Labour Day Classic 2019 game thread

[timlb01]

"Way off" is an exaggeration. Hitting a guy in full stride 50 yards away is lovely to watch, but not that common with any QB. It appeared to me that Walker was easily able to find the ball and get it, so that makes it a good throw in my books. Accuracy deep is not an MBT strength, but he showed better yesterday on that aspect than he often has in the past.

Some folks seem to have made up their minds that MBT is lousy, and are reluctant to acknowledge when he does something well or shows improvement in weak areas. That's fine, but I'm not prepared to toss him aside and I don't believe he has done anything lately to warrant being sat.

I am not sure what I think on MBT. After many of years of never producing our own QB we could say recently we have developed or had a hand in developing Fajardo, Harris and Zak. Could MBT be a starter with a better Oline and more time behind centre? I would never have thought Harris could be that efficient but he hasn’t won a big game yet.

How different would this season have been if we signed Bo? Very hard to know. Is it a mistake not to ride Franklin all of last season and the rest of this season as maybe he is the next Bo. Too hard to say for sure but MBT is better now than he was earlier in the year I don’t think anyone can argue that.

Even if we do have the “next” QB with these 2 no one is under contract for next year and if I was one of them, especially Franklin I wouldn’t want to come back here.

[paulwoods13]

Is it a mistake not to ride Franklin all of last season and the rest of this season as maybe he is the next Bo. Too hard to say for sure but MBT is better now than he was earlier in the year I don’t think anyone can argue that.

I think it's already clear that Franklin is not the next Bo. BLM was impressive from the first time he took snaps in Calgary, has never looked bad and has seldom looked ordinary. Franklin had two very impressive games for Edm against bad Argo defences, but has looked both bad and ordinary since coming to Toronto. He might develop into a good starting QB but I doubt he is destined for the Hall of Fame, whereas Mitchell clearly is.