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I can accept that playing center and calling the line blocking assignments involves a learning curve but I cannot see why they are not giving him field time, particularly when the line as a whole has struggled and Picard as well.

I do not expect any significant upgrades to our quarterbacking this season. What you see is what we got, and we don't got no Willy and probably not this year.

I think comparing Goossen and Chungh would be valid. Chungh is not yet a dominant player by any means, yet he was deemed good enough to start right out of the draft, but Goossen is still not ready for prime time. So what does that say about him?

YESSS!!!

Thomas has been a pleasant surprise- better than he was expected to be. In boxing it would be called "punching above your weight class".

With all these injuries and problems on our O-line, if Goossen cannot become a starter this year, he ain't ever gonna be.

Huh? Where did that come from. I heard he was battling the flu, not the hung flu. Where did you hear this?? Someone in this forum posted it as (alleged) fact in, I think, the game day thread.

Greaves, who is supposed to be a natural RG should be given a shot with the understanding that this is probably his last shot at being a starter. Still, it all comes down to protecting the quarterback, and I am disappointed to hear that O'Shea may be considering starting Brohm next game. The caveat is that if Marve was upchucking last game because he was hung over, that changes everything, but I would want some significant proof of that before believing it. If this is true, then it would mean that our first three choices at QB are all unfit for duty and that would set off all kinds of alarm bells.

Simmons seems to be a pretty good fit for the Lions with Elemimian gone for the season and Huffer is probably tired of the drama but may want to make a point by keeping Simmons around for a while. It would be a bad precedent to allow a player to kvetch his way off the team.

Smith is getting better with every game and Marve should get a lot better next game, what with not barfing on the sidleines, having more than a half-practice with first-team reps and fewer butterflies in his belly. It all comes down to who has the highest ceiling and who gets there first.

Bo Levi is now involved in this twitter mess/entertainment. So it could be called "Twittertainment"?

Can you do a C&P for the rest of us?

Seems MB can't/won't/doesn't know how to adjust in the 2nd half. How many times has our O come out, looked pretty good if not great only to slow down and then come to a complete stand still as the game goes on. I get that Defenses can and do adjust. But why doesn't the Offence adjust to them as well? They do. I lean more towards the rookie QB puking his guts out and injuring his throwing hand having a huge impact. He had a hell of a time going downfield and seemed a lot less willing to both stand in the pocket and extend plays after he hurt his hand. One thing I've noticed Marve do when he hits a wall in every game he's played for us including pre-season is the chuck and duck. At a certain point the hits change how he plays. Apparently the problem with Marve's had was a heat-related muscle cramp. That would tend to impact his throwing motion, so we are still not seeing his full potential.

Not looking forward to the upcoming home and home with the Riders. It's like a slow-horse race with the losing coach likely to be canned and too close to call. At the start of the season, who'da thunk this?

The Bombers have been in a bad news cycle for awhile now, and it aint gettin better

With all the liabilities we had, including Marve being sick, it was a credit to thedefence that we were still in the game as late as we were.

And Debbie does Dallas

Yeah, I would be scared behind that offensive line too.

a. block the inside guys so that the rush has to come form the outside b. roll the pocket left or right c. hit the hot pass routes d. draw play up the middle e. buy the QB a condolence card after apologizing profusely f. get another QB onto the field after carting the previous one off

Its not swagger if you can back it up.

Bellefeuille probably ordered Marve to stay in the pocket in the second half, and it did affect his play. Our defence played better in the second half but the offence compensated for that by playing worse. Still, had Brohm been in there, it would have been a worse beating than we got against Edmonton. or... maybe but just a crazy idea here... toronto's dc made adjustments that took away stuff for marve? And that could not have been foreseen and compensated for? Marcel is supposed to be a mind reader and just know what toronto is going to change after half?! Maybe he did make adjustments later into the second or third and they didnt work? Football is not that complicated that whatever Toronto chose to do could not have been anticipated and a contingency plan B worked out. So far as the adjustments not working out, if a coach went to his boss and said that whatever he had planned wasn't working and he didn't know what to do, that would usually result in a firing.

What do you mean by first round status, he was drafted in the 7th round 249 over-all. To slow to be a rush end and no cover abilities to be a linebacker. He was the classic definition of hype and in the end i hope he has something to fall back on from college. My bad- i thought he was drafed much higher.

Bellefeuille probably ordered Marve to stay in the pocket in the second half, and it did affect his play. Our defence played better in the second half but the offence compensated for that by playing worse. Still, had Brohm been in there, it would have been a worse beating than we got against Edmonton. or... maybe but just a crazy idea here... toronto's dc made adjustments that took away stuff for marve? And that could not have been foreseen and compensated for?

We could do worse.

Sooner or later these brain cramps cannot be dismissed as happenstance and root causes have to identified.