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It used to be the case that nfl looked at arm strength first but that was ages ago. currently and for the last 10+ years its accuracy, tenure as a starting qb etc. Guys like our PR qb MBT are praised for strong arms. mike vick, peyton manning, praised for super arm strength. Michael bishop too. Most nfl starting qbs arent considered to have weak arm strength. But for a long time the cfl has gone to touch /accuracy passers who are experience in throwing out of the gun/pistol to spread formations. There is a considerable difference in velocity when your taking a drop step and throwing mostly timing routes when your back foot hits for the drop count the play was designed for and when your throwing from set feet / stand still too. The nfl has much better field coverage on defense while the offense has much less catching targets then we do. The result is in the cfl you can throw a number of different kinds of passes to the same route. Where as in the nfl, you have far less options and have to be able to make each throw consistently. A guy like kevin glenn can get away with some side arm action throwing a 10+ yard out and use touch to lead his target to the side line. Putting the ball out of the reach of the defender and still having plenty of room on the side line. In the nfl, that pass would be thrown well out of bounds. It would have to be a bullet pass to a smaller window, and would have to clear a much bigger DE so it would need a higher release point. A cannon of an arm isnt by any means the most important attribute a QB has, nfl or other wise. But it is a limiting factor. More so then here.

not that old but i remember when 300 was considered really big. Now the last really good sub 300 ol i can remember is brett macniel. Tony mandarich iirc was a shade under 300 and supposed to revolutionize the position. This guy has that new generation OL body type though, which is closer to what it used to be. More of a strong man/power lifter build.

yeah he did some thing. Every now and then he'd have a big quarter run hot then disappear. A poor mans, poor man version of adarius bowman.

but but how else will we find the next demetrious breedlove or chris brazzel??

Size isnt nearly the same as durability. Look at blink. Look at darvin adams, nic moore, addison richards, keeping, neufeld, etc etc etc. Both willy and nichols in this system have tended to throw passes that put WRs in a dangerous position, one that means they dive to make catches or stretch out and cant protect them self while making a catch. By that standard we wouldnt have had milt, albert johnson 3, arland bruce, geroy simon, terrence edwards. Of the top 10 wrs in the cfl right now this is how it breaks down; 6'3 or over. under. 6' or less. 3 7 3 Duron carter, and adarius bowman the bigest head case at wr, and the worst hands of any consistant cfl starter are 2 of the 3 6'3 or taller. Greg ellingson is the 3rd. So as many short wrs as tall in the top 10. In fact the three short guys are 5'9-5'11. But height, includes forehead. If Smith had a mega forehead adding 4 inches to his height, that would make you happy? Wing span is far more important then height, and size as i showed in the start of the post doesnt mean some one is durable. The top 10 wrs in the cfl average 6'0 and 197 pounds. You know how many 6'3+ imp wrs who produce stick in the cfl? ask chris mathews.

We have moved him in and out in a few different packages this year. To get our extra DB in, early this year he was subbed out for hurl as well. When our lbers are 100% its wild thats on the field nearly every down. Waggoner has also backed up leggett for the first portion of the season too. But heath has played that spot as well.

The old scouting tendency to put a shine on dark horse low prospects and throw as much mud on highly ranked / anticipated ones as possible. Finding a dark horse can make your career, where as missing on a high pick can cost it.

leggett to safety, then either or both corney in at DE / waggoner in at LBer. Probably a rotation of those two.

Could be never know. Man that guy has the most negative scouting reports i have ever seen. He must be good.

you can if you throw it behind the line of scrimmage. Old trick play.

pretty much.

No hes looked good because aside from that one play hes maintained good tight coverage. Scheme has a ton to do with DL and ends. We play gap cancellation not pass rush as our base. Trying to limit the run and give the stunting LBer/(s) a place to go rather then running them at a linemen, the lineman has to make a choice who to block. We drop justin cole back as a wrinkle, thats how he has a pick a drop and a couple pass deflections. Burnette is much more rangy and covers far more ground then wild. He just doesnt cover it as well as wild in our system. Burnette was a track star at USC who walked on as a football player. Watch him play his incredible speed motor and agility is what has him on teams every game. Hes among the fastest lbers in the cfl. he was a 100m 200m long jump triple guy. And its great great football speed too. You couldnt design a better athlete for LBer in the cfl.

Ya. Any of these guys could be back for TC next year too. Outlaw sounded kind of raw. But who knows. Seems like a bit of a tajh boyd situation. High promise young guy in and out real quick despite raw tools. Could be an off the field issue.

http://www.draftinsider.net/reports/2016/T/John-Kling http://www.ubbullrun.com/2016/4/30/11530800/nfl-draft-2016-john-kling-drafted-signed-by-team-in-round-as-free Considered a high up side project. Highly regarded student athlete. 90%+ hs&college. One of the higher rated UDFA. 30" vert, 8'8" broad jump, 21 reps. Was squating near 400 and benching near 350 in HS. All the reports say his raw tools would put him in the top tier athletically of OL. Knock on him is his technique and footwork need work. Sounds like a perfect guy to have wylie work with.

In, John Kling. 6'7 315 buffalo Out; WR outlaw, DL eric martin, DL erik williams, and lb nick temple.

Randle has looked very good aside form one blown coverage. This scheme doesnt show off the talent of Des, and burnette covers more ground then wild. Hes just raw and not at wilds level atm.

Consistent accuracy too but yeah.

That would be a good fight. I dont see him leap frogging holloway though. A bunch of good fighters in that division, but not a lot going on thanks to the cash grab fights with mcg.

what a troll. who is trading starting ni's especially wrs right now? Not overly surprised by this trade, glad we got some thing for him and cleared up our log jam a bit at the same time. Would have preferred a draft pick or some thing. Hope the neg lister is decent. I too hate that the neglist names are put out at all any more. id give hammer an A on this one. And a B- for us.

Id say coaching in football has a bigger impact on the product on the field then any other sport. Soo many moving pieces and different ways go about doing things. Even more so in this modern era of football. One need only look at the size of a play book these days to see that. But at the end of the day its still 100% dependent on execution. its the same system we've run all year. its still at its heart football, and these guys have played it most of their lives. Some times a team is just better, and some times a team just plays better. Insert confounding richieism here.

Id say early on they had planned for our defense very very well and we didnt adjust well to that. They coached better and we didnt out play that coaching and execution or even come close to it.

isnt durant hurt again? Or banged up atleast? Yeah you cant spot teams a big lead especially top teams. And they dont have that running game that calgary does.

Its because he tries to hammer american systems and terms into the canadian game. Pattern matching is the system developed in the US to counter a spread offense that will still run the ball. Especially running out of the same spread formations they pass from. Cover 2 / tampa 2 style defence leaves you with 2-3 deep against 4 routes, and means you cant crash the box on run plays. Pattern matching is a hybrid zone man cover. So a db has a zone, lines up over a wr, engages and covers through his zone and when they leave his zone a switch happens. Another db picks up and he grabs another target or fills a more traditional zone. Often the play doesnt run that long so if they dont have a target they will track a pass, a pass catcher, or play deep. Its especially meant for crossing routes, rub routes, and teams that will send more deep routes then you have deep cover. (think a wr over load blitz) Up here we play our version in match zone. Its big against zone read patterns. Because of the number of pass catching targets to DBs that cover its not viable to regularly play cover 3+ unless your against the most aggressive deep pass offense ever. We play a kind of match zone with a soft over shell of dbs. We rotate the soft spot from side lines short, middle of the field, and corners. Down in the US they dont have to run those same empty spots on the field. The specific situation hes talking about, The DL sub almost never happens save for late game late half situations some times. We do how ever have the package where we drop one lber for one db. We used it for a while early on with macho coming in. But it wasnt as a safety role, it was as a DHB.

Yeah I agree with that. Not overly pleased with the idea of them consolidating belts of 2 divisions with 2 guys who have no title defenses. I hope to see a showtime holloway fight in the near future.

there has been mention of him not playing and I think he is nicked up but im not sure. Do most of you guys want chris jones back? at this rate do you think he will be there next year? At this point if I was him and had any job security Id start gale and air lifted young guys to try and find more to build off for next year. Yeah pretty much. Even the cooled down rate is really high. Yeah the calgary loss in it self isnt panic worth. As moral a loss as you can have. Could be what the team needs to take a step into sustained winning. Edm is good and hot should be a great game im pretty excited for it.