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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Blue Bombers sign quarterb...

Last post by Tecno - Today at 07:45:41 AM

In 2023 McRae played 11 games. Punt returns 21/203 yards. Kick returns 12/231 yards. Rushing 23/146. Receiving 15/182.

Awesome, so all-round swiss army knife guy.  No wonder he made the AR even though "we don't do that".  Now... did he have a co-returner at the time?  I don't know why, but I don't recall him being our full-time full-season returner.  Or is this the "dark season" after Grant left for TOR?  I think we were still finding our way at that time.

And was it then we ditched McCrae in favor of The Seal?  Yikes, talk about a mistake.  McCrae was getting things done.  Seal did almost nothing, and did even catch that one target he had?

[need to compare Wol's heyday to Clercius' rookie and sophomore]

#22

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Blue Bombers Add Receiver

Last post by Tecno - Today at 07:42:40 AM

Well Clercius only has early seasons. You need to compare Wol's heyday to Clercius' rookie and sophomore seasons?

Fair cop.

But Woli played for 9 years. His first season he caught one pass. He lost 2020 to COVID, and never ended up doing anything with Hammy. So that's 6 seasons in his prime. He was held to 1 or less TDs in 3 of those seasons. In the remaining 3, he had seasons of 4, 5, and 6 TDs.

You really need to compare seasons where they were the starter, though.  Clercius has started for 2 whole seasons?  I'm sure by Woli's 2nd full-starting season he was already into the 4,5,6 TD range.

Maybe a better stat would be TDs-per-start as that backs out injuries, covid, PR years, and ST-only years.

I dunno... add in the fact that I think many of us have the feeling Clercius doesn't "have it".  Woli "had it".  I'd love to be wrong.  But at the moment I think the heat is on big-body Clercius with the signing of huge-money big-body Nield, and the obvious snub he Clercius took late last season...

Of course, in the spirit of candor, Woli was really a fake-IMP, having nothing to do with Canada until they found his magic passport.  Then again, those are often the best types of NATs! 

#23

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Blue Bombers quarterback d...

Last post by Tecno - Today at 07:35:30 AM

I re-read the Zach-takes-a-pay-cut article, and want to reiterate how this is very decent of him to do.  Many people whined that Zach was too pricey for his production the last 1-2 seasons.  Many people wanted him to take a haircut.  Well, he did.  And we should all applaud him for that, just like we did when Biggie / Willie (and others) did the same in the past.

And the article made it sound like Zach was very team-first.  Ya, some will moan it's "only" 50k, but this is at least as much as the other guys took off, too.  And it shows everyone isn't blind to the declining production situation.  Add into that the fact another oldster QB gave a huge reduction last season and the team won the cup partly because of that...

Now, what I want to see is more restructuring to pay more to Zach out of the MMM.  Zach can still get the same $, but we don't take as big a SMS hit.  I really don't understand why we aren't doing this.

Bottom line: thanks Zach!!

#24

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Blue Bombers Add Receiver

Last post by Jesse - Today at 06:11:07 AM

Talk about misdirection by stats.  I would point out the reality except the cfl stats seem to be down again today (argh!!).

He had a string of many-TD seasons during his heyday.  His early and late seasons shouldn't really count against him.  He was far and above what our usual JFG/Clercius types produced.

Well Clercius only has early seasons. You need to compare Wol's heyday to Clercius' rookie and sophomore seasons?

But Woli played for 9 years. His first season he caught one pass. He lost 2020 to COVID, and never ended up doing anything with Hammy. So that's 6 seasons in his prime. He was held to 1 or less TDs in 3 of those seasons. In the remaining 3, he had seasons of 4, 5, and 6 TDs.

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Blue Bombers sign quarterb...

Last post by Pigskin - Today at 04:53:34 AM

In 2023 McRae played 11 games. Punt returns 21/203 yards. Kick returns 12/231 yards. Rushing 23/146. Receiving 15/182. 

#26

Offside Forum / Re: Gas $1.64

Last post by Pigskin - Today at 03:49:52 AM

I saw one station today at 141.9

#27

Offside Forum / Re: Blue Jays 2026

Last post by Pigskin - Today at 03:43:54 AM

Hoffman gives up a grand slam in the 8th. Time to find another closer.

#28

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Blue Bombers sign quarterb...

Last post by Tecno - Today at 02:49:57 AM

If Elgersma becomes our SY this season (which is a distinct possibility) we're gonna need a shorter name to yell out.  "El-gers-ma" just won't cut it.  Nickname ideas?  Streveler had Strevy.  Zach has, ... Zach.

Has to be 2 syllables or less.  The last name doesn't lend itself to anything, really.  Maybe have to use the first.  Taytay?             

[McCrae was also the returner at the time]

#29

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Blue Bombers sign quarterb...

Last post by Tecno - Today at 02:37:01 AM

IIRC McCrae was also the returner at the time.

Don't think so?  Wasn't Grant already here at the time?  McCrae may have been backup or co-returner.  We've alternated returners before (even in same game) when we didn't have a clear winner or someone needed a spell.

When I think McCrae, I think "gadget RB/REC" and special-scheme REC like that great EZ catch he made that one time.  If he returned sometimes, that was gravy.

Oh ya, we also wasted a whole season DI'ing The Seal!  Doubt we'll ever see that weirdness again!

#30

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Cfl draft

Last post by Tecno - Today at 02:30:48 AM

I don't follow Usports, nor do I pay attention to other teams' #3's... if you do, tell me, does Elgersma look worse, the same, or better than Rourke at this point in his career?

I'm trying to project forward to gauge how valuable he'll be 2-4 years down the line.  I'd be fairly happy with Rourke-level, but I'd be happier with a bit better.  I don't think Rourke wins a cup unless he has a clearly elite team around him, but I still put him as a top-4 QB.