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The league doesn't need more challenges. One a game is plenty. What the league does need is for the "eye in the sky" to overturn painfully obvious calls that a challenge shouldn't be wasted on.

One is just fine. More than enough. That would mean 4 per game & I don't think fans want that.Save it for when it is truly needed. We go entire games now without challenges & it is great.

This is good news for the Bombers.

Enstrom will end up on a moose all right, somewhere in the middle of Northern Sweden...

Chris Jones and stupid enough tho does seem to go well with each other don't you think? They are in dire need of DB's, so he brings in an NFL retread who is 33 and hasnt played in 2 years...does that not exude stupid enough??

Not from me- Every time I get pissed at his play during a game, I recall the hit he laid on the manny show and he is forgiven...

It is totally stupid and probably negatively impacts those movies as well. Can't believe that Disney was this over sensitive. GUy made some stupid tweets, realized it was a bad idea and moved on being a guy that everyone seems to like. The fact that Hollywood has actual slimeballs working regularly and this guy gets fired for dumb tweets... unreal.

Streveler is a raw rookie... I'd like for him to get a few series here and there and maybe some garbage time if we are beating on a team badly. But any talk of him starting over Matt is ridiculous.

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GAME DAY NOTES  Duke Williams 100+ in 4 straight: Williams' current run of consecutive 100-yard games has reached 4 in a row. With one more this week he can to a level that has been reached only 9 times in CFL history covering 1950 to 2017. The last player to extend that streak to at least 5 games of 100+ in a row was Jamel Richardson in 2011 (6 straight). The Edmonton record is held by Brian Kelly at 5 games in row set in 1983.  Overall Standings & Parity: Through the first 5 games for all clubs with the byes now having evened out for all but Winnipeg, Calgary has dominated at 5-0 with two teams at 1-4. However, league-wide there are SIX clubs with either 2 or 3 wins in a season of parity in the middle and thus not far from early playoff contention. Every team has at least one victory to date.  Lack of Win Streaks: There have been only THREE clubs thus far able to win back-to-back games over the first six weeks. Only Calgary (5), plus Hamilton and Saskatchewan have managed to win at least two games in a row.  Turnovers even more prominent: There has been just ONE team that has been able to overcome a T/O deficit and win their game in 2018. Only Edmonton on June 29th in a 41-22 victory over BC was negative on Giveaways with 3 against the Lions' 2 that day. Overall, teams with fewer Turnovers are at 18-1 .947 in 2018 compared to 55-13 .809 in 2017 and 57-10 .851 in 2016. Scoring at 46.5 ppg: Games are averaging just 46.5 points in 2018 vs 53.0 over the past two full seasons (2016-17). In 2018, there have been 10 games in which the point total has been 42 or less.  Rushing up by 17% in 2018: The focus in 2018 has been a return to rushing the football with yards averaging 217 per game, the highest per game yardage since 2010. Teams who have won the rushing battle in 2018 are 17-6 .739. Winnipeg leads the CFL at 173 yards per game which is the best average by any club since Edmonton in 1991 (185.3 per game). - Montreal Career Rushers: Tyrell Sutton moved up to #4 all-time for the Als last week by passing Brandon Whitaker. He is just 370 yards away from the #3 spot in club history. His per carry average is exactly the same as all-time leader Mike Pringle at 5.6 yards. Deep passing contrast: Edmonton leads the CFL in throwing deep this year with 16 completions where the receiver was more than 20 yards downfield. By comparison, Montreal is tied for last having just 8 connections of 20+ yards downfield. Six of Edmonton's 9 TD passes have been of the 20+ depth variety. MTL Roster changes from Week #1 to Week #7 - 42% Turnover: Of the 24 players that STARTED for the Als in their season opener, 10 of them (42%) either did not start last week or have since been traded away including Jamaal Westerman and Chris Williams. - 14th MTL QB Starter / 25 Week-to-Week changes:The following players have started at QB for Montreal since Anthony Calvillo's last start on August 17, 2012 - Josh Neiswander, Tanner Marsh, Troy Smith, Alex Brink, Jon Crompton, Rakeem Cato, Kevin Glenn, Brandon Bridge, Vernon Adams Jr., Darian Durant, Drew Willy, Matthew Shiltz and Jeff Mathews. Even more important perhaps, Montreal has been forced to make 25 week-to-week changes in their starting QB in the 89 games since August 2012. Edmonton has changed their QB starter week to week just 9 times over that span. - 1-15 in the last 16 games / 7 in a row at home: The Alouettes have won just once in their last 16 games - that matches the previous poorest 16-game stretch in their history, 1-15 from Oct 6/51 to Oct 18/52 almost 66 years ago. They come in having lost their last 7 home games - the longest home losing streak in Montreal history. - Edmonton vs Montreal: The Eskimos have won the last 8 meetings against Montreal, one short of their best run vs the Als. They won 9 consecutive meetings with Montreal across the 1978 to 1983 seasons. The current 8-game streak comes on the heels of exactly the same 8-game winning run that the Als had over Edmonton (2010 to 2013). The last Montreal win over Edmonton? Oct 5/13. - Slow starts: The Eskimos have scored a total of just 3 points in the 1st Quarter over their last 3 games. They have been behind after the 1st Quarter in each of their last 4 games and come back to win two of them. - Edmonton scoring: The Eskimos averaged 31.7 points per game over their first 3 contests, but have scored 16 and 15 points in their last two games respectively. Over the last two outings they have just built just 3 TD drives in 23 possessions. - Mike Reilly: Has been the Esks' #1 QB since 2013 and has now started 48 of their last 49 games. Edmonton has gone 33-16 .673 in that 49-game span with Reilly missing a start only on Nov 5/16 at season's end. Reilly has 300-yard games in 3 of his 5 starts in 2018 (36 career) and in 65% of his starts since 2015. Sutton as a receiver: Tyrell Sutton is on pace for 76 receptions for 659 yards (he has 21 catches for 183 thus far) - that would be more yards and catches than in the last two years combined (71 for 518 across 2016-17). - Boris Bede 14 FGs in a row: Has yet to miss a placement kick of either type in 2018 - 8/8 FGAs and 6/6 converts. He is just one short of his all-time career long run of 15 in a row set in June-July 2017 and has made 17 consecutive 32-yard converts. - Montreal flagged: The Als committed 44 penalties over their first 3 games (incl. declined) – in their last 2 games just 14 penalties. - Sean Whyte: Did not attempt a field goal last week and thus far has been called upon only 9 times. He is 7-of-9 in 2018. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

That would be the stupidest and funniest thing all wrapped into one. Carter cannot tackle whatsoever, and would get eaten alive...I so hope they do that. Are they so weak with depth and talent where that is ony option for them?...pathetic

No, because they can't challenge illegal contact anymore.

wow

I'd hope that people could simply self moderate .. put any poster they chose to ignore ON ignore .. and carried on. Wishful thinking I know .. but a man can dream. 😉

He's nowhere right now. He's a free agent. I'd be surprised if anyone picked him up.

Production is set to start this fall https://tvline.com/2018/07/25/deadwood-revival-movie-hbo-date-spoilers-cast/

Hey now them's fighting words. You sound like you need a snickers there buddy and I know the QB who can give you one (maybe not a touchdown pass).

I would assume he means one each team per half would be 4.

He is actually a seer, somewhat like me.....

Bowman was done here the second he gave up on a pass in the endzone against BC. When he came out and dropped the first pass he saw against Toronto with no one around him and the ball right in his hands that just cemented it. Guy was always massively overrated and now appears he really has lost a step so why keep wasting time with him when we got guys who showed potential waiting for a chance to get in?

You forgot to mention the lack of production from Bowman when he is targeted due to him dropping the ball..... Wolitarsky may not get many targets but at least when he does he catches the ball. And that my friend is the bottom line on why Bowman was moved for a bag of used footballs.

not bad considering we have played more games than everyone else and the first few were with a raw rookie who took some sacks where a vet most likely wouldn't have...the rushing yards tho and qb pressures is the more telling tale tho of how good an o-line is, sacks don't reflect o-line play per say And any team at the pro level who are averaging over 170 yards a game along the ground obviously has a strong o-line

SACKS ALLOWED EDMONTON ESKIMOS 4 Calgary Stampeders 6 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 7 Saskatchewan Roughriders 9 Ottawa Redblacks 9 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 10 Toronto Argonauts 11 BC Lions 12 Montreal Alouettes 17

Not to mention that Calgary is 29.6 PPG and we're at 33.2. It's nice being the only team in the league to average over 30 a game. Despite our record (and the second half in BC), this year has gone better than I expected when Nichols went down.

I know you're a Rider fan, but sometimes even you guys are right by mistake. No place for this in the league, and I think the CFL should be commended for their strict policies with respect to domestic violence, there are other much bigger leagues that would easily look the other way.

Wow- the gaslightning of the USA continues: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/7/24/1783274/-White-House-rewrites-history-in-real-time-edits-out-question-about-election-interference https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/07/trump-putin-press-conference-transcript/565385/ And here’s the key section from the White House transcript, which makes it seem as though Putin is still talking about the Mueller probe:

I think one per half would be ok

interesting yes, although in the CFL I don't necessarily want to hear. If it's the NHL/NBA/MLB/NFL then sure, even if it make them look bad, they're getting paid well enough to deal with the publicity stuff. In the CFL I think they deserve a bit more of their privacy. If I get fired from my job, the reason is between me and my company, and I make more than some CFL players. So I'm ok with respecting players privacy.

Toronto TFC doesn't have a problem with it's location.

That's not entirely true either .. Demski has lined up in the backfield with some regularity this season.

I thought the excuse reason was because the location of the football stadium is inconvenient for all the people in the Burbs to come down and watch the game?

Very happy by this.

I hope this means that Lankford's career as a punt returner is over.

https://www.bluebombers.com/2018/07/24/bombers-add-two-roster-4/

Pretty sure it was Dickenson in Calgary who was abusing the Illegal Contact challenges. Had a receiver away from the play run over a defender on every play so that he had it in his back pocket if a pass went incomplete.

Could be SMS related. Woods could be close to returning.

Any reason why they dumped Lemon? Was he acting up again?

Needs to add Hamilton to his punch card also.

Busy few days for trades.

the reality is if the Argos don't get those two lucky fumbles (actually credit to the argo DB that stripped Demski, that was a good play)... the first game is a absolute blow out.... equally as dominant as than the Mtl game...

Calgary having only 46 points against through five games is absolutely obscene.

the most amazing stat here is that Calgary points against... seriously, 9 points per game allowed?? that's incredible...

Usually pleased. There should be a usually pleased but sometimes wonder if hes high option.

I like it too. It will help bring talented players to the league that don't want to have to stay for two years

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My point on that was it could have been happening when he was with your team, we don't know what people are doing when they are not at work. Once its out in the open its a different situation. I get it that players have had issues in their personal life. No one is perfect and I am far from it myself. Judge not, yeast thee be judged. Sexual assault and domestic violence are two things I just can't get past however. Ottawa is doing the right thing here. I am all for second chances in life, sometimes we all need one. When you have a very public job like playing professional football however, you have to be held to a higher standard I think. Its probably not fair but when children at idolizing these players, I think they have some responsibility to not be rapists and wife beaters. I am not defending some of the players that have been signed to my team. Every situation is different and they need to be looked at on a individual basis.

PRE allegations tho...seems the Riders tend to sign these guys when it is well known they have quite significant off-field transgressions and issues...there's a difference

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