Dillon Mitchell

[Foxhound]

Dillon Mitchell - DNP Non-Injury Related

What's the story on Dillon Mitchell? He's been solid when he's played but Coach O'Shea keeps him out of the lineup. Does O'Shea just not like Mitchell for some sort of disciplinary reasons?

 

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Pick some:

His top speed is about the same as Chris Streveler's.

Jason Hogan can't just copy what Buck did last year because he wasn't here.

He came into camp unprepared and that's the fastest way into O'Shea's doghouse and if it wasn't for the way the contract was set up he wouldn't be here at all.

In the Jason Hogan super system the only spot for a receiver like him is where Wheatfall plays.

He's not QB friendly since he doesn't separate well and he seemingly never earned the trust to go up and get some 50/50 balls. Maybe he just can't.

He's the first guy released as soon as we're bounced. 

Essentially none of our free agents had much of an impact this year (or were given much of an opportunity) and maybe that's not an accident.

[Big Daddy]

Pick some:

His top speed is about the same as Chris Streveler's.

Jason Hogan can't just copy what Buck did last year because he wasn't here.

He came into camp unprepared and that's the fastest way into O'Shea's doghouse and if it wasn't for the way the contract was set up he wouldn't be here at all.

In the Jason Hogan super system the only spot for a receiver like him is where Wheatfall plays.

He's not QB friendly since he doesn't separate well and he seemingly never earned the trust to go up and get some 50/50 balls. Maybe he just can't.

He's the first guy released as soon as we're bounced. 

Essentially none of our free agents had much of an impact this year (or were given much of an opportunity) and maybe that's not an accident.

Well said.  I had hopes for Mitchell that he would be a surprise signing that worked well - no expectations that he would fill the gap left by Lawler, just hoping he would be better than a decent FA signing.  Unfortunately it didn't work out that way.

You've put a number of reasons why it didn't work, sure would be interesting to know which ones are most accurate.  Gotta wonder - the fact he never cracked the lineup in almost the first half of the season, there had to be something that rubbed Osh the wrong way.

[Tecno]

Pick some:

His top speed is about the same as Chris Streveler's.

Uh, the dude was doing go & corner deep routes like mad in his rookie year.  He was beating everyone and also getting tons of YAC.  He looked like the next top-5 REC.  He was super fast.

Everyone thought his lack of production in EDM last season was due to them sucking.

Not many would have guessed he come here and be near useless!  I guess we now know why EDM easily gave him up.

I have no idea why he can't be like his rookie year.  He hasn't really had any gonna-slow-you-down-forever injuries.

But we should have dealt with this much earlier.  Now is not the time to start barely-here Echols or Elgersma or whoever!  It should have been figured out 6 weeks ago!

As such I don't see how you don't roll with Mitchell.  Someone just smack him upside the head and tell him to look alive.  This is his career on the line.  What is he, Chris Matthews on his return here?  Act like you care!!

[Blue In BC]

Uh, the dude was doing go & corner deep routes like mad in his rookie year.  He was beating everyone and also getting tons of YAC.  He looked like the next top-5 REC.  He was super fast.

Everyone thought his lack of production in EDM last season was due to them sucking.

Not many would have guessed he come here and be near useless!  I guess we now know why EDM easily gave him up.

I have no idea why he can't be like his rookie year.  He hasn't really had any gonna-slow-you-down-forever injuries.

But we should have dealt with this much earlier.  Now is not the time to start barely-here Echols or Elgersma or whoever!  It should have been figured out 6 weeks ago!

As such I don't see how you don't roll with Mitchell.  Someone just smack him upside the head and tell him to look alive.  This is his career on the line.  What is he, Chris Matthews on his return here?  Act like you care!!

He has to replace Wheatfall who has been here since 2024. I don't know why he isn't practising though. We could still have injuries in the playoffs.

[Waffler]

He signed a one year deal. They will just not sign him, no need to release. I am sure they will tell him that in a post season meeting.

[Jesse]

Uh, the dude was doing go & corner deep routes like mad in his rookie year.  He was beating everyone and also getting tons of YAC.  He looked like the next top-5 REC.  He was super fast.

Everyone thought his lack of production in EDM last season was due to them sucking.

Not many would have guessed he come here and be near useless!  I guess we now know why EDM easily gave him up.

I have no idea why he can't be like his rookie year.  He hasn't really had any gonna-slow-you-down-forever injuries.

But we should have dealt with this much earlier.  Now is not the time to start barely-here Echols or Elgersma or whoever!  It should have been figured out 6 weeks ago!

As such I don't see how you don't roll with Mitchell.  Someone just smack him upside the head and tell him to look alive.  This is his career on the line.  What is he, Chris Matthews on his return here?  Act like you care!!

His production was probably bloated because they sucked. Just chucked it to him deep all the time because they were always losing and didn't have better options.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

He's have to replace Wheatfall who has been here since 2024. I don't know why he isn't practising though. We could still have injuries in the playoffs.

He might be headed to the PR before this weekends game, Echols replaced him as backup.

[Blue In BC]

He might be headed to the PR before this weekends game, Echols replaced him as backup.

Neither will be on the AR this week. Wilson will be back after a week on the 1 game IR as were about 8 starters.

[Blueforlife]

Uh, the dude was doing go & corner deep routes like mad in his rookie year.  He was beating everyone and also getting tons of YAC.  He looked like the next top-5 REC.  He was super fast.

Everyone thought his lack of production in EDM last season was due to them sucking.

Not many would have guessed he come here and be near useless!  I guess we now know why EDM easily gave him up.

I have no idea why he can't be like his rookie year.  He hasn't really had any gonna-slow-you-down-forever injuries.

But we should have dealt with this much earlier.  Now is not the time to start barely-here Echols or Elgersma or whoever!  It should have been figured out 6 weeks ago!

As such I don't see how you don't roll with Mitchell.  Someone just smack him upside the head and tell him to look alive.  This is his career on the line.  What is he, Chris Matthews on his return here?  Act like you care!!

Yup showed promise and speed.  For Sir BnG to suggest he is as fast as Strev is off the mark big time.  Yeah the guy didn't work out but let's not pile on imo.

[dd]

Ya, I just don't know what and who to believe. Talk was he came into camp out of shape, which really would have peeved MOS. So he's in the doghouse. But he did make some very decent plays last year on a horrible Edmonton team, so the talent was there, I saw it for myself. Seems he has never gotten out of the doghouse and if Wheatfield is in his spot, let him go there during the nothing Montreal game and see if he does anything much like all the other newbies did. But just not using him at all is a very bad look on the FA signing we committed some decent $$ to.

[Tecno]

He signed a one year deal. They will just not sign him, no need to release. I am sure they will tell him that in a post season meeting.

He may be the most expensive $ per completion REC WFC has ever had?  Roughly $8k per completion?  Yikes.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Ya, I just don't know what and who to believe. Talk was he came into camp out of shape, which really would have peeved MOS. So he's in the doghouse. But he did make some very decent plays last year on a horrible Edmonton team, so the talent was there, I saw it for myself. Seems he has never gotten out of the doghouse and if Wheatfield is in his spot, let him go there during the nothing Montreal game and see if he does anything much like all the other newbies did. But just not using him at all is a very bad look on the FA signing we committed some decent $$ to.

My understanding is he received numerous scoldings during the recent Elks loss and slunk off to stand by himself on the sidelines.

[Blueforlife]

My understanding is he received numerous scoldings during the recent Elks loss and slunk off to stand by himself on the sidelines.

Can't fix that

[Tecno]

Has Mitchell screwed himself off the AR even if Demski is out this week?  And the rest of the post-season?  I understand giving other guys a look in the last game when we decided we didn't care about the outcome, but leaving him off even if he's clearly the "next man up"... boy, you'd really have to screw things up to get that treatment.

Is he even there in civvies at practice?  Or just AWOL?

What a mess.  If we continue in the post-season we may need him as depth if other injuries occur, or if the "other next man up" fails.

Mafia needs to put in place a better pre-signing procedure to ensure this doesn't ever happen again.