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by Figaro
Tue Oct 30, 2018 12:42 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Should Willis be Suspended
Replies: 36
Views: 4330

Re: Should Willis be Suspended

Willis is not a headhunter. I have watched him play for years and saw a player who plays hard, whose motor is always running - but not a player out to intentionally injure someone. He plays full out at a game that is as Madden said not a contact sport but rather a collision sport. Injuries are bound...
by Figaro
Sat Oct 27, 2018 12:32 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Leos vs. Riders in Regina / Game Day Thread
Replies: 184
Views: 17693

Re: Leos vs. Riders in Regina / Game Day Thread

Personally, I don't care what other teams do to help or hinder us in the standings. The BC Lions have no control over those games. The game we have some control over the outcome is the game in Sask today. Let's focus on this game. As I have said over the last number of games, they had better be read...
by Figaro
Mon Oct 22, 2018 2:21 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Lions 42 - Eskimos 32, Post-Game Stats and Comments
Replies: 85
Views: 12440

Re: Lions 42 - Eskimos 32, Post-Game Stats and Comments

A few comments on the win against Edmonton: First, I believe if there was one play that won the game for us it was Rainey’s return for a touchdown. At the time the score was 12-0 and we looked flat. As I mentioned in an earlier post, we couldn’t afford to have a slow start as we did in Hamilton: we ...
by Figaro
Thu Oct 18, 2018 1:47 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Leos at Home to Edmonton - A Huge Game and Game Day Thread
Replies: 123
Views: 12449

Re: Leos at Home to Edmonton - A Huge Game

Keys to beating Edmonton. Show up to play - none of that behavior from that Hamilton debacle. In our last 5 wins we have not allowed our opponent to score in the first quarter, in that Hamilton loss we were down 20-0 after the first 15 minutes. Offense? I don't really care who starts at QB - I belie...
by Figaro
Thu Oct 18, 2018 1:02 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Leos at Home to Edmonton - A Huge Game and Game Day Thread
Replies: 123
Views: 12449

Re: Leos at Home to Edmonton - A Huge Game

"Bringing in Reinbold with all his creativity and then refusing to let him use it is very wasteful and doomed." Dusty, I couldn't agree more. When I heard of the Reinbold hiring I was over the moon - what he could accomplish with our return team and our returner Rainey had me dreaming of S...
by Figaro
Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:23 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Lions 26 - Stampeders 21, Post-Game Stats and Comments
Replies: 46
Views: 6806

Re: Lions 26 - Stampeders 21, Post-Game Stats and Comments

Speaking of the offensive guard position - what is going to happen with Vaillancourt? He has been on the six-game list all year. I thought when they drafted him that he was a starter out of the box and yet they stayed with Fabien and only slipped Vaillancourt in the line-up to cover injuries. I like...
by Figaro
Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:50 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Are Jeremiah Johnson and Chris Rainey on the way out?
Replies: 42
Views: 5770

Re: Are Jeremiah Johnson and Chris Rainey on the way out?

If we lose these two exemplary players, they will quickly be picked up by other teams and come back to beat us. Rainey can cut on a dime and give you 9 cents change - he should be allowed to do his thing because Wally's thing is just not working. Same with jj24. What a spirit - I would want him on m...
by Figaro
Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:53 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Lions aquire Tyrell Sutton from Als
Replies: 53
Views: 7178

Re: Lions aquire Tyrell Sutton from Als

I think the Leos are in good shape with Nationals. Yes, Lumbala and Watson are in the 'twilights' of their careers; however, I believe Mackie and Parker to be more than adequate replacements: both are better receivers - did you see that catch by Mackie last game! I believe that our O-line free agent...
by Figaro
Sat Sep 22, 2018 10:08 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Lions 35 - TiCats 32, Post- Game Stats and Comments
Replies: 63
Views: 8999

Re: Lions - TiCats, Post- Game Stats and Comments

Overtime!!! What a finish. Now if we can do two things we should win. First - no penalties. Second - don't bite on a stop and go.
by Figaro
Mon Sep 17, 2018 2:13 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: 2018 All Things Lions Marketing & Promotions
Replies: 114
Views: 24003

Re: 2018 All Things Lions Marketing & Promotions

Interesting numbers Zeppo. Did the Bells beat the Xboxes?
by Figaro
Sun Sep 16, 2018 3:05 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Lions 32 - Alouettes 14, Post-Game Stats and Comments
Replies: 61
Views: 9328

Re: Lions 32 - Alouettes 14, Post-Game Stats and Comments

Blitz, one of the reasons why the RPO can be effective in the US game is the additional down. In RPO, the throws and runs are usually short - it is best used in that speed offense of Kelly's when he was at Oregon - or watch TCU - a series of extremely fast, short plays with the QB doing the read pos...
by Figaro
Fri Sep 07, 2018 3:03 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Leos vs. Red Blacks, Game Day Thread
Replies: 93
Views: 9950

Re: Leos vs. Red Blacks, Game Day Thread

TSN has Posey signing with the Lions. Great addition.
by Figaro
Fri Sep 07, 2018 2:10 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Will Chris Rainey Be Traded Before the Deadline
Replies: 25
Views: 3319

Re: Will Chris Rainey Be Traded Before the Deadline

Rainey is one of my favorite players - he is the type of player who gets you out of your seat. When he makes that first guy miss, all of a sudden 20,000 people get out of their seats. Those fans who were headed for the beer taps, turn around and rush back to see what he has done. He is as dynamic a ...
by Figaro
Mon Sep 03, 2018 12:27 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Derek Taylor and Stats
Replies: 6
Views: 1501

Derek Taylor and Stats

There was some mention of Taylor and stats in another thread that I now can't find. Just wanted to say, I appreciate his stats - they provide interesting insights. For example look at his latest stat analysis on the most feared player in the CFL. https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/video/details-with-derek-taylo...
by Figaro
Mon Sep 03, 2018 12:16 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Games of Week 12, August 31-September 3, 2018
Replies: 84
Views: 7262

Re: Games of Week 12 August 31-September 3, 2018

I agree Gridiron Ernie. if a player continues to take headshots that have been proven to cause concussions leading to ending careers and complications further on in a player's life then that player should be told to find another league that will accept such assaults on the playing field - that the C...