25/26 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season Thread

[Bigblue204]

6 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

If we ended up with say Eberhardt and Brisset, would that be that bad?

No. I might be inclined to take Eberhardt over Mack honestly. 

[Arnold_Palmer]

4 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

If we ended up with say Eberhardt and Brisset, would that be that bad?

Yes. We need that alpha target, game on the line, makes the big catch. Demski is a great player, Wilson is a very good player but we need someone to replace what we lost in Lawler. Austin Mac is that guy. 

[blue85gold]

2 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

Yes. We need that alpha target, game on the line, makes the big catch. Demski is a great player, Wilson is a very good player but we need someone to replace what we lost in Lawler. Austin Mac is that guy. 

Ya Mack is the make a big play on the ball down field guy. Would be a good fit with ZC

[Bigblue204]

5 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

Yes. We need that alpha target, game on the line, makes the big catch. Demski is a great player, Wilson is a very good player but we need someone to replace what we lost in Lawler. Austin Mac is that guy. 

To be fair Eberhardt has a higher YPC than Mack in more games played...BUUUT he's never really been "that guy" like Mack has. I would be ok with taking Eberhardt if Mack proves to want too much $$.

[wbbfan]

5 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

Yes. We need that alpha target, game on the line, makes the big catch. Demski is a great player, Wilson is a very good player but we need someone to replace what we lost in Lawler. Austin Mac is that guy. 

 

1 minute ago, blue85gold said:

Ya Mack is the make a big play on the ball down field guy. Would be a good fit with ZC

Mack has been good at that, yes. But Eberhardt last year was better downfield than Mack has ever been. 

14.8 YPC vs 19.2, which I believe lead the whole league. Eberhardt also had a better catch rate, and in 85 fewer catches has the same amount of tds, just 400 fewer yards, and 140 ish les yac. Eberhardt also hasn't missed a game since he broke into the league. If you give him 100+ targets in a year, you will get some kenny lawler type production. 

I'd be very happy with either, but Id take the upside and health of Eberhardt over Mack.  

 

 

[Bigblue204]

6 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

 

Mack has been good at that, yes. But Eberhardt last year was better downfield than Mack has ever been. 

14.8 YPC vs 19.2, which I believe lead the whole league. Eberhardt also had a better catch rate, and in 85 fewer catches has the same amount of tds, just 400 fewer yards, and 140 ish les yac. Eberhardt also hasn't missed a game since he broke into the league. If you give him 100+ targets in a year, you will get some kenny lawler type production. 

I'd be very happy with either, but Id take the upside and health of Eberhardt over Mack.  

 

 

I wonder how much of Eberhardt's success was because of Hatcher? I suppose Wilson/Demski is about as good at drawing coverage as you can get too...

[JohnnyAbonny]

Not to jump into negativity but I feel like with all the guys we’ve extended that we’re going to miss out on the big FA targets.
We’ll probably end up with a guy like Bane Jr. 

[Tracker]

7 hours ago, Booch said:

YEAH...true, as seen here that coaching has rostered questionable players

I know you are a Osh fan, and I can say yes he was a huge part of that success (can't be denied) but was also a bigger part of the flops too, as he had final say 

 

And no one can live on their past glories.

[Noeller]

I like Mack a lot but he's 5'10" and injury prone... That's concerning. 

And without knowing what any of the contract details are for guys we signed, it's impossible to say we have no money. Could be a bunch on the '25 cap... Could be a bunch of Appearance Fee money... It's not time to whine just yet. 

[Brandon]

12 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I like Mack a lot but he's 5'10" and injury prone... That's concerning. 

Agreed... we don't need another injury prone receiver.   I'd rather get the B tier receivers who are steady and who won't miss large stretches of games.    

[Pete]

12 minutes ago, Brandon said:

Agreed... we don't need another injury prone receiver.   I'd rather get the B tier receivers who are steady and who won't miss large stretches of games.    

That didnt work for us ly. Macks injury history is concerning but White may be a better choice

[blue85gold]

13 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I like Mack a lot but he's 5'10" and injury prone... That's concerning. 

And without knowing what any of the contract details are for guys we signed, it's impossible to say we have no money. Could be a bunch on the '25 cap... Could be a bunch of Appearance Fee money... It's not time to whine just yet. 

Mack is over 6 feet no? 

https://www.cfl.ca/players/austin-mack/167550/

[Noeller]

I swear when I first started reading about him after he got cut that I find something online where he was listed at 5'10"... And just checking Wiki he's at 6'1".... That's definitely better. 

As has been posted in here a number of times, ZC8 absolutely NEEDS a taller receiver who can win the contested catches, as Lawler did. 

[SpeedFlex27]

2 hours ago, wbbfan said:

Im surprised he didnt get more of an NFL look, but then I also think he could've gotten nutty money in free agency. 

Curious too. Imo, Wr, DL, Ol those are the position groups to spend money at. OL can be a bit hard for team-to-team transitions, though. And of course QB. Better to spend a million on your 4 wrs and go all young guys in the secondary imo. 

Gittens is yeah. I like all those guys. 

Johnson had a decent run in the NFL before coming up, older than I thought as well but still in his peak. 

I'd be very, very happy with that.  I think you still need some insurance policy, guys, like sterns. And more Canadian WR depth, but that would be fantastic. 

We need two receivers. One who is a guy who pushes the ball downfield & is a deep threat. The other is a possession receiver who isn't afraid to get his nose bloodied blocking for others. A Darvin Adams or Sheed Bailey type. I think Robustelli, Nield or Eberhardt fills that void. A deep threat downfield is much harder to find. That's why letting Lawler walk was such an insanely stupid decision last year. Especially when he said he was willing to take a bit less than he got in Hamilton to stay here. Hopefully that guy is now Ontaria Wilson. Do you think we bring back Keric Wheatfall? Should we? 

 

Edited 5 minutes ago by SpeedFlex27