Blue Bombers Forum

Can he still sling nasty downtown?

I will say yes but needs seasoning and his success is based more on:
1. OL
2.Bbb

If he gets 250 and D & Brady steps up, we can win.  He'll have a couple of mid & deep options from Condell at times.  If he can connect on one early that will really help things out.

Quote from: Blueforlife on July 09, 2026, 11:38:37 PMCan he still sting nasty downtown?

I will say yes but needs seasoning and his success is based more on:
1. OL
2.Bbb

Sting Nasty, lol.

Well, if Dru comes out and does a decent job and wins, Dinwiddie is going to look pretty stupid.

MBT actually got snaps, which is a troubling fact for Maier...

Quote from: theaardvark on July 10, 2026, 05:14:38 AMWell, if Dru comes out and does a decent job and wins, Dinwiddie is going to look pretty stupid.

To the layman, sure.  But we know that a good QB might still be a bad match for a team.  Dinwiddie knows what he wants.  Dru can't do it.  That's that.

For example, would Mafia want to have Kelly?  Personal issues aside.  Do we want a devil-may-care slinger?  Even if he's the #1 QB, I'm not sure that type fits with the WPG way.  Mafia has always wanted the more cerebral QB.

Of course, no matter how much Dinwiddie explains that, casual fans will just think he's stupid anyhow.  Can't win situation for him!  Luckily for him, at least 50/50 chance Dru sucks mediocrity.

I'm in the 250 yard crowd. Argos defence is not very good. The real question is how does our defence play against Kelly?

If Oliveria gets going we can win this game.

I'll be optimistic. Give me 403 passing yards for Brown tonight.

Quote from: Pigskin on July 10, 2026, 04:43:46 AMSting Nasty, lol.

Corrected was funny yes

Quote from: theaardvark on July 10, 2026, 05:14:38 AMWell, if Dru comes out and does a decent job and wins, Dinwiddie is going to look pretty stupid.

MBT actually got snaps, which is a troubling fact for Maier...

Dinwiddie will take a bit hit this year for his credibility regardless of what Brown does. Maier can't throw a deep ball consistently unless its to the wrong team.  MBT is a 500 QB at best.  Brown will have his ups and downs but will be fine if healthy.

Calgary just put up 59 points against this team, along with 7 passing TD's from VAJ.
Our expectations should be higher today than it typically would be for a first start of the season.
325 passing yards 3 touchdowns.
Toronto has a ton of firepower on offense so we need to score at least 30 today!

I chose 200. Not because I'm not a Dru believer, I just have a hard time expecting Condell and Osh to give him a long leash in game 1. I think we will play dink and dunk (which gets lots of yards overall I suppose) and to sling it up at unexpected moments with some success. I'm cautiously optimistic on how Dru will do in these specific circumstances. If he gets better protection than I expect then I'm sure it'll be closer to 250/300.

It also depends on if our gameplan is centred around Brady, which it probably will be (and should). If he's putting us in 2nd and medium every time, then it's probably 50% chance max that we're passing on second down. Only if our run game is failing and we're down early (sadly, I've come to expect that) that we begin to go throw-first and even then it'll probably be conservative.

Hope I'm wrong and it's 450 tho

I said 250. I think it will be lower for much of the game, but we will fall behind and have to open up the offence in the second half.

Dinwiddie does what's good for Dinwiddie, that's why we have Brown.  That's my opinion.  Happy to have him.

I picked 325.  I'd give him more but that OL won't allow it. I like Brown's scrambling ability and he can see the field decently.  It depends on how much of a playbook we give him. 

Love to see us take down the Boatmean. Tackle Kelly hard and often. He deserves it.   :)

I expect him to come out a bit rusty, seeing as how he hasn't played in a long while--hurt last year and didn't play this year. Plus he has new personnel to work with. But once he gets on track, he'll be fine. He'll hit 300 yds

I expect dru to spread the ball around in terms of target depth. I don't think we go short only, like elgs. Dru might take the deep ball more than Zach, especially if tor thinks he won't and gives it to him.

I would also be very happy to see our short game working and not be all int curls...

Quote from: Tecno on July 10, 2026, 01:14:26 AMIf he gets 250 and D & Brady steps up, we can win.  He'll have a couple of mid & deep options from Condell at times.  If he can connect on one early that will really help things out.

at the half?  :)

252 first half

So, Brown finished 25/31 for 339 yards. Not sure anyone predicted that other than the lone vote for breaking Matt Dunigan's record.

QuoteI expect him to come out a bit rusty, seeing as how he hasn't played in a long while--hurt last year and didn't play this year. Plus he has new personnel to work with. But once he gets on track, he'll be fine. He'll hit 300 yds

I said he'd hit 300

Quote from: blue_or_die on July 10, 2026, 03:16:53 PMI chose 200. Not because I'm not a Dru believer, I just have a hard time expecting Condell and Osh to give him a long leash in game 1. I think we will play dink and dunk (which gets lots of yards overall I suppose) and to sling it up at unexpected moments with some success. I'm cautiously optimistic on how Dru will do in these specific circumstances. If he gets better protection than I expect then I'm sure it'll be closer to 250/300.

It also depends on if our gameplan is centred around Brady, which it probably will be (and should). If he's putting us in 2nd and medium every time, then it's probably 50% chance max that we're passing on second down. Only if our run game is failing and we're down early (sadly, I've come to expect that) that we begin to go throw-first and even then it'll probably be conservative.

Hope I'm wrong and it's 450 tho

Dumby dumb dumb

Dru did spread the ball a lot in terms of target depth, as I requested.  What I didn't see coming was that Pokey of all people would be his fave target.

I really liked how instead of Zach's fave mid-zone sit Dru was dialing in lots of zone in-strides.  That's basically why we got big yards & TDs.  Normally we'd do the sit and they can't get going fast enough to beat incoming zone closers.  But in-stride we're already going 100mph and the DBs can't make the stop in space.

Short game also worked much better.  He had just enough zip and faster wind-up that the DBs couldn't make it back up in time.

2nd Dru pass of the game is an everyone-curls -- and it worked!!  That's how it's supposed to go!

Tip of hat who picked over 3, downtown Dru Brown can still sling nasty

Let's keep in mind, that while teams have tons of film on Dru, and pretty much know who he is, they do not have film on Dru with this O.  Decent "backup" QBs often look really good in their game 1, and maybe game 2.

But as teams get more film, these QBs tend to lose their lustre a bit.  Of course, great ones rise above that even with film.  My point is, we don't know which of these Dru is yet.  So before some call for Zach to be cut, let's keep this in mind.

Also, as PJ pointed out on other thread, TOR's D is ranked very low, if not last.  Ripping apart the worst D isn't a huge accomplishment per se.

Dru made a couple of plays navigating the pocket that would have resulted in Collaros sacks.

He looked really, really good for two days of practice or whatever.

Maybe Zach could use another week off?

Dru looked great. One practice with the starters.

The deep interception it looked like Pokey made a cut deep on the route that he either wasn't supposed to or Dru certainly wasn't expecting. Collaros was going over stuff with Wilson on the tablet right after so I wonder if Pokey maybe made the mistake there that led to the pick.

Even if ZC feels good. Ride the hot hand. Let Dru try and rack em up on Ottawa. If at any point he struggles for a half our gets nicked at all then go back to ZC, but not before.

Quote from: Blueforlife on July 11, 2026, 06:14:37 AMTip of hat who picked over 3, downtown Dru Brown can still sling nasty

That was me, yesterday I was the only one..today I have a partner joining me lol.