Lions did sign a couple of O-linemen , hope they can help, and we did have a few extra Linebackers last year already waiting in the wings. That one new guy everyone was complaining about for his hits on punt returners was supposed to be pretty good Glatt should be a starter this year. I think we'll be pretty good at Linebacker.
What we really needed was a new o-coordinater and we aren't getting that. The Chap was our downfall last season , he couldn't out smart the better defences last season and his scemes were what was getting our qb's in trouble all the time.
Nope , I probably just read what you did . Hope they’re good though we sure need a few good ones. Hopefully there will be some better stuff in the playbook this year , that will help the oline out too . DD had to stand and wait far to long way to many times. They need some quick release plays and more 2 back sets to counter all that blitzing DD was up against.
I agree with you LeoFan...I wasn't happy with Chapdelaines play calling either.
I hope CKNW is wrong on this mornings sports, (Although JP has a long list recently of being wrong) but they said Wally isn't interested in any free agents other than Stokes. I hope they are wrong. We haven't signed Singh yet. The two O-linemen we signed I know nothing about. I honestly beleive we cannot kid ourselves that we can challenge Edmonton and Calgary with the same crew we had as last year (Minus Simpson and Printers)
I hate putting our hopes on some college grads comming up this year.
1 should have been,sign casey. and trase injury prone dickenson. hence the baron signed with the peg. casey would have so;idified our team,instead ole times ole boys...
Dave is a capable QB and Casey, in my eyes was and stil isl unproven and A HOTDOG. The Lions will be fine as long as Wally shores up the O-line. Must you guys forget that it was Dave NOT Casey who was undefeated as a starter and well on his way to being MVP until he foolishly tried to tackle that guy in the Saskatchewan game. Dave is the Man and Casey is an arogant crybaby.
Good luck, Casey holding a clipboard, they won't put up with your bull like the Lions did last year.
Hey can’t we just get over the Casey/Dave thing and concentrate on what we have this year. No use crying over spilt milk… Casey is gone and in case you did not know … Damon Allen won the MVP not Dave Dickenson. Simpson is gone… That is all history… so just get behind the players and team for the 2006 season. Should be some good games seeing as some players have moved around the league… I am looking forward to the June game against the Ticats… see how Jason Maas and team does.
The O-line needs work, no doubt, but the other side of the coin is DD. He may have had the most completions, and fewest turnovers last year, but if you look at the stats, he was also the most sacked QB. The O-line was half the problem, but the other half of the problem was most definetly DD holding on to the ball waaaaay too long. He needs to realize that sometimes it's better to throw the ball away than to take a sack...he might even be healthy an entire season if he kept the sack count down to a reasonable level.
