Mike

Holm sucks hehehe

I think it’s pretty fair to say Shawn Bane is a top level receiver at this point

I don’t know how you can overturn that but what a brutal call

It’s crazy because you’ve jumped the shark here just as much as some of the takes on the other side. I’ve never once said I hope we lose or I want us to lose. I was indeed the one who questioned if fans would start to turn on O’Shea. Not really a weird question considering how doom and gloom people were after a few losses. I don’t like the way he manages the roster or quite frankly, coaches within the flow of the game. I like absolutely everything else about him as a coach. But yes. The roster management has the potential to cost us games. It already may have cost us one. It’s not ridiculous to suggest that and if you think it is, let me ask you: if roster management can’t cost you games, why does it even matter who we play? Just let everyone have equal reps and treat it like it’s elementary school sports.

We’re apparently not allowed to talk about that here

You don’t think it will cost us games? Wouldn’t the Ottawa game be a perfect example?

I’m thrilled that we demolished BC but it’s laughable how many of you in here are so quick to forget how our roster management has already raised question marks in many other games this year. Good results don’t mean there are no flaws in the process. I’d like to see us maximize our chances to win every game the rest of the way. Roster management helps with that.

Oh I wholeheartedly agree. Our defensive rotation usage at this point is beyond pathetic.

To be fair, Burtenshaw is mostly just a ST guy and has rarely played any FB.

I’d say they’re less susceptible to that than we are Honestly I’d take him here. Move Biggie over, put Sankey in the middle.

Or maybe because it’s 2023

Lol what the hell? What’s your vendetta with Lemon? He’s a selfish jerk because he didn’t sign here? Because he wants money?

I’ll be bummed if we sign Usher, he sucks

I think Ricky Walker is slowly becoming an impact player in the middle and I like his ability to play different fronts for us, but as a whole I think we need to introduce additional players into the rotation to keep everyone fresh as we get deeper into the season.

I mean, we’ve never hesitated to make this kind of move before. It’s the exact kind of move we’ve made historically.

You think the Lions that cut him in TC after signing him will be the team that overpays him?

If it’s not Lemon, it’s gotta be somebody. We’ll see. I would imagine they’d prefer to make a trade for a guy like Bennett or Kongbo before bringing in Lemon, but it’s tough to say.

I honestly had to double check to see if this was posted in 2019. I would hazard a guess that Exume is maybe our 14th string WIL

It won’t be this year but I really think Holm will be an all-star next year. He’s starting to get noticed and his compete level on some of these deep shots teams are taking at him is unreal. Love the way he never gives up, he’ll fight you the whole way down to the ground on a jump ball.

I like Holm a lot. He’s a baller. But yeah, you’re definitely right. Teams have been scheming very well against Richie this season. The personnel we’re using is limiting our ability to do things we’ve done in the past … Bighill probably too slow to drop back like he has in past seasons, Briggs/Darby/Kramdi/Maruo have essentially been useless and Alexander is being asked to play way closer to the line to make up for it. Leaving our DBs in a lot of tough spots where they’re being asked to win one on one battles and we’ve got brainiacs like Brandon saying they’re bums because they haven’t been perfect.

Again, I apologize that you have no idea what you’re watching. But I’m not here to help you out. Be as wrong as you want.

I know Parker is small, but safeties are trending smaller now. He’s only giving up an inch and five pounds to a guy like Metchie who plays bigger than he is, just like Parker. Sure tackling, center fielder abilities … it’s not like teams fear Alexander when they come across the middle anyways, when’s the last time you saw him lay out a guy that way?

We keep everything in front of us by design, I’d rather see us use more of a center fielder there. Personally.

My favorite secondary is Houston/Nichols/Parker/Holm/Rose with Alexander at SAM

I’ll definitely take it, it’s going to happen with the cover corners who don’t see a lot of targets. It was the same thing with Alford. Often gets forgotten that the other team gets paid to play too. Just as much as Houston can jump a route successfully, the other team can bait him successfully. Overall, I’d take Houston as easily one of the top 2-3 corners in the CFL. Seems like guys like BVD prefer a player like Abu who gets targeted 10 times a game for 6 first downs, because he limits gains to just past the first down marker as a sure tackler. That’s not to rag on ADS either, but there’s an obvious reason why teams are picking on him - it’s better than throwing it to the other side of the field.