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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: O'Shea Granted permission ...

Last post by Throw Long Bannatyne - November 18, 2025, 07:56:12 PM

#22

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: O'Shea Granted permission ...

Last post by Throw Long Bannatyne - November 18, 2025, 07:05:06 PM

I want to take from SSK the idea that you don't need a super expensive REC corps.  All you need is a super expensive OL and a good RB.

However, SSK has done the dink & dunk for a quite a while, starting under Cody and McAdoo.  And I do recall us finding a solution to it in '21-'23.  Clog the lanes, don't give the QB all day, get hands up, put LBers in unorthodox, unexpected positions.  It is defeatable.  Why we forgot how to do all that this season is beyond me.  We better figure it out for '26!!

So I like Zach's more balanced attack -- not forcing long balls, but making sure to spread the ball out all over the field.

Did you see Trevor/Mueller?  They took only one (ONE!!!) shot the whole game!  Unbelievable.  But it proves they are the king of dink & dunk.

To be fair Harris avg. completion was 11.2 yds. which is well beyond most dink and dunk offences, fantastic considering 23/27 302 yds in the GC game. He doesn't have the strongest arm and they can't afford to let him get hit, which is probably his reason behind not throwing lower percentage long balls.

He is cognitively sharp, his test score on memory in this video is amazing.

#23

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Blue Bombers add to roster

Last post by VictorRomano - November 18, 2025, 06:45:48 PM

Yoshi is doing ok, but he's not worthy of HOF induction, he's currently riding a wave of temporary Rider love.

According to Pro Football Focus' CFL analysis, Hardrick topped all offensive linemen in the CFL in 2025 with an 84.4 overall grade and was the only offensive lineman in the CFL with an overall mark above 80.0.  On 579 pass-blocking snaps, Hardrick surrendered just 17 total pressures. His 2.9% pressure rate was the second-best (to Jarrell Broxton of BC) among tackles, and he was tops in run blocking, having been defeated on just 8.2% of his run-blocking snaps.

I'd say he's doing better than "OK" - he was, legitimately by all metrics that can be measured, the best OL in the CFL in 2025., and the only one that came even close to him was Broxton.

#24

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Official Game Day Thread -...

Last post by Throw Long Bannatyne - November 18, 2025, 06:45:25 PM

That's pretty harsh. It's so unfortunate that things didnt work out between him and the BB, but you got to move on. He isn't a traitor, he went to someplace where he could continue playing, you would have done the same thing.

I wouldn't say he was a traitor, rather, he's a survivor and a winner and his rings prove that.

The Bombers and Brady kind of got lucky, if Harris had kept his life on the rails and continued to perform up to reasonable expectations, how likely is it that O-Shea would have moved on to an inexperienced Brady before Harris retired?

It took awhile for Brady to get the hang of it in his first season and begin to show his value, so the option of signing with another team to establish himself before he received significant playing time was almost non-existent. He came pretty close to becoming a career backup like Sean Thomas Erlington has become.
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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: New rules / commissioner's...

Last post by Throw Long Bannatyne - November 18, 2025, 06:27:09 PM

One of my (17 year old) students showed me the Grey Cup bets he made online on his phone.  Lost every one, to the tune of dropping almost $400 - money it took him a month to earn.  Good thing he still lives at home.

I thought you had to be at least 18 to place a bet?

#26

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Blue Bombers add to roster

Last post by Throw Long Bannatyne - November 18, 2025, 06:21:49 PM

If Rand/Vant are coming off ELC then we could very easily cut bait.  Neither has wowed anyone, though Rand was doing better in pass pro by year end.  Vant was great at LG, but it seems we don't want to go 3 IMP.

We've let IMP 2nd/3rd year guys walk before.  Many times.  My hunch is 1 or both are gone.  Look what a "real" RT can do for a team (see: SSK).  I want to see at least 30% more spent on OL than last season.

Lofton was only a bit better than Rand, and if he's always hurt then we probably move on, too.  He was always only ever a placeholder anyhow until we found the next Yoshi.

Neither Randolph or Vanterpool are FA, so they're likely back. Introduce 3 new O-lineman in one season and you're looking at a long learning curve. Sask. struggled with that problem for years, they finally went 4 Imports to create stability this season.  Yoshi is doing ok, but he's not worthy of HOF induction, he's currently riding a wave of temporary Rider love.

#27

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: New rules / commissioner's...

Last post by dd - November 18, 2025, 05:59:55 PM

I m not a gambler as I find the whole exercise a very greasy sinister way to cheat you out of your hard earned money, and am disappointed all the sports leagues openly advertise and promote it, then hypocritically penalize their players for participating in it, which seems odd--if they can't bet, then you can't promote it, oh, but then you wouldn't get revenue $$$, its sad how we sell our souls to the devil for a nickel.

#28

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Official Game Day Thread -...

Last post by dd - November 18, 2025, 05:51:59 PM

Andrew Harris is a traitor and I will never respect him any longer.

That's pretty harsh. It's so unfortunate that things didnt work out between him and the BB, but you got to move on. He isn't a traitor, he went to someplace where he could continue playing, you would have done the same thing.

I wouldn't say he was a traitor, rather, he's a survivor and a winner and his rings prove that.

#29

Offside Forum / Re: Angelo Savelli (1937-16 Ma...

Last post by JockitchwithRich - November 18, 2025, 05:46:09 PM

My gosh, what a well written collection of personal memories of this special man.  Well done Foxhound

As an aside —- had a blast of the Topps gum invade my senses

#30

Offside Forum / Re: Winnipeg Jets Discussion -...

Last post by JockitchwithRich - November 18, 2025, 05:28:31 PM

Agree that playing time is essential for the development of these young men.
We fans have heard so many times of the draft and develop success for the Jets. However, the results, with the Moose, have certainly been really questionable for a number of years now.
Guess Samberg has been a good result, Fetts, for me, still has not proven much. Stanley - not bad, but that's many drafts ago

Where's a rt shot top 6  ??