Cameron Dukes + Dan Adeboboye + Kevin Mital + David Ungerer + Damonte Coxie + DaVaris Daniels + Dejon Brissett = Unstoppable Force
It's now almost certain Mtl will finish second and Ham third. Tiger-Cats would have to go 2-0 or 1-0-1 while Mtl goes 0-2 for Ham to take second, and IMO there is zero chance of Mtl losing to Ott.
Our upcoming two games against Ott are both officially meaningless now, and the middle game will be meaningless if Sask somehow defeats Cal next Friday. It seems more likely that Cal will win that game, making the Sask game matter to the Roughriders and Stampeders.
Since we seem committed to playing most of our regulars at home, my guess is we will start with a mostly full lineup on Saturday (maybe giving Flo and Ouellette the day off), and sit Kelly and a few other regulars in the second half. I think Kelly will get reps in each remaining game, but only a series or two in the finale. It would be nice to get Pickett and Metchie a bye week, but I don't know if we'll see that. I would not mess with the o-line except maybe in the final game, and only if/when Kelly is not in there.
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Very much looking forward to their game on the 28th as an appetizer to our final game in Ottawa. Even if the standings aren't in doubt at that point any more, these are two teams that practice all of football's dark arts and they'll be trying every dirty trick imaginable in that last game before their playoff match the following week.
Get the popcorn out.
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As things stand now, the weather forecast for Saturday looks horrible with rain and winds gusting to 60 km/h. The Argos should keep a close eye on this throughout the week. I don't want to risk regulars in such weather.
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A.J Ouellette is 42 yards away from 1,000 on the season. I'm sure there is desire to get him there.
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Argos have signed former Bomber receiver C. Agudosi - huge 6'6 target who flashed some talent there when he got to play - wonder why they cut him ?
He lost his roster spot when Kenny Lawler returned. Someone on Twitter claims that they spoke to his mother when the Bombers visited Ottawa and she said that Agudosi was frustrated with his lack of playing time with the implication being that he asked for his release. Whether that's true or not, I don't know.
He could potentially be a useful player for the Argos, although possibly not until next year. I could see him getting into the final regular season game in Ottawa though.
Cameron Dukes + Dan Adeboboye + Kevin Mital + David Ungerer + Damonte Coxie + DaVaris Daniels + Dejon Brissett = Unstoppable Force
We are down to just two proven INT receivers at the moment. I'd rather have Agudosi dress than Haydel, if for no other reason than his size. If and when Phillips gets healthy (and assuming Argos choose to continue dressing three INT receivers), then Agudosi becomes a next-year guy. But if Phillips doesn't get healthy, I see Agudosi becoming part of the active roster down the stretch.
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I am not starting Kelly on Saturday if the current weather forecast holds.
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Cameron Dukes + Dan Adeboboye + Kevin Mital + David Ungerer + Damonte Coxie + DaVaris Daniels + Dejon Brissett = Unstoppable Force
Now that the season is over, we can see that the approach the team took was to give starters a week (or in some cases two weeks) off. Regulars who got some rest or an informal bye week over the final third of the season are: Williams, Oakman, Flo, Bede, Ouellette (2 games), Stiggers, McManis, Nicastro, Tate, Daniels, Coxie, Barlow and Hendrix.
In addition, Peters (3 games), Allen (2 games), Cage (3 games) and Phillips (6 games) sat down the stretch. And of course Kelly dressed for all 18 but sat for two games and parts of a couple more.
That is 18 regulars who were not required to go flat out for all 18 games. IMO this was sensible and impressive load/roster management, and it is to the team's credit that sitting a few regulars each week did not result in more than the single loss to Wpg.
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Impressive indeed.
Back in 1989, I am pretty sure that Edmonton didn't rest a whole lot of people with roster size being so much smaller back then. To go 16-2 under the current conditions, where it's expected that you rest large numbers of players through a stretch like this, is even more impressive for the Argos IMO.
Cameron Dukes + Dan Adeboboye + Kevin Mital + David Ungerer + Damonte Coxie + DaVaris Daniels + Dejon Brissett = Unstoppable Force
Cameron Dukes + Dan Adeboboye + Kevin Mital + David Ungerer + Damonte Coxie + DaVaris Daniels + Dejon Brissett = Unstoppable Force
I see fans of other teams, mostly, blaming the loss yesterday on how the Argos played their final 6 games. I don't see a lot of merit in that argument although perhaps Kelly should have played in Winnipeg after all, as others have already noted.
What does everyone else think? Should the Argos have just rolled out their starters for most of these 6 games and faced Glen (I Am Deathly Afraid of Injuries) Suitor's wrath?
Cameron Dukes + Dan Adeboboye + Kevin Mital + David Ungerer + Damonte Coxie + DaVaris Daniels + Dejon Brissett = Unstoppable Force
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