IT'S OFFICIAL, WE ARE HEADING TO MTL

[Tecno]

Surprising Jaylen Smith got a lot of reps at LB but did not see fellow rookie Connor Shay at all

Shay's gotten very few, if any, D reps this season.  A bit surprising, really.  Wasn't he our 1RDP?  High hopes for him.  We do often spell T.Jones for special sets, so there's no excuse not to give Shay a rep or 2 unless he's a total bust.

But he's young.  Might just need time.  We shall see next season.  He's gotta start doing something soon because he wasn't exactly lighting things up on the ST.

[Tecno]

Cadwallader is essentially his replacement. Novak should be back after a season ending injury.

Cadwall has now made 2 superb FG-return-stopping violent tackles in like 3-4 games.  These are critical as we set it up so that if you beat the 1st wave there's not much stopping you from a home run.

Cadwall will get there and when the returner starts dancing he just lunges straight at him instead of playing the dancing game.  I love it.  It's like Biggie used to do in his prime.

Yes, I agree that just due to sheer numbers of younger talent (some now 2nd/3rd year) the oldest of the old (like Gauthier) are retiring -- hopefully after a home GC.

[Pete]

In theory a young guy with an ACL should recover form most of the time.  I'm not sure what the odds are on another ACL right after, but guaranteed it's below 50%, probably below 25% or 10%.  It just seems like a "done deal" to us now because of the Schoen & Strev bad luck.

As for Vegas, yes our injury luck in the last 2-3 seasons has been pretty darn bad and hampered our season/GC every time.  But maybe that means we've used up all our bad luck and we'll finally start catching some breaks (this post-season, and next season...).

accordibg to google "The odds of a second ACL injury for an athlete vary, but are generally high, with overall reinjury rates around 15-20%, and sometimes higher for younger athletes, especially those who return to sports quickly."
I dont know about whether Schoen was brought back to early, but even so the odds of 1 in 5 or 6 is still a bigger gamble than we should have taken, especially with the way Schoen plays and the position ie often having to contort their bodies to make  a catch.
 

[Tecno]

I'd swear Peterson has been on the PR a few times this season

Ya, when Brady was IR and Cooley was backup RB.  We always dress 2 RB.  Always.  Now with no Cooley it'll be Logan if Brady gets IRd.

[Tecno]

I could see Ball replacing Hallett, Shay replacing Gauthier, Thomas retiring. Kornelson didn't show much this season.

Too soon.  Hallett might become the next STer supervet.  Who else would be his senior if Gauthier walks?

Plus, Hallett is fairly good at staying healthy.  Ball already got dinged up once in his rookie season.  Plus, I'm not sure I see anything "special" in Ball (yet).  Effective, sure, but stand-out like Hallett?  Remember all the Hallett FG & punt blocks.  Crazy fast twitch and a bit slippery is Mr Hallett.

My money is on him staying a round a good long while.  We'll have to find the space elsewhere.  Lots of the rookies haven't proven squat yet.  Maybe a couple of them get let go.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Too soon.  Hallett might become the next STer supervet.  Who else would be his senior if Gauthier walks?

Plus, Hallett is fairly good at staying healthy.  Ball already got dinged up once in his rookie season.  Plus, I'm not sure I see anything "special" in Ball (yet).  Effective, sure, but stand-out like Hallett?  Remember all the Hallett FG & punt blocks.  Crazy fast twitch and a bit slippery is Mr Hallett.

My money is on him staying a round a good long while.  We'll have to find the space elsewhere.  Lots of the rookies haven't proven squat yet.  Maybe a couple of them get let go.

Haven't seen it mentioned on here but Nick Hallett just competed in his 100th game.