TORONTO — Football changes a lot from year to year.
If you look at stats from 2023 to 2024, you’ll notice that there are big jumps (or falls) that teams take from one year to another in several different categories.
Well, 11 INT’s is a pretty low bar but adding 1 guy, say, Ford would help. The bigger problem is that they have 3 guys - Peters, Lee & Evan who will all be 33 or older this year & whose best days are behind them. BTW there were 6 teams with 15 or less INT’s so it wasn’t as if they were miles behind everyone else.
Yes, Zach had a bad year but it has been discussed ad nauseam that the OL has not been good. They finished 8th in pass protection. If you expected the TSN panel to talk about Zach’s finger post GC game, you’d be wrong. Both LaPolice (very vocally) & Barker spoke about the huge discrepancy between the teams on the OL & DL. (See your comment re: Wpg DL below). It’s looking like the Bombers are going with essentially the same guys again. Don’t know what they can do there in FA except upgrade @ RT. When you have the receivers they have & finish TWO yds in pass yds ahead of 9th place Calgary, your money is going to the wrong places IMO. Cue the outrage.
I’d have to disagree on Ceresna. The TiCats have 2 dominant DT’s in Sayles & Hendrix, both in prime years not yet 30. They could use another good DE - Barlow is a young guy who took a step back after being brought over from the Argos & may bounce back. Usher, well, is Usher. I’d be looking at an edge rusher. To be fair, Ceresna has excelled at both positions with Jones in Edm. But he’s a DT & I’d be surprised if this is a position the TiCats need help in.
Any cfl team wishing to make a big dent with a substantial upgrade to their recieving corps need to sign free agent Wr Duron Carter. Duron_ Duron is All World Football player talent. Duron can also play on the defensive side of the field of play.
Seriously ? The bombers need another great receiver like they need a hole in the head. They already have Nic Demsky, Kenny Lawler, Dalton Schoen, Lucky Whitehead, Ontaria Wilson, Drew Wilitarsky. All top notch receivers. But what they could use is a replacement for Old man Collaros who the past 3 years has not been Grey Cup material. And his Backup QB Streveler is ok for short yardage but sucks when it comes to the passing.
if I was a football player the Toronto Argos is one team I wouldn’t play for ,it don’t matter how good a player you are they will let you walk it seem they don’t think about the fans as a matter of fact I’m watching to see who they will let walk they have so many good players on this team to return to the grey cup if these players don’t return I don’t see them getting to the playoffs if most of these players walk away ill walk away also after so many years backing this team. they don’t want to pay the players for what they worth and they have the money, can anyone tell me how HAMILTON AND THE OTHER CFL TEAMS CAN SING THESE PLAYERS AWAY FROM THE GOOD SHIP ARGOS, I know someone will say they have a salary cap the other teams also have a salary cap.