Game #10 A must win against Ottawa Redblacks

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Ask and ye shall receive, Julien Signed through 2027. Along with WR's Calhoun and Asante

Wow that's quite a commitment to Julien. Too bad about Grace as he appears to be very popular among his team mates and was doing a good job. I am happy to see Julien back though.

[Brock my Rock]

Julian is slightly better than Grace on average puting yards. Grace is solid but yeah I would keep Julian over Grace too.

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Julian is slightly better than Grace on average puting yards. Grace is solid but yeah I would keep Julian over Grace too.

Yeah, can't complain about this

One thing though is that I think Grace has been better at ball placement than Julien was last year leading to better coverage. Perhaps that moreso coaching giving better direction as to where to punt the ball to complement the coverage, but we shall soon see. Looking forward to seeing Julien back.

[Mudnyereye]

I see that Elliott Brown has been released by Az.
I would love to see him back as an Elk as well as Jake Julien who was cut by TB 2 weeks ago.

They signed him to the practice roster.

[Brock my Rock]

Dunbar on 6 game. We are very very weak on american WR position.
and i dont trust dropsie rockies.
why Hollins was let go?
Idiotic.

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Wow that's quite a commitment to Julien. Too bad about Grace as he appears to be very popular among his team mates and was doing a good job. I am happy to see Julien back though.

I LOVE the signing of Julien , this must spell the release of Grace ? He is on 6 game IL ? Look for him to go to stamps or riders

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Yeah, can't complain about this

One thing though is that I think Grace has been better at ball placement than Julien was last year leading to better coverage. Perhaps that moreso coaching giving better direction as to where to punt the ball to complement the coverage, but we shall soon see. Looking forward to seeing Julien back.

The great thing about Julien is he can change field position /tilt the field , I think he can really boom it and get us out of bad field position , I LOVE this signing

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https://x.com/dave_ched/status/1960837030302376147?s=46
sounds like Julien LOVES being an Eskimo

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If I recall Calhoun had a solid camp and I thought I read that Esks fans were disappointed in his release , can anybody comment on Calhoun ???

[Looner]

If I recall Calhoun had a solid camp and I thought I read that Esks fans were disappointed in his release , can anybody comment on Calhoun ???

In preseason game 1 he had 4 targets and zero catches but he did have one kick return of 34 yards. In preseason game 2 he had 2 catches on 2 targets for 47 yards with 1 TD, 2 punt returns for 25 yards and 1 kickoff return for 33 yards

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I LOVE the signing of Julien , this must spell the release of Grace ? He is on 6 game IL ? Look for him to go to stamps or riders

Or maybe they know it's likely season ending so just get the new guy on board and re-evaluate in the offseason.

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The great thing about Julien is he can change field position /tilt the field , I think he can really boom it and get us out of bad field position , I LOVE this signing

My hopes are that the better coverage from our punting and team can take care of that. Unforunately it seemed too often last year that when he really got a hold of one the unit wasn't effective at pinning the guy so the net yardage ended up similar despite the longer kicking distance.

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In preseason game 1 he had 4 targets and zero catches but he did have one kick return of 34 yards. In preseason game 2 he had 2 catches on 2 targets for 47 yards with 1 TD, 2 punt returns for 25 yards and 1 kickoff return for 33 yards

I thought he looked good in the preseason. I'm interested to see what he can do.

[BeaverSports]

Or maybe they know it's likely season ending so just get the new guy on board and re-evaluate in the offseason.

Yeah, it's an interesting one as Grace has been with Killam for five years, so likely not an easy personnel decision no matter how much we love Julien's leg. If he's healthy a trade could make sense, but if I'm another GM I'm probably trying to outwait the Elks and hoping they just release him.

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Yeah, it's an interesting one as Grace has been with Killam for five years, so likely not an easy personnel decision no matter how much we love Julien's leg. If he's healthy a trade could make sense, but if I'm another GM I'm probably trying to outwait the Elks and hoping they just release him.

I guess another factor in all of this is current needs around the league. Is there any team that is struggling excessively with punting where the incumbent doesn't have history with the team that would encourage them to stick with the incumbent?

As I recall looking at stats going into the season Grace wasn't a major standout coming into the season being 8th in average yards kicking last year, so could his good start be a product of better team play, a hot streak, or him actually turning the corner. Those would be concerns amongst any that would be looking for change just for the sake of making it ultimately disrupting any current chemistry with their punting units.