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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Griffin injury?
Last post by Sir Blue and Gold - Today at 05:21:51 PMOh no. Not an injury one of our four hundred American hybrid linebackers.
...Just when our run defense and pass defense and situational defense were, err, almost, sort of maybe if you squint, coming together.
Griffin being out will cost us nothing. Don't worry, our Blitzes will still be ineffective and look like the most amateur thing you can think of. The run defense will be just as bad and the defensive backs will be a yard behind the receiver and a yard and half if it's under three minutes in either half.
What a blow for JY. He's going to have to erase 25 plays he concocted just for Griffin that look the same as every other play call but sound different to prove how great he is at calling plays.
...Just when our run defense and pass defense and situational defense were, err, almost, sort of maybe if you squint, coming together.
Griffin being out will cost us nothing. Don't worry, our Blitzes will still be ineffective and look like the most amateur thing you can think of. The run defense will be just as bad and the defensive backs will be a yard behind the receiver and a yard and half if it's under three minutes in either half.
What a blow for JY. He's going to have to erase 25 plays he concocted just for Griffin that look the same as every other play call but sound different to prove how great he is at calling plays.
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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: WEEK #10 PICKEMS
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#13
Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Griffin injury?
Last post by Blue In BC - Today at 04:15:10 PMQuote from: Throw Long Bannatyne on Today at 03:48:32 PMI believe Griffin also missed most of last season to injury, another great addition that can't stay healthy.
He missed 5 games in 2025 and 3 games in 2024.
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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Griffin injury?
Last post by Throw Long Bannatyne - Today at 03:48:32 PMQuote from: Blue In BC on Today at 01:15:15 PMThe depth chart shows Woodbey at SAM but that doesn't mean much. We don't know if or when Kramdi could return but sure he might be a possibility. Allen was extended on the 6 game IR and hasn't practised yet. He may miss the season.
Smith is also shown at WIL for what that's worth.
I don't want to be overly negative but we're rearranging the chairs on the deck of the Titanic due to a large number of injuries.
Griffin's injury doesn't sound like one where we'll expect a quick recovery.
I believe Griffin also missed most of last season to injury, another great addition that can't stay healthy.
#15
Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Potential Miracles ('cause...
Last post by blue_or_die - Today at 02:55:18 PMI've been snarky the last few weeks that "everything" is the problem and pointed out Osh and the coordinators. That still stands. Miracle would be if they saw a hypnotherapist or something.
More granularly:
1) DL can get more pressure up front. It's not terrible and Willie is getting there but with Ceresna in the lineup I expect (want) to make the QB feel more heat consistently and force more mistakes. It feels like each time we need a big stop, like second and long, the opposing QB is "always" able to pull off a nice pass exactly where it needs to be, or in the case of Salter, run for 50 yards. Those two events need to stop happening seemingly all the time, and it starts in the trenches. In those situations, opposing QB should be panicking and doing dumb things that end their drives. Instead, there have been far, far too many instances of them driving the whole field. Which leads to the next point:
2) Secondary needs to play better. Both big picture scheme (JY defense has been discussed ad nauseum already) and individually, which Nichols being the whipping boy. I haven't exactly seen Herculean efforts from Holm or Moxey either. The miracle they need is to stop letting receivers get behind them constantly and also - even more egregious - miss friggin tackles. These are funadmentals for DBs. C'mon. Oh, and to catch these bad balls the opposing QB is throwing as a result of Miracle #1.
3) Miracle for offense is tough to say for me because it's so many things, but largely comes down to Condell's scheme/playcalling which excludes Brady at weird times when he should be doing things (I won't pick on this too much because it's leaps and bounds better than how Hogan used him, and Brady is having a good year even though it doesn't feel like it sometimes) and a few other details I'm sure that I don't have the football IQ to identify. The root of it all seems to be OL play and personnel, but fixing that is beyond what a miracle is. QB play is absolutely affected by that so it's hard to tell exactly where the 3 QBs we've played actually stand in regards to that, but them being able to work around it and make plays has not happened all year and you need to be able to do that. Same comment for receivers, who I'm far less concerned about, but they also haven't worked around what's given to them to make plays when they are needed. Lots of missed catches, etc. that could be cleaned up and are probably worth numerous longer drives which could have changed games around
More granularly:
1) DL can get more pressure up front. It's not terrible and Willie is getting there but with Ceresna in the lineup I expect (want) to make the QB feel more heat consistently and force more mistakes. It feels like each time we need a big stop, like second and long, the opposing QB is "always" able to pull off a nice pass exactly where it needs to be, or in the case of Salter, run for 50 yards. Those two events need to stop happening seemingly all the time, and it starts in the trenches. In those situations, opposing QB should be panicking and doing dumb things that end their drives. Instead, there have been far, far too many instances of them driving the whole field. Which leads to the next point:
2) Secondary needs to play better. Both big picture scheme (JY defense has been discussed ad nauseum already) and individually, which Nichols being the whipping boy. I haven't exactly seen Herculean efforts from Holm or Moxey either. The miracle they need is to stop letting receivers get behind them constantly and also - even more egregious - miss friggin tackles. These are funadmentals for DBs. C'mon. Oh, and to catch these bad balls the opposing QB is throwing as a result of Miracle #1.
3) Miracle for offense is tough to say for me because it's so many things, but largely comes down to Condell's scheme/playcalling which excludes Brady at weird times when he should be doing things (I won't pick on this too much because it's leaps and bounds better than how Hogan used him, and Brady is having a good year even though it doesn't feel like it sometimes) and a few other details I'm sure that I don't have the football IQ to identify. The root of it all seems to be OL play and personnel, but fixing that is beyond what a miracle is. QB play is absolutely affected by that so it's hard to tell exactly where the 3 QBs we've played actually stand in regards to that, but them being able to work around it and make plays has not happened all year and you need to be able to do that. Same comment for receivers, who I'm far less concerned about, but they also haven't worked around what's given to them to make plays when they are needed. Lots of missed catches, etc. that could be cleaned up and are probably worth numerous longer drives which could have changed games around
#16
Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: GDT Cgy at Tor, Thu Aug 6,...
Last post by TBURGESS - Today at 02:44:09 PMVAJ had no time in the pocket. The Argos did it with 4 rushers most times, leaving lots of coverage behind. VAJ kept going deep when he had the short guy open in the flats & he wasn't accurate on the deep balls.
What really killed the Lions was taking the ball out of the end zone or not letting it hit the ground and going into the end zone. The missed FG would have gone out the back, giving them the ball at the 40 for free. Two more punts hemmed them in around the 10. They would have at least gone into the end zone, making it 2 extra points and 2 more times starting at the 40.
What really killed the Lions was taking the ball out of the end zone or not letting it hit the ground and going into the end zone. The missed FG would have gone out the back, giving them the ball at the 40 for free. Two more punts hemmed them in around the 10. They would have at least gone into the end zone, making it 2 extra points and 2 more times starting at the 40.
#17
Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Injuries
Last post by Blue In BC - Today at 01:59:54 PMI think Clark is eligible to be removed from the 6 game IR. I don't think he gets added to the AR unless we had a Canadian ST injury. I suppose that means he gets bumped to the PR if there is room.
To replace Griffin on the roster I think it comes down to Jackson or Hazen as a toss up. Just a guess on my part but I think Jackson might be a better fit at the moment.
There hasn't been any notice of replacement bodies being brought in for the PR, but maybe something is in the works. NFL cuts should be starting soon. I'd like to see a couple more LB's and DB's in particular being brought in based on injuries.
To replace Griffin on the roster I think it comes down to Jackson or Hazen as a toss up. Just a guess on my part but I think Jackson might be a better fit at the moment.
There hasn't been any notice of replacement bodies being brought in for the PR, but maybe something is in the works. NFL cuts should be starting soon. I'd like to see a couple more LB's and DB's in particular being brought in based on injuries.
#18
Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Griffin injury?
Last post by Blueforlife - Today at 01:17:57 PMwow this sounds not great Techno and thanks for the play by play, your deep dives are awesome bud, keep it up
#19
Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Griffin injury?
Last post by Blue In BC - Today at 01:15:15 PMQuote from: Tecno on Today at 06:39:48 AMIt's left knee. 4Q2:14. He's getting a stiff-arm pull to the ground that probably puts extra weight on the knee he's currently on. The knee then does a weird bend and his stride goes wonky. When his right leg hits his left leg bows outwards on its way back; looks strange. The his left leg comes down again in a slightly hyper-extended manner and he crumples. He's holding his left knee the whole time when he's falling, and laying there. He's putting almost no weight on the left leg when being helped off.
So it was contact, but not any blow to the knee, just extra weight and weird angles on the knee. Maybe others can speculate what this means. It's not the standard ACL look we see. Clearly something inside went wonky though. I guess the "lucky" thing would be a small strain. But even that can take weeks.
Well that sucks. Woodbey might be thought of as the next man up, but he's usually over at WILL? Or have we been giving him looks at SAM. Kramdi back to SAM is also an option, if he has that arm heal up. In fact, if Kramdi to SAM, Allen to FS would almost be ideal at this point.
The depth chart shows Woodbey at SAM but that doesn't mean much. We don't know if or when Kramdi could return but sure he might be a possibility. Allen was extended on the 6 game IR and hasn't practised yet. He may miss the season.
Smith is also shown at WIL for what that's worth.
I don't want to be overly negative but we're rearranging the chairs on the deck of the Titanic due to a large number of injuries.
Griffin's injury doesn't sound like one where we'll expect a quick recovery.
#20
Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Personnel changes for next...
Last post by Blue In BC - Today at 01:10:36 PMQuote from: Jesse on Today at 12:33:06 PMIt's not even really about promoting Smith though. It's - is the trade off on D (which hasn't been good) - going to be worse than the benefits of bringing on an extra American on O (which needs help).
A better offence keeps the opponent off the field more often. So that's a bit hard to calculate the trade off for another import on offence that hasn't played in a game yet. Same issue with a defensive player being added from the PR. Not much if any experience for those choices.