Hey All. I don't follow UH football, but I know of Timmy Chang as I have an interest in any Asian athlete playing in major North American sports. I've been following what he's been doing off and on, including getting cut by the Eagles and his short stint in NFL Europe. For anyone who cares, he is playing in the CFL (Canadian Football League) as a back-up for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
http://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=r...ay&ros_id=1082
He had a terrific preseason, and the team is really high on him. This league is taylor made for guys like Chang, who lacks NFL size, but who can throw the ball, especially on the run. Doug Flutie played down there and he was a superstar. This is not a knock on the league either. The athletes are every bit athletic as their NFL counterparts. But the field they play on is more than 10 yards wider (65 vs 53ish), 10 yards longer (110 vs 100), and the end zones are huge (20 vs 10). Thus, the players tend to be smaller, but much quicker. In the NFL field, size is everything, so players with talent but no size (Flutie) can thrive in the CFL, but not the NFL.
Anyways, the TiCats starter had a fairly mediocre game last week, and there is talk of Chang taking over sooner rather than later. There are issues with this as the rules of the CFL are very different from the NFL, but the game play is similar to what June Jones 'gimmicky' program, with lots of 5 and even 6 receiver sets (there is one extra player on the field relative to NFL), and multiple players in motion pre-snap.
Anyways, this is just FYI, in case anyone is interested. I'll keep posting info if anyone cares.
http://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=r...ay&ros_id=1082
He had a terrific preseason, and the team is really high on him. This league is taylor made for guys like Chang, who lacks NFL size, but who can throw the ball, especially on the run. Doug Flutie played down there and he was a superstar. This is not a knock on the league either. The athletes are every bit athletic as their NFL counterparts. But the field they play on is more than 10 yards wider (65 vs 53ish), 10 yards longer (110 vs 100), and the end zones are huge (20 vs 10). Thus, the players tend to be smaller, but much quicker. In the NFL field, size is everything, so players with talent but no size (Flutie) can thrive in the CFL, but not the NFL.
Anyways, the TiCats starter had a fairly mediocre game last week, and there is talk of Chang taking over sooner rather than later. There are issues with this as the rules of the CFL are very different from the NFL, but the game play is similar to what June Jones 'gimmicky' program, with lots of 5 and even 6 receiver sets (there is one extra player on the field relative to NFL), and multiple players in motion pre-snap.
Anyways, this is just FYI, in case anyone is interested. I'll keep posting info if anyone cares.
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