Mark H.

TIL Jake Thomas only speaks in the third person, and is REALLY hard on himself.

I’ve spent years researching this and I am fairly confident that Booch is the Rock

More like front headlock!

Rourke or..... Ford??? At least Rourke can read a defense. 

And Subway napkins would make their long awaited come back.

You'd have a good O if you were able get all the best Canadians. D, not so much.

You'd have a good O if you were able get all the best Canadians. D, not so much.

For the O this where it all starts so do whatever it takes please and thank you.

Forgive me if this has been covered: how is the OL looking in camp? I'm hoping to see an American at guard, if that's what is necessary.

Nice to hear that Neuf is leaner and better. Maybe he had another conversation in that cabin in the mountains.

Forgive me if this has been covered: how is the OL looking in camp? I'm hoping to see an American at guard, if that's what is necessary.

Nice to hear that Neuf is leaner and better. Maybe he had another conversation in that cabin in the mountains.

Nice to hear that Neuf is leaner and better. Maybe he had another conversation in that cabin in the mountains.

So Florida and Edmonton look set for a Finals rematch.  Hopefully a different outcome this time around.

He has been hanging out at Wheelies watching Kolo hone his craft.

Yeah. Second to injuries, (and rider wins) the thing I hate most in sports is wasted talent. Hope he manages to get him self sorted and back to where he needs to play. 
 
it’s been a lot of adjustments and trials of different combos. 
 I don’t think Lofton has practiced much at all. Randolph has looked better than Lofton last year though imo. Hes settled into rt nicely. 

 Vanterpool has taken a nice step forward in general. 

 Wallace has been good. Saw him get beat off the line couple times but recover really well. Think that’s why he got a run at rt. He’s lost 15-20 from his pro day time and he hasn’t lost strength. Run block wise, he’s our best bet at guard imo. Pass pro, he’s worth growing with at this point. 

 Eli is pretty much the usual. Much better at C than G, though playing beside the other Cs he was better than with kola. 

 They really like vibert, and I could see him getting groomed on the pr for a year. Hes a nasty inside guy who can snap a bit and be groomed into a back up C pretty easily. Realistically could be a 6th ol in the league this year from what I’ve seen. Gets off the ball well, strong with a good base, nasty type we always like. 

 Neuf looks significantly more mobile than he did all of last year. More explosive than he’s been in a while. If he stays healthy he should be as good as you’d hope. 
 
Among the other rookie imps, Atkinson is a throw back body style. He’s thick and strong and significantly heavier than his listed weight. He’s aggressive and got some good attribute's, but he looks like a straight up guard in need of polish. Which doesn’t happen up here. 
 elsbury has the measurables and it shows on the field, but he’s raw. Reminds me of Randolph last year.  
 I like Hemphills upside, he’s more polished and probably the best of the zone run blockers among the imports. 
 
I could see us easily keeping 1-2 imp ol on the pr and 1 ni, and probably another guy on the ir. 
 Best ol imo: Bryant Neuf Eli vanterpool Randolph.   
 realistically, we are gonna start kola if healthy and I don’t think we have the ratio at this point to go 3 imps with our hurting the d and teams. 
Bryant Neuf kola Wallace Randolph with Eli as the 6th is likely.  
 
I wouldn’t be surprised to see more Wallace at RT. I could see a world where we go 4ni ol with vibert on the ar and Wallace at RT easier than I can see us going 4 imp ol.  If that happened, it’d be best to slide Neuf to his side to give him more help. 
 
Over all I like our ol crop, could still use more Canadian talent as always,  we likely have to face more struggles with change though. Guys needs to gel, and take some lumps as starters at their positions. But that is coming for us no matter what. It’s a good time to move forward with young guys and build in near future replacements for Neuf and Bryant. 

In the interview he did in the off-season with Ed Tait, Mitchell mentioned he had an alcohol problem in college.  He said he put it behind him, but I said the same thing earlier this morning.....so it may not be true at all.

Placement be damned i want a guy who can occasionally boom one to flip the field. What's his nuts has no hope of ever doing that.

Indeed. Woli has not been effectively replaced yet - hope that happens this year 

Indeed. Woli has not been effectively replaced yet - hope that happens this year 

No surprise that the kids are better at it.

No surprise that the kids are better at it.

Funny thing about the complaining about kick returns as some kind of franchise curse is we have the most total return TD's and fewest return TD's scored on us among CFL teams in the past 10 CFL seasons.

This. Like **** sakes Mike... Have a drink and have some fun. 

Well the 2019 team was 3-5 with Streveler starting and 4-0 with Collaros starting.  So he had some impact.  D wasn't getting it done by themselves, they got smacked around pretty bad in majority of games after Nichols went down.
Probably don't get to any of the post-19 Grey Cups if you don't host the West Final.  Matt Nichols never hosted a West Final.  Buck Pierce, Kevin Glenn and Khari Jones hosted 1 East Final each.  Collaros has hosted 4.
Good to have some perspective.  The only comparison that will matter in the end is Dru Brown from 2024 on vs Collaros from 2024 on.

If there's one thing we know about MOS, it's that his ego is out of control