TBURGESS

There is more than one way to play QB & Tre can throw the ball pretty well actually. Way better than Streveler for example. What he can't do is read a defense. Edmonton tried to make him a pocket passer which was dumb and worked out exactly the way you'd expect. He may never be able to run the quick decision, short game. To be effective he needs to run his style of offense. Ride & decide. 2 reads and run. Break contain. QB draw. Throw deep so every catch is a first down. Why bring up Rourke, Kelly and Alexander? They aren't available & aren't pertinant to this discussion.

Only one of the things I want in a QB. Being able to run and extend plays are also things that I look at in QB's.

FIFY

I doubt Crum or Powell ever becomes a starting QB. I think that Ford still has an outside chance. Our 2nd string should be a guy who can win games and hopefully become a starter in a year or two. Ford could be that guy and in the meantime, he would be a a great short yardage, change of pace, or ride and decide guy.

Wow, people would actually pick Crum? Based on Crum-backs a few years ago, I guess. Give Ford an offence suited to his abilities (2 reads & run or ride and decide) & don't try to turn him into a pocket passer. Let him do what he does well and reduce the number of dropbacks and reads he has to do. He would be at least as successful as Streveler, although that's a pretty low bar.

Tre Ford & it's not even close.

To be expected. The old guys get together one more time to see if they can roll back time.

I was hoping we'd move on from WIlly J.

FIFY

If Eli is better, why hasn't he been the starter?

If NFL teams had to pay CFL teams for the players, they wouldn't bother. They'd just bring in players that they don't need to pay for.

I don't mind that he chased the money, careers are short. I do mind him yelling his opinions on the panel. Dude is a big part of what's wrong with the TSN panel.

No I'm not arguing that either. If you overpay players, you're gonna pay for it, either by not being able to afford better players in FA or by going over the cap.

Of course, I'm not saying that. BC got rid of Adams as soon as they could & dropped Awe to afford Sankey. They gave Rourke a bunch O marketing money to make his contract work, which was absolutely brilliant. Teams can 'overspend' on single players maybe even 2, but when they 'overspend' on more than that, especially at the QB spot, the highest paid player, then they run into SMS issues.

Good news about the coaching ranks.

Walters has constantly overpaid our stars... Collaros, Brady, Jefferson to name a few. That's why we can't pick up other teams top free agents.

Any other RB's getting 290K? Nope, not even close. Any other receivers getting 270K? Yup.

I'd have been happy to find out. No CFL RB is worth the money we're paying Brady especially after overpaying Collaros.

Way too much for a RB. We've got a million bucks tied up in just two players. I don't want to hear any 'why can't we get big FA's again' whining this year.

Walters is doing the same thing he has since we became an elite team. He goes looking for underappreciated players that he can get for 'reasonable' price that he hopes will take the next step. When they work out, he's a great GM, when they don't he isn't.

Are you guys really going to whine about Kolo and Jake all off season? There's nothing new to say folks.

No such thing as actual journalists any more. Just talking heads and those who have faces for print media.

If we keep the overpay contracts like Collaros, how can we afford to upgrade the team around them?