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I believe that the 'I Love Nichols' fans see everything that's not uber-positive as a slight against Nichols.

Last year folks said Nichols wasn't hitting the deep balls because (Read this slowly if you have to) Nichols wasn't hitting the deep balls. It's not a myth. It's the truth and hitting deep balls this year doesn't mean he was good at hitting them last year. No one is trying to 'nail him to the wall', there's no 'fishing expedition' or 'witch hunt'. Those are all in your mind, just like the fictitious you gotta throw for 300 yards to be a good QB you love to make fun of.

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Hey Bert! No, we didn't make a big deal out of 300 yards. That was on you. Nichols didn't throw accurate deep balls last year when 'we' were actually complaining about it.

Lulay for OC in BC!

They haven't called all the holding for decades. You don't even have to keep the guy in front of you any more. I've seen several cases where DL beat the OL and they grab them by the ankle and trip them. Still no holding call.

He should thank his lucky stars that there's a management SMS now otherwise it would be 'window or isle?' for him.

The 300 yard schtick is something the Nichols fans made up to make fun of. No one but Nichols fans are talking about it. It's not about loving or hating a QB. It's about looking at how they actually play week to week. You don't have to say only good things about one QB and only bad things about the other. Nichols threw a couple of great deep balls last night. That doesn't mean that he threw good deep balls last year or in general. Streveler threw a horrible pick last night. That doesn't mean he always throws horrible picks. Streveler's lack of experience isn't an argument for Nichols being better. It simply means that Streveler needs more reps. I have no complaints about Nichols play last night, but I would have liked for him to be pulled earlier because we were so far ahead and the reps were way more important to Streveler than they were to Nichols.

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I kinda wish it was #4theW instead of #FortHew.

He's not saying they are mutually exclusive. He's simply looking at how accurately the ball was thrown. A great catch doesn't make the throw any more or less accurate.

Did you read the article or the older one where he described his 'system'? It's about throw accuracy alone, not completion %.

Damn your eyes too, sir! 😂 Back the the 'stat'.... If you put 6 football literate fans of neither team in a room with the game film and the catch radius tool, I'll bet you would quickly come to consensus on 90% of the throws. If 3 are one teams fans and 3 are the other teams fans, then that 90% would go down considerably.

I trust my eyes too, but forum arguments of my eyes are better than your eyes quickly become no they aren't, yes they are, repeat ad nauseam.

I agree that it won't settle any arguments or 'prove' anything. It does, however match my 'eye' test. For example I think a lot of Nichols in the dirt throws aren't cuz he had to and a lot of his deep balls aren't accurate (Although his deep balls have been much better this year). I'd guess that Ferguson would have give Ricky Ray big accuracy points because putting the ball where it needs to be is a very accurate throw. Completion % isn't that great a stat for accuracy. Throw a ton of short passes and it goes up. Throw a ton of deep passes and it goes down. Can't establish the run, don't have enough time, or have to play from behind so the defence knows you have to throw it goes down. Receivers can make the QB look good or look bad and greatly affect the completion %. Have an OC who favours intermediate to deep balls and the completion % suffers. Have a PLAP style offence and it goes up.

Yah, it's subjective, but so are folks around here's views. It's not results oriented. It's accuracy oriented. Efficiency rating means nothing in this analysis. You're right that short balls are easier to be accurate on, which is why Streveler ranked so highly this week. That doesn't seem to validate your 'likes deep balls' comment tho. You seem to want to give Nichols points for results, not accuracy. Nichols throws balls in the dirt and the receivers dig them out. Accurate throws? Not unless that's the only place he could throw the ball and mostly it's not (Subjectively speaking). Good result? Sure. Nichols overthrows, but the receiver makes a great 1 handed grab. Accurate throw? Maybe? Good result? Yup. It really doesn't matter anyway. It's just one mans opinion of how accurately QB's are throwing the ball. Assuming he doesn't have a bias for or against specific QB's it should be a reasonable way to look at QB accuracy. I can't think of a better way to do it... can you?

The CFL has some quirky rules. Folks who follow US football need to know that we don't play NFL rules to set their expectations properly. Fans who go to a CFL game expecting NFL rules will be disappointed.

I like that someone is trying to gauge QB accuracy. It's one of the most important things a QB can possess. I don't have a problem with the way he's doing it either. Folks either don't understand what he's saying or are just upset that their QB, Nichols, isn't ranked higher. Note that this is simply about accuracy. It's not about play call or wins or even completions.

I doubt that the good teams want to play Toronto or Montreal. To be the best, you gotta beat the best. Good teams likely look forward to playing us.

It was definitely a beer can. It came from the section I was sitting in. No, I don't know who threw it, but it was a great throw.

Streveler

It does. I used it last year and it's kinda crappy and kinda expensive for what it is.

And fans are never known for seeing things as obvious that aren't.

Streveler did what he needed to win too. 6 of 8 for 42. 75% passing. 2 rushing TD's and a great throwing TD. His Int was a tipped ball at the LOS, which wasn't really his fault.

Bigger mistake is J Jackson as the OC.