Official Game Day Thread - Winnipeg @ Montreal November 7, 2026

Throw Long Bannatyne · November 11, 2026, 11:26:10 PM

Quote from: dd on November 11, 2026, 10:39:33 PMTotally agree. He looked really good in the one game he played and then banished. Brady has had a history of injury/can't practice, and maybe the BB have moved onto Chris Ike, who has looked decent, but I thought Peterson showed better yet never seen a snap again.

I don't want to re-hash the Brady replacement argument but Peterson could supplement Brady to preserve his health and perhaps extend his career, while at the same time adding complexity to their running attack. Everytime I watch the Elks I see Rankin being spelled by Leake or Powell (who bring their own juice) after ripping off a huge run, it seems to work pretty well.

Tecno · November 12, 2026, 08:49:22 AM

Quote from: dd on November 11, 2026, 10:39:33 PMTotally agree. He looked really good in the one game he played and then banished.

I'm nearly positive Peterson got a second game and didn't do much. He was hot the first game because no one had film, not because he was the second coming of Cory sheets.

I'm pretty sure mafia is a good judge of talent and they've seemed him ja27 2.0

And that's fine. We need a decent backup.

Balticfox · November 12, 2026, 04:21:48 PM

Matthew Peterson played in only one game in 2026 with aero touches.

In 2025 he had 66 carries for 329 yards plus 10 catches for 51 yards in 15 games.

Throw Long Bannatyne · November 12, 2026, 04:49:54 PM

Quote from: Balticfox on November 12, 2026, 04:21:48 PMMatthew Peterson played in only one game in 2026 with aero touches.

In 2025 he had 66 carries for 329 yards plus 10 catches for 51 yards in 15 games.

I don't think he touched the field this season and probably only played in 2 games last season when Brady was injured, the rest of the games he was an observer. I'd be surprised if they can convince him to re-sign as a perpetual backup.

Blue In BC · November 12, 2026, 05:06:53 PM

Quote from: Tecno on November 12, 2026, 08:49:22 AMI'm nearly positive Peterson got a second game and didn't do much. He was hot the first game because no one had film, not because he was the second coming of Cory sheets.

I'm pretty sure mafia is a good judge of talent and they've seemed him ja27 2.0

And that's fine. We need a decent backup.

Hard to define a players ability after only a 2nd or 3rd game. You might want to compare Brady's 2021 season and Peterson's 2025 season.

I'm not saying Peterson will ever be as good as Brady, his sample size is too small.

We've also retained him under contract by putting him on the 1 game IR.

Throw Long Bannatyne · November 12, 2026, 05:33:35 PM

Quote from: Blue In BC on November 12, 2026, 05:06:53 PMHard to define a players ability after only a 2nd or 3rd game. You might want to compare Brady's 2021 season and Peterson's 2025 season.

I'm not saying Peterson will ever be as good as Brady, his sample size is too small.

We've also retained him under contract by putting him on the 1 game IR.

I wonder about that, would his original contract have been signed for 3 years?

Blue In BC · November 12, 2026, 07:07:10 PM

Quote from: Throw Long Bannatyne on November 12, 2026, 05:33:35 PMI wonder about that, would his original contract have been signed for 3 years?

IDK. Didn't we trade to get him in the 1st place? I'm not sure about all the in's and out's of going back and forth from the PR to the AR etc.

Peterson had 329 yards last year. Brady missed 2 3 games after getting injured on the 1st series of game 1. So Peterson didn't exactly do badly with only really playing on offence for that time frame. He certainly didn't do all of that in his 1st game.

I think he showed more speed and some quickness.

Tecno · November 12, 2026, 08:01:13 PM

Peterson can stay here for a cush guaranteed job at well above elc. Or he can pull a ja27 and go to a bad run-last team and get a few starts and show he's not a starter and then get cut altogether. And be out of the CFL.

That's the risk if he leaves. And that's assuming another team would even be interested.

At least here he's respected and valued as a critical backup piece. And should Brady get hurt, which is always possible, Peterson could find himself starting 5 games. And then maybe he proves he's a starter.

dd · November 12, 2026, 08:24:36 PM

The guy has got speed and talent and we re fools for not platooning him in with Brady but something tells me Brady is all about Brady and rushing titles which wouldn't happen if they platooned so he ll get all the touches, win rushing titles because we are by far the most run oriented offense in the league —and our stats reflect that, and Brady will have a shortened career due to the pounding he takes

Throw Long Bannatyne · November 12, 2026, 09:11:40 PM

Quote from: dd on November 12, 2026, 08:24:36 PMThe guy has got speed and talent and we re fools for not platooning him in with Brady but something tells me Brady is all about Brady and rushing titles which wouldn't happen if they platooned so he ll get all the touches, win rushing titles because we are by far the most run oriented offense in the league —and our stats reflect that, and Brady will have a shortened career due to the pounding he takes

First game, first TD, not sure Brady could pull this run off.

Tecno · **Today** at 12:14:10 AM

No film. No respect. Great hoggie blocking. Good receiver downfield holding.

Yes, he has good speed, better than Brady. Doesn't mean he'll be Rankin every play.

Throw Long Bannatyne · Last Edit: **Today** at 01:06:37 AM by Throw Long Bannatyne

Quote from: Tecno on Today at 12:14:10 AMNo film. No respect. Great hoggie blocking. Good receiver downfield holding.

Yes, he has good speed, better than Brady. Doesn't mean he'll be Rankin every play.

Nobody is suggesting he is the next Rankin, but a smart OC would integrate a shiftier RB with speed into the running game to supplement Brady's power running. Similar to what BC is doing with Butler and Hogarth, a one-two punch, thunder with occasional lightening...

Jesse · **Today** at 12:54:32 AM

Quote from: Tecno on Today at 12:14:10 AMNo film. No respect. Great hoggie blocking. Good receiver downfield holding.

Yes, he has good speed, better than Brady. Doesn't mean he'll be Rankin every play.

Rankin isnt Rankin every play. He gets stoped for a loss more than any other player.

The point is to be able to do different things on offence so teams dont find us too easy to defend.

Tecno · **Today** at 06:23:39 AM

Quote from: Jesse on Today at 12:54:32 AMThe point is to be able to do different things on offence so teams dont find us too easy to defend.

To me the 2 back system a few teams use is more a rest and recovery thing, not a change of pace thing. No team has massively different backs. Edm fields only speed backs. Same with bc though theirs are more balanced with some power. Mtl is just power.

Does anyone really try to massively differ their back style? Wouldn't that double the plays the rest of the o needs to learn for blocking?

The last time I saw that was us with ah33 and McRae. They were badly different. But we never truly platooned them.

I've noticed Edm will take Rankin out for massive chunks of game, let their other backs wear down the d, then hit them with a fresh Rankin near the end as the coup de grace.