Arash Madani ‏@ArashMadani  8m8 minutes ago

Per @JDunk12: Esks, Riders talking trade. EDM wants No. 1 pick Josiah St. John AND a first for QB James Franklin. SSK, coherently, declined.

Ed Hervey vs. Chris Jones is going to be a real thing to keep your eye on over the coming weeks and months.

To reach for two first round picks, including No. 1 overall, in return for a back-up QB with a handful of pro starts is... hilarious, really

3 hours ago, Mike said:

I'd love to see Popp head to Saskatchewan.

I'd love the laughs to be only one province over when he starts trying to sign Randy Moss Jr., Snoop Dogg's kid or Ronald Ollie from Last Chance U.

I swear I can't understand a word that kid says...

1 hour ago, Pete Catan's Ghost said:

I have enough patience to wait a game or three, before I can make a decision on whether I want Nichols resigned.

Of course you have patience, you're a frickin' ghost!

4 hours ago, Mike said:

I'd love to see Popp head to Saskatchewan.

I'd love the laughs to be only one province over when he starts trying to sign Randy Moss Jr., Snoop Dogg's kid or Ronald Ollie from Last Chance U.

Good he is going to leave the gems on the NFL channels Undrafted to us.  Well I guess the ones not name Lequan McGowan

4 hours ago, Mr Dee said:

It would be a huge mistake to take his worth lightly.

But perhaps we'd be entertained at Jones bringing in QBs at 1 per week. If they don't re-sign Durant, they'll easily beat their own record of 100+ players brought in to audition.

And that's fine with me..?

I dunno. I don't get the Durant appreciation all that much. I think keeping Durant this year was as far as Jones will go and there is no way he keeps him for next year. At least I'd be surprised if he did.

BLM will keep an eye on the Riders and try to keep them honest. 

2 hours ago, wbbfan said:

Those guys showed the big flashes early. Nichols could improve though, and would need to take a step forward next year like he did off last year.

Interesting stats from a few pretty good QBs when they played 15 or 16 games earlier in their careers

2014
CGY    15    264    417    3389    22    8    8.1 BLM

2014
EDM    15    288    446    3327    16    11    7.5 Mike Reilly

2010
EDM    16    288    448    3565    11    16    8.0 Ricky Ray

 

 

2016
WPG    15    327    471    3666    18    9    7.8 Matt Nichols

 

4 hours ago, Mike said:

I hope Bombers make a play for somebody who isn't Nichols. I'm just not sold.

It's gonna get tough for Walters now, isn't it? I mean it's not like he's upgrading a bad team any more. I suspect he's gonna be tested to find a QB better than Nichols and get him to sign on the dotted line. Getting Franklin in here would be delicious!

31 minutes ago, Marshall said:

Interesting stats from a few pretty good QBs when they played 15 or 16 games earlier in their careers

2014
CGY    15    264    417    3389    22    8    8.1 BLM

2014
EDM    15    288    446    3327    16    11    7.5 Mike Reilly

2010
EDM    16    288    448    3565    11    16    8.0 Ricky Ray

 

 

2016
WPG    15    327    471    3666    18    9    7.8 Matt Nichols

 

Not really any correlation. Very different players and offenses, and teams around them. 

2010 was ricky rays 8th year in the league. He had already thrown for 5k+ 3 times. Ricky ray also has every tool a passer could want. The first year in edm he had some trouble finishing games but worked that out quickly.

BLM was 23, the previous year tossed 1156 yards with 10 tds and 3 picks. Playing roughly 4-5 games. That td production in that game amount is exceptional.

Mike riley the previous year put up 4200 yards 25 tds 18 picks in about 16. 

Nichols in his time prior to this year was fairly consistent in terms of Tds per game, td - int ratio, yards per game etc. This year the largest difference is his td to int ratio dropped sharply. He played in 31 games over 3 years prior to this year. Thats a pretty strong sample size. The sharp change in his td-int ratio is either dramatic improvement or un sustainable. For a guy his level of experience to take such a step forward isnt common, but it does happen. For him to take another step forward after that with 46 games played over 4 years would be exceptionally rare. Some guys like AC, damon allen etc did it. But many dont. We can all hope he takes that next step forward but to expect it or compare his up side to some one like BLM is un fair. Comparing his production to any thing would be more fitting to 2nd years as a starter.

BLM

264/417 3389 22/8

MR

288/446 3327 16/11

RR

348-515 4640 35/13

Nichols 

327/471 3666 18/9

But then BLM is tough to use as he was much younger, and broke into the league much faster. MR is some what poor too he seems to be hurt every other year. MR, collaros and harris are closer to comparable. Though all three have injury problems that skew numbers, and are younger with different skill sets. 

The best comparison id use is kevin glenn. Took some starts in 04, became starter in 05. Had 3 years in sask as a back up where he saw some action but never took a starters job. Was younger but still more of a known commodity and didnt have the raw skill set advantage the others have.

230/402 3571 27/17 also in 15 games.  

1 hour ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Of course you have patience, you're a frickin' ghost!

Did I say a few games? I meant patience to last the centurIEEEEEEES

 

Here's what I'm predicting for all-stars:

RB - Andrew Harris

OL - Travis Bond, maybe Matthias Goossen

DL - Jamaal Westerman

LB - Khalil Bass, Mo Leggett

DB - TJ Heath, Taylor Loffler

K - Justin Medlock

 

 

1 minute ago, Rich said:

 

He wont be unemployed long if he is let go, maybe not as a head coach though.

16 hours ago, bustamente said:

He wont be unemployed long if he is let go, maybe not as a head coach though.

Well, there would be a warm comfy place here....

42 minutes ago, tracker said:

Well, there would be a warm comfy place here....

Fire Lapo? They're not doing that.

59 minutes ago, JCon said:

Fire Lapo? They're not doing that.

One can dream, can one not?