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Chris Shultz was just on 620 radio (Regina) talking to Rod Peterson. Shultz predicted Toronto and Winnipeg in this years Grey Cup.

Good for the league. But if I were a Stamps fan with no games televised I'd be a little annoyed.

So how does Bighill look? Slow and fat I would assume.

the only people who can look at Trump and not hate him and what he stands for are people who are in no way shape or form impartial. If any other president did the **** this guy is doing there would be rioting in the streets. Can you imagine if Obama had had said even half the **** Trump as said?

He gets into the Bomber hall of fame if only for catching a first down pass and getting knocked the **** out but still holding onto the ball. His best wasn't very long here but the guy was such a key part of what they did in the early 2000s and let's be honest if not for that short period of time we'd all likely have killed ourselves the team was so depressing otherwise.

According to O'Shea, Clarke was cut to give a few young DB's more playing time to evaluate. I guess Clarke was fairly "meh" and he's confident they can do much better.

So Shultz picking us for the Grey Cup and Clownerson picking us to finish in the west basement. Quite the contradiction! Wonder which guy actually put some thought and research into his prediction and which guy pulled it out of his green tinted ass??

Nope, still an embarrassment to the league.

Their Canadian talent is still very weak and rapidly aging with very few good prospects and we'll see about the quarterback situation but Collaros is coming off an 0-8 season. Expectations for the Riders should be very low this year.

I do agree with that, but I dont have any data to put the coaching salaries into perspective. For all I know thats double what every team spends. In all likelihood it is a bit low. 11 coaches, 1 HC, 1 CO for O and D, 1 for STs, that leaves 7 spots for positional coaching. Qb, ol, DL, lbers, dbs, wr, and rb. Some teams will have WR/rb, or qb/wr, lb/de etc. So the number of spots makes sense. The average is a shade under 100k. Im sure Hcs, and high profile oc/dc / assistant HCs will make much larger chunks then that. But it seems like a good starting place. Is it strange? yes no doubt. We cant really compare to other sports. The cfl just doesnt fit the mold of other teams. What I expect this will mean is every team will use more cis types at a cheaper salary to fill out some positional/depth spots. If you want to point fingers, look at the coaching staff/management that has spent like drunken sailors, broken abused and battered countless rules and brought this about.

Only win Punk will be getting this week! Lol

Most of the improvement has been more a result of John Murphy than Chris Jones.

The Eagles didn't kneel in protest during the year - for prayer, yes but not protest. http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/05/media/fox-news-philadelphia-eagles-kneeling/index.html Faux news - spot on journalism.

Stevie Baggs?

Not sure what this means. Like are we talking Troy Stoudermire long here?

lol Except none of the Eagles players knelt for the Anthem and of the remarks I've seen from players, they did not point specifically to Trump's divisive statements about the protests of some players. Trump knew some players would not come. He cancelled when it became so few that it would look silly. He did it for his own optics, not to turn the tables or anything like that. Who's apologizing for players that choose to kneel or stay in the locker room?

Trump isn't a racist, he's a narcissist, so the only thing that enters his mind is "is this good for me?" race doesn't even come into play at all. He just happens to be surrounded by the racist party.

Both Nevis and Johnson looked pretty quick, in the X game. Entire D looked quick.

MOS calls Neufeld a highly intelligent leader who is extremely versatile He likes Corey Washington's ability to catch a ball even when he is not open. He says Drake Nevis's weight loss is helping him this year.

MOS: One of those young guys is Seisay, the 6-2, 203-pound product of Nebraska who has had stints with the Detroit Lions (2014) and Seattle Seahawks (2015-16) and just returned to practice this week after missing time with an injury. “He’s long. We like his athleticism,” said O’Shea. “I’m glad he gets back on the field and gets a couple practices under his belt before this next game so that we can see what he can do.” Clarke appeared in 25 games over four seasons with the B.C. Lions, but his release speaks volumes of the remaining competition at defensive back in camp. That crew includes imports Chris Randle, Brian Walker, Kevin Fogg, Brandon Alexander, Anthony Gaitor, Tyneil Cooper, Chris Humes, Robert Priester, Marcus Sayles, Mohammed Seisay and Jordan Thomas – and either Chandler Fenner or Maurice Leggett, depending on who starts at the strong-side linebacker/dime spot. As well, the club has Canadians Taylor Loffler, Derek Jones, Kahlen Branning, Abu Conteh, Jacob Firlotte and Brendan Morgan in the defensive backfield.

nice find! 1 thousand yard season, and 20 TD's over parts of 5 seasons. Nice guy, but that's setting the bar pretty low!

Yeah. It’s likely the American market exposure that was the real push. Lots of people in my madden league were talking about the manziel game last week and were interested and asking me questions about the cfl game. It’s a good thing for the league. I’m glad they are broadcasting it. It could be the last chance before nfl season starts to get that johhny exposure down south.

If only Fleury played like this against us.... if only....

You may be confusing "worrying" with feeling nauseous and depressed. Easy to do.

Another year comes and goes and still GBill is not nominated. He should have been a automatic first year nominee. I think I speak for everyone here when I express my complete outrage. #GBillGOAT

Maybe just a courtesy so that he could join another teams camp before this weekend

I don't think he's worth that. Players who are on the open market get overpaid. Scheifs would have got more on the open market too. There's a reason there is restricted free-agency until they earn being a UFA.

Penison must have lost his mind with that prediction

Anyone go to camp today? I need news...any news

I don't know. If someone were to ask me about great Bomber receivers from "my" era, the first name out of my mouth would obviously be Milt Stegall, and the second would probably be Robert Gordon. Then Terrence Edwards probably. Then Geoff Drover.

Not Chris Streveler? (Kidding, kidding!)

Eager to see what Sayles can do in game action.

I believe MBT left of his own accord rather than being cut by the Bombers.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/390813-sanders-my-credibility-is-probably-higher-than-the-medias This calls for ever more gin......

wow not a fan of the end bit of that. More league wide money on scouting means more/better talent in the league which is more money for every one... Might be due in part to a certain teams management indulging soo heavily during the draft combine...

I would perhaps add MBT to the list of qbs who didnt get a fair shake here. That said I think he is far more likely at this point (despite giving franklin a serious run for his money in tc and pre season) to be a professional hanger oner then a go to starter or even a no2. Weve been fast to bring in and spit out young qbs under this regime. And while it may mean they didnt show us what we wanted or showed a fatal flaw, or it could show a disconnect between the scouting dept and coaching, the fact a few of our young off cuts have bounced around after us with out getting much reps here says some thing about the talent and fact we didnt give em much of a chance. We had one maybe two years ago with a huge pedigree, brought much excitement but was cut a week or two later to bounce around a bit as well. Its not saying these guys are stars, but that we arent giving them much of a chance. I wasnt a D davis fan, but we didnt give him a chance to develop late in blow out games either. We have frequently made questionable talent decisions. Clearly we are not privy to the decision making process. Cases like frederick, thorpe etc are explainable. But kuale, hurl, newf, roc et al are not.

If he's looking to shed some NFL weight I can vouch that the combo of Lucky Lager and 7-11 sushi is the most powerful laxative in existence. Makes Taco Bell look like it was made with pepto bismol

Losing Demski would suck. He just needs to stay healthy and he will have a break out season.

Like a godsend.

http://www.cflapedia.com/Players/s/sellers_mike.htm

It's not imaginary either. I had lunch in an Applebee's in South Dakota today - Manziel news was 50% of what ESPN had on their show. All of it was in the context of him returning to the NFL, not his future in the CFL. Of course. I just shook my head an wondered what kind of analysis those same talking heads should be giving to the players in the CFL who have accomplished something other than hype. I also wondered if the lettuce/parmesan ratio in a caesar salad is supposed to be 50/50.

4 and half minuter Brian Bennett interview; https://www.bluebombers.com/2018/06/03/bryan-bennett-training-camp-day-15/ fascinating story Steveler post game: https://www.bluebombers.com/2018/06/01/chris-streveler-post-game/

hear hear comrade!!

Noted. I probably won't do it again because I didn't get enough likes.

Yeah both years in the playoffs have arguably been the best we've seen from Nichols, conversely was among the worst we've seen from the D.

First Eskimo touch.....Robinson guy runs back punt 95 yds for TD...... Nichols getting some pressure and pops, early....... Randle fights receiver for ball...Clarke guy grabs INT..... Harris takes screen and rips a run, for a couple of first downs.... Nichols then hits Bowman in end zone, for 15 yd TD pass Zach Cline come in to QB the Esks.....sacked on first snap.... ..then chucks up 50 yd sideline pass.... D. Adams draws long PI call for about 50 yards..... Bowman can sure find his way open against zone D.... Medlock makes it 10-7 Robinson not getting much ground, since his TD return...... Jake Thomas flushes QB out of pocket.....Opo gets the sack Thomas then clobbers Cline, who scrambled out of the pocket.... Nichols overthrows Bowman couple of times..... One which turns into an INT, with a long return.... ...but Bowman will be a key component of this O. Cline looking shaky, since the Thomas hit...... Taking a sack from Roh....doesn't help Constant pass rush from the Blue D.... AJ Coney returns a missed FG 65 yards..... Demski catches his 1st as a Bomber..... ...then draws a PI call.... Medlock 45 yds, into the wind...makes 13-7 ...but game really more lopsided than that.. Esks doing nothing on O....their OL getting killed.... Nichols departs....enter Alex Ross.... ...who looks a little nervous in the service.... Danny O'Brian guy now the QB for Esks....... Chris Streveler now at the controls for the Blue. ....hits Wolitarsky for first down, then Adams... Ach du Lieber! Augustine bust up the gut 17 yds for TD.. 20-10....score starting to look....more like it. Opo and Roh, still bringing pressure... Ross rushing things a bit....couple of bad under throws... 2nd half....need to really peruse that ole roster sheet.... Streveler starts 2nd half at QB...scrambles for first down. Simonise makes good leaping catch. The toss/sweep running plays.....could use some work.. Menard-Briere guy makes it 23-10. Two scoring drives for Streveler. Announced crowd of 23,034. Nice try. Streveler throws it up for White, who wins jump ball... ...then turns on the burners and goes 85 yds for the TD Streveler is 7 for 7 and has put 17 points up on the board Thought Ross was supposed to be the experienced guy? Doesn't matter which QB in for Esks....they are all getting the bum's rush. Augustine still running hard.....guy has some pop. Even with reserves in....Bomber D shows plenty of speed... 2nd string officials have some problems with ball placement.... 2nd string scoreboard person...gives Esks a Bomber punt single.. At this point, Eskimo OL holding and tackling, all over the place.. Streveler has nice run up the middle...but doesn't protect ball - fumble. Bomber backup OL doing pretty good work on the run game. Everybody else getting pressure...so Trent Corney gets in on the act.. RB Thomas has some pretty good wheels... Now DE Sam Montgomery make a couple of plays.... Menard-Briere hits a low liner to make it 33-13. This O&S is a bit bigger that I anticipated... So is the gin.

To be honest, I find the continual Manziel Watch from TSN pretty disappointing. Like, I get that having him come up here is worthy of headlines. But the constant update of every tiny detail of his practices or games rubs me the wrong way. Makes it seem like the CFL and its fans are desperate. The CFL was good before Manziel and it'll be good after he's gone. We have got to stop treating these ex-NFLers as royalty, in my opinion. Still waiting for Vince Young to win his first MOP award...

Yeah, he is, thank you. He is getting married July 7th in Portland, OR to his fiancée that he met in 2011 while playing football at Junior College in California.

Got an angry text from Noeller yesterday as he was driving through Saskatchewan listening to the local radio there and I believe the direct quote that got him worked up was "Nichols, nice guy but I wouldn't want him running my offense" So there we have it, Nichols has fooled us all, he's really just a shitty qb and we aren't going anywhere with that bum. Maybe we can pry Bridge out of Saskatchewan so we at least have a chance.