Mike

Maybe you should google "opinion" too. You can disagree with me. It doesn't make me wrong.

Instead of trying to poke holes in my argument, you should try strengthening yours because it's full of holes at this point in time. Drew Willy, in the past, has shown that he is capable of playing at a high level that is good enough to win football games. Drew Willy, in the recent past, has shown that he is also capable of struggling and playing poorly to the point that it is clearly not good enough to win football games. He's done both. So why are you so hung up on the most recent body of work? Because it's a "what have you done for me lately" business? That's fine. And that's your prerogative. But it's not a solid argument. Here's my argument: comparing Nichols and Willy right now is an apples-to-oranges comparison, because Willy has never had the one thing that Nichols has been handed that has been so beneficial to his success - a high performing offensive line. You can blame the offensive line struggles on Willy and it's certainly true that you'd be able to argue that at times, he has not helped their situation by clinging onto the ball too long. Was it a regular enough occurrence that it's worth considering as a major factor? Not in my opinion. Compare Nichols 2016 to Nichols 2015 instead. Look how bad Nichols looked last year with the same personnel Willy was operating with. It was a clear cut case that Willy was the superior quarterback. Now here's the thing: you have to pick a side at this point. Either Nichols 2016 is looking a whole lot better because of the sudden reshuffling of the offensive line OR Nichols 2016 improved from Nichols 2015. Here's the tricky part for you as a Willy detractor: either one of those choices really shoots some holes in your argument. If Nichols 2016 can be better than Nichols 2015, why can't Willy 2016 be better than Willy early 2016? It obviously can happen. Situations change. Circumstances change. Players can slump. Players can regain form. It's not a "one-and-done" business. And obviously the professionals believe that. So why don't you? If that's not the side you choose to be on and you think Nichols is so much better this year because of the personnel surrounding him, then obviously it's difficult to write Willy off because he has yet to be given a chance to work with that very same personnel. The offensive line changes were the catalyst to our season. Nichols has not lit the world on fire, but the offensive line sure as heck has. So it stands to reason that Drew Willy, shellshocked nature and all, could very easily come back in and turn his opportunity with a revamped line into something that leads to him shaking that vacant look off and regaining the form that he's shown in the past.

And I simply don't agree with you. Nor does Mike O'Shea. Or Scott Milanovich, apparently. So there you go.

Yes. I do. Mostly because the argument that is brought forth by the majority of the people who hold that opinion, including yourself, is largely based on emotions.

Yeah, Montreal doesn't have BC's first. BC has Montreal's first.

I don't want Burris in any situation, to be honest. If there was a situation out there that could land us assets for Willy while we still retained a quality backup QB in some way or another, I'd consider supporting the idea of trading Drew. Is that situation out there? I don't see it. The ONLY situation that I can see presenting itself is a scenario where we basically do a three way trade with Toronto/Montreal Toronto gives up: assets, gets: Drew Willy Winnipeg gives up: Drew Willy, gets: half the assets from Toronto, Kevin Glenn, cap relief to bolster their roster elsewhere Montreal gives up: Kevin Glenn, gets: half the assets from Toronto, cap relief, an opening to boost Vernon Adams/Rakeem Cato up the depth chart and invest in the future

I can't help but chuckle that some folks can't imagine the idea of Drew Willy being an effective starter ever again even knowing that the best QB mind in the CFL seems to think he can.

Do your own investigating. It's out there.

... they offered him that much

That's the issue.

This doesn't surprise me at all. It makes perfect sense. Toronto would be a good fit for Drew.

I honestly never thought there would've been a market for Willy and his contract. I would have to suspect it's pretty much limited to Toronto at this point.

On Twitter I can't post the tweets right now, but if someone could look them up and share, that'd be awesome. He breaks down the details re: Bombers and Willy situation

Again ... not the CFL

Apparently it's a $250 Moores gift card and a 1 in 20 shot at the grand prize.

Took down first place in the country this week

You're losing it Ripper. Not as much as the Riders. But you're losing it.

You do realize everyone in the CFL has serious questions about their something or other, right? That's why they're here. If you think Smith hasn't shown anything this year, it pretty much tells me you haven't been watching the games he's played in. It's not his fault he was playing with a QB who couldn't do anything with the fact that Smith was getting open downfield basically whenever he felt like it.

Smith is 25 years old. How is he built for "now" Hell, Dressler could play another 5-6 years.

I don't want to debate it at all because it's such a ridiculous premise that it doesn't even warrant discussing. You wanna talk about developing a younger player and how that fits your rebuild better? Great, Ryan Smith has more experience, is better and is very close to the same age (younger than Holley, older than Collins) Veteran presence that your team is sorely lacking? Clarence Denmark or Weston Dressler Oh and I guess the fact that their production is better too makes them better options. What's to debate? I'd be curious to hear if Durant would rather have Collins or Dressler. Then again, I already know the answer.

I said it when we signed him, if we had Medlock last year, we would've made the playoffs.

I'd be so mad if that happened to us but I was laughing my ass off at Bond last night. Give that man an award.

Ripper told me today on Riderfans.com that he'd rather have Holley and Collins than any one of Denmark, Smith or Dressler.

Eventually we're going to need to get better output from our offense whether it's the tough thing to say around here right now or not. Nichols got it done when it mattered, but if he had of gotten it done earlier in the game, this one might not have been even close. You shouldn't go +6 in the turnover game and win by 14. You should be stomping teams by 20, 30 points when you get that many short fields. I like what Nichols is doing right now, but I truly don't believe it's sustainable. I'm not saying Willy is the answer, but he's going to need to get a look at some point. Then again, maybe once Dressler/Smith are back, Nichols can show us some more offense as well.

I'd rather Loffler play on the edge like that and take those 15 yards every once in a while.