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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Over the last 3/4 years there's been a lot of love for Reilly over BLM (a lot being bitter Riders fans) as best QB in the league but I think we are starting to see the value of Mitchel's quick decision making and release. Quarterbacks with quick releases take a lot of pressure off offensive lines and make them look better than they are and I think that has happened to an extent in Calgary. I just don't think Reilly is as complete a QB as he's still looking to throw those 50/50 deep balls and he doesn't have the tall receivers to bring those in or the line to give him the time. He's going to have to adapt to throwing more short/intermediate or he's not going to make it through this season.
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This is the big thing -- Reilly got a lot of yards and touchdowns by hanging in the pocket and going deep to guys like Duke Williams and Derel Walker. That's not happening anymore.
I'm also not sold on Jarious Jackson as OC -- Claybrooks is obviously a defensive guy so it's pretty much resting on his shoulders. Bringing in two rookie assistants (Nik Lewis and Drew Tate) probably doesn't help, and Chiu and Howell both have relatively short coaching resumes as well.