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3DownNationSaskatchewan Roughriders to honour Jayden Dalke car crash...The Saskatchewan Roughriders plan to honour 22-year-old Regina resident Bhishma Rajyaguru on Thursday at Mosaic Stadium after he was killed in a car crash involving team captain Jayden Dalke. The Ride

Hopefully Clercius and Schmekel can play this week. Clercuis for Corcoran and Schmekel for Kornelson would help.

He literally almost cost them a game they led by 3 TD's with a fumble and not catching kickoffs last week. The Bombers lead the league in big play returns with 6. Pay ******* attention if you going to try to fire hot takes.

Thanks for sharing. Kudos to the organization. I feel a lot of sadness for this young man and all his family and friends.

North of 30k tix sold... Should be another sellout. Gonna be a great night.

I've heard of the backup QB being the most popular player in town but the 30 year old injured career #6 OL being the darling is a new one for me

...so you don't think bringing in a washed returner with 18 career targets in 78 games could help with the receiving corps?

I'd still contact Rhymes...see if he interested...and if he has stayed in shape and could be in lineup within a week of signing Can get him for nothing, and he is a vet who knows the league and the DB's in it...Plus would add some grit/arseholeness to our lineup...something we also lack and doesnt help us one bit We always when were successful had an Adams...Bailey type guy who got under the skin of opponents but also played physically and with a bit of anger...and it rubbed off...We as a WR group and as a DB group save for a few guys in the secondary are a bunch of panty waisted waifs for the most part...and dont strike much fear into anyone in the physical aspect of a game...and we get beat a lot being outmuscled...or with guys running free with zero fear

Bottom line if you're going to dress 3 american OL you got no excuses for the line not being good. Find good Americans and away you go.

All the hand-wringing around here about holding onto people past their prime and you want to bring in a 35 year old return specialist? For what purpose?

yep they dealt with it the best way they could. I’m impressed. honestly, there are soo many gaps that fall between the cracks from synthetics to stuff like kratom. Not to mention contamination issues in all kinds of facilities for supplements and more. The regulation around this stuff is terrifying and the variances un real in manufacturing. I’m not gonna make any excuses or assumptions. Frankly if he was drunk, high or just driving really stupid it doesn’t matter. both he and the victim are dead. It’s tragic and sad as hell. I don’t think any further revelations will have any impact on the reality of the situation.

Stamps are last in the league in significant number of defensive categories. Eg. Net offence and points allowed https://static.cfl.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026-CFL-League-Statistics-Wk07.pdf

NIL started, iirc, in 2021. A lot of factors are negatively impacting the quality of QBs coming to the CFL. The sheer size of NFL PRs, the NFLs struggles with the QB position, The NFLs adoption and development of west coast/option/dual threat QBs, Spring ball, the length of time the NFL can sit on guys in TC now, The pay increases to the NFL PR, the speed at which NFL teams churn through guys on their PR now, also as you stated the NIL. The CFL hasn't often been the landing spot for the starting QBS from top 25-ranked teams. The starting QBs on the top 25 teams (plus a few here and there) range from 400k to 5.5 m. But Average more like 1-3.5m. That's a lot for a guy facing a rookie deal up here, but we have long been out of the bidding on those guys. Save for a couple rare outliers. The non-top 25 starting QBs on Power 4 teams range from 400k-1.5m. Backups and lower-tier school kids are averaging 50-300k. The kids primarily coming up here now have backed up and/or red-shirted at a big school for 1-2 years, then hit the window and gone to a smaller school, or went to JUCO and then up to the backup spots. It's also important to remember that with the transfer window and the nature of what that has unleashed, we don't see many 4-5 year starters anymore. It's mostly 1-2 year starters, often with 1 disappointing season, if 2, and either juco/low level time or backup time. We also have to remember that even those who do get the bag for 1-3 years are still kids. Some guys will be smart and disciplined with money, but many are not. And while some guys will end up being independently wealthy on 2-5m of career earnings, many more will fall into the classic athletic earnings trap. Underestimating taxes, representation costs, hangers-on, and family costs, personal training, and overestimating the length of time they will be able to earn. Diego Pavia made just over 2 million before deductions in his last year, but that is significantly more than he made the rest of his college career. He signed an NFL deal for over $ 3 million, but 885k for his first year. If he makes the team, he's already taken a step pay cut. The top 25 kids last year made $ 2 million a year or more from the NIL. You have 67 Power 4 football teams. And 266 D1 football schools. So you run out of millionaire players long before you go down the list of the top 5 at each position group and the top 30 QBs. Yep. I typed up a big ol rant on the realities of the NIL, but you got a perfect TLDR right there. Its hard when you have guys who need to be in a rhythm passing. But if you don't have a top tier Qb1, I think you could do very well with mixing in 2 limited skill set guys. Especially with a dual-threat and with a read-option-heavy offence.

yeah, those Clements / Hufnagel glory days were awesome ... back when Clements didn't finish 90% of his starts because he'd put the other team in garbage time by the middle of the third quarter .... or because he was having the odd suck game and Hufnagel would come off the bench to salvage things. Coach Murphy did not waste time going to his backup. that said, back in the ZC8 glory days I had no trouble watching Zach play through any struggles -- we won so many games in the fourth quarter that I never lost the faith.

"Name a city NHL hockey players would refuse to play in"

Ball, Schmekel and Clercius should all see the AR. I kind of think Ball will end up on the PR though. 3DN says we've cut Fredrickson, Mazzccua, and Moore. We needed to clean out the PR and bring guys in but I thought Mazzccua was solid inside. 3DownNationWinnipeg Blue Bombers release three from practice roster...The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have released three American players from their practice roster, including receiver Christian Fredericksen, offensive lineman Micah Mazzccua, and defensive back Kaylin Moore.

Ethan Ball, Lane Novak, Tanner Schmekel and Kevens Clercius are the guys coming back off the 6 game.

More likely guys coming off the 6 game list.

I think this is just the natural QB cycle in the CFL. Every 10-15 years a generation of franchise QBs retires and there's a temporary gap while the next group establishes itself. The same thing happened when Calvillo, Burris, Ray, Glenn and Durant all left within a few seasons of each other, and it's happening again now. I'm also not convinced a true #3 QB changes much. If your starter + QB #2 plays 17-18 games, where are those meaningful reps supposed to come from? QB development happens in games, not on the depth chart. That's why experienced backups tend to stick around for so long. The CFL has always valued guys with actual starts over prospects who have spent three years holding a clipboard. Era Established stars Transition Next generation ~2000-2013 Anthony Calvillo, Damon Allen, Dave Dickenson Calvillo retired (2013), Allen (2007), Dickenson (2008) Burris, Ray, Durant became the established starters ~2013-2020 Henry Burris, Ricky Ray, Darian Durant, Kevin Glenn Burris (2017), Ray (2019), Glenn (2019), Durant (2017) all exited within a few years Mitchell, Reilly, Collaros, Harris became the league's veteran core 2024+ Collaros, Mitchell, Harris Current transition beginning Brown, Rourke, Alexander, etc.

Bringing in a 50/50 jump ball type WR would have a tremendous domino impact imo, i.e., open up the world even more for players like White and Wilson and open up our offensive playbook. Paging 33 year old Eugene Lewis.

we need to bring in a WR to help the offence...be it Singer or Womack...if they not the answer why they here?...a PR guy from some team...actually use our resources and find a guy not cut in the same mold of what we have...a whack of 5'10 and under guys with no real contested catch ability or field stretching excellence or swing a trade if possible I think once Clercius comes back him and Neild will be a nice combo for Canadian WR2 behind Demski and having Cobb and Daniels on roster is adequate backup for them...especially since we have MCI as well and can be used and considering that even if we run 3 import olineman we don't even have to go 3 Canadian receivers to satisfy the ratio...which makes this even more stupid....plus the fact we dont have the depth/quality really to run 2 out there...let alone start 3 and have coverage for injury...or suckage...but thats prob moot anyway as we all know Osh wont yank a guy in game for sucking...even when beaten repeatedly over and over...or just being insignificant Corcoran is just a waste of a roster position and not pro quality...we'd be better served dressing that Barbara Corcoran from Judy Lindsey Realty cause if anything she could prob hook our players up with a nice shack if need be...

FYI: if you buy a beer, you can be certain of what you are getting. Stuff from the street is a crap shoot- it can be pure crap, unexpectedly powerful or cut with God knows what. Even some strains of pot in some individuals can trigger paranoia. It could have happened here.

The friends of Bhishma Rajyaguru set up a go fund me to send him home to India. It’s reached its goal and then some. Still some hope for humanity here. I’m going to assume 1 thing here, the reason the rcmp didn’t receive reports of a vehicle travelling in the wrong direction was prob cuz Bhishma Rajyaguru’s car was the only one on the road at that time cuz gotta think if there was another one, we hearing about them not Bhishma. It’s Saskatchewan right. It’s not that busy. I think this is a reminder tho that b4 people put athletes up on pedestals that maybe we should wait to hear the full story. Originally it wasn’t reported he killed a dude or was basically fubar out his mind, was just reported he died in a car crash. Time to wait for facts b4 honouring murderers really.

Anytime..its why I am here lol Well...if he did..it would be last we see of him so yes..he should...solves some issues lol

Winnipeg Blue BombersBlue Bombers Announce 2026 Hall of Fame Class - Winnipeg...WINNIPEG, MB., July , 2026 — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are pleased to announce the 1988 and 1990 Grey Cup teams are the 2026 inductees into the club’s Hall of Fame. Those two teams will join the 1984

Counter point: Brown was better than Maier but the Winnipeg receivers were much much worse than the Ottawa receivers.

Because college kids are known to be so great with their money that they can just live off of NIL for the rest of their lives? I'm not sure the QBs we're targeting are getting much in the way of NIL anyway.

There is such a reluctance these days to employ an in-game 2qb system and i’m not talking short yardage. For all the naysayers out there what’s the worst that could happen? Oh it won’t work, okay if that’s what happens then stop doing it but you won’t know until you try mother f’r (mother f’r added for effect).

Can't be worse then our depth NI wrs. Its sad how much of an upgrade that is

I think its going to be harder to attract QBs with the introduction of NIL.

yup...its the only other game in town....and if you have skill..wanna still play and make damn good money..the option is there One the main problems/issues is for whatever reason a lot of HC up here in the last 10 yrs seemed to refuse to play the backups for any reason and get them valuable experience...and when they got pressed into duty the either sucked...or fizzled out on no fault of their own and teams moved on looking for the next prospect

was that an actual episode? checks oh it is....and it's airing tomorrow!

The only tragedy is that he took someone, who did nothing wrong, with him. The rest is his own stupid decision.

Dobson regularly took snaps at centre in camp and practise while he was here

Cause hc essentially chooses his roster..and starters..he will take input but end of day its his choice..and the coords deal with it..like it or not...been that way in football forever and if its not the case here and his assistant coaches choose roster..then thats a 1 in a gazillion occurrence.. and totally dysfunctional...thats why Exactly..case in point number one...and many can be unearthed And if a converted guard beat him out..then why didnt we see that here and do same..with same player?? Right...cause ...well osh will osh even if it means not best option..

Stamps DLine is a tough matchup but I like it better with Brown’s quicker release. I hope they get a run game going earlier so they can use PA and not as many empty sets.

Thing is..we coulda realized we had a dud at center..wasted 3..4 yrs of largish salary there where we could have targeted a FA but we didnt..thats also where the good teams fortify and transition their lines..we wasted salaries on guys like biggie and some others too long as well where it could have been used elsewhere..thats where we failed..no succession plan in the works..and if we had a guy he never got reps The draft is generally a crap shoot..good for depth and the odd star..but for most part its backfilling roster and a small amount of guys you evaluate and target for adequate back up spots..and possible upside diamond in rough guys..we have failed immensely there as we target guys with good special teams resume and thats it..like I said before.. anyone with any athletic ability can play teams...so target the possible potential guys for the teams Yup..like I said...anyone can play teams..and if a high potential guy is there..he can play teams...a no potential guy offers you nothing but teams..and even then the blue chippers are prob better Look at Smith..Shay..for example..some of best teams ghys we have..and both should have been getting defensive reps.last yr if not actually considered for starting spot..Like legit considered.. not the b.s we pull in camp

See Hamilton

I like the match up though if we can get Brady going early as the run game seems to be a little weakness for that D. I also like having Dru as he can move the pocket and gets the ball away early. If he can get in sync with his recievers (they were way off in the Ottawa game) and is able to get a little time for his check downs I think we have a good chance against this Stamps D. Dedrick Mills and Adams running ability worry me more as that in the early going has been our D's achilles heel. Then it creates openings for the big plays.

Why not go with brown who as you say is 29 and develop TE over those years.... Give him a few years and if Brown is 33 and TE is ready and still young that's a good problem to have...

That sounds bad but really if you look at it, we either haven't been in a position to do that or there wasn't an OL of value to be selected. 2025 was the only year that we may have wanted a do-over. 2022: no 1st rounder - traded to Mtl. 2023: Super weak OL class where only 1 OL was taken in the first 2 rounds (Dayton Black who's not even in the league anymore) so they made the right call there. 2024: no 1st rounder - traded to Cal. 2025: We went with Shay at #6 last year when Chris Fortin was still on the board (went to Calgary at #8). Fortin is now their starting center so given how we've used (or not used) Shay, that may have been a miss. 2026: Took Gatkuoth at #4 this year & OL Jonathan Denis went next at #5. Denis had knee issues in college & got hurt again in camp & hasn't played a down. No other OL went until we took Cline at 20 so the jury is still out on that one.

No worse than Elsbury/Kolo is not good enough. I think the problem is overall we're probably weakest in the CFL at center. Whether it's this season or next, we need to upgrade at center. Eli has been with the team 7 seasons and through a combination of injuries, baffling Osh decisions and failing to really distinguish himself from the pack when he did play, it's pretty clear that it's not going to happen with him. The Rimington Award watch was a long time ago. I don't think you're a true championship contender with below average center play.

I’ll join in on the Elsbury pile on. On the short yardage play on the first drive he got blown up so badly his feet came off the ground when he bounced backwards. On another run in the 2nd half he got popped so hard he ended up back at the los standing straight up when Oliviera was tackled. Our run game, both bc of playcalling and blocking, hasn’t been good enough. I’d like to see some more runs behind Broxton in either the B or C gap. RPOs are fine but it’s basically all we do.

As for coaching ...Condell looked to be the 'pass first' guy we thought he was...last night it almost backfired...We have an ace running back in Brady who pounds defences while picking up good yardage and I had to check the lineup to see if he was rostered for the game ...Granted when he was finally used he made some crucial yardage BUT c'mon, this was a team missing their middle linebacker and we shyed away from using our difference maker....Lousy decision...especially after witnessing our receivers suffering the dropsies and at that time should have switched to the run game...Came out with the 2 pts....luckily....We have to be better next game in 'a lot' of departments ...or 'lucky' will likely run out on us

Yep. We could’ve used the draw last night as well. as soon as the ball was snapped the dl were out of lanes and looping. Screen pass and pa screen to get the ball in brady’s hands in a high percentage play and put him one on one with a lber.

I really think we need a guy who can make a play downfield on a contested catch. I got nothing against White, Wilson or Demski as receivers but none of them are really that guy.

Wallace has a really bad habit of kicking wide in pass pro which completely opens up the middle. He might actually be an option at LT because half the time he's playing LG like he's trying to be the LT. Teams watching film will find that vulnerability and hit us with double A blitzes basically force a 3 on 2 on our interior if Wallace makes that mistake. That left side is getting no drive off the line either. I know everyone including our coaches loves that Wallace works to find guys at the whistle and do a little extra. I'd like if he could start doing his job more consistently.