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3 years into a system and Nichols healthy all year (tho you cant count on that) alone will make for more TD's Now you add some receiver talent and I am sure that is the top thing on the off-season list with a linebacker and easily we score more. I don't think Nichols has reached his top potential yet, and he seems to be a student of the game as well and very focused on continual improvement so a better season I think is pretty much a guarantee out of him...or if anything a similar one

Yeah we know and no disputing what the rules "say" but the fact is that it is, it is not always adhered to that way and an example was in the same game itself. As a former player I can tell you first time multiple times it's called dead regardless of contact and or a snap, and multiple times it is not. The fact tho that the guy just stood in the neutral zone and accepted the fact that he was caught and going to be penalized just makes it more bizarre and should have been whistled in my opinion.

Also may explain his fumble too...with two good hands I am sure he would have been down before it popped out...he more or less was as it was...especially if the broken one was his dominant hand...

There is some good in what HALL'S defense does and Oshea is somewhat correct in what he is saying. YOu can have the best of both worlds (takeaways/pressure and yardage) We blamed Hall last year about why the d-line sucked butt, and said it was his scheme, but I would go so far as to say we had probably one of the top..top 3 at the least defensive lines this year and that was with one holdover true starter (Westerman)...so that tells me it was personnel and not scheme . This year Linebacker is the apparent issue and I thnk by default Hurl was thrust there and it wasn't the plan, and we suffered as we anticipated several holdovers to step in, and they didn't and we didn't really recruit adequately there and it bit us..Tho the Jones we have on the PR intrigues me a lot for next year and am certain he will be in camp. I'd go hard after the best established play maker available in free agency, and if Hall is back they should be brainstorming all winter in what they want to implement and fill the role with the right guys. We need to allow or d-backs to cover in man and not depend on the soft zones, and if they can't do the job find ones who can..We know Randle and Heath can play this style, Alexander looks like he could as well. Walker shows signs and will chalk up his age and learning on the fly to his busts. That being said it should be a short leash and if the same ol same ol keeps occuring we cut ties and bring in new blood

I believe he won special teams player of year again out that way...almost certain I heard that

that's what I am hoping..we can save $$...he's a better punter and the DI spot can be way better utilized in a more productive manner. I want an offence that doesn't have to rely on filed goals outside the 40 consistantly to score points..

This should be our shopping list as I posted on other site: I'd include Bond but would prefer we go 3 nationals on the oline, but wouldn't be upset having the same o-line if it doesn't hinder us getting talent elsewhere Only ones we should concern ourselves with are Arceneaux from BC, Singleton from CGY (if he doesn't go south) Dean from Hamilton and William Powell from Ottawa.Sign any 3 of these 4 along with our own musts of Hardrick, Bryant, Randle, Heath, Leggett, Westerman, Jones, Dressler, Foketti and Neufeld and we will be looking really good and totally will all fit into the SMS with money to hopefully bring in a Mulumba and or Chris Mathews if he is still unsigned down south and wants to come back up to Canada.The rest of our own free agents can be determined if price and need is right after the dust settles from free agency/draft and what we find with scouting

yeah it will work when a team totally stopped playing for their coaches like in Hamilton...and from 0-8 you have nowhere to go but up...different situation totally. it was very obvious that team stopped playing by the 5th or 6th game of season

but all indicatins are he really loves it here, and most likely wants to win and be part of a good organization, and pretty sure he will get neither there next year

And in the end it would Be Walter's decision if we would even allow him to listen to offers anyway...and I would bet he would say no anyway. It's imperative I think to keep most things intact and continuity to keep building...it's not like we would be building on failure playoff loss aside. And incorporating 2 new coordinators next season at same time would be taking steps back and no way would we match or better this years record

I don't see Gray as a guy either wanting to bounce around for several years as a practice roster guy with no real definate opportunity. I bet he uses this year, and if the Jets dump him come winter, he does signs up here if all he is going to get is practice roster opportunity with no real legit chance to make a game day roster. It's in his best interest to play here 2 years..gets some film and experience and showcase what he has,,,if he has it and then try again down south...he doesn't eat up PR time down there and a few years down the road he may be the first called off the PR with an injury, as opposed to the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th option as he is now

H e can have a contract already agreed to for 2018 but not registered until then...so technically a free agent but committed to being here...teams can and will inquire but he can just say not interested, or appease them and look at offer with no intention of signing. I am certain we have things in place not to lose him.

Now is he a free agent this year...Mitchell that is...he would be a good pick-up, and I know they really like Myles...he can really burn...and I know he showed well in NFL camps...made active game rosters on 2 teams and it was kind of a shocker that he got released

This is not necessarily accurate actually. The team may plan and scheme for certain plays to be used and established but the notion that that first drive is pre-scripted and ran as such is just nonesense...not sure where you get that from...It may be pre-planned on what they want to do and established based on looks and flow of the game but to say that a team is running a script of plays they mapped out all week is quite honestly laughable...sorry If anything the first play most likely is pre-determined to see what the defense is going to show coverage wise or get an idea of their base package or coverage's going into the game, but even then it doesn't sway the offence into running a pre-practiced offensive drive of plays

That's why the Bombers were so hot...cause the guy stood in the neutral zone (cause even he thought it be blown dead) and it wasn't called...Ref's blundered it. Someone could or should of just reached out and touched him as that would be called (well we can do that in U.S ball)

you have to remember too that the OC may radio in a couple plays to use, based on look and scheme being presented pre-snap and the QB has the choice to choose or audible from it. A run play may have been called but Nichols may have seen differently and changed the call based on what he saw, or how the defense set up...we will never know and it's pretty tough to point fingers one way or the other...

have you ever seen Chris Williams..Brandon Banks..out of uniform....twirps.

this is true generally if the guy hops right back, but we have seen it called before too when ball isn't snapped, and it happened to Wpg in that fashion in the same game. Lost in it all tho was the fact the D-lineman was in the neutral zone...then stood there at first and made no apparent attempt to get back originally and hence why it should have been called..Probably why Gossen never snapped it cause the guys was just standing in there...Blown call if you ask me

He'd be hardly too raw to be a rush end guy...thats nonesense. He's maybe 260 now and that is hardly too big to be an end, as he is a mid 4.7 forty guy. Don't be fooled by posted weights and stats as most DE's here are ranging from 240 to 265 pounds...theres a few lighter guys but not that many... Also if we are back with HALL and this apparent scheme Mulumba would be head and shoulders above what Hurl or anyone else gave us in that position. He's bigger, yet faster, has better explosion, a better blitzer and can get off blocks to make a tackle...so him in the middle isn't such a longshot or bad idea...also...have you ever heard of a player dropping weight or adding weight to adapt to a position?..happens all the time and if he dropped weight,,,he becomes faster too and he already can run a 4.7 forty at that weight...which matches many a MLB speed in the CFL...Many of the big hitters are in the high 4.6 to high 4.7's..

that IS the stat that you should be concerning yourself with actually....You ever hear the term out kicking your coverage?...thats what happens with just long bombs as punts

was there any actual determination of what his injury was other than upper body?...I'm hearing it is possible concussion issues... We need to roll on defense with just 2 Canadians next year and having 3 National lineman on offense does the least impact and won't really affect offensive production. We have Loffler as a given and as it sits now we roll any one of Corney/Ekakite/Westerman (who is a must resign) in the D-line rotation. Ideally if we could land Mulumba I would like to see modified 3-4 looks where in lots of looks you would have a Westerman/Jeffcoat and Mulumba lined up as "Linebacker" but one would be an edge rusher/blitzer and the other more involved in what Hurl was "supposed" to be doing . Would cause constant O-line confusion and create tons of pressure especially in blitz packages....we need an aggressive front 7 style to limit time for routes to develop and have QB's always feeling like they are rushed and the O-line always trying to determine where the pressure is coming from

I'm thinking Spooner has a deal set for 2018...so that be the resson...Team is high on White so probably didn't want him to be scooped up

We didn't seem to miss a lot with him down..Neuf did way better than I thought and we could roll with him next year as Spooner and Couture get more seasoned and or Gray ends up here . Let Bond test the waters in Nfl or hear and then see if and how he could fit in our SMS. If we plan on utilizing and expanding on the Harris and an Import back scenario I'd like us to stick with 3 Nationals on the line and use money Bond would require and go hard after Powell from Ottawa..Imagine a dilema with him and Harris in the backfield??..yikes Would save a ton of wear and tear on Harris

I have played in many different schemes and systems, both sides of the border and as a Linebacker...never...EVER have I been in a system that had a linebacker in that role, or a scheme that took a second level guy out of the play making role...never happens and if this was some new funky defensive style to try and bring something new and fresh well then it can be now shelved as a bust/failure...whatever. Tho on the flip side this is the mantra and basis for a strong aggressive 3-4 style defense, and versions of a 4-4 where you have a big dominant nose tackle do this, or in the 4 man a nose tackle type Defensisive tackle and a more athletic guy..Like Poop who can do a similar job and be effective against the run, yet have a good 6 inch burst and can get in the backfield, or make plays along the line where the flow dictates. We actually had personnel to run a scheme such as this, but for whatever reason used the wrong people, or schemed it from the wrong position...and it befuddled me all year

hopefully we have the sense to learn from that..review each game what worked and why and track how we scored...and then manage the games next year and not get cute and fancy...