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I think that if Brohm is the #2, he'll be the least popular guy in Manitoba -- he'll be unjustly standing between Robert Marve and the starting job.

12th man? Well damm....there you have it. Perhaps some orientation and observation is indeed in order.......I'm going to Google some differences between the CFL and NFL........."did he say 12th guy"?...what the heck

The good news is that Marve is playing well.  Accuracy is one of the top indicators of a good QB IMHO.    The bad news is that Willy wasn't the best QB at mini camp because he will be our starter.  Willy has a whole TC to work things out and I expect him to be the starter at least for the first half of the season.  If Marve is pushing Willy and showing more in practice and we aren't winning, then I don't see any reason he wouldn't get a chance to show it in a real game, but that's a lot of AND's and a long time from now.

The CFL and NFL are pretty different. 12 men on each side being one.  Another big difference being the the field size.  The CFL fields are 110 yards rather than 100, and they are also about 12 yards wider as well.  Not to mention the end-zones, which are 20 yards deep.  It takes some getting used to.  Once you look it up, you'll see the leagues contrast in many ways.  

The fans may have bigger balls, but the players don't (anymore)  The CFL ball is the same dimensions now as the NFL one.  The older J5V was larger, but that goes back a few years.
 
Some of the major differences:
 
Field 
CFL field is 65 yds wide  (27% wider than the one used in the USA)
CFL field is 150 yds long  (110 goal line to goal line, plus endzones at 20 yds)  this is 25% longer than USA fields
Total CFL field area is  9750 square yards, which is approx 59% larger in total area.
 
 
Also of note on the field is the much wider placement of the hash marks.  The 65 yds of width are divided 24 yds to the near hash, 17 yds between the hash marks, and another 24 yds from the far hash mark to the far sideline.  This make the field strength a much bigger issue.   With the ball on a hash mark, there is 24 yds to the "weak" side (aka. "boundary") and 41 yds to the "strong" side (aka "field".  This is a huge difference that many American coaches and players don't fully appreciate when they first arrive.   It also greatly affects the kicking game, much more room to run on kick and punt returns, plus FG attempts often come at a greater angle from the side.   NFL hash marks are the same width as the goal posts, so the ball is more centred, and FG attempts are straighter.
 
Finally regarding the field, our goal posts are at the goal line, which creates many exciting missed field goal returns.
 
Significant Rule Differences
 
12 players per side.
 
3 downs to get 10 yards
 
On offence 7 must be at the line of scrimmage for the snap, unlimited motion is allowed for the other 5.
 
Defence must line up a minium of 1 yard back from the line of scrimmage.
 
All kicks (punts, kickoffs, missed field goals) that remain in the field of play must be returned.  There is no "fair catch", instead there is a 5 yard halo given to the returner.    The kicker, and any player who is behind the kicker at the time the ball is kicked is "onside" and may recover the ball for his team.   This applies on all kick-offs, punts, fieldgoals, and "quick kicks".
 
Timing rules are quite different as well, as we stop the clock in the last 3 minutes from the whistle until the officials have set the ball.  If the previous play ends with time (1 second) on the clock, one more play is allowed.
 
 
I could go on for some time, but these are the biggest differences.   I can (and have) talk at some length on the differences between the Canadian Amateur rules and the CFL game.  I quite well versed in both.   I'm less clear on the NFL rule nuances, as I have no formal training in the game played south of the border.

Gotta see if marve actually looks good when guys are actually coming at him. One thing to say he looked good at a mini camp, its a whole other animal tho when the pads are on.

Since you have not followed the team for long and how the offseason/ end of last season progressed, it might be easy to say not to name the starter this far out. So knowing what went on its not hard to question that Willy will be  the starter. Firstly was rolled into town as a prized acquisition. The plan from the start of the offseason was to bring in one of three guys (Willy, Zach Coloras or Henry Burris). Willy was the one that they got. From the moment they traded for him it was pretty much in stone he was the starter. Willy has also seen the field and had preformed well in his time in Saskatchewan. Also come highly regarded from his past college coach Danny Barrett who was a very good CFL quarterback. Also the assistant GM who is a hall of fame quarterback in league really likes the kid. Plus we have spent the last 3 years with quarterbacks starting with very limited CFL experience, four to be exact, with disastrous results. Hopefully that gives you little background why he was anointed the starter.

Not having the sort of experience with the Canadian game that Willy has puts Marvelous Marve at a serious disadvantage, at least as far as starting is concerned. Max Hall is going into his second season and looked like he was picking up the game more and more every time he stepped on the field. Marve is in tough to even be #2 out of camp. It doesn't mean for a second he isn't a good/talented QB, it just means he's going to have to work his way up the ranks like virtually everyone else.

LOL... Marve's had 2 strong performances at a minicamp in Florida, where there is no pass rush, and everyone's in spring shape.
 
Call me in mid-June is Marve's still outperforming everyone by a mile.  Until then, I'm just going to keep laughing, because this is hilarious...

Marve looking good today again.
 
Apparently CJ Tarver is having a strong showing too, which is interesting to me because he's worked out for them about two or three times by now and has yet to be offered a deal. Yet one of his teammates who plays the same position (Austin Coleman) earned a deal based off the Saginaw tryout and from what I've heard, has been completely underwhelming so far this camp.

I'll take a Grey Cup win in November 

Best part about Marve is he only has one ACL to wreck so our chances are good he'll stay upright

Kirk Penton says Rob Marve was the best QB today.

Good to see that the Marvellous one is doing well...

Kirk Penton tweeting that QB Robert Marve and REC Antonio Robinson had good showings in the morning session

Yay

In for this.  Marve is the guy from here on out.
 
Where is Road Griller?

Dad?

RG is already etching Marve's name onto his replica Grey Cup

Another Purdue boy, like Joey Elliott. The thing I like about Purdue, from what I've been told by NCAA people, is that they tend to run a pro-style offense, giving QBs a head start, in theory...