Just trying to stay ahead of the curve, here....

2 hours ago, 17to85 said:

If streveler is the benchmark for a strong qb then there aren't many QBs in this league who aren't weak.

Line up all the QB's in the league and ask someone off the street to point to which guy in the group is secretly an accountant while the rest are football players...  guarantee you Nichols would be picked out each time

23 minutes ago, Brandon said:

Line up all the QB's in the league and ask someone off the street to point to which guy in the group is secretly an accountant while the rest are football players...  guarantee you Nichols would be picked out each time

Ya, I don't understand why Nichols can't be a huge brute like Ricky Ray and Anthony Calvillo.

On 2019-08-17 at 7:07 PM, Brandon said:

I don't think Nichols is a wimp if that's what is being suggested.   He is however physically weak compared to most of the other qbs.   Once he comes back from this injury I think he's on borrowed time and his career won't last that much longer.   The guy goes down way to easily. 

How would you hold up if you got hit by a truck?  Would the fact that some bones may break from the impact somehow define your physical toughness?

 

 

1 hour ago, Brandon said:

Line up all the QB's in the league and ask someone off the street to point to which guy in the group is secretly an accountant while the rest are football players...  guarantee you Nichols would be picked out each time

Streveler and Reilly have freakish outlier strength that is well beyond diminishing returns for a qb. Both are still short of the god of all work out qbs, michael bishop. But then Tee martin had monstrous strength as well. (youd think he was a DL watching him hit weights) 

Nichols is physically tougher then most qbs. Nichols has never been a well polished athlete, if he wasnt a qb he wouldnt be a pro athlete. But with his mobility and being on the wrong side of 30 I dont see him gaining much use from refining much more. 

1 hour ago, Brandon said:

Line up all the QB's in the league and ask someone off the street to point to which guy in the group is secretly an accountant while the rest are football players...  guarantee you Nichols would be picked out each time

Stand Nichols up next to his wife, if you only had the shoulder down view you would guess the wrong one is a pro football player.

8 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

Streveler and Reilly have freakish outlier strength that is well beyond diminishing returns for a qb. Both are still short of the god of all work out qbs, michael bishop. But then Tee martin had monstrous strength as well. (youd think he was a DL watching him hit weights) 

Nichols is physically tougher then most qbs. Nichols has never been a well polished athlete, if he wasnt a qb he wouldnt be a pro athlete. But with his mobility and being on the wrong side of 30 I dont see him gaining much use from refining much more. 

The best QB's are smart, success rarely has anything to do with their physical assets, in fact a lack of brains is why the majority of QB's fail.  Luckily Streveler is also smart.

2 minutes ago, GCJenks said:

Stand Nichols up next to his wife, if you only had the shoulder down view you would guess the wrong one is a pro football player.

wow.... classy post.  There's no need to cut down the guy's manhood just because he suffered an injury.  

Is there some sort of "who can say the most douchy thing about Nichols" competition going on?  I must have missed the announcement.

4 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

The best QB's are smart, success rarely has anything to do with their physical assets, in fact a lack of brains is why the majority of QB's fail.  Luckily Streveler is also smart.

Thats true, the average wonderlic score in the NFL is inline with surgeons. That said, in the modern game you have to be strong and most importantly tough. Both physically and mentally tough. 

the people with an irrational hate for Nichols are bordering on insane right now....Christ almighty.

6 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

The best QB's are smart, success rarely has anything to do with their physical assets, in fact a lack of brains is why the majority of QB's fail.  Luckily Streveler is also smart.

lack of brains... Also, I think  being composed, staying calm while ignoring the mayhem and chaos around you, and the chance of a terrible injury on each play.

The crazy canucks were able to do that. also, jockeys, race car drivers. another one is the equestrian sport eventing.  completely insane sport, in which you might literally die at any point.

 

3 minutes ago, Noeller said:

the people with an irrational hate for Nichols are bordering on insane right now....Christ almighty.

its way beyond annoying, it's obnoxious.

14 minutes ago, trueBlue83 said:

wow.... classy post.  There's no need to cut down the guy's manhood just because he suffered an injury.  

I'm sorry if I offended your sense of better judgement. When I see Matt's arms I don't think "gunslinger quarterback". When I see her arms I think "she spends some time in the gym". P.S. I do think their daughter Elliot is an adorable cutey.

2 minutes ago, GCJenks said:

I'm sorry if I offended your sense of better judgement. When I see Matt's arms I don't think "gunslinger quarterback". When I see her arms I think "she spends some time in the gym". P.S. I do think their daughter Elliot is an adorable cutey.

Don be sorry for offending our sense of better judgement (what ever that means).  Maybe just be sorry for saying something asinine. 

4 minutes ago, GCJenks said:

I'm sorry if I offended your sense of better judgement. When I see Matt's arms I don't think "gunslinger quarterback". When I see her arms I think "she spends some time in the gym". P.S. I do think their daughter Elliot is an adorable cutey.

look, I'm not a big fan of Nichols, and have been calling for him to be replaced for a long time.  But there's a difference between criticizing his play VS criticizing him as a person.

Wow some people go overboard ....  I simply was suggesting that Nichols is a guy who cannot take a lot of punishment based on his size.  

8 minutes ago, WBBFanWest said:

Don be sorry for offending our sense of better judgement (what ever that means).  Maybe just be sorry for saying something asinine. 

Kind of like a sense of Ha Ha that seems to be missing around here.

7 minutes ago, GCJenks said:

Kind of like a sense of Ha Ha that seems to be missing around here.

It helps if one is actually being funny.

25 minutes ago, WBBFanWest said:

It helps if one is actually being funny.

I'll work on that. 

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

the people with an irrational hate for Nichols are bordering on insane right now....Christ almighty.

What do you mean "right now"?

Being physically strong has nothing to do with how well your parts stay together. Louis Cyr, the Montreal policeman who was undoubtedly one of the strongest men in the world, had to sleep sitting up because of his COPD. Some of us are just brittle.

3 hours ago, Brandon said:

Wow some people go overboard ....  I simply was suggesting that Nichols is a guy who cannot take a lot of punishment based on his size.  

If only he was big and strong like Doug Flutie, Damon Allen and Kevin Glenn he would be able to handle rigors of being a CFL quarterback.  

Biggest arms on a QB I can think of were attached to Matt Dunnigan, and how much time did he spend on the IR?

1 minute ago, MC said:

/If only he was big and strong like Doug Flutie, Damon Allen and Kevin Glenn he would be able to handle rigors of being a CFL quarterback.  

Biggest arms on a QB I can think of were attached to Matt Dunnigan, and how much time did he spend on the IR?

Dunnigan also ran like a fullback and accumulated all those injuries wile playing what....four decades?

Id love to see us route some one and be able to get mcguire a few reps. He could be a good one. 

Nichols major problem is self inflicted injuries. 

His last 2.. Both were his own doing.. The one where he hurt himself last year in practice and this recent one.. Where he just held on to the ball 2 damn long.. 

Tough as Hell... Injury prone tho