Pete

The only other team that spends as much on wr and qb is edmonton....see the similarities?

Wilson is a keeper, he's now showing the instincts and familiarity with Collaros to come back to the qb when Zac is scrambling. Hés our only receiver that's creating any separation.. I wouldn't be surprised if next year we decide to go with Wilson and choose between Schoen and Lawler. This year has shown us that you can't put all your salary into receivers and not on the oline and dline. Only way we keep Schoen and Lawler is if each takes a major cut and Demski renegotiates his contract.

Demski is still the best receiver we have currently, but I agree Bailey would help us, especially starting instead of Clerius

Demski is nonimport Hes better than Johnson and Clerius Hes a go to reciever for Zac Defences have to plan for him

makes no sense on so many levels

cause walters signed him and he isnt one of OSheas guys. Same reasson as we had Jackson all last year, that we havent replaced others.

Once again we are putting in a player ( jones) with very limited reps because we dont give them the opportunities prior. Wilson hurt again shows he isnt a viable option at mlb. (Maybe hes hurt because of having to make more tackles that our middle lb should have made) No lucky again, and really only changes are those forced by injuries. Feels like were just reacting vs coaching

but a win saturday might!

Its pretty obvious by a number of the comments on here that we're not rocket scientists , but if even we can (mostly) agree its the the refusal/reluctance to act on significant areas of concern thats hurting this team, then where there's smoke there's likely fire.

I think the negativity is due to 2 main things 1.our record 2. Our frustration with bomber mgmt to not address obvious issues. ie allowing vets to go past expiration date with seemingly no backup plan in place, or standing pat with an offence that couldnt score more than 3 field goals in their last game

You're right, watching BA when was the last time he laid a big hit on a receiver going across the middle. He used to own that turf. Now its mostly arm tackles from the side The tackles Wilson is making used to be Bighill's M O .

With Lucky we don't know if hes in game shape or Has he lost a step, theres a reason he hasnt signed until now When asked about Lucky when he was signed, O'Sheas response was we'll see once he gets here.

I see him developing as a BC's Cottoy type of player, key role , sometimes a prime target.

Oline has always been key to our offensive success, giving players experience is key to succession Its one position that is less about athleticism and more about technique. Id look moving smeckle to pr first. Especially with rotation of adams, woods, thomas in place

Jones might only be in cause Cole is ill. Hope he gets reps as mlb. Calgary punished us thru the middle

speed is good, but we are already last in the league against the run, Jones in Edmonton was a tackling beast. Perhaps a combo of Ayers/Jones and wilson would be best.

For Biggie. Ayers isnt big enough we could try Tony Jones, and we haven't got much in the way of current replacements for Thomas, The other issue is that we don't give much in the way of reps to see what we have that is an improvement. ie could Griffen plqy safety? When parker returns could we move Ford to safety (with his speed could be another DeQuoy) I would suggest we spell off |Biggie with Jones, (replace Cole perhaps who for whatever reason isn't getting many reps anyway) especially on such a hot day as Friday, Why Ayers doesn't get more reps as well is a mystery. I also agree that the not having adequate replacements on the dline is a big fail. By the 4th qtr our starters were completely exhausted cause we couldn't afford to use Smeckle or, Lucky Ogbevoen. Willie is also getting to many reps to be effective consistently

Have we replaced any starting player with another who is an upgrade over the one we lost ? Bonds for Parker is the closest. ie Walker Bailey Hardwick Grant Grey Jeffcoat Houston

granted, that Thomas lacks the mobility to drive pressures, however i feel the bigger issue is that who do we have that is better? Woods hasn't provided pressures, Adams shows some promise but overall our interior quality is lacking when it comes to quarterback pressures Obviously at the beginning of the year Lawton was pencilled in to be the starter based on his salary, but that ended with injury

nevef let the facts or stats get in the way of your opinion!

O'Shea gets blamed for the roster decisions and the buck should stop there (no pun intended) but how much say does younger and buck have in who we play, and keep on the roster? Buck and Younger/Hall are veteran coaches and O'Shea has never been accused of running a dictatorship so what gives?

Testiment to how poor our scouting is this year that we don:t have a import true de available other than jefferson. Also to how stubborn O'Shea is ,Lucky should be in,,Johnson has shown nothing , and wilson for all the opportunity is awful

Kyrie is underated and very good, the issue is with Bighill lacking the range, he is being spread thin We should have made a play for titus wall, as an upgrade to Kramdl who is serviceable but not elite

I agree Kramdl doesnt have the speed for coverage situations, when he has to cover a slotback he is at a disadvantage. He does have a lot of good instincts and is great in a number of defensive schemes, but I would like to see Griffin utilized a lot more or Ayers. Im not sure what is happening with Cole but they don't seem to have much faith in him at times. Kramdl is another example of this teams reluctance to not make changes to vets roles. (much like Alexander and Thomas)

Don't understand the negativity on the defense, linebackers stopped the run. Defensive backs played one of the best games i've seen This loss was totally on the offense. That they could only manage 6 points in the first half with Collaros is terrible. Zac refuses to utilize the rookies and continually tried to force balls to Demski. Buck also needs to incorporate plays that take advantage of what skills the recievers do have. Has he ever heard of throwing a screen pass, or if they are stopping olivera against the run. find other ways to get him the ball