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F*** those green bastards!

No matter how many...or few...years I have left I will fondly remember the last 6+ years of Bomber football. For as grateful as I am for what management was able to accomplish I am equally as disgusted by the Cup game decisions that played a not insignificant role in dropping 3 in a row and the off season/roster decisions that are plaguing them in a year where they're hosting the Cup...especially if they flame out early. One can be appreciative of past accomplishments while still being fed up with recurring tendencies and exceptionally poor choices. It's not easy to reinvent yourself or change your ways especially if that past pattern of behaviour has proven successful but sure as God made little green apples, a man that can't change his mind can't change anything...and Osh doesn't seem capable of changing his mind/ways. That being said...I suspect you're right...especially with continued fan support. I'm also prepared to be completely wrong and gladly watch them take charge the 2nd half of the season and walk away with it all. In which case...statues for everyone!

That's how everyone would do it except osh...

Woods has to get on the roster for this game. Like you said, pressure will be key and we have to get more from our D line. I’d like to see Bailey inserted as well, but I highly doubt that’s going to all of a sudden happen. It would make a lot of sense, but….

So you're saying we're desperate...

but that would make way too much sense, and make us so much better....dont be silly lol

Moore and Echols is the definition of scrap heaping. Not saying we don't need to do it, just unfortunate it has come to this.

Oh Jesus... This reeks of bad news incoming...

A refresher for those that need it (or just enjoy it). 😂

Will always remember how obnoxious the rider fans were in calgary in 2009 the day of the grey cup. That penalty on the field goal... was just amazing to see and feel them all get kicked in the nuts at the same time.

Bolded are all you really needed to say

The CFLs ridiculous insistence on cramming back to back or 3 in short time frame matchups for teams makes these kinds of analysis utterly stupid and a waste of time.

ideally, id rotate ayers with shay/smith so we can go full imp dl on passing downs. put in the dime db for jones. They can follow around the lber, or drop into a shallow zone easy enough

You do it to entice him to come back sooner rather than later, good will offering going forward locking him in for longer etc etc.

Woods for Ayers, Bailey for Weitz would give you say Vaughters/Lawson/Adams/Jefferson starting with Woods, Shcemekel, Person and Baily rotating in. Would seem to be the way to go against the Riders.

He also had the Faj throwing him deep balls, so it’s tough to judge too harshly 😂

Yeah. And he did play with Collaros is Sask so maybe some familiarity there.

Straight from the NFL website: What is the International Player Pathway

Yeah, I mean that's a clear improvement over a chunk of guys we've run out at WR this and last year.

Not up the middle we won't be. Okay that's enough, I'll show myself out.

Well, all those choices now become tough ones, and that's much better than the choices we've had lately. Good lord, we've had a choice of Corcoran or Cobb....yikes...choosing between Schoen/Wilson/Sterns is like night and day difference. Getting Mitchell and his 2 catches for 6 yards a game off the field is a no brainer so I'm not including him.

yup....Cumulative effects may get him when they need him most....But then again...It's Harris and when teams needed him most before...he never showed up...ever We need to right out of gate bring the pressure...and knock him around early and often...and he will wilt like the guy we all know he is Dress Woods and Bailey and just go to town with solid rotation of our best actually for doing less...to the point of basically nothing other than grabbin his face mask and whincing

**** it, win back to back against the riders.

Quinton Cooley

yeah....sit Wilson for a bit and let Ayers run with it....Ayers has upside and yrs ahead of him.....Wilson not so much, and part of reason we in the pickle we are with roster...guys not transitioned in effectively. At this point Ayers is the better LB but gets the back seat due to Oshs penchant for favoring/valuing vets too much, and really Ayers been here now 2 yrs...It's more than time to make the move and he's definitely "earned" the shot If we feel the need to continue to dress 45 linebackers then yeah slot Woods in for Logan, especially if we are able to dress Echols right away. You then have another returner option with CFL experience doing it with him and Vaval

And assuming he wouldn't get a guarantee in his new deal, we could always walk away if he doesn't produce to a level that warrants a bigger salary.

I don't disagree but the incentives to come north this season are not that great. If he does he basically ends any hope he does have of getting a NFL shot for a bit of Canadian money.

Earned a couple scarfs for that smart thinking

Wane McGarrity would solve everything.

I’m not surprised though. You lose your three best receivers, you can’t continue to run Joey Corcoran and your back up quarterback, they need some vets who you can plug in incase they’re needed for Sunday.

Average signings or not, we need depth behind our starters, just need Onterra back

100% this rings alarm bells. It seems like one or both could be down long term.

Canadians don't count, this was one of the good things that Randy Ambrosie got the NFL to do to help the CFL. They originally were looking at including us. I knew this because there was a short blurp on TSN about it at the time. I don't think anyone in the media realized just how big a win that was for our league because it was a buried story and it deserved much more headlines.

From what I know Demski will be good to go....so no issue there...Sterns tho I think is a no-go....slight chance but wouldnt bet on it Yeah Randolph is/was a TE...so he's also be an option to slip out for a pass...I'm sure that would catch teams off guard and do it only 1 time with a pass to him...and teams will have to account for him making space for a play maker

If Demski is ok, I expect he will go no matter what, but we need him ok at least, and Schoen is better than the replacement level imp we've seen this year (which isn't asking much), and we get Wilson back in this 3-4 game stretch, our WR core should be plenty good. Also, if Sterns is ok to, he's not lighting the world on fire, but he's filled the Bailey role in the WR core. Tons of effort, toughness, busts his ass no matter what happens or where the ball goes, reliable catcher who Zach can lean on. I'm not wild on Houston, but if he smartens up, it's hard for him to be worse than Lawson Jr./Bridges have been. I don't think Vaval is the answer at the other corner currently either, but I also don't expect massive changes in short order. It's crazy how much DL success we had with the rotation and limited NI reps, and then when Lawson is healthy, what do we do? Give 90% of inside reps to NIs and go back to more than 30 fronts with all Canadians. If we don't see the full bolstering of IMP WRs, I'd look long and hard at dressing Vanterpool when healthy. But not taking Wallace off, I'd play a lot of 6 OL packs even on passing plays. Say, play Vanterpool inside of Randolph. He's better inside than out, and Randolph has played a lot of blocking TE stuff going back to college. Vs 40 fronts, you have 3 blocking 2 on both sides of the line. You take the decision away from Kola largely as well, as he'd be blocking mostly away from the strong side. Then you have 2 guys who can split off doubles to pick up blitzes, twists etc, plus Brady on block and release. We aren't spreading the field or stretching Ds well any way, I'd rather give zach extra time than an extra shallow target under neath the D.

yeah that last game as well was pretty revealing...ther DB backfield was weak as it was, and now will have more injuries to deal with now it looks like And yeah...a few roster tweeks....an addition....we may be just setting up for that late season run...Is Houston/Dandy this yrs Taylor/Maston? And we really need Woods on with Adams, Person..WJ and Vaughters and then just pick the the best of Schmeck and Thomas to roll with Lawson...Or better yet sit one and give Bailey his shot and see how that works yeah...we've had no choices lol

IF we have a Wheatfall...Wilson..."healthy"Schoen...Demsji and Clercius then yeah thats a good group....Is Sterns relegated to PR/IR or do we DA him over Logan and let Vval do double duty, or does Dandy and Houston take the corner spots and Vaval is the extra db abd returner? I wanna see Logan get a few more games in and get his sea legs back as he could be a real nice extra piece for us

got his bell rung...hurt his ankle...we need to bring the heat, and he will be done like dinner

The spotters have pulled collaros for doing similar.

At this point I could see Elgersma easily getting but on the Packers PR.

I wouldnt be surprised to see Elgersma stick over Clifford as QB3. He outplayed him by a large margin in preseason. Four years younger and has higher upside.

Artopeus.

Our QB is definitely better than serviceable on most days... I still believe that with even a modicum of help, he's top tier in the CFL...

I don't expect to have a top tier team/QB every year, it's not realistic. I do think they will make the playoffs this year.

This doesn’t make any sense. There are only four teams like that, we can’t play ourselves and we haven’t played two of the other three yet. It’s just as messy of a statement as me saying “we’re 6-1 against any team other than Calgary”, which is also true but still not really indicative of the reality of our team’s ability.

Petition for Gordo to change the title to Banjo Bowl Warm-Up Early Chat.... Ya I had 4 more holidays to book before the end of our company's fiscal year in August, so I decided to take the week off between Banjo Bowl Warm Up and Banjo Bowl... Fly home and just chill around the city for a week. It shall be glorious... But would be even better with some dubs!

Oh boy, my first LD chat in here 😁 Riders Suck and your Stadium looks like a toilet! Hows that? 😆 Or is it your stadium sucks and Regina looks like a toilet? They’re so interchangeable 😂

MOS and KW have eight straight 10+ win seasons (with a shot at a 9th), 6 straight WF trips, 5 straight Grey Cup berths with two Grey Cup wins. The team has sold out the first 6 home games with the 7th getting close. Yeah, we're frustrated with both of them but it would be a total surprise if either is let go.

Id add interior dline..we have 2 good pieces...but no depth behind them and we aren't rostering 2 guys who likely help in woods and Bailey Oline Canadian depth is pretty slim Pickens too Our main issue really is coaching and how we use guys...and what appears to be an OC in way over his head and a guy not able to answer things in the moment Funny part of this whole thing is we can kinda control our fate if we smarten up a bit and can get hot and run off a string of 5 or 6 wins in a row continuing this weekend