CFL 2010

[Beef03]

Timmy Maypray? Damn. If it's the same dude, I covered him in high school. Went to VMI, I think.

That would be him.

http://en.montrealalouettes.com/roster/show/id/3477

And for all those south of the border who want to catch CFL games this year, the NFL Network will be broadcasting the odd game this year -- 14 I think. Check your listings.

 

[mb]

Here come the Bombers, *******. ;D

 

[JR]

Here come the Bombers, *******. ;D

Hey, it was only 49-29 over the Ticats.

 

[Double J]

Here come the Bombers, *******. ;D

Hey, it was only 49-29 over the Ticats.

No kidding. I know high school teams that could beat the Ti-Cats by 20 points. :D

 

[Beef03]

So apparently the Ticats were supposed to be able to give the Alouettes a run for their money this year. Oops. Didn't look like it tonight. Their secondary was ****e, they couldn't tackle, and rookie RT Rottier was schooled badly tonight. And while Glenn didn't play well at all, he didn't have much of a chance behind that offensive line. They better hope it was just a bad game.

 

[Mark2010]

Eskimos going to be any good this year?

 

[Gomer]

Nope.

 

[mb]

Here come the Bombers, *******. ;D

Hey, it was only 49-29 over the Ticats.

You won't rain on my parade.

 

[JR]

Here come the Bombers, *******. ;D

Hey, it was only 49-29 over the Ticats.

You won't rain on my parade.

Hey, the Ticats are MY team (well, as long as they're not playing the Esks)

 

[Huggy]

Here come the Bombers, *******. ;D

Hey, it was only 49-29 over the Ticats.

You won't rain on my parade.

Hey, the Ticats are MY team (well, as long as they're not playing the Esks)

You can have the Tabbies, JR (not that the Argos are worth a ****).

Get back soon ER...give me a reason to watch the CFL again!

 

[Beef03]

Eskimos going to be any good this year?

They'll be alright. Offensively they should be much better if for no other reason than they will have had the whole offseason to work with OC, who was brought in midway through last year and they had trouble adapting. They also have more speed at wideout this year and Ricky Ray looked terrific during the pre-season against other team's No. 1 defences. Also a full year of Whitlock is going to be good for the Esks -- No Jesse Lumsden to worry about this year. Special teams should also be pretty damn good with a couple of top returners, and two capable kickers. The biggest question will be their defence and if they can actually stop anyone this year. They'll be second in the West I think this year.

 

[Mark2010]

So better than the Stamps and Lions? Not bad.

 

[JR]

The Esks completely overhauled their secondary. Only my kid and Jason Goss are left over from last year but since ER is on the 9 game injured list, they're going to start Jason Nugent at FS.

Also, Richie Hall has taken on the responsibility of defensive coordinator as well. The D should be a vast improvement over last year's.

 

[Beef03]

So better than the Stamps and Lions? Not bad.

It pains me greatly to say the roughriders may be the team to beat, that offence -- particularly thier receivers -- is crazy good. I have big doubts about that D though, especially after allowing Montreal to put up 51 in the opener and getting blown out early before their big come back. Really at this point, there is no team I despise more than the Roughriders. Learn to freaking count. Take your socks off if you have to.

 

[Mark2010]

How can Darian Durant put up 470-something yards passing? His MO seems to be drop back, chunk it a mile high and deep and hope one of his guys runs under it. Watching he and Anthony Calvillo throw in the same game was really eye-opening.

 

[Beef03]

How can Darian Durant put up 470-something yards passing? His MO seems to be drop back, chunk it a mile high and deep and hope one of his guys runs under it. Watching he and Anthony Calvillo throw in the same game was really eye-opening.

Have you seen his receivers? thats why he can throw it 470 yards.

Oh and apparently take everything I said about the Eskimos and reverse it. They were absolute horse**** in their opener against B.C.

 

[apeman33]

How can Darian Durant put up 470-something yards passing? His MO seems to be drop back, chunk it a mile high and deep and hope one of his guys runs under it. Watching he and Anthony Calvillo throw in the same game was really eye-opening.

Because his receivers are that good. But he can also throw the short passes and the dump offs to his backs. And in the CFL, with that open space, a dump off pass to the tailback can be a 20-yard play easily.

If Durant were just a guy who throws deep and prays, he'd have a lot more INTs and he'd get sacked more since he has to wait for those plays to develop (and if he's not getting sacked, he'll end up being the team's leading rusher since he's going to have to get away from the defense). The best example that comes to my mind is Michael Bishop. I doubt he threw many passes under 25 yards last season and I can't remember that he ever threw less than 2 picks a game.

 

[Beef03]

How can Darian Durant put up 470-something yards passing? His MO seems to be drop back, chunk it a mile high and deep and hope one of his guys runs under it. Watching he and Anthony Calvillo throw in the same game was really eye-opening.

Because his receivers are that good. But he can also throw the short passes and the dump offs to his backs. And in the CFL, with that open space, a dump off pass to the tailback can be a 20-yard play easily.

If Durant were just a guy who throws deep and prays, he'd have a lot more INTs and he'd get sacked more since he has to wait for those plays to develop (and if he's not getting sacked, he'll end up being the team's leading rusher since he's going to have to get away from the defense). The best example that comes to my mind is Michael Bishop. I doubt he threw many passes under 25 yards last season and I can't remember that he ever threw less than 2 picks a game.

But he could throw the ball 80 yards . . . Isn't that all you need to be able to do to be a great quarterback? How long before the Argos announce the signing of JaMarcus Russell?

 

[JR]

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Oh and apparently take everything I said about the Eskimos and reverse it. They were absolute horse**** in their opener against B.C.

Jesus, don't give up yet. It's one game.

I knew the Esks were in trouble when BC got called for pass interference, Edmonton had the ball on the one yard line and couldn't score. Not only couldn't they score, they took a couple of dumb penalties that took them back 15 yards. And then Ray got blindsided and lost the ball. Downhill from there.

 

[apeman33]

How can Darian Durant put up 470-something yards passing? His MO seems to be drop back, chunk it a mile high and deep and hope one of his guys runs under it. Watching he and Anthony Calvillo throw in the same game was really eye-opening.

Because his receivers are that good. But he can also throw the short passes and the dump offs to his backs. And in the CFL, with that open space, a dump off pass to the tailback can be a 20-yard play easily.

If Durant were just a guy who throws deep and prays, he'd have a lot more INTs and he'd get sacked more since he has to wait for those plays to develop (and if he's not getting sacked, he'll end up being the team's leading rusher since he's going to have to get away from the defense). The best example that comes to my mind is Michael Bishop. I doubt he threw many passes under 25 yards last season and I can't remember that he ever threw less than 2 picks a game.

But he could throw the ball 80 yards . . . Isn't that all you need to be able to do to be a great quarterback? How long before the Argos announce the signing of JaMarcus Russell?

What? They haven't signed him yet? Are they waiting to see if Tony Pike makes the cut with Bengals?