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Perhaps the worst single decision is to continue with Vaval returning. Guy has cost them points in most games and is getting worse at reading/catching the ball, then making decisions when the ball is on the turf. If you're making any decisions based on going 1-0 this week, that guy wouldn't be on the roster. I don't know what you'd have to see to move that guy off the roster right now. Want him to catch the punt and then hand it to the first cover guy like he's a running back?

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If Younger/O'Shea endorse Bridges' decision making on that touchdown it speaks to their system on D having no ability to manage a QB outside the pocket. Most immediate threat if you're a corner with nothing but green turf behind you is a receiver, not the QB 30+ yards away who might run. Bridges' quote from yesterday sounds like a guy who has no ******* idea what his assignment is after the first 3 seconds of the play. Field corner unless they are in a 2 high cut look, your only true responsibility is to not let the widest guy behind you in basically every single defensive coverage in this country.

Backup QB union needs to petition for more team practice time.

The horseshoe isn't on the foot for Calgary this year. It's up the horse's butt.

Trailblazer for sure. One of the few early guys they attracted in the first couple waves who was a good football player. Too bad he was like 28 when he got here.

Some guy that's a very good pass rusher, disruptive is a noticeable player even if they make him play safety. Garbutt is like a 68 OVR player if there was CFL Madden. Don't need to be told something I had plenty of opportunity to see and believe. And he's continued to be a plug in Hamilton. Jackson Jeffcoat? No...that was the problem. Pull your head out of your ass and get out of this tizzy.

Garbutt got to be an every down end here and did SFA.

Doesn't look like anyone is worried about him to me. Certainly don't mind baiting him and letting him spin around if they run outside zone away from him, leave him unblocked and double up play side, work up to 2nd level. 145/5 equals ? He's played more than half the plays this season...which is an ideal number. Ideally you have 8-9 guys rotating so that's where he'd be. We don't have to make excuses for anyone's lack of impact or production just because we hate Jake Thomas.

Garbutt is a shitty American player in this league. He has 4 sacks in 20 games. Very minimal impact. Same production here and in Hamilton. Unless everyone is so scared of him they avoid his side of the field. Fox too. 14 games in 4 seasons, a tackle a game and 1 career sack. Those guys are the definition of placeholders. Any team should be embarrassed to be featuring those guys at this point of their career. Those are the kinds of guys in the kinds of positions that should be moved out if they make no impact. And I'm not saying the Bombers are any better. Like Adams to me is a guy I'm trying to replace every week. The position is among the easiest in the game. Win your gap, be disruptive. If we can watch 6 games and not be sure you even dressed when you're playing 30+ snaps a game, see ya.

Relevant because if it's 2018 or 2019 he's got a walk in TD because he can beat the angle (like you mentioned). Now he gets run down before he's even anywhere near the sideline. He needs to recognize that he can't change direction at all and apply that in his decision making/timing for everything because it's different now post-injury. Super duper ******* relevant if you're putting together a gameplan for the guy because he's not a threat anymore on scrambles or rollouts, called QB runs other than maybe a draw up the gut.

They sure Vaval's was neck and not brain?

Yeah run the ball...but ultimately have to execute. Streveler scrambles and loses like 15 yards to a DL in about 2.5 seconds. Guy has to understand his own limitations sooner than later. He throws the ball to the pilon from 7 ish yards into the field while his hips are parallel to the sideline. Complete arm toss so basically no velocity on that ball. Every single decision he makes from the time he takes the snap is bad and leads to the result. If he's going to be a decent QB this season he's going to have to get comfy in the pocket and move the ball out quickly. Because I'm not sure he could beat Wade Miller in a 3 cone drill right now.

Drive or rideshare. Otherwise you basically have to go to Union Station by TTC to connect to Harbourfront street car which is kind of a haul. Worked out well for Reggie White.

IMO this is bang on. Whatever you think of Bighill's on-field production, Alexander's, we went from guys like that setting the tone to Jefferson (toxic level of effort/attention to detail), Nichols (anyone know what his voice sounds like?), Wilson, Kramdi, Holm...guys who are like 3-4 year pros. The room can't run itself anymore. They built that, and it fell apart. Need to rebuild it.

Last receiver we signed who has a masters degree in engineering was Dalton Schoen.

I think the injury is that bad and it's been like 8 months. Reasonable probability he doesn't get back to playing shape this season or ever.

Hard to not be disappointed with this signing. I wouldn't even have guys in my database who are less than 4x All-Americans.

Only teams who have not played at least one game without their #1 are Edmonton, Calgary and Hamilton. Not even halfway through the season.

Lawler left twice for kind of ridiculous money. Yeah would have paid it this time since we're hosting the Grey Cup. But also a guy who is hot and cold on effort. Like a couple stupid plays in the last Grey Cup he made were big ones in shutting down what should have been scoring drives. Brown left to be starting QB in Ottawa. Think if he had the opportunity and similar money here, he stays. Ford got an insane deal from Edmonton. Sayles got a big deal in Hamilton. Most of the other free agents who left here basically weren't offered anything from Winnipeg. Like Garbutt's. Kind of striking out on guys they wanted who left or spurned them. I don't think there's an issue of players not wanting to be here. The issue is more on who they see as the core players IMO. They haven't really replaced the core group from 18-21. Guys like Jefferson, Neufeld, Nichols, Schoen aren't necessarily building blocks like Harris, Jeffcoat, Bighill, Hardrick, Adams, Alexander, Mike Miller the player were in setting that . And they are still running the team like the players can completely self-regulate and don't need more of that leadership from the coaching staff. It's a much different group.

Chris Brazzell's entire highlight film as a Bomber.

They had Clercius in the slot a bunch on Friday, Corcoran at Z. Personally from watching that, don't think Clercius has the quickness in tight spaces or route running yet to make some space for himself to be productive from the slot. Chris-Ike is that guy that can be the H-back type, block, leak out, run a flat route, wheel. Corcoran might be a guy who can play out of the slot a bit. I'd drop Vaval and have Mitchell/Case both on to play some receiver and return. I'm not a huge fan of the look with one returner back on kickoff. Teams are ******* with us when we do that. And Vaval isn't exactly taking charge. Put Mitchell and Case both back there. Use Case on punts. In general with teams playing a ton of zone, 3 high and quarters on us, daring us to throw underneath and try to get YAC, completely taking away vertical routes...need to use formation to open up space horizontally. Bunch formations, isolate guys 1x4, 1x2 with tight ends. Open up space so you can hit guys in space and give them a chance to make a play after the catch.

I look at it basically like the escrow deal the big 4 leagues have with revenue sharing. The payout is that money back based on league revenue in 2024. But like you said there's no guarantee that continues in 2025 so it's not really a linear "money added to league salaries" for 2025. It's bizarre that the CBA has no structure for how it's distributed.

I don't think Terry Wilson is the guy to develop. Even NCAA he's got like a 6 yard average for pass depth. He hasn't shown any different up here. He's point guard style spread QB. No ability to hit windows and go vertical. Maybe you develop quick game for him but he doesn't get it out quick yet, hasn't developed that yet at this level anyways. So far what we've seen is "hold it, hold it, check it down." I'm not really sure why he's still here other than he's still on the rookie deal vs a guy like Patterson or Dolegala. The development guy here as a passer is Artopoeus. But he's a first year pro.

Cover the receiver.