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Isaiah Wooden to make CFL debut in Hamilton Tiger-Cats regular season finale
By 3Down Staff -October 24, 2024
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have tapped Isaiah Wooden as their kick returner for Friday's final regular season game against the Ottawa Redblacks.
The 24-year-old native of San Diego, Calif. signed with the Tiger-Cats earlier this month following his release from the B.C. Lions. He previously spent time with the Atlanta Falcons and Los Angeles Chargers after going unselected in the 2024 NFL Draft.
The five-foot-nine, 170-pound target played his final two collegiate seasons at Southern Utah University where he made 100 receptions for 1,726 yards and 20 touchdowns over two collegiate seasons. He also returned 14 kicks for 386 yards and was named All-United Athletic Conference in 2023. He reportedly ran a 4.38-second forty-yard dash at his pro day and leaped 44.5 inches in the vertical jump.
The Tiger-Cats have kept almost their entire starting lineup intact despite this game being meaningless in the standings. The only change is Carthell Flowers-Lloyd, who wasn't listed on the team's injury report this week, sitting out at strong-side linebacker. He will be replaced by Ray Wilborn, who has made 24 defensive tackles, three special teams tackles, one sack, and one forced fumble this season.
Hamilton will finish fourth in the East Division, missing the playoffs for the first time since 2017. Bo Levi Mitchell, who has already surpassed 5,000 passing yards on the season, will be under centre ahead of Taylor Powell and Taulia Tagovailoa.
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats (7-10) will visit the Ottawa Redblacks (8-8-1) on Friday, Oct. 25 with kickoff slated for 7:00 p.m. EDT.
https://3downnation.com/2024/10/24/isaiah-wooden-to-make-cfl-debut-in-hamilton-tiger-cats-regular-season-finale/
Ottawa Redblacks to start Bralon Addison at running back against Tiger-Cats
By 3Down Staff -October 24, 2024
The Ottawa Redblacks will field a veteran-laden roster on Friday despite their game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats meaning nothing in the standings.
Franchise quarterback Dru Brown will remain under centre ahead of Jeremiah Masoli and Dustin Crum, while defensive end Bryce Carter has returned to the starting lineup after completing a stint on the six-game injured list. Carter made 18 defensive tackles and four sacks over the team's first 10 games but hasn't suited up since the end of August.
Bralon Addison has moved to the starting spot at running back, replacing Khalan Laborn. Addison has generally played receiver over his six-year CFL career, catching 225 passes for 2,674 yards and 12 touchdowns, though he has carried the ball 19 times for 113 yards for the Redblacks this season. Laborn, who started the club's last six games, has been moved to the practice roster.
Justin Hardy, the team's leading receiver, remains out due to an ankle injury with Andre Miller filling his starting spot. Veteran offensive lineman Jacob Ruby has also moved back into the starting lineup at left tackle, replacing Drake Centers, who was moved to the practice roster.
Adrian Frye has also been promoted to the active roster and will start in place of Bennett Williams, who didn't practice this week due to a head injury. Star return specialist DeVonte Dedmon has also returned to the lineup.
The Ottawa Redblacks (8-8-1) will host the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (7-10) on Friday, Oct. 25 with kickoff slated for 7:00 p.m. EDT.
https://3downnation.com/2024/10/24/ottawa-redblacks-to-start-bralon-addison-at-running-back-against-tiger-cats/
I suspect Hamilton players will not be killing themselves to win this game.
lighting?
Tim whites playing like he doesn't want be a Ticat next year dropping passes
BLM taking himself out of the MOP conversation with a lacklustre performance tonight, he's missing his receivers time and time again
Quote from: dd on October 26, 2024, 12:46:44 AMBLM taking himself out of the MOP conversation with a lacklustre performance tonight, he's missing his receivers time and time again
Tim White sucks to!
Hammy giving the RBs all kinds of trouble. Can they (RBs) pull it out late? 26-28 6:00 left.
Wow, refs don't really care if D's come in and hit a REC from behind 2/10 to 7/10th of a second before the ball arriving anymore, do they? Those used to be flagged much more often.
I just started this game and HAM is hitting every OTT REC early and then looking around for flags and seeing none. Message sent: hit RECs early!
Wow, what terrible play calling by the Ticats...1st and goal from the 1 and you give it to the putz Litre!?!?! The guy s hardly a force out there. Cost them the game and me a critical point in the Pick ems!!! Dang it!!
very fun game.
Quote from: dd on October 26, 2024, 01:55:30 AMWow, what terrible play calling by the Ticats...1st and goal from the 1 and you give it to the putz Litre!?!?! The guy s hardly a force out there. Cost them the game and me a critical point in the Pick ems!!! Dang it!!
Prior to these plays, Litre was 26/29 (89.7%) on the season from under centre on situations where 1 yard or less is required. Odds say that it was the right call - who knew that he would be stuffed twice.
Yes, the 3rd down play call was questionable.
Quote from: GOLDMEMBER on October 26, 2024, 01:18:54 AM Tim White sucks to!
He's good but inconsistent. Reminds me of Speedy B: small guy, fast. He isn't as good as he was, even with "500Y Bo". I doubt he gets over $200k next year.
Wasn't it White who held out for mega-money saying he deserved the whole world for a team to have the benefit of his services? And he got some ridiculous $275k-level contract?
The funny thing is, HAM often puts White as backup (not starter), but makes him the DNA so he gets 23 snaps. (Lets them field 1 less NAT for those 23 snaps.) They did that this game! Not many other teams are playing the stupid DNA/DNS nonsense anymore.
I remember early in the season they actually hit the 23 snaps and had to take him off when they still wanted to field him.
Quote from: dd on October 26, 2024, 12:46:44 AMBLM taking himself out of the MOP conversation with a lacklustre performance tonight, he's missing his receivers time and time again
BLM getting the single-season HAM Y record may be enough to push him to win the E nomination... whether he gets the league nod remains to be seen.
Quote from: Stats Junkie on October 26, 2024, 03:08:25 AMPrior to these plays, Litre was 26/29 (89.7%) on the season from under centre on situations where 1 yard or less is required. Odds say that it was the right call - who knew that he would be stuffed twice.
Yes, the 3rd down play call was questionable.
Man BLM just threw for over 400 yds and you gonna give the ball to litre!? TWICE, and then a third time from the backfield?!? C'mon man, get serious.
Quote from: TecnoGenius on October 26, 2024, 03:27:47 AMBLM getting the single-season HAM Y record may be enough to push him to win the E nomination... whether he gets the league nod remains to be seen.
So he's playing on a team that s never put up big passing numbers, big deal.
Over blown, over hyped by the media,making a big deal out of it because what else are they going to talk about in Hamilton!?!
Quote from: Stats Junkie on October 26, 2024, 03:08:25 AMYes, the 3rd down play call was questionable.
Litre had just stuffed in a hard rushing TD earlier in the half... he was on a roll. It was an ok call.
The big mistake was not going for the sneak on 3rd down. MOS wouldn't make that mistake. When they fail a sneak twice, I don't know why some teams take it off the line. Just keep pounding it, if your SY is decent, you can calculate the odds of failing 3 times.
Everyone and their dog knew what the play was when they lined up 2 RB in the I formation like that. It's going to the 2nd RB every time.
Quote from: TecnoGenius on October 26, 2024, 04:48:43 AMLitre had just stuffed in a hard rushing TD earlier in the half... he was on a roll. It was an ok call.
The big mistake was not going for the sneak on 3rd down. MOS wouldn't make that mistake. When they fail a sneak twice, I don't know why some teams take it off the line. Just keep pounding it, if your SY is decent, you can calculate the odds of failing 3 times.
Everyone and their dog knew what the play was when they lined up 2 RB in the I formation like that. It's going to the 2nd RB every time.
I wanted the Bombers to sign Litre in FA as a multi use FB, the way the TiCats use him he's proven to be such a useful player. In addition to the blocking assignments and taking the occasional handoff they use him as a TE receiver as well as in short yardage. Still waiting for MCI or Feltmate to receive their first touch of the season, I think the Bombers need to follow the Ti-Cats lead on this one and ask more of their FB's.
Ya, let's do what the worst team in the east is doing!! Not!!
If you want extra blocking protection, bring in an extra OL like we do, like every other CFL team does.you want to run the ball, give it to your ace running back like we do. Every time Litre runs the ball it's one less rep for Greg bell, who can run circles around litre. Teams have gotten away from the fullback as they aren't as good at running the ball at their running backs, and can't block as well as an OL.
Quote from: Throw Long Bannatyne on October 26, 2024, 05:01:40 PMI wanted the Bombers to sign Litre in FA as a multi use FB, the way the TiCats use him he's proven to be such a useful player. In addition to the blocking assignments and taking the occasional handoff they use him as a TE receiver as well as in short yardage. Still waiting for MCI or Feltmate to receive their first touch of the season, I think the Bombers need to follow the Ti-Cats lead on this one and ask more of their FB's.
I always like the idea of the FB/TE sneak-out to be wide open for TDs or 1st downs. It's a great read because it's basically "free": if he's wide open it's TD, if not don't throw to him. All you need is a FB that has remotely decent hands and a nice soft pass.
But I wouldn't hold out much hope for FB/TE/6th OL getting targets any time soon. MOS recently said in a presser that he would throw it to Miller once in a while because it fired up the whole team whenever he got a touch. That's more a function of Miller being Miller than a general strategy to target these players.
That said, my entire goal in life is to see an eligible Tui Eli make a catch 10Y down the field with no one around him. 8) 8) 8)