JohnnyAbonny

I don’t know if he’s cheap like Ballard was, but you’re not wrong about this offseason and the previous one as well. Scouting (or who we chose to keep after TC) and free agency have been abysmal. 

I don’t know if he’s cheap like Ballard was, but you’re not wrong about this offseason and the previous one as well. Scouting (or who we chose to keep after TC) and free agency have been abysmal. 

The only spot Parker has looked really good at is SAM.  If he's 15 yards downfield he's treading water and struggling with reads.  Corner he'd probably have to think less too and maybe could play a bit faster.
I'd like to get a look at Allen.  Someone a little more rangy who can also cover man all over the field which is necessary in the match coverages.
Also, call Russ Dandy back.  We need some oomph at corner.  Both corners have eaten **** so far this season.  Get some guys who will play the ball.

Jake has had a ton of reps all year.

Was a classic Jake tackle, reaches out and hangs on as the back is running past him.
And I said during the game, T. Jones makes a lot of tackles but not a lot of plays.  

pretty sure that if we dressed...and used legitimate inside players...Adams and Woods....or who ever and also incorporated another end...and played those said inside guys and rotational end all of Jakes reps....mening hit the PR or injured....would make a world of difference to Vaughters and WJ...Teams can easily neutralize them as it is, plus they bagged out throughout the game.
They turned WJ loose in Grey Cup and we see what he can do....I'm almost certain they do not want him playing in a let loose fashion but more so to keep the qb in pocket and beat our secondary, thibking we have the dawgs in th middle to collapse and rush the passer...and we dont when we use certain sets
You can see when its Lawson or Adams on the nose...or them together the pressure is breaking through and the results are night and day
Then we go sets with Just Jake...Jake and Korn....and we get eaten alive...even when its Jake and Adams....Adams gets penetration still a lot of the time but .....even when double teamed,  but Jake just gets stood up in place neutralized....pushed back...or spun around or to the side as the play goes by and just negates anything the other DT just did
His sole skill is a straight push on some reps  but rarely gets off his block, and when he does has nothing left to finish a play...or chase anyone down...let alone come back from behind l.o.s to make a tackle....how many times tho we see Adams...and Woods last yr do that tho....alot
We either need to change or scheme a bit as we dont have....let me rephrase, choose not to use the guys up fron to make it work....or stick with the scheme and roster and PLAY the guys who can make it work...easily fixable if one puts his bias aside
and further to that....works from a strength from inside out....strong center...strong/dominant nose and multi tech DT....You cooking with fire...we got the wort center in the league, and the worst "collective" group of interior dlineman in the lague bar none....Adams would start anywhere..as would Woods...thats why I said collective..Schmeck..Thomas...Korn...I have a hard time seeing any one of them cracking a roster...let alone getting reps they do here
And then some wonder why our dline seems to get no push/pressure and at times our oline looks like rodeo barrels

That’s why having Sterns on the roster just baffles me. We don’t use quick crossers or stuff like that. We need taller downfield threats with long arms. 

Honestly, the only way they go anywhere this year is if a higher up forces MOS to make changes. 

Whoever told him to sit Willy down in 2016 needs to have a similar convo about a few areas of this years roster. 
First and foremost, Jake Thomas needs to go (as we all know) maybe Vaughters too, at least get a real 3rd end on. 

Sterns is the poor man’s Kelvin McKnight. How could Mitchell possibly do less? 
As much as I wanted Vanterpool on for the run game after week 1, the drop off from him to Wallace isn’t enough to make it worth using an import spot. 
 
I like Parker in general but I’d rather see him in Bridges spot and Jake Kelly at safety if it would mean making DT an American position besides Lawson in rotation. 

I agree. I think for the rest of the year Wheatfall and Clercius need to be the 1-2, Schoen I’m afraid while not *toast* won’t ever be what he was.
Demski is a good 3rd /sometimes deep threat, but again he’s never going to be healthy for a full season. It’s always going to be an ankle or something, especially with the way they beat the **** out of him with the close to LOS/RB type stuff they use him for. He just can’t be a consistent top option at this stage of his career. 

Mitchell is a big unknown but I have to imagine he’d be able to do more than Sterns in this kind of offence. Even as a field stretcher like they used Pokey Wilson last year. 

Add: Having Kody Case and Gavin Cobb as the only receivers on the PR is a catastrophic fail by the organization as a whole

If luck went the other way the offence could have made it a much closer game honestly. 
The D however played like plastic grocery bags full of leaky puke in the first half, that’s what got it out of hand. 

It’s a MOS team going into a bye week, no one gives a ****. 

I still can’t believe he didn’t challenge the spot on that one third down when they still had a half-assed shot at coming back, that was just inexcusable. 

I agree. I think for the rest of the year Wheatfall and Clercius need to be the 1-2, Schoen I’m afraid while not *toast* won’t ever be what he was.
Demski is a good 3rd /sometimes deep threat, but again he’s never going to be healthy for a full season. It’s always going to be an ankle or something, especially with the way they beat the **** out of him with the close to LOS/RB type stuff they use him for. He just can’t be a consistent top option at this stage of his career. 

Mitchell is a big unknown but I have to imagine he’d be able to do more than Sterns in this kind of offence. Even as a field stretcher like they used Pokey Wilson last year. 

Add: Having Kody Case and Gavin Cobb as the only receivers on the PR is a catastrophic fail by the organization as a whole

1.  MOS/coaching staff. Just woefully unprepared in every aspect. The entire team had a lackadaisical mentality like the game would eventually just work itself out.  From starting a guy with the flu at defensive tackle to not being able to use a challenge in the most blatantly obvious situation. Playing dink and dunk down 3 touchdowns.  Just baffling decision making all around. 

2. The DL, this partially falls on roster makeup but Willie is already gassed out at week 5, Vaughters was a flat-out bad signing and Jake was good depth a decade ago.  
3. Collaros. 2 pick 6’s and panicked and overthrew a wide open receiver on a sure TD. 
Crappy Honker- Randolph takes a brutal holding penalty on the first drive of the game which more than likely took 6 off the board. 
 Non-Bomber crappy honker- The line judge who was giving Calgary extra full yards on multiple occasions. 
 
HM 
Devin Adams had a good game when he actually saw the field.
Brady had some nice runs when he wasn’t falling down
Clercius.

1.  MOS/coaching staff. Just woefully unprepared in every aspect. The entire team had a lackadaisical mentality like the game would eventually just work itself out.  From starting a guy with the flu at defensive tackle to not being able to use a challenge in the most blatantly obvious situation. Playing dink and dunk down 3 touchdowns.  Just baffling decision making all around. 

2. The DL, this partially falls on roster makeup but Willie is already gassed out at week 5, Vaughters was a flat-out bad signing and Jake was good depth a decade ago.  
3. Collaros. 2 pick 6’s and panicked and overthrew a wide open receiver on a sure TD. 
Crappy Honker- Randolph takes a brutal holding penalty on the first drive of the game which more than likely took 6 off the board. 
 Non-Bomber crappy honker- The line judge who was giving Calgary extra full yards on multiple occasions. 
 
HM 
Devin Adams had a good game when he actually saw the field.
Brady had some nice runs when he wasn’t falling down
Clercius.

This is a slippery slope.

Stamps attempted 18 passes all game. They got up big and then played not to lose. The way the DLine was getting dog walked and the DBs were getting outworked by the receivers in the first half, had the offense had the juice to turn it into a shootout Adams likely would have ended up with 400 yards.

That’s why having Sterns on the roster just baffles me. We don’t use quick crossers or stuff like that. We need taller downfield threats with long arms. 

I agree. I think for the rest of the year Wheatfall and Clercius need to be the 1-2, Schoen I’m afraid while not *toast* won’t ever be what he was.
Demski is a good 3rd /sometimes deep threat, but again he’s never going to be healthy for a full season. It’s always going to be an ankle or something, especially with the way they beat the **** out of him with the close to LOS/RB type stuff they use him for. He just can’t be a consistent top option at this stage of his career. 

Mitchell is a big unknown but I have to imagine he’d be able to do more than Sterns in this kind of offence. Even as a field stretcher like they used Pokey Wilson last year. 

Add: Having Kody Case and Gavin Cobb as the only receivers on the PR is a catastrophic fail by the organization as a whole

They were pretty garbage too I agree, just things like 2 pick 6’s, that holding penalty on their opening drive, Brady slipping and falling twice, the dropped passes and the missed TD throw, aren’t going to happen every game. 
 

It’s a MOS team going into a bye week, no one gives a ****. 

It’s a MOS team going into a bye week, no one gives a ****. 

It’s a MOS team going into a bye week, no one gives a ****. 

Too many smiling faces after getting ass handed to you for my liking

Glad we were willing to challenge for 6 yards.

Coaches in Grey Cup mode today