Official Game Day Thread - Saskatchewan @ Winnipeg, September 12, 2026

[Big Daddy]

a) Who knows what FA will bring.  Weird things sometimes happen.  Maybe the next big thing will emerge suddenly like Kelly did in his GC-relief win.  But ya, on paper things look slim right now.

b) If Zach is gone and Dru is our only guy, then it will be dark days in WPG for a few seasons.  We might go into a funk like EDM did for so many years.

It's a QB-driven league, as we've seen with how top teams go to total heck the instant they lose their #1.  Arbuckle winning that cup is an extreme aberration.  What's happened to HAM is more representative.

Agreed - there's not much around to improve our team at QB next year if this is Zach's last year.  I don't have a lot of faith that Dru can somehow become the next one up to find another gear and surprise everyone.  You never know, Calvillo took a while to become his hall-of-fame self that we all remember, but I also suspect if it's left to Dru then we are in for a dark few years.

I guess the other flyer is to hope Elgersma can find form quickly and step up.  If all of this comes down to him and Dru next year, well - again you never know, maybe at some point he gets thrown in as a starter and turns some heads.

I really don't like having all these hopes and wishes when it comes to the QB position.  But we weren't looking like world-beaters in 2019, and then suddenly one last-minute trade changed everything.

So back to Tecno's point - "weird things sometimes happen".

[Pete]

Without a doubt, Neuf is the leader of the O-line.

Wallace is more of an issue, along with Elsbury 
Wallace has no mobility, while Elsbury is getting pushed around way too easily.