Everything posted by wbbfan
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Blue Bombers - 2023 Regular Season - Discussion Thread
And tbh thats swaggerville in a nut shell. For my money Hefney randle and mo were better players in their careers here. But didn’t have the longevity of jj.
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Blue Bombers - 2023 Regular Season - Discussion Thread
Not wrong though plenty of greats have gone under appreciated. Especially dbs. I feel like it’s harder for dbs to get into the hof than most positions too. 35 picks 11 forced fumbles 8 defensive tds 77 pass knock downs 14 tfl 591 tackles solid but not spec-tactual return man. 188 games in 12 years with 185 starts. First db to win modp 2 time league all star 5 time divisional All-Star. 5th most int returns for tds all time. His career ran long and past his prime, but his season with us alone were crazy. before really looking at the numbers I was a toss up. On one hand if you aren’t like rod hill or Browne it’s hard to get in as a db. I think JJ is hof worthy, but not a slam dunk easy pick. It’s just much easier for des lbers WRs RBs and QBs to get in. Ol dt and db is more about reputation.
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CFL - 2023 Regular Season - Discussion Thread
100%. The magic of people like Anthony bourdain, Louie Theroux etc is/was that they make every thing seem like a regular conversation and cut through to the bs. I don’t dis like bauming. But he comes off as an insider when he seems to lack what I would call fundamental understandings of football/cfl. I feel like he’s a passionate fan of the league and team, but not the type of person I can watch a lot. I watched a couple of the early pre game shows with walby and was out. I am glad that content option exists though. I just feel like it’s sub par to cjob.
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Grey Cup - Game Week Thread
I’d say that’s a good bet. On d id be happy with any of rose Habba or fox. Tbh I’d be good carrying two on d and not gmc at all. We never use offensive dis.
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Blue Bombers - 2023 Regular Season - Discussion Thread
Yeah when was the last time we filled a main coaching position from out side the team? Plop, who was here twice prior or hall? Bourgoin has been here soo long. I’d bet any thing he becomes the co. At that point though I think we’d go out side the team to find a new qb coach and maybe some one to ast or qc the offence for Bourgoin. Will buck leave, who knows honestly. It’s all about if buck wants the money and the ability to move up. Buck was here 4 years then gone one and been here 9 years since. I can’t see him leaving for any thing less than a great opportunity. I don’t see that being what sask has to offer. I’d like khari as a qb coach, oc qc, oc ast or a combination there of. He could easily still develop into a very good oc but I wouldn’t want to take that risk.
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CFL Award Nominee Finalists
Counter point, Brady. Who’s a viral sensation for rescuing tons of animals all over. No better, or bigger diplomat for charity and being a good person in the league. That’s not to mention his countless hours of charity work with groups like variety. Time>money. Other wise Zach could but that award every year if he so desired. Or Chris jones. Also, the toxic waste dump that has been the riders with a zillion fines and suspensions for dirty hits and attempts to injure. Money, doesn’t change or fix that. 300 rushing 100 receiving. Go big lol
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CFL - 2023 Regular Season - Discussion Thread
Only way is if they save big time at qb. Then they’d be settling for the likes of heavy balls and what they have.
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CFL - 2023 Regular Season - Discussion Thread
Every qb wants an ol first and foremost. Especially older guys. First thing the riders have to do if they get a good coach or not is get an ol that can pass pro.
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CFL - 2023 Regular Season - Discussion Thread
I talk a lot of trash about guys like suitor, and deservedly so imo. But he does love the cfl, not just the riders. He’s a total homer but the few people with legit passion for the league do deserve that credit.
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CFL - 2023 Regular Season - Discussion Thread
Monsoon and Washington have turned down better offers I can’t imagine either being tempted. Needs actual reporters. Impartial, objective, professional people who can who can provide insight, ask good questions, sniff out and tell a good story. I don’t think the league has one person like that.
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CFL Award Nominee Finalists
Leake Allen and stiggers are the only reasonable wins tonight. I think the rest are crap.
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CFL Award Nominee Finalists
I bet this serves as some serious locker room bill board material. I expect the ol to be as angry as any one. Brady’s accomplishments are as much about their work as any thing. The ALs front is gonna gets freaking mauled. I mean either it’s yearly awards or regular season. And it makes sense to include all the years games. Can’t choke on the biggest stage and be the mop.
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CFL Award Nominee Finalists
Based on what I’ve seen, I wouldn’t put vaj or Kelly above brown. I’d actually put vaj below brown because he has such a proclivity to collapse and lose a game single handedly.
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CFL Award Nominee Finalists
If Brady did the same with bc or Toronto he’d a won in a land slide and be the face of the league.
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CFL Award Nominee Finalists
Bullshit. But not surprising. Like Harris being snubbed for moc all star etc then winning mop and moc in the gc. I hope Brady goes the deepest he’s ever gone into beast mode and makes the voters choke on it. I hope he puts up numbers that puts the legendary game by Fred Reid to shame.
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Grey Cup - Game Week Thread
And an explosive play making qb too. But yeah. The prior teams being able and expecting to carry the day and win the game made it easy when Zach stepped in.
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CFL Award Nominee Finalists
These awards should be voted on by other people. Too many idiots with votes.
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Grey Cup - Game Week Thread
I get that. I’d take the 21 team. I think the cats slept on us in 19. No one slept on us in the last two gcs. If Toronto slept on us last year like they did to mtl we’d be going for 4 gc wins in a row. Thats true. Certainly not in 3 down football too. tf is Matt Nichols a hot topic? That was years ago and we’re in a gc!
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East Final GDT - Argonauts vs Alouettes
That’d be tight af. Starting next to Lawson with the best of fox/walker rotating would be sick.
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Grey Cup - Game Week Thread
Hard to compare a battered and broken qb to a young raw guy. Nichols didn’t throw games away. Cf throws away a lot. Both teams were carried by great Ds and special teams. As a member of the meh Nichols club, and probably president, Nichols was always at his best in the play offs, and late close games. Nichols had arm limitations, cf has brain limitations. Nichols did the most with what he had, cf doesn’t. If Nichols and cf traded physical attributes entirely, Nichols would’ve been better and cf would’ve been a hs back up at best. Nichols was a leader, the opposite of a head basket, and tough as nails mentally and physically. I liked cf in college with Nevada. But I think the dirty old Regina state of mind under the disciples of jones ruined him. Right now I’d take cf as a qb2 running poopkup type stuff with a real passing qb as qb 3.
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Grey Cup - Game Week Thread
I’d I had to define them, I’d say 2021 was a historical team. All time elite of the elite. This team id put in a level of the west semi and final team in 2019. Had holes but has the ability to fix most all of em. 2021 the gap between us and the whole rest of the league was miles and miles deeper. Teams couldn’t score on us at all in the 4th. One of the stingiest defences ever and an offence that could dominant and blow out any one with ease. That 21 team had soo much junk time with back ups in and foot off the gas. This offence is more explosive but less consistent and not as good at protecting the ball. Zach was sacked more in 4ish games than all of 2021 regular season. Win rate and even differential aren’t be all and end all stats. By those stats the Argos this year were better than any of our 19+ teams. And they weren’t.
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Blue Bombers - 2023 Regular Season - Discussion Thread
I mean bill Walsh literally did just that. I can’t see walters leaving football. I think the only things that would take him away from the bombers is 1) desire to have more quality family time, or 2) some control/salary cap type problem where it came down to him or mos. I don’t pretend to have any idea what he, miller or the board will do. I can’t see possibilities but I don’t think they are too strong at this point. Which is good. Walters is the most important part of the mafia to keep imo. Nothing would stop those guys from doing their job to the last day either. No Chris jones types around here that’ll mail it in.
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Grey Cup - Game Week Thread
Excellent point. In the idk bill Walsh system ideal timing was ball release as or just before the wr cuts so they run open under the hall and make the catch. Throwing it to a spot like that makes it harder for dbs to jump routes.
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Grey Cup - Game Week Thread
Move move move the goal posts lol. Did any one say adequate or dominant? Seem to be grasping at straws. If this year is dominant what was 2021? If 2021 was dominant what is this year. It’s not remotely the same. You are the one trying to enforce a standard lol. Probably not. And if they do it’ll quickly be buried in cognitive dissonance. lol
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Grey Cup - Game Week Thread
The wall our front hit mid season with zero rotation while we wasted di spots on 5 or 6 snap guys alone is all the proof needed. Cost isn’t paid in loses alone. I mean you’re talking “it’s not madden on easy” but do you consider your self to have greater x and o insight than that equivalent? You can also look at Hallett going in and forcing us into a two s look earlier this year because we had no back up cover db. You can look at the fact we are now looking at a brand new wr to our system possibly starting because of our pr management. You can look at how many games we had dis who played 5 snaps or less. You can look at how other teams have done every thing to maximize their roster depth and how we’ve burned spots in general. Look at how fox played in his game action vs guys like Schmekel, and Habba vs Bennett. Swap one of the dis wasted and do you think that makes us worse? You can’t completely weigh the loss, if we rotated this year and last year perhaps wj performs much more consistently like he did when we rotated previously. Maybe JJ wouldn’t get hurt. What’s the weight of the blow out loss to bc at home? What’s the loss of a guy losing quality at the end of their career? How many snaps have Augustine, Jackson, Eli, Dobson, gmc and bolo played this year in their rostered games? Having an extra cover db, pass rusher, interior run stopper etc indisputably makes us better. You’re trying to break down the season by the same madden standard you mentioned earlier. Games can’t be broken down to a lowest common denominator by a one dimensional number. You can win by 10 and have a piss poor performance. Say where you spend half the game getting slapped by edm to the point your starting qb gets knocked out. but then you can’t use logic to convince some one to change their mind and leave a position they took up with out logic. You’ve argued this many times before and been given every point by multiple people. But it doesn’t fit being a staunch contrarian so you discard all those every time.