Marty Mornhinweg’s Wacky Weapons: The Sizaire-Berwick Wind Wagon

The Maestro - January 31, 2019December 30, 2018

You notice how the Super Bowl is basically never held in cold weather these days? Either they put it in a dome, or else it ends up somewhere in the South where they don't have to worry about cold weather. That's kind of a shame, if you ask me. I

Marty Mornhinweg’s Wacky Weapons: The Cochran Revolver

The Maestro - January 24, 2019January 24, 2019

Morning, all. Been sitting here thinking about risk and reward a lot; the pundits are all saying that we need to figure out how to incorporate big plays better into offences across the league. I guess there's something to that, but I'm still not sure if I'm entirely sold on

Marty Mornhinweg’s Wacky Weapons: The Hiller Flying Platform

The Maestro - January 17, 2019January 16, 2019

Morning, everyone! Apparently I've been fired by the Ravens. It came as a bit of a shock to me, not gonna lie; I was told it was because we wanted to get Lamar to conform to the offensive system a little bit further. As a staff, we were concerned about

Marty Mornhinweg’s Wacky Weapons: The Tančík

The Maestro - January 10, 2019January 8, 2019

Everyone's talking about the quarterback revolution these days; it's certainly a different landscape than what I was used to with Charlie Batch and Joey Harrington back in the day with the Lions. Sure, they talk about Russell Wilson and Marcus Mariota and Baker Mayfield and guys like that, and I

Marty Mornhinweg’s Wacky Weapons: The Davy Crockett

The Maestro - January 3, 2019December 22, 2018

Hi everyone! I'm Marty Mornhinweg, offensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens. A lot of you probably know me best for my time with the Detroit Lions as head coach, but I'm here today to tell you that there's so much more to me than just that particular stretch of my life

CFL Beat: Your 2018 Season Wrap-Up

The Maestro - November 29, 2018November 29, 2018

Hard to believe we have another season in the books - this one really seemed to fly by for me! There's going to be a fair bit of change on the way for the CFL's 2019 season; with the current CBA set to expire before training camps open in May,

CFL Beat: Playoffs – Grey Cup

The Maestro - November 22, 2018November 21, 2018

We're down to the final weekend of the 2018 CFL season! It's been a treat to write about this crazy, strange league once again for you this year, and I look forward to checking in with you one final time next week before I take my annual December sabbatical. With

Bye Week Update: New England Patriots

The Maestro - November 15, 2018November 14, 2018

The Patses are 7-3! Really goods, we is! Only two games up on the rest of the division, oh nos! We'll wins it again anyways! Lost to nasty Lionses, and Jagses and Titanses! Just barely beat the Bearses, it dids! We beats the Chiefses and Packers! The defence, especially the pass rush, is getting ruineds! Undefeated

CFL Beat: Playoffs – Division Finals

The Maestro - November 15, 2018November 14, 2018

With only three games left to play in 2018, there's not much left to say about the season. The winner of each of these games this weekend will face each other in Edmonton, Alberta for the 106th Grey Cup championship game; as of right now, Ottawa and Calgary, both top

CFL Beat: Playoffs – Division Semifinals

The Maestro - November 8, 2018November 12, 2018

The playoffs have officially arrived! With Edmonton, Toronto and Montreal now having wrapped up their seasons, we're down to just six teams remaining in the hunt for the 106th Grey Cup. Ottawa and Calgary have wrapped up their respective divisions, leaving Winnipeg and Saskatchewan to duke it out in the

CFL Beat: Week 21

The Maestro - November 1, 2018November 1, 2018

In a shocking collapse, the Edmonton Eskimos have officially been eliminated from 2018 post-season contention thanks to the victory by Winnipeg over Calgary. As a result of this, there's only one game left on the regular-season schedule with playoff implications, when Calgary takes on BC. Should the Stampeders win, they'll

CFL Beat: Week 20

The Maestro - October 25, 2018October 29, 2018

With two weeks left in the season, the playoff pictures are almost set! There's only one final slot available, and it's coming down to Winnipeg and Edmonton to duke it out. As it currently stands, this is how the math plays out for everyone right now: If Ottawa wins: Ottawa