Pete

is there some rule or something that we cant sign a corner thats over 5 ft 8?

in the past OShea has let the players figure it out and when questioned about adjustments needed would simply say the player will figure it out, maybe its time to coach

A look at their offseason signings/ moves explains a lot, even taking the adams acquisition out: Acquired Orimolade - an all cfl end Green - Starting Canadian corner Webb - all cfl db (impact on their secondary similar to when we first got Alexander) T Jones, - dependable low cost reciever Rhymes - the list goes on Compare that to Mitchell,White,Logan, Jones, Hagarty, Vaughters etc.

Likely they were looking at the whole team, we had spent a disproportionate ount on offence esp at reciever and needed to adjust, this was prior to extra 400k being announced. they gambled on Schoen returning to form As head coach OShea was looking at the whole team.in setting priorities, didnt anticipate that most of their free agent finds would suck

If hes hurt again this time, there was very little contact which is scary in and of itself

Something else that is disturbing is the amount of players that we signed coming off of injuries. Schoen Vaughters Makonzo Hagarty, and now Moore. I get it that they are likely cap freindly but its a high risk that we are now paying for.

I agree, Zach outplayed Harris, just imagine if he actually got decent protection, our guards were shown to be slow and outmatched. Our defense played well enough to win. two things cost us the game 1. the aforementioned offensive line 2. Coaching; -what oc calls on 2nd and inches a play for a deep drop back against a dline thats owned us?. - how do we roster only 6 dlinemen? Of course one gets injured and by the 4th qtr they are running on fumes * we have the best all around running back in the league and we don't use him. We seem to have a history of when up against a strong dline of giving up on the run. (ie Toronto ly) and we lose every time. - its pretty obvious Logan isn't ready and we play him rather than another db or Adams/Woods

In watching the calgary rider game Stamps had good success running end arounds and short passes to the sidelines. Riders are very strong down the middle run stopping.

Woli is a tigercat, enough of silly speculation

As long as the bonus doesnt kick in til past the nfl window. Paying him a big bonus just to play the remainder of this season may not make sense

Preseason doesn't count, when the real bullets are flying hes been a liability. too slow , taking penalties, and hasn't shown good hands 3 strikes and ...

He could still end up on GB pr, probably likely

We dont make the schedule, only thing we can say is Stamps are better than us right now. Next two games will tell the story

Zac did what he had to , to get the win given the injuries

Noticed ayers in last game taking more reps, but agree OShea /Younger need to start putting more faith in younger guys like Smith and Shay that they raved about at the draft This would benefit our ratio mgmt greatly

We added lawson in middle,only other option would be woods, but what import would you have sat, since Jones was already put on pr

Jones was dropped to get Logan in. Logan is backup rb for Petersen. We did need an additional dlineman, most teams run with 8-9 Last game we had 6

At this point Kolo is what we have at center, unless we decide to utilize an import as the options to replace him are limited at best. As stated Eli has had plenty of opportunities to demonstrate why he would be an upgrade and hasnt done it. Does anyone think that Zach or Brady would sit still for not going with a better upgrade than kolo thats on the roster. Eli isnt the answer Not much use om debating it at this point.

Nothing wrong with Neufeld, it was just fatigue, Ly we had wallace and eli available to rotate in, this year its only Eli In the 4th qtr when Eli was in he got literally run over, and when he and wallace are in together its a problem Ottawa dressed 9 dline, to keep them fresher and it showed

Neufeld looked worn out by the 4th qtr, Eli isnt good enough to rotate in regularly, we need another olineman, Ratio becomes a factor with Logan and Woods also seeming ready to return

why does it feel like some of these reporters are simply asking questions to confirm their own opinions? I get the need to ask them but its annoying how they try to put words in the coaches mouth rather than just letting him explain

Even adding woods as a extra dlineman would be beneficial, most teams run with 8 dlinemen, last game both our dline and oline looked gassed Also Adams hasn't been as effective recently, Younger has been utilizing both Smeckle and Thomas instead for run stopping

The offensive line ran out of steam in the 4th qtr. team are using 8-9 dl ,no wonder they were in tough in qtr 4. Ly we had 2 backups Eli and wallace now its just Eli and hes getting manhandled We need to roster one more.

Playing mtrl its a contrast in gm approaches, Mtrl locks up their key players on 2- 3 yr contracts , when they have injuries they look anywhere for replacements ie Ciante Evans, Dandridge, Hollins,Dukes We on the other hand dont, and end up losing young talent like Dobson,and Ford.and potentially players like Wallace. We only seem to do 1 yr contracts once the season is over and seem to be scrambling. There are a few exceptions but rare. Currently our depth in dbs is lacking and we try to bring back players we' ve cut. Oh one exception, we resign an aging quarterback whose play is declining. Its frustrating at times

Lost in this, this was a huge win, lose and we are tied with bc, also Ottawa pulls to within 1 game Putting the crossover in jeopardy (the forest for the trees) Also some correctable mistakes which would have had us winning by double digits, The interception end of 1st half 3-7 points, the stuff on Streveler, the much discussed 2 and three sneak, the Randolph object Conduct.The two phantom pi calls The 57 yd fg attempt cost us 7 points as well