Just a question that I was pondering last night ...

 

If it wasn't for Collaros, would Drew Willy be more of a headline signing? I get that he's still viewed as the guy going forward and I get that we're all still excited, but there's still that air of "but he's not Collaros" to the whole thing and I just have to wonder if more of us would view Willy as a legitimate option for the future if not for missing on the Collaros sweepstakes.

 

I remember how excited we all were about Reilly last year.

 

Reilly in 2012

 

REILLY, M 2012 BC 52 75 69.3 682 56 4 5.3 2 2.7 104.4

 

REILLY, M 2012-10-19 BC EDM 28 19 67.9 276 47 2 7.1 1 3.6 108.6

REILLY, M 2012-10-26 BC CGY 26 19 73.1 261 56 2 7.7 0 0.0 130.5

REILLY, M 2012-11-03 BC SSK 13 9 69.2 101 21 0 0.0 0 0.0 92.2

 

75 pass attempts, 52 completions for a near 70% completion rate and almost 700 yards.

 

Three games with decent sample size.

 

Willy in 2012/2013

 

WILLY, D 2012 SSK 69 95 72.6 709 43 5 5.3 4 4.2 93.7

WILLY, D 2013 SSK 32 52 61.5 473 45 4 7.7 1 1.92 108.9

 

 

WILLY, D 2012-09-09 SSK WPG 23 17 73.9 188 33 1 4.3 1 4.3 94.1

WILLY, D 2012-09-16 SSK MTL 34 22 64.7 225 33 1 2.9 2 5.9 68.9

 

WILLY, D 2013-07-27 SSK HAM 25 14 56.0 269 45 3 12.0 0 0.0 133.6

WILLY, D 2013-11-02 SSK EDM 22 15 68.2 157 26 1 4.5 1 4.5 84.9

 

Four games with a decent sample size for Willy and they end up comparing fairly.

 

Seems like Drew is more experienced than Reilly was when we were so enamored with him last year and considering I was a huge Reilly booster, it makes me wonder why I don't get as excited about Willy. Saskatchewan stink? Because he comes across as option B?

 

Nothing is guaranteed. Reilly wasn't. Collaros isn't. Willy isn't. But after thinking about it, I'm just not sure why I'm not as excited about Willy as I was about the other two. I mean really, I saw what he could do when he tore us a new one in the Banjo Bowl. We know he's capable. So what is it?

I think Brandon has it -- Collaros had that gunslinging swashbucking fancy-footwork improvisational thing going on.  He's an exciting player to watch, more exciting than Willy has shown.  Of course more exciting =/= more effective.

i've been waiting to hear the from Dunnigan (or even Rod Black) the words I've been longing to hear: "Winnipeg, you have now a Quarterback!" and hopefuly Willy will be it.

I think the novelty of having god knows how many "promising young qb's" come through here has killed any excitement I have for either of them coming here. 

Everything depends on coaching and supporting cast. As ZC is going to have Austin/Condell, Fantuz, Gable etc. and hopefully a better o-line.

A little uneasy at having such a green QB given the keys the above mention is somewhat of a comfort.

I think the novelty of having god knows how many "promising young qb's" come through here has killed any excitement I have for either of them coming here. 

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What he said. How many QB's have come through as "the One"?

 

I will wait and see what happenes when the season starts. All for Willy playing well and being our starter, but I'm not getting hyped about it just yet.

Collaros has that "it" factor and let's be honest most wanted Zach here. What we've ended up with here is Miss Congeniality, instead of Miss Universe.

Nothing wrong with that, Ray and Calvillo aren't/weren't flashy and they ended up being solid players.

Collaros has that "it" factor 

playing in Toronto and getting the most hype because of it?

The eyeball test.

 

Although they both have limited samples to draw from (Willy moreso than Collaros), Collaros just appears to be the QB with greater talent and greater upside based on in-game action.  I still think Willy has the ability to be a decent QB with the proper coaching and decent O-line protection, just not as good as the likes of Collaros or Reilly.

 

Willy becoming a pocket passer with our terrible O-Line scares me,  How did that work out for Buck last year?

 

I think the novelty of having god knows how many "promising young qb's" come through here has killed any excitement I have for either of them coming here. 

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What he said. How many QB's have come through as "the One"?

 

I will wait and see what happenes when the season starts. All for Willy playing well and being our starter, but I'm not getting hyped about it just yet.

 

Robyn is a she.  Just saying.  

 

Collaros has that "it" factor 

playing in Toronto and getting the most hype because of it?

 

Maybe, at the same time though you've got to admit out of all the young QB's that started last season Collaros was one of the most exciting to watch. IMO Marsh, Smith and Mitchell were the others and I suppose that's where the Toronto hype factor works in.

 

 

Collaros has that "it" factor 

playing in Toronto and getting the most hype because of it?

 

Maybe, at the same time though you've got to admit out of all the young QB's that started last season Collaros was one of the most exciting to watch. IMO Marsh, Smith and Mitchell were the others and I suppose that's where the Toronto hype factor works in.

 

Well difference between Collaros and Willy is that Willy didn't get nearly the opportunities to play. Honestly the most impressive of the young qbs to me was Smith

 

Collaros has that "it" factor 

playing in Toronto and getting the most TSN hype because of it?

 

Fixed. Pretty much official CFL/TSN policy to hype backup QBs when they do good anyway. But what Collaros did was notable, you have to admit,

well I just assume that hype and tsn hype are one and the same. Yeah he played good, but it's also an offense that Ricky Ray played amazing in so what would he do in a different situation? I dunno. Always a risk involved with backup qbs going to a new situation. Collaros showed well but... seen guys in that situation falter before. 

well I just assume that hype and tsn hype are one and the same. 

Meant fans, non-TSN media are a source of hype aswell. In the case of ZC its more legit. Picking up an offense where Ray left off in real games, real pressure situations and delivering wins as opposed to a backup who looks good in camp and practice and doesnt screw up in garbage time, mopping up etc.