Is this a joke: Cory Boyd Released

[marcwagz]

Never understood why we got rid of Boyd. He was better than people like Messam and Harris who managed to stick around the league for years.

Boyd was better than Kackert IMO. By a fair margin.

[AngeloV]

Never understood why we got rid of Boyd. He was better than people like Messam and Harris who managed to stick around the league for years.

Boyd was better than Kackert IMO. By a fair margin.

Well he didn't last long in Edmonton, and nobody else had any interest in him after that.

[R.J]

Never understood why we got rid of Boyd. He was better than people like Messam and Harris who managed to stick around the league for years.

Boyd was better than Kackert IMO. By a fair margin.

I wanted to keep Boyd too, but the problem was he was a poor blocker and supposedly not very good receiving out of the backfield (which I disagree with). It seems with the success of the Als under Trestman, other teams started going with the "all around" scatback types. Hence why Hugh Charles was even starting over Boyd and Messam in Edmonton.

[AngeloV]

I wanted to keep Boyd too, but the problem was he was a poor blocker and supposedly not very good receiving out of the backfield (which I disagree with). It seems with the success of the Als under Trestman, other teams started going with the "all around" scatback types. Hence why Hugh Charles was even starting over Boyd and Messam in Edmonton.

Boyd had good hands, but was slow in making his first move after catching the ball. If you hit him on the move he was dangerous, but from a stand still position, not as good as most backs.

[R.J]

Boyd had good hands, but was slow in making his first move after catching the ball. If you hit him on the move he was dangerous, but from a stand still position, not as good as most backs.

Cornish and Messam are the same when it comes to receiving IMO, and they've had some pretty solid careers. Boyd's issue IMO is that he struggled with blocks.

[Will]

Never understood why we got rid of Boyd. He was better than people like Messam and Harris who managed to stick around the league for years.

Boyd was better than Kackert IMO. By a fair margin.

It has also been suggested that things were not as rosy behind the scenes with him.

Screw it though, I'll wear my Cory Boyd jersey to the corn roast today

[paulwoods13]

It wasn't just that he was a poor blocker. He became unwilling to stick his nose in there against pass rushers. There were some matador plays right before he was cut that showed why they cut him.

[KCargosfan]

I was a big Cory Boyd fan. IMO, he ended his career with his performance with the Esks against us in the EDSF that year. If he had had a good game, I believe he would have been given another shot by someone the following year, but I remember him having a very poor game.