Fatty Liver

At least they now know what's unlikely to work against the Argo D, hopefully Buck observed and learned.

Yep, gives them the opportunity to figure it out. If they cruise along through the season and come up short of the goal in the end for the 3rd straight time, a dead reckoning needs to be taken in the off-season.

It was, but personnel wise the Argos and the Als have many superior players in the trenches, so it shouldn't come as a huge surprise as we've known that since 2022, but probably forgot about it as they meet so infrequently. It was encouraging to see Zach begin to channel Trevor Harris in the second half and get rid of the ball more quickly, cause that's the best solution when the O-line is getting manhandled by 9 maulers.

I keep browsing through Temu for the concubine section but haven't found it yet.

Don't think Zach's going to roll freely with 9 D-linemen with significant names rotating in his face all game long, if they win it's likely to be a low-scoring gritty affair relying heavily on Sergio to bring his salsa. They may get lucky if Kelly hands them a few timely turnovers along the way.

Cole played more as a pass rush specialist last season and rarely got plugged into the defence in any other role. It's a given he's athletically gifted but he may not have the football IQ of some of his competitors.

Consider the trade for Nichols probably saved O'Shea's job, so nothing else would be the same if that one hadn't happened. That could have been the first step, but it took Neufeld a long time to recover from the injuries he was suffering when he first arrived, he wasn't seen as a great pickup for the first year or two.

Lawler credits Darvin with teaching him how to study the playbook until he knew it inside out, something Lawler admits he did not do seriously when he first arrived in Wpg..

May God protect you from the backwash, PM me your home address and I'll protect if from looting, should that happen to occur.

"Streveler the NFL QB"??? What does that have to do with anything?

Challenged by statistics are we?

For what it's worth, considering the teams they played for were not evenly matched in talent, Crum outperformed in almost every category. Crum Year Team Games Passing Rushing GP GS Record Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A TD Int Rtg Att Yds Y/A TD 2023 OTT 18 14 3–11 266 385 69.1 3,109 8.1 10 12 89.0 97 741 7.6 9 CFL Career 18 14 3–11 266 385 69.1 3,109 8.1 10 12 89.0 97 741 7.6 9 Strev. Year Team Games Passing Rushing GP GS Record Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A TD Int Rtg Att Yds Y/A TD 2019 Wpg 17 8 3–5 156 234 66.7 1,564 6.7 8 14 72.0 127 726 5.7 12 CFL Career 35 12 4–8 242 374 64.7 2,698 7.2 19 19 81.8 204 1,167 5.7 22

He remains a backup that can win the occasional game, as a future starter we'd be lucky if that translated into a .500 record, that is if he could remain healthy. Coming out of the current era of success, that's not going to be good enough. His demonstrated QB skill level falls somewhat below that of Dustin Crum.

It's not worth wasting another year to find out if he can or can't, with Zach's time left at the helm expiring quickly. Time to put Strev's "what ifs" away in the past memory box and move on.

Still uneasy about the unknown, if the Argo or Als defence are capable of shutting Zach+Brady down, gaining more confidence the defence can handle anything thrown at them.

Strev. was on a one year contract, can't really see any point to re-signing him in the off-season, whatever magic he once had, is gone.

Stumbled upon this old game on YouTube from 1963, it features Ron Lancaster and George Reed and is well worth watching through for it's many oddities, one of which is the insane playoff structure the CFL employed back then, the Western team would have to win 4 or 5 playoff games to make the GC while the Eastern team only 1.

It's the Boveralls effect.

That would have been Taman/Chamblin regime, Jones refused to pay Dressler his deferred contract amount when he chose to come back to the Riders from his NFL stint instead of signing with the Argos for much more.

This, even if Mace becomes a great HC, he doesn't have the super competent people needed above him in the organization to make it a top regime. Just recall how many years they've relied on picking up league retreads instead of finding their own players. At least for the short time John Murphy was there they had a decent influx of new players recruited.

Agree, this scheme allows the Safety and MLB to play more traditional roles, which allows them to focus on their primary responsibilities and simplifies the positional play when others have to step in for them.

Willy needs help, nobody has stepped up to replace Jeffcoat who was a handful to contend with on every play, the pass rush has become a secondary function.

Probably just here for a quick look-see and may get invited back for TC next year.

Dane Evans was the more dangerous QB of the two when he got hot, like a super-charged Trevor Harris. Unfortunately he couldn't handle the mental stress football continually throws at the QB, he seemed happiest standing on the sidelines holding a clipboard.