Other games this weekend

[Blueforlife]

Leggs might be the new Robo Kicker!! Bombers maybe gave up on him too early. We shall see, only 2 games into the season....long way to go yet.

I always liked Leggs but understood the situation.  We have a long history of giving up on kickers too early....

That said, Leggs needs two solid seasons to know if we missed the boat on him.  I think he will retire an average kicker.

[TecnoGenius]

The far better play is to drop it short of goal, and let the returner pick it up, yielding the 5 yards, and then dropping him.  Then you can get them inside the 5...  if your punter is good enough to make the ball trickle into the endzone slow enough for the cover team to down it, he can get it to stop short...

The beauty of all this downing-the-ball talk is we don't ever have to worry about seeing this out of the WFC because we don't have a punter who can high-arc long-hang-time boom it!  It only works if you have an NFL-style punter that can guarantee it'll hang up long enough for the cover guys to be under the ball.  We haven't had that in a loooong time.

[TecnoGenius]

I think the ball-downing will be stopped by the league if it starts becoming common.  And I think it would require some rule changes.

This could possibly be dangerous to returners.  In this case it was when the returner was far away.  What if it's tried when there's 2 returners and/or a returner is right there, maybe letting it roll by but staying close in case they need to field it because it doesn't roll as expected?

1. The halo rule won't stop this because the downers are deliberately trying to take the no-yards penalty.

2. The no-hovering rule won't stop this as no one is hovering.

3. Is there any specific penalty for colliding or battling with a returner before he has the ball?  Not UR blowing up mind you, just 2 guys trying to play the ball, but the returner takes a big collision because he's not expecting a guy inside the halo?

Does anyone know the CFL stats of TDs starting at the 40 vs the 20?  I'd love to quantify how much saving that point and pushing them back actually buys you.

Some have noted that we don't want CFL punts to turn into NFL punts where it's all effectively a fair catch and a downing.

Making "purposely touching a punt by the kicking team" a 25-yarder would instantly stop this.  Accidental hits-your-helmet stuff can still stay a 5 yarder.

[Pigskin]

Montreal signs Titus Wall

[TecnoGenius]

Montreal signs Titus Wall

I'm starting to think every other team is signing guys just to make sure WPG can't sign anyone.  Hahaha, jokes on them!  We'd never sign anyone anyway!     

Parker and maybe Nichols out and looking at a 3-rookie DB corps?  Nah, we don't need no stinking quality vets!  Roll in the 10th stringer!!