Mike

This is exactly the **** I’m talking about with regards to the piss poor coaching. Get some clarification about that being a catch or not, if it’s ruled a catch then challenge it.

Abu Grabby-Holdy

Good thing we dressed two extras so we can use them. Right? ………. right?????

You can clutch and grab, the guy released JT before it was a hold without question

do we have a stationary tackling dummy we’ve had in the equipment room for more than three years so it can be a designated American and replace Ricky Walker

VA literally never looked off McInnis and Alexander is MIA

Not even close

Who would’ve thought rostering guys who aren’t 1000 years old would help

Then again, so does Alexander. And Darby. And Ricky Walker is just useless.

I know Noeller is gonna jump in and tell me I’m wrong because intangibles but holy **** does Bighill look absolutely finished

Our D is not great but I’m not a believer that Collaros is going to stink all game. Especially with Brady rolling. let’s go second half here we go

No, you are not.

Realistically, this is what we’re gonna be this year. When our O looks good, we’ll be fine. When they don’t, we’re going to need big plays in other areas because our D is too old and slow. Half of our regular defenders look absolutely cooked.

Old defensive players looking old, go figure. Coaching questionable, go figure. Alexander about to be on milk cartons

And the talk that Chad Kelly isn't known is wild. The guy was on Pardon My Take somehow. I don't know why, but he's got a following in the US. I can't say I understand why he's so popular, but he's got that Manziel-ish following to him. Everyone loves a trainwreck, I guess.

FWIW I never claimed the league's plan is a good plan. But it's very obvious that it's their plan.

It's not a contrarian point of view, it's just reality. It's not even about Toronto, although that is one angle (not one I really care about though) The reality of the situation is this. Nobody in the CFL HQ gives a flying **** what you think. Or what I think. We're watching either way. Saskatchewan is watching either way. Edmonton is watching either way. Hamilton is watching either way. Ottawa is watching either way. There are some struggling markets, but more importantly ... those fanbases are already installed. They're trying to grow the game "globally" (really just make inroads into the US and become that secondary option for those viewers) and the best ways to do that are to have a recognizable face and to have a competitive league. Without Kelly, they have neither. This version of the CFL leadership couldn't make a star out of Milt Stegall, hell they probably wouldn't even know what to do with a Patrick Mahomes or a Josh Allen. They need a name brand they didn't create. Chad Kelly (love him or hate him) is that, even though he doesn't deserve it. The other thing is, they desperately need a QB who can compete because if not, it really looks like the league is going to have to bank on Vernon Adams or Matthew Shiltz to be that guy this year otherwise Winnipeg is probably just going to run roughshod over the entire league. That's not fun for new viewers either. so yeah, call me "that guy" if you want but the reality is, their goal isn't to make us feel special. They don't care about us. They care about growth and he's their best shot at it right now.

He's not wrong. You don't have to like it, hell I don't like it .. but he's right.

Starting to feel like almost a degree of overconfidence that they can just scout a street free agent and plug them in without any time in town.

I *think* they can activate McCrae if Brady can’t go .. seems kinda gamesmanship-ish to not just list him though. They made game day changes week 1 and didn’t have a 44 man roster. Honestly not quite sure how this all works.

Honestly mind boggling lol whenever I get a “Brandon has quoted you” notification, I fully expect to just come into the thread and read a paragraph or two arguing something I definitely did not say

Yet again, you go and argue a point nobody is making. JA is great at what he is. What he is is not a bellcow back.

Go back in time and marry a Bomber cheerleader like I did.

No, moreso what it is is that you don’t really understand what you’re presenting as evidence. The reason Augustine shows such a high YPC is because he’s typically been deployed as a guy who gets the “high risk” carries that are going to be home run swings. He’s put out there in positions where he’s either going to bust a chunk play or he’s not, not being asked to grind the hard yards between the tackles as a chain mover. In his two most productive seasons with us, 20-25% of his yardage came on one carry. The evidence you’re using would be the same evidence you’d use to suggest Demski would be an impact RB for us if deployed as such, which is interesting if we call back to the fact that when we HAVE needed to run between the tackles without Brady, those touches actually have strayed away from JA and towards Demski in past years. JA isn’t a bellcow. That’s not a bad thing. He’s just not. I’ll use NFL stats because CFL stats don’t exist anymore - look at the top RBs in YPC last year … not many (arguably any) three down backs in the bunch because that figure is always inflated for the guys who are asked to run almost exclusively off tackle, see low usage or both. But sure, go off with your box scores. Tell me how JA did running between the tackles in the preseason. Spoilers: it was not good

Box score watching at its finest.