Interesting.

1 minute ago, TBURGESS said:

What's the over/under of Collaros lasting a full game? 6 plays? 7? More or less?

Yup... I hate this trade, not for what we gave up, but for what we got in return. I'd rather have Franklin, Jennings, even Bridge as the backup to Streveler and yes I know none of them are any good, but they can all last a game or two if needed.

All we need to do is win our playoff games and Collaros is better then any of those quarterbacks you mentioned. 

The only thing I don't like is if the 3rd rounder becomes a 1st. I don't want any part of giving up a 1st rounder for Collaros who should retire before he kills himself. 

I would imagine there’s less than a 1% chance he gets re-signed so I’m not particularly concerned about the potential loss of a first. 

I have no idea what O Shea will do will Collaros, but I'd get him in a little game action in the next couple of weeks and play him a fair bit in game 18                    ( platooning him with Streveler).

6 minutes ago, Mike said:

People around here never change. 

Seems like the expectations were that we acquire a QB that doesn’t exist.

We got the best QB we possibly could have at a very tolerable price. Literally no harm done by doing this at all. 

You're joking right?  Collaros has no reps this year and is one concussion away from retirement walking into an O where opposing D's constantly send heat

He won't make it to the playoffs - All he will do now is be a distraction to Streveler's development - Lapo and Walters hit the panic button

Imo this was the only somewhat useful trade they could have made and it only cost has moving down 2 rounds to do it

We’ve officially turned into the 2018 Riders.  Karma always gets us after all the things we’ve said about Collaros the last 2 years.    This season is in the toilet. 

32 minutes ago, Mike said:

Interesting.

Basically we’re going from a quarterback who can run but can’t throw to a quarterback who can’t run or throw

9 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

All we need to do is win our playoff games and Collaros is better then any of those quarterbacks you mentioned. 

Collaros isn't any better this year than those guys and we'll start Streveler in the playoffs anyway, unless he's hurt.

Edited October 9, 20196 yr by TBURGESS

Hate to say it but Sanchez was right.

Yay, Kyle did something.  We can keep him upright as long as he never sees the field and the backup O lineman keeps people from bumping up against him on the sidelines.  Might want to bubble wrap the clip board too.  Can't be too careful.

18 minutes ago, trueBlue83 said:

serious question.... Did Zach even suit up for any games for the Argos?

No. 

They should have at least given McGuire some real game reps to see what he brings to the team.

I wanted Collaros so bad... back in 2014. Better late than never? Welcome to the Bombers, Zach..... keep your head on a swivel.

Are they planning to start Collaros? If not then why even make the trade.

God what a waste of a pick. guy can't stay healthy so you can't rely on him. 

Oh, well, we didn't gain much but didn't lose much. I see this as a token move to calm the masses but from Collaros' point of view, if he takes the field, he ought to have one of the best O-lines in the league to protect his melon. 

Wonder what the price for MBT was.  The Argos can't want him going forward.  MBT has been better than Collaros recently and has at least played this season.  I don't see what Collaros can offer having been out for about 5 months and struggling all of last season when he did play, sure his W-L was good but Sask was scoring by special teams and turnovers at CFL record pace.

This reminds me a lot of when we brought in Buck but Buck, at his best, was better... 

4 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

God what a waste of a pick. guy can't stay healthy so you can't rely on him. 

Basically just downgraded our 3rd rounder by 12-15 picks to a 5th rounder.

1 minute ago, Noeller said:

This reminds me a lot of when we brought in Buck but Buck, at his best, was better... 

Yeah except Buck didn't join us with 3 games left in the season having been out for basically the entire season and now on a 3rd team.

2 minutes ago, Tracker said:

Oh, well, we didn't gain much but didn't lose much. I see this as a token move to calm the masses but from Collaros' point of view, if he takes the field, he ought to have one of the best O-lines in the league to protect his melon. 

But one of the worst coordinators for protecting a qb. Last year the Riders never kept Collaros in the pocket simply because they knew he'd die back there. Lapo though loves to leave his qbs sitting in the pocket for blitzes to tee off on

Don't really see the point. There are a lot of issues with this team and specifically the offense that won't be changed even if they switch Collaros in for Streveler.  

If we are going to lose - and that does appear somewhat likely - I would have rather watched Streveler and/or McGuire, if only to look at your 2020 options with those guys. 

1 minute ago, 17to85 said:

But one of the worst coordinators for protecting a qb. Last year the Riders never kept Collaros in the pocket simply because they knew he'd die back there. Lapo though loves to leave his qbs sitting in the pocket for blitzes to tee off on

Agreed. I have no faith that LaPolice will adapt a game plan to compensate for a brittle QB.

1 minute ago, Captain Blue said:

Don't really see the point. There are a lot of issues with this team and specifically the offense that won't be changed even if they switch Collaros in for Streveler.  

If we are going to lose - and that does appear somewhat likely - I would have rather watched Streveler and/or McGuire, if only to look at your 2020 options with those guys. 

Doesn't indicate much confidence in McGuire, does it?