Pete

One of J Jones attributes id being able to lay hard hits, Wilson and Jones tackle just as well but dont punish the ball carrier Something that we lack , against both Sask and Calgary they were much more physical

we need to see what we have in Wilson, we are so afraid to put in untested players, that when we have no choice we have no idea how they will do. And the player himself is going in blind. Im not saying he should start, but we should have a pkg that we can put him in for. Especially if Strev isnt moving the ball, we cant afford to let him work it out

Probably feels as much guilt as you do about that post

Our interior dline was very good in the labor day game, including Jake. Lawson is getting back to the form that we hoped he would prior to his injury. Opposing offenses have not been able to run up the middle, Riders runs that did anything were around the edge mostly with Vaughtner losing contain. I didn't think we'd be effective at all with the three Non imports but I was wrong. The mistake we made though was still not having Adams or Woods rostered, in that 6 dline isn't enough and when Smeckle got hurt we were really against it.

To me the main issue is the lack of viable alternatives weve had. An oline man goes down and we need to go to an import ,Same with Kramdi. They feel that Adams/Woods aren't good enough but who else do we have.We havent had a decent backup db and no de on the pr We,ve started Kody Case, Kornelson, Weitz, Corcoran (who we seem to try to use like a Bailey despite not having the ability or build) Theres enough blame to go around The good news is weve finally added Houston, Wilson now if we can dig up an olineman , and Texacada works out theres hope

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