Football, Oddball Canadian Rules

 January. 2 months after the Grey Cup. 4 months away from training camps opening. Perfect time for a CFL post to show off the 3-down game cards that have been accumulating in my to-be-posted box.

First up, the player that inspired the title of this post. Jeshrun Antwi has become the CFL king when it comes to onside punting the past few years.

Which is this play that he will bring out on occasion. Want to reset the downs to 1st and 10 in a long yardage situation? Don't want to throw a desperation pass? Here's how! I imagine all sorts of hell breaking loose if such an option became legal in the NFL, but in the CFL, it is just another play.

See! Antwi is the master of it!

Here's an interesting view of a pick 6 from one of Antwi's teammates on the 2023 Grey Cup winning team. This was also his cardboard debut, although he'd get base cards in the 2024 UD flagship release.

Cards like this is why I kinda miss the 200 card sets of the past. Deep checklists mean long snappers get cards. And parallels.

Technically, this isn't a CFL card. But since Stavros, who managed to get one of the more hilarious Pick 6 plays out there (the announcer's call makes it better), didn't have a CFL card until UD's most recent release, this had to do.

I've really feel I've included more video in this post than every other one I've done combined.

 

The reduction of the the base set last year to 100 cards (80 players) means some players didn't even get card. They had to rely on eventual Eastern Division Most Outstanding Player getting cards in their weekly Game-Dated Moments release. 

GDM also would be only the choice for a card for North Dakota State alum super collectors looking for a Destin Talbert card for their collection.

Dane Evans' time in Hamilton may not have been among the best, but at least I got this pretty great patch out of the deal.

In contrast, Danny McManus' time in Hamilton was much better. He is still the QB that lead them to their most recent Grey Cup victory in 1999. For an 8/9 team league since then, that's a nice, albeit really depressing memory. 

There you have it!