kind of surprising, but not really..... news just broke on TSN radio VIA Jeff Hamilton.

He hasn't really seemed engaged this year.  Maybe being under-utilized.  But if he was becoming a problem in the room, whining about not getting the ball, I'm fine with this move!

Get someone in there who actually wants to play!  I'm sure the salary saving isn't going to hurt us either!

Edited August 28, 20196 yr by trueBlue83

I'm glad at least it's with Montreal ….  it shouldn't' come back to burn us...

6 minutes ago, Brandon said:

I'm glad at least it's with Montreal ….  it shouldn't' come back to burn us...

We play the Als twice ,coming up though......

Matthews will thrive with Khari

i could see Montreal finishing first in the East

this signing absolutely could come back to haunt us ha

1 hour ago, sweep the leg said:

I honestly believe he has legit mental health issues. I try not to interact with him on forums. I'm worried he'll show up at my house...

I am with you. 

I honestly worry for the guy.

1 minute ago, Floyd said:

Matthews will thrive with Khari

i could see Montreal finishing first in the East

this signing absolutely could come back to haunt us ha

yes and no... just because he does well in Mtl.... does not necessarily mean he was ever going to do well here... maybe he was just a square peg in a round hole offense...

2 minutes ago, bearpants said:

yes and no... just because he does well in Mtl.... does not necessarily mean he was ever going to do well here... maybe he was just a square peg in a round hole offense...

No I just mean he’ll catch the winning TD in the grey cup against us

1 minute ago, Floyd said:

No I just mean he’ll catch the winning TD in the grey cup against us

yes... that is a thing that would happen to the bombers!  😭

I like Khari and what's he's done but come on now... VAJ isn't that good of a player.   It will be an incremental boost for them but they still have lots of other weaknesses. 

11 minutes ago, Brandon said:

I like Khari and what's he's done but come on now... VAJ isn't that good of a player.   It will be an incremental boost for them but they still have lots of other weaknesses. 

They're in the east though. They dont need to be good to get to the grey cup. And Vaj is good and creating time and chucking it up.

Edited August 30, 20196 yr by Bigblue204

Honestly, I like Posey, Lewis and Bray all better than Matthews right now.

I can still hear Mike Reilly's groan from here after learning Mathews signed in Montreal. 

It doesn't matter a rat's butt what Matthews does elsewhere. He wasn't earning his keep here and may even been a divisive or disruptive influence. Sempre avanti!

32 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

I can still hear Mike Reilly's groan from here after learning Mathews signed in Montreal. 

No kidding. If he really was making $107K they could even have afforded him.

 

1 hour ago, Floyd said:

No I just mean he’ll catch the winning TD in the grey cup against us

Cross that imaginary bridge when they show up on  their unicorns

Edited August 30, 20196 yr by Geebrr

1 hour ago, Floyd said:

No I just mean he’ll catch the winning TD in the grey cup against us

You playing Madden CFL again?

This surprises me from Brown. Basically, it's all LaPo's fault. Really? For a guy who has been in the locker room and on the field, shouldn't a large part of the responsibility fall on a player with 12 catches and an off field stabbing incident? The more I listen to him, the more I think he's just trying to be a "hot take" machine. You're no Stephen A Smith my friend. 

 

 

The more I see **** like this from former players the more I see why we are #1990

O'Shea is a winner and ain't worried 

 

4 minutes ago, M.Silverback said:

This surprises me from Brown. Basically, it's all LaPo's fault. Really? For a guy who has been in the locker room and on the field, shouldn't a large part of the responsibility fall on a player with 12 catches and an off field stabbing incident? The more I listen to him, the more I think he's just trying to be a "hot take" machine. You're no Stephen A Smith my friend. 

 

 

It's both qb and oc. The problem isn't one dimensional. No wr is gonna look great in our system. 

There is some truth to Brown's comments. We don't run an offense where many wr will flourish. It's basically been Adams. Lapo's system seemingly doesn't allow for 3-4 wr to excel like Calgary's and Edmonton's do.

1 minute ago, wbbfan said:

It's both qb and oc. The problem isn't one dimensional. No wr is gonna look great in our system. 

Agree with not looking great, in the sense of putting up huge reception numbers in a ball control, run heavy offense. However, he was supposed to be a legitimate threat. Double team, home run type threat. He was not. He was single covered, often not by their best cover DB. If you replaced him for Brandon Zylstra, I'm not saying Zylstra gets 100 receptions in this offense, but he's going to be double teamed, score some TD's and take some pressure off of Harris. 

Just now, M.Silverback said:

Agree with not looking great, in the sense of putting up huge reception numbers in a ball control, run heavy offense. However, he was supposed to be a legitimate threat. Double team, home run type threat. He was not. He was single covered, often not by their best cover DB. If you replaced him for Brandon Zylstra, I'm not saying Zylstra gets 100 receptions in this offense, but he's going to be double teamed, score some TD's and take some pressure off of Harris. 

He wasn't getting open. 

If you want 50/50 balls your way make catches. Wasn't doing that either.

6 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

There is some truth to Brown's comments. We don't run an offense where many wr will flourish. It's basically been Adams. Lapo's system seemingly doesn't allow for 3-4 wr to excel like Calgary's and Edmonton's do.

I did say that a "large" part of the responsibility falls on Matthews, meaning not all the responsibility. LaPo's offense is not designed to have 5000 yards passing for sure. However, Darvin Adams consistently puts up very good numbers despite the offense's limitations. I was expecting similar numbers from Matthews. I think the team was too. 

Don't understand the angst about cutting Matthews.....if a fresh start without the off field stuff does him good.....more power to him.  But cost/production ratio, here was simply unsustainable.

Come back and haunt us.....yeah sure...just like Adarius Bowman did....How long did he last in Mont. following the same route....Of course he's going to have a better coach etc. BUT I think when your best before has past.....well you know

5 minutes ago, do or die said:

Don't understand the angst about cutting Matthews.....if a fresh start without the off field stuff does him good.....more power to him.  But cost/production ratio, here was simply unsustainable.

You hit the nail do.....cost and production....the effort wasn't there anymore....looked like coasting and get your cheques for free...Good luck to him in Mont. though/and as far as the off field stuff goes....Montreal night life and clubbing is a whole 'nother world   lol

Edited August 30, 20196 yr by Stickem