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Randolph is a big meh to me. His pass protection was horrible and a big reason why our O stank last season. See a massive difference changing him out for Broxton already. Collaros has a chance to get his eyes downfield and get the ball out without having to scramble every drop.

Not really how the ratio works. Daniels doesn't start either. All the "starting" issue means is we're locked into 6 Canadians on the field every snap on O and 2 on D.
He plays kickoff return but no cover teams, and basically plays 6 OL on offense. So really he's the 7th OL for how he's being utilized.
If they really want that H-back/TE role as being crucial to offense, why not use an American there who can do the job and force teams to actually have to cover the guy when he's out there? There are a ton of American guys who are tweener receiving tight ends who would be actually useful.
It would cost a DI spot which would mean instead of Ayers chasing kicks you swap out Daniels for another Canadian who can actually play special teams and Ayers for the American tight end.

This is only partially true though. Look at the DL. We've given multiple "young guys" 2-3 years and they all stink. No one has emerged as a difference maker.
Adams, Woods, Garbutt, Haba, Fox, Walker. An even longer list of guys we ran for half seasons, Wilcots, Cooper, K Adams.
Now the crew this year, Dixon, Jenkins, Fletcher, Reese.
Best guy of that bunch is probably Fox who is just an average CFL player at his best to this point.
Not really any playmakers yet. Hope the crew here now can turn that page. Looks to me like a major issue is recruiting the right guys in the first place.

Randolph is a big meh to me. His pass protection was horrible and a big reason why our O stank last season. See a massive difference changing him out for Broxton already. Collaros has a chance to get his eyes downfield and get the ball out without having to scramble every drop.

This is only partially true though. Look at the DL. We've given multiple "young guys" 2-3 years and they all stink. No one has emerged as a difference maker.
Adams, Woods, Garbutt, Haba, Fox, Walker. An even longer list of guys we ran for half seasons, Wilcots, Cooper, K Adams.
Now the crew this year, Dixon, Jenkins, Fletcher, Reese.
Best guy of that bunch is probably Fox who is just an average CFL player at his best to this point.
Not really any playmakers yet. Hope the crew here now can turn that page. Looks to me like a major issue is recruiting the right guys in the first place.

Not really how the ratio works. Daniels doesn't start either. All the "starting" issue means is we're locked into 6 Canadians on the field every snap on O and 2 on D.
He plays kickoff return but no cover teams, and basically plays 6 OL on offense. So really he's the 7th OL for how he's being utilized.
If they really want that H-back/TE role as being crucial to offense, why not use an American there who can do the job and force teams to actually have to cover the guy when he's out there? There are a ton of American guys who are tweener receiving tight ends who would be actually useful.
It would cost a DI spot which would mean instead of Ayers chasing kicks you swap out Daniels for another Canadian who can actually play special teams and Ayers for the American tight end.

We have major problems with American scouting. We basically played an all-American DL with Lawson in there about 2/3 of the time, and zero pressure at any stage of the game.
Reese had one pressure, Jones got a sack on a delayed blitz. BLM was not touched or moved off his spot otherwise. We're playing the guys who showed they belonged in camp/pre-season. The results are pretty bad on D. Fletcher, Dixon, Jenkins have all produced squat through 2 games. Fletcher in particular was just getting bullied by the interior of Hamilton's OL. They were opening gaps wider than the 401 when we put Ceresna on the edge and Fletcher in double A with Lawson or 3 tec.

Randolph is a big meh to me. His pass protection was horrible and a big reason why our O stank last season. See a massive difference changing him out for Broxton already. Collaros has a chance to get his eyes downfield and get the ball out without having to scramble every drop.

We have major problems with American scouting. We basically played an all-American DL with Lawson in there about 2/3 of the time, and zero pressure at any stage of the game.
Reese had one pressure, Jones got a sack on a delayed blitz. BLM was not touched or moved off his spot otherwise. We're playing the guys who showed they belonged in camp/pre-season. The results are pretty bad on D. Fletcher, Dixon, Jenkins have all produced squat through 2 games. Fletcher in particular was just getting bullied by the interior of Hamilton's OL. They were opening gaps wider than the 401 when we put Ceresna on the edge and Fletcher in double A with Lawson or 3 tec.

We have major problems with American scouting. We basically played an all-American DL with Lawson in there about 2/3 of the time, and zero pressure at any stage of the game.
Reese had one pressure, Jones got a sack on a delayed blitz. BLM was not touched or moved off his spot otherwise. We're playing the guys who showed they belonged in camp/pre-season. The results are pretty bad on D. Fletcher, Dixon, Jenkins have all produced squat through 2 games. Fletcher in particular was just getting bullied by the interior of Hamilton's OL. They were opening gaps wider than the 401 when we put Ceresna on the edge and Fletcher in double A with Lawson or 3 tec.

If we want a 12-13 win offense we need a vertical threat other than Demski. Like a guy who is 6'1+ who is reliable and knows how to use his body to make space to win contested balls, maybe useful in screen game/bit of YAC threat on the edge. If we really wanted to stay Canadian on O, could have thrown a pile of cash at a guy like Brissett to pair with Nield. I personally would have spent all the free agent money on O. You win with O in this league. Ceresna is nice to have but you need to find the next batch of those guys on rookie deals, not pay him 230,000 or whatever it is.
It's nice if you can spring guys like Wilson or White wide open schematically but there's going to be days when it's a slog to move the ball too and you just need a guy you can put on the boundary, force man by formation and have that guy win his route where the QB can put it out there and the guy can go make a play without that QB needing to hit the head of a pin with an perfectly accurate pass.

Last year the right side of our line couldn't pass protect. This year the left side of our line is struggling with assignments in run blocking. Hamilton picked up on Bryant cheating up to 2nd level on inside zone. We don't really run wide zone much, so the inside zone is our bread and butter. Hamilton blitzed very effectively to capitalize on Bryant's assignment weakness. We need to secure first level, the first 3-4 yards, before we're chasing guys 8-10 yards down field on play side.
No one is practicing full contact after high school. Even high school it's basically summer camp and once you're playing games practices are light contact. Practice is basically about game planning.

Last year the right side of our line couldn't pass protect. This year the left side of our line is struggling with assignments in run blocking. Hamilton picked up on Bryant cheating up to 2nd level on inside zone. We don't really run wide zone much, so the inside zone is our bread and butter. Hamilton blitzed very effectively to capitalize on Bryant's assignment weakness. We need to secure first level, the first 3-4 yards, before we're chasing guys 8-10 yards down field on play side.
No one is practicing full contact after high school. Even high school it's basically summer camp and once you're playing games practices are light contact. Practice is basically about game planning.

On the first deep shot to Wheatfall, Moxey is literally running the route, but not covering Wheatfall at all. But he's in the wrong leverage the whole time so he can't stay on that track to make the play when Wheatfall adjusts to ball to the inside shoulder.
When QB reads a DB in bad leverage like that on man, on a vertical they are going to get toasted because the receiver just has to out run the DB.

Last year the right side of our line couldn't pass protect. This year the left side of our line is struggling with assignments in run blocking. Hamilton picked up on Bryant cheating up to 2nd level on inside zone. We don't really run wide zone much, so the inside zone is our bread and butter. Hamilton blitzed very effectively to capitalize on Bryant's assignment weakness. We need to secure first level, the first 3-4 yards, before we're chasing guys 8-10 yards down field on play side.
No one is practicing full contact after high school. Even high school it's basically summer camp and once you're playing games practices are light contact. Practice is basically about game planning.

On the first deep shot to Wheatfall, Moxey is literally running the route, but not covering Wheatfall at all. But he's in the wrong leverage the whole time so he can't stay on that track to make the play when Wheatfall adjusts to ball to the inside shoulder.
When QB reads a DB in bad leverage like that on man, on a vertical they are going to get toasted because the receiver just has to out run the DB.

Last year the right side of our line couldn't pass protect. This year the left side of our line is struggling with assignments in run blocking. Hamilton picked up on Bryant cheating up to 2nd level on inside zone. We don't really run wide zone much, so the inside zone is our bread and butter. Hamilton blitzed very effectively to capitalize on Bryant's assignment weakness. We need to secure first level, the first 3-4 yards, before we're chasing guys 8-10 yards down field on play side.
No one is practicing full contact after high school. Even high school it's basically summer camp and once you're playing games practices are light contact. Practice is basically about game planning.

Last year the right side of our line couldn't pass protect. This year the left side of our line is struggling with assignments in run blocking. Hamilton picked up on Bryant cheating up to 2nd level on inside zone. We don't really run wide zone much, so the inside zone is our bread and butter. Hamilton blitzed very effectively to capitalize on Bryant's assignment weakness. We need to secure first level, the first 3-4 yards, before we're chasing guys 8-10 yards down field on play side.
No one is practicing full contact after high school. Even high school it's basically summer camp and once you're playing games practices are light contact. Practice is basically about game planning.

Last year the right side of our line couldn't pass protect. This year the left side of our line is struggling with assignments in run blocking. Hamilton picked up on Bryant cheating up to 2nd level on inside zone. We don't really run wide zone much, so the inside zone is our bread and butter. Hamilton blitzed very effectively to capitalize on Bryant's assignment weakness. We need to secure first level, the first 3-4 yards, before we're chasing guys 8-10 yards down field on play side.
No one is practicing full contact after high school. Even high school it's basically summer camp and once you're playing games practices are light contact. Practice is basically about game planning.

His scheme has taken all the big plays out of the D.
Like even with the same players. When we started having the breakdowns in losing the Grey Cups and not coming up with the big plays.
Hall's D led the league for years in turnovers and basically sustained this team as a playoff contender with mostly average QBing from 16-19.
Guys are so worried about being on the right route that they aren't even reacting to the ball in coverage. We'll only get an INT if someone volleys the ball up in the air.

They overturn that and a corner disrupting Wilson's route that leads to a INT in the endzone isn't PI.
WTF

He was basically out of the game by the time they started stopping Mills. Didn't get any pressure either.
Think we have a lot of guys who need to show some progression in real games on the DL.

Only when Johnny Augustine ran out of bounds instead of taking the free 5 yards we were giving him for the first down.

You can't play any version of man coverage with the level of cushion we're giving the slots on the same side of the field as Lawler.
They are just working those matchups for 4 quarters over and over again.

The PI/non-PI calls in this game were a huge turning point.
Even with no D, Castillo makes his kicks and the refs don't smoke crack pre-game and it's basically a tied game.