Ticat Game Day: Argos Depth Chart

Looking over the Argos depth chart for today's game, there certainly are some changes from previous years. Here's a quick rundown to get familiar with the Argos for 2009.

The biggest change is the offensive line which has been extensively revamped. Import Rob Murphy, acquired as a free agent from BC plays left tackle and should help the line. Dominic Picard comes from Winnipeg to play centre. Former Cat reject and former resident of my apartment building (almost murder free for two years, yeah!) Jonta Woodard, is surprisingly still sticking around at right tackle. I predict several illegal procedure calls for him today. Ramsay and Robertson are the two young Canadian guards. The Argos really blew up their line from last year, although it probably needed to be done.

For the receivers, the noteworthy players are Arland Bruce the third iteration, and Reggie McNeal the former (?) third string QB, who looked good against the Cats last year. Not sure what happened to Talbot, but then again, I'm not an Argo fan, so I don't really care. Mac product Mike Bradwell is a backup slot. Last week I believe he had six receptions against the Cats, so hopefully he will get into the game at some point.

Jamal Robertson is the running back, with some Payton guy backing him up. Crawford is the fourth Canadian on the offense at fullback.

On defence, Flemons (who isn't bad, but not great), and Harriot are the ends. Belli is the non-import tackle, with second overall draft pick Legare his backup backup. Curry is the other tackle.

Things at linebacker in Argoland are a little weird from a Ticat perspective. Eiben, a Canadian at an outside spot is not surprising, nor is Willie Pile at the other outside spot. However Mac product Jason Pottinger starting at middle is unusual, with Moreno listed as the backup. I thought I heard something about Moreno being injured in camp, but forgot about it and haven't heard about anything since. I would say the Cats should try and exploit Pottinger by attacking the middle with a flurry of passes, however the Cats haven't been able to pass over the middle for five years so maybe some runs up the gut are in order.

Of note in the Argo secondary, at the corners Middlebrooks and Younger. The other guys, I wouldn't know them if I hit them with my car, as I believe Pat Burns once said about former mediocre Leaf Bill Berg (and I mean mediocre). Incidently, regarding Berg, during the NHL players strike, Berg's wife, who was a grad student at Mac wrote into the Silhouette with a sob story claiming they only drove some SUV (back in the days when SUVs were considerably rarer) as opposed to some expensive sports car and certainly weren't rich and shouldn't be treated with derision. Yes, she wrote into a student newspaper, whose readership consisted of a number of broke students scraping by and getting more in debt each year with student loans asking for sympathy during the players strike. Schlampe. Well she lost the puck bunny stakes by marrying Bill Berg, so she probably got what she deserved.

Anyways, I digress. It is interesting that the Argos play four Canadians on offense and three on defence compared to the Cats five and two although I wonder if this is more of a consequence of whatever is up with Moreno. The Argo defence looks OK, but not as good as the past few years, with the offense based pretty much off of how QB Kerry Joseph does. If he's throwing passes into the stands, the Argos are done.