It should be obvious by now that Walters/Oshea don't manage the QB position very well. They are gambling that Nichols bounces back from last season's step backward.  Is Nichols in football shape? Is the knee 100%? Even if it is, is he good enough to get us to the promised land? Seems Walters structured Nichols contract poorly - since it kept us out of the QB FA sweepstakes this year.  But going back even before Nichols, this crew stuck with Drew Willy when it was obvious he was hopeless.  There's a flicker of hope with Streveler in the bullpen but what are the chances of keeping him when he turns FA one year from now? I want to be hopeful but there's this sinking feeling that we are hooped unless we get better production out of the most important position on the football team.

5 hours ago, Noeller said:

I just shake my head sometimes.....Riderfans.com levels.....

Yeah, the **** some of the "fans" here throw at Nichols is unbelievable. And it is ****. And the same "fans" will turn on Streveler, too.

Edited February 23, 20196 yr by SpeedFlex27

On ‎2019‎-‎02‎-‎21 at 3:15 PM, JCon said:

Video in question here: https://www.bluebombers.com/2019/01/25/matt-nichols-visits-brandon-wheat-kings/

Judge for yourself but I don't see a limp or him being overweight. It is pretty hard to see though under that very large hockey jersey. 

Limp? Pudgy face??? What absolutely STUPID comments.

On 2019-02-20 at 3:55 PM, SpeedFlex27 said:

My son played for Chaps at SFU. He used a version of his offense adapted for 4 down football. It was an extensive, difficult offense for him & the other qbs to learn. It wasn't that the offense is bad as it's not. It's totally based on creating mismatches on offense with the defense. The problem is the terminology isn't qb friendly as Chaps never was a qb so it is difficult from a qb perspective to learn.  It's more receiver friendly than quarterback. The reads are different if you're a qb. I can only tell you it's quite complicated for a new qb to learn. Again, my son thought the offensive playbook was actually pretty decent but it comes at the qbs from a different perspective. It takes awhile to learn compared to other CFL offenses. Ricky Ray could probably pick it up easier than Franklin.

And this is why I'm set for a year where our D must be really on their A-Game for us to get a win.

Chap requires a high Football IQ and I'm not sure if Frank has it. Further, I am more sure than not that Frank isn't a warrior/leader/guy-who-hates-to-lose... 

(No wonder we signed like 84 RBs...)

On 2019-02-22 at 12:54 PM, JCon said:

From the article... 

Mike Reilly, Bo Levi Mitchell, Trevor Harris and Zach Collaros headed an elite class in 2019 as all four made it to free agency.

 

One of these things ain't like the other.

Dunk looking for those Rider clicks. 

"Yeah we signed one of the elite QBs!... this team will be scary good!"

-Rider fans, probably