HardCoreBlue

If Bighill and the family like Winnipeg and he has a great job here, why leave?

Interesting... That's really shitty about the smoke. Man the prairies are just burning to the ground.

Well, when are we gonna get rowdy?
LET'S GO BLUE!

Instead of a 3rd pre season game, have a controlled scrimmage to cut costs. One team goes to the other team's camp & have it on their practice field, sell tickets, concessions, merch, etc.

Mcinnis, Emilus, Demski, K.Smith and Gittens Jr. are the top 5 Canadian receivers last year.
The Philpot brothers, Shaffer-Baker and Mayala have at least 500 yrds receiving. 

Who's your QB1?  Rourke or Ford?
Brady starts at RB, naturally.
Five Canuck receivers: T Philpot, Demski, Emelius, Gittens Jr, K. Smith from Hamilton.  
I think Philpot is the best of these.  Sad that he got banged up last year, he was on a 1600-yard pace the first half of the year -- with Cody Fajardo throwing him the ball, no less -- and it seemed like he could not be covered.
Does anyone even play national offensive tackles anymore?

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

Yep. 
 Ayers is my biggest worry. That kid has soo much potential, work ethic and desire. He makes plays few people in football can pull off. Be it on teams or D. We gotta keep polishing that kid. If he half fulfills what he’s capable of, he’s the best defensive player in the league. Idk how many times we’ve seen guys who are that level of disruptive, but it’s been really rare for us. 

Wayne Gretzky - hid him from 1979 draft year because of personal contract service with PP.
Leon Draisaitl  - Third Overall pick in 2014 entry draft rewarded for losing.
Connor McDavid - First Overall pick in 2015 entry draft rewarded for losing.
Again, my jealousy and petty exaggerations has no bounds. 

If this match happens, hope they both lose.
I know I know, cheer for a Canadian team blah blah blah.
Edmonton has been gifted with not one, not two, but maybe three generational type players over the years.
Yes I'm jealous and a petty sore loser.
Go Bombers?

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

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.

Grab those balls!

That brings value in keeping the return team off balance, too.  Teams can't just run to a spot 40 yards downfield based on where their returner is set up / reading. Medlock was fantastic at recognizing when a KR was cheating to one side too much, then smashing a low screamer away from him, ending up with a massive punt bounce n roll for 70+ yards. 

I saw talk of Ehlers possibly being pursued by the Leafs. Gross.
If that happens, never did like Ehlers.

I like how you threw that zinger in right at the end.

Fair.

Leafs are pursuing everyone according to rumors cuz clicks. 

Decent yardage well placed with good/great hangtime to allow our punt return guys to do their jobs is all I ask. 

Some times people kick addictions and pick up other problems, other times the addiction can be the side effect of another problem too. 
 
We all know he’s as talented as it gets, and we know he’s prone to saying stupid stuff. He might be out of football if we cut him, so he better have his head on straight now. 
 
tbh Lawler has a lot in common with him. Some stupid mistakes, dui/passport etc. struggled to be consistent/on the field. But lawler, is a hell of a competitor. He says the right things to media and does the right things on the field. 
 Mitchell needs to find that dog, and keep it close all year.  

I'll disagree on that.  For sure any player has room for growth, but he's shown those two things any chance he's got to.  Starting with the road game in Calgary when he caught a huge first down from Streveler on a 2nd and long when the receiving corps was pure chaos down our top two Americans.  He played that role well when Wolitarsky was out last year.  But our American receivers were mostly garbage last season.  Wilson had some big games and otherwise was a disappearing act.  No one else was even average in their role.
He actually only had 2 games without a catch last year, which he didn't start.  And he caught at least one pass for a first down in the majority of games he played.  A lot of those being the 7 yard pass, get the 2-3 yards after that to convert.  Clercius had the best percentage of targets caught of our regular receivers last season.  I expect him to get 4-5 targets a game, and be in the range of 3-4 catches a game for 40-45 yards.

Yeah I seen a lot of progress in Clercius already last yr...and he doesn't need to be a yac machine...Woli wasn't...
He is a big target and knows how to use his body to position himself to the ball...is a hand catcher...prob best pure hands on team and his hand strength is insane...perfect for that conversion type guy and getting dirty yards in traffic
If u get chance watch some practices and if u able to get close to field...listen...guys like him you barely hear ball...if at all when it hits his hands...big sign look for in a pure pass catcher...
He also made some plays last year after the catch where he made yards and destroyed would be tackles...he is gonna be a big piece and guy ZC will be looking for

Dear God, i just realized Callaros has not thrown a TD pass in 4 of our last 5 Grey Cups. Christ, if he's even average we would have won 4 in a row. Great now ive made myself sad and angry. Fired myself back up all over again.

He is also coaching his son's flag football team