, but the way Collaros plays he's not going to go for the easy yards to Schoen and wants to throw the risky deep jump balls that Lawler was a much better fit for.

Eli at slotback

People complaining about our receiving depth, all sleeping on Tui Eli

Jokes on us. That pick was meant to be a 60 yard curl. Throw was dead on for it.

Collaros arm strength is cooked. Hasn't thrown a deep ball that wasn't underthrown in the past season and a half.

I don't disagree one bit. BUT this is only logical when you consider a standard football team roster makeup. Most of the time you dress your starting offense, starting defense and then your best subs for each who also fill special teams. In O'Shea's world, there are 3 equal units. In his mind, he dresses his best Offense, his best Defense and his best "Special Teams" (5-8 guys that he thinks are best at teams only) and then fills the rest of the chart with whatever to make as balanced a roster as he can. This is why you see stupid things like 15 linebackers dressed and 3 Canadian DTs as the only backup DL. In O'Shea's mind he actually has 3-4 LBs, 5 STs "Starters" and then a couple backup DL to fit with the ratio after all 3 of his other units are said and done. I don't agree with it, and its usually suboptimal for rotating guys on offense or defense, but O'Shea has alluded to this and if you look at it through that lens, it explains his decision making with some of the puzzling roster moves.

Jake Thomas coming out party. Big breakout coming up. They say it takes at least a decade to get comfortable so now we’re seeing the payoff

This. When I suggested sitting Sterns and hiding an extra Canadian it wasn't a knock on Sterns. I actually liked his play in the preseason, he made a couple catches in traffic and held onto the ball. Its just that when we roster that extra american OL and decide that we're going with Jefferson, Vaughters and Adams as the only 3 true american DL on the depth chart, its absolutely mindboggling how dumb the roster usage is with american spots.

Another easy swap is to roster Cobb over Stearns, start Corcoran as the decoy/5th receiver (at least while we have 3 imp OL) and get Woods or Person onto the roster for DL.