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Jason maas is a professional victim. Always some unfair thing happening to him.

Edmonton tried to contain streveler and Harris had huge holes to run through as a result.

honestly, is there a global player contributed more than Hansen this year? Sounds like an athlete who never had any proper coaching and now that he's getting that coaching he is thriving.

I have long believed that mentally Harris is weak. Lots of seasons he has a great summer but completely awful fall. Good at throwing short passes but when teams tighten up in scoring range he struggles.

And if it's Nichols if read 1 isn't there it's dump down to Harris. Time to ask what the hell Lapo is doing that qbs get 1 read and then it's bail out.

Gray is gonna be a real good one. He's one of those guys who knows how to walk the line without going over it.

100% this. Especially considering how deep we are in the depth at end, but our defensive line are beasts. They may not get as many sexy stats, but Stove and Nevis in the middle are complete road blocks and even the random German we brought in is collapsing the pocket. Just a bunch of guys who play hard honest football and make the opponent earn every inch they get.

but the pocket was not there for a lot of the night. Edmonton gets pressure, it's their thing on defense. I won't argue that he was great passing, but between the drops and the run heavy (including called qb runs) game plan he also didn't have a lot of opportunity to be much of a passer. I think Streveler like most young qbs needs the game to slow down for him, but I don't really worry if he has to pass. He can hit guys, he's shown that. Just give him some help like all qbs need.

Man after a ho-hum start he's really taken it upon himself to wreck **** for opposing offenses.

I think that's unfair. He hit Matthews and Matthews let the db interupt the pass, he hit Demski in traffic and Demski put it on the ground, he hit wolitarsky and again it hit the ground. I think his passing numbers look worse than they should to be honest. There was even the swing pass to Harris on 2nd and 20 that I put the blame on Harris. He had to get that ball out quick and Harris wasn't ready for it. Streveler is not a bad passer, our team just has a bad passing game plan a lot of nights. He also had to deal with pressure a lot of the night. Yes the numbers look ugly, but I don't think he was really reckless with the ball. Sure there were a couple ugly throws, but there was more good than bad, he just didn't get a lot of help in the passing game.

D was really good, the DL was giving Harris fits all night. They gave up some big plays but otherwise solid solid game. As for Streveler, I don't think it's an indictment of him. Edmonton has a good D and he dealt with a lot of drops and a horrible 2nd half game plan (as per usual with lapo) Guy brings the threat with his legs that makes Harris better so it's really a big part of his game that the run game was as effective as it was.

Edmonton was so afraid of Streveler running it gave more room to Harris. Really puts a D in a pick your poison position. Now get the passing game figured out and we got something special here.

so can we all agree that the biggest problems with the offense are Lapolice now?

awwwwwww crap.......

new band name?

dude is in ok shape, so yeah he ain't the tallest guy on the field, but he's a big strong guy. That's why the ladies and Northern Skunk are so in love with him

god she has to last until there is a dem president

No, if he sucks he sucks. But that is why we have to watch the games. Big picture here fellas.

If he was 6'3 do you think he would have ever made it to the CFL?

I read a quote a couple days ago where the promoter was saying it was an event like seeing the Rolling Stones or some such thing. Well there's your problem. It's an NFL preseason game, it's not a can't miss event. Sloppy football with a bunch of guys who will get cut and maybe never play football again isn't something fans will fork out any amount of money to see. They got greedy and the thing was a gong show as a result.

Yes, but lots.of people here discard the obvious in favour of blind hatreds and ignorance so I am left to try and hammer the obvious into their heads.

Well I don't think you're getting at the logic I use. I'm not some big Nichols fanboi here, I have actually long felt that Streveler has higher potential in the long term, however I'm also not going to throw Nichols under the bus when Lapo very clearly is doing the same **** he always does. So if Streveler succeeds it will be dependent on 2 things happening, 1: Him playing well and 2: Lapo giving him the playbook to have success. I will judge for myself what happens when he gets out there and make my judgements based on knowing the 2 variables.

yes, but also consider injuries to matthews and adams, two guys who were likely thought of as main targets.

turned this on just to see how the stadium looks... lots of empty seats. guess they should have priced things smarter.

Will depend on how things unfold, but likewise if streveler struggles you gonna admit that Lapo can be his own worst enemy? Or will you just turn on Streveler too?