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IMO Muamba's hit to Streveler was intended to send a message and was by definition a cheap shot, but the hit on Ray wasn't. Refs gave Muamba a penalty, which is all they can do. I hope the league also fines him. All that being said, I don't want the refs to given the responsibility of trying to figure out intent in real time. They aren't good enough at their jobs to be given that kind of responsibility. Even with several angles, after the fact, it's hard to impossible to prove intent.

Nichols will be our starter this year 100% ... next year 75% ... but if the year after comes and Streveler is still doing what he’s doing ... then you have to move on from Nichols. Have to. Can’t expect Streveler to re-up and bypass NFL deals if you’re not going to give him starter dollars. Keep in mind ... this is a guy that turned down legitimate NFL offers to come here. We will have to open the wallet up for that to happen a second time.

Streveller is a guy who can get fans to pay attention to the team, and to the league. A very exciting player to watch, A player who gets angry after a dirty hit, and responds not by complaining to the ref, but by throwing a touchdown pass. The very last thing the league needs is to have a fast rising star's career shortened, or worse, finished after two games, by a player "sending a message" The league should send its own message : Suspend Muamba.

I expect this narrative to begin this week over on Riders Fans. "Streveler the solution to all our problems!". It will continue on for two years running, ending in heartbreak and the triumphant return of Kevin Glenn. 😊

I believe the CFL is punishing these hits even if the refs. miss them on field and has been for at least the last couple of years, wait until the "fines of the week" are announced to see if Muamba doesn't receive extra notice for that violation. That being said hopefully Ambrosie puts more teeth into the penalties and increases them from a few thousand $$ to actual game suspensions for serious violations.

The only way Nichols loses the job is if he gets hurt or comes back and looks absolutely terrible. It's still his team for this season and next.... after that... Streveler time...

Dear Mr. Durant, Thank you for leaving us in the lurch on the eve of training camp and stealing 70K like a thief in the night. Thank you for talking s*** about our team and fans on twitter which surely burnt all bridges and any chance the team would ever want your pathetic green tinted ass in blue & gold. For if you werent such an unprofessional POS we may never have uncovered the golden boy Chris Streveler. May your shadow never darken the earth outside the borders of saskatchewan. Sincerely Bomber fans.

I think everyone needs to pump the breaks a tad. One game against an awful team and so forth...

The hit on Ray was awkward. I didn’t see anything wrong with it. The two Stamps collided with the most force really. They want to avoid judging intent but that’s BS. Anyone who watches that Muamba hit knows what he’s doing, Plus as you say by the letter of the law they can have a repeat offender scale for headshots. Maybe first infraction is max fine, second and third is 1 game suspension, fourth is 3 games, fifth is 9 games and sixth is banishment from the league. But for the love of god protect the QBs and skill players at the very least. You have a guy like Streveler starring in his second start who could be a flash or he could be a star for the next 15 years and some loser like Muamba can attempt to take his head off, threatening his career and only get 15 yards.

Mr SpeedFlex27: How would you like to put up the gameday thread this Thursday night or Friday? Then you can see your "name up in lights"! Go ahead I won't do it ... I would like you to get all that glory

The riders are built around worse character then the als over all. The als still have a ton of threats on offense and a bunch of good players on D. I expect they will have a big slug fest that will be more then a lil chippy.

And man if the riders lose wont that be fun...reading their fan site would be soooooo entertaining. U never know..that Mtl defense may come in really ticked off with something to prove..they have a lot of talent there and aren't nearly as bad as they showed against us...and Saskatchewan offense isn't close to being as good as ours. If they put heat on whoever the sask qb is ..and they will cause their oline is putrid it could be a long day there. Also think they will lean more on sutton..and he will have a heyday against the weak interior of the sask defence

Not to spoil the fun, but the Bombers moving on from Davis, (which I complained about) then Durant quitting, then the injury to Nichols, shows now much chance plays in the career of a football player, specially I think a quarterback. And Buck's star as a coach has to be rising as well. Hope we can keep him here.

Streveler, he will be here for a long time.

I thought it was interesting that Andrew Harris liked this tweet.

They need to come down hard on muamba. If it was just one play a fine would be ok. But the pre season hit and talk after on johnny football is a bad precedent.

Really shows finally he is not a guy we want around our team. If the score had been reversed you know bighill would be pissed and trying to motivate his guys. the hype for wolitarsky was real. He came in abit out of shape and behind the curve missing tc etc. But man he is living up to it now.

I don't know if they would ever consider doing this unless there was a need but with the receivers they now have under contract it may be plausible sometime in the future to start 3 Natl. receivers. If Simonise can deliver on his potential, he may well be a future replacement for Bowman and it isn't much of a stretch to think that Petermann could be groomed to replace Dressler and his quirky route running.

Here's an except of a write up on David Gustafsson from Scott Wheeler of the Athletic. This was written pre-draft when previewing potential targets for the Leafs ... (There were also some GIFs in the article if some of the comments seem a little out of context. Again, one man's opinion, so we will have to wait to see how Mr's Gustafsson projects down the road.

Thing too I like about Streveler is when he starts to run when pocket collapses or things break down watch him..he is still looking with eyes down field to make a throw if a guy opens up. There are going to be some huge plays coming from DB's leaving their guy early to try and compensate for his running and he will use that quick release and and hit his receiver wide open

The only way Nichols loses the starting job is over this fella's dead body. Mike ain't into no ******* mind-games.

No write off. East, again, will be such that Argos will be in playoff contention. But not elite by any stretch.

Was wondering how the Riders beat the Argos.....light beginning to dawn

Nichols has nothing to be nervous about.

Argos, supposedly elite, got obliterated. Media built Argos into something out of proportion after GC and looks like Argos bought into it . Dont appear like they did much over off season apart from Franklin Average team with only a few above average players sprinkled in.

It sucks that Burke's legacy will have to be remembered as that bad head coach because he was definitely a damn good defensive coordinator, or at least way better than Richie Hall. Guessing he's probably finished with coaching for good by now though.

No Eminem fans here?

So after we had a blow out and Riders get torched.... will the power rankings still be ridiculous and have them ranked higher then us?

A pathetic thing about the game...watch Strevlers first run...Westerman that piece of **** was trying to twist Strev's knee/ankle on the ground ..Harris and Bryant had to pull him off and you can see Strev say something. Things like that which makes me glad he went to the Montreal circus...no need for losers like that and he was basically owned all night be Bryant and Hardrick...and got 20 yds in penalties..we wont miss his national status one bit..Wally has that more than covered and his 3 TD's and counting are proof of that

Those fly sweeps are being used to set something else up. Look at Wolitarski’s second touchdown they fake sweep holds the linebackers and he is open on the slant.

The “non-import” receivers had me thinking of Joe Pop too. Almost like real weapons rather than token Canadians. Loved Mo on the last play of a blowout game downfield first to tackle returner. He makes me believe. Happy Oline always a good thing. For 25 years why can’t we discover new quarterbacks like other teams. Maybe .... Blowing out other team ... huge yardage discrepancy ... for us ... feels like the mid80s again. (It was just Montreal) NA NA NA NA can’t hear you.

1. Streveler 9 scoring drives.....Streveler is able to combine his obvious dual threat athletic ability....with the capability, even at this early point... to run the full O package, at a extremely high level. Displayed poise, presence and some moxie..... that his teammates are already responding to. 2. Lapo That O package he cooked up this week.... was simple excellent on all fronts, lots of variations, and great use of all potential weapons on O. Steveler looked real "coached up" in this one 3. D-Line Opo and Nevis were killing it. Huge pressure on Willy from the line. HM Canadians on O Jumping out of the wood work- Wolitarsky with his coming out party, big plays from Simonise. solid work from Demski and Lafrance. Petermann can ball. Crazy depth. Harris (duh) Goosen Becoming a designated go-to guy, for straightening out people on the field Medlock Looking like a machine, again

One thing that was mentioned on CJOB postgame that we need to keep in mind...Shreveler has benefited from learning on a very good, talent laden offense here. Put Shreveler in Montreal and what happens? I don't know, but we probably don't see the guy develop. Put him in behind centre in some of our scarry (bad) offenses and offensive lines of the past and what happens? Sadly, he may just be another forgotten name. I've brought this up numerous times, but years ago Tom Clements played in Saskatchewan, was running for his life behind a bad O line, and did diddly squat. My point - The Bomber offense is benefiting from Shreveler, but he is also benefitting from our good offense, good vets, and good co-ordinator.

Weston Dressler leads our team in receiving after two games.. weird thread.

Actually it's a good thing and sign of depth and overall offensive balance that he doesnt have to be a focal point and get beat up in the process..

He was the Bombers' leading receiver in the Edmonton game. Let's pump the brakes a bit here.

Lol. He had several catches last night and a TD last week. Whaaaaaaaaaaaat ??

Durant quiting on us could be the best thing that's happened to this franchise in a long time.

Lol, TJ Heath having himself a game......to forget. #ballhawk?? #rentedmule!!

also consider that most of the "rookies" we're comparing him to are actually guys who were around on practice rosters or holding clipboards for a few seasons and had a familiarity with the Canadian game.

Heath getting victimized. Where have I seen that before?

This topic is a good one & relevant. Nice job. (Just thought you should know).

We have the third most receiving yards in the league, the most receiving touchdowns, and the most rushing yards, yet not one top ten receiver. That is a GOOD THING. It means that every part of our offence is getting involved. Last night every single eligible receiver on our offence caught a ball, one receiver even threw one. We look to be incredibly well balanced, that is a good thing. Most teams in the league have one or two receivers that if they go down, the whole offence suffers. We do not.

Plus the 3 on the sideline subbing in. Every DC in the league is going to be thinking about Simonise coming on the field and taking on their corners.

Sure...I'm sure there are a few teams with less depth and talent that we have would pick him up in an instant. But again never said he should be cut.

Bit!!!!! Way to keep it classy. You've been around here long enough to know that I've never tried to troll anyone and this was definitely not my first attempt at doing so. And no I never said that Dressler should be cut. But there comes a time in a veterans career where he might have to assume a lesser role in order to give more playing time to the younger guys who will be the next generation receivers. I'd like to see more simonise and I love how Wolitarsky fights for the ball. Plus Demsky deserves more touches.

This isn’t needed. It’s a good discussion point if for no other reason than it draws attention to the fact we DO have a lot of depth on this team and the young guys are showing themselves very capable of pushing the established, veteran receivers. Would I move on from Dressler? No. There’s value in his leadership, he’s still an effective, efficient receiver and, as others have noted, he’d be snapped up pretty quickly. He’s still a weapon and one team’s must account for while on the field.

I for one love the fact that every receiver on the field needs to be accounted for by the defence.

Turned a 7 yard pass into a 15 yard play all through skill and savvy. Still very useful and great that we aren’t completely relying on him because he probably won’t play 18.