Colin Unger

I was just thinking about it and in the offseason its not impossible that Hamilton would take Zach off our hands. If they miss the playoffs with Bo. The question is who would be our starter?

The somewhat sad part is that it would be tremendously unlikely that even if he didn’t have guaranteed money and we were being offered a 1st round pick and an elite middle linebacker on an entry level deal I doubt that the team would have any interest in trading him even in this offseason.

Nobody is going to take on his salary that's guaranteed for next season right now. And if injuries occur i see teams trading for MBT or Masoli sooner then taking on guaranteed money next season. Its crappy but we have to fix the offensive line and stick with him through next season.

Players like Bighill, Nuefeld, Thomas and Kolo had better not be back next season. Part of the problem is that there were so many aging players plus a horrible recruitment class last season that they kind of needed to choose some to replace and some to keep. In some cases they made the right and wrong choices. Jefferson and Bryant are clearly by far the best of the aging players and I wouldn't be surprised if they could help us next season.

No i think they're focus is primarily still on winning. But when you combine some aging players we kept and a bunch that we didn't keep then all the injuries in my view/hope its turning out to be a rebuilding year while we still make the playoffs. My hope is that as we get more players back they start to actually look for replacements for some weaker starters. Would like to obviously see Wallace and Tui get more playing time at some point and taking a look at some more linebackers. Either guys we have here or signing NFL cuts who can make an impact next season.

I don't see that happening. Personally, I think its mostly just an echo chamber here of people who think this team would be saved by reshuffling the pencils they already have. Sure, this team can cobble together a season while it rebuilds especially as players like Lawler get added to the lineup. But at best we're looking at a first round exit. We had a window to win championships with this nucleus and that's clearly closed. The most important thing for this season is to continue to unearth new talent like Wilson, Woods, Adams, Garbutt, Bonds, Wheatfall ect. We're going to need that and a good year in free agency in the offseason to stand a chance next year. They're going to have to find a way to build a team around zach that he can be successful with because with his guaranteed money he's certainly not going anywhere until after next season.

It's all a matter of perspective. I'm accepting the actual talent level of the team currently and then looking at the key mistakes that occured at key times. We aren't talented enough to recover from key turnovers. And since you aren't going to suddenly become significantly more talented you gotta control the things you can control... like turnovers. It would appear you're ignoring the fact that I also blamed Zach for his poor interception. You want to frame it like i'm defending Zach when clearly i singled him and Demski out for their horrible mistakes. The main reason we scored so few points was that when we actually made the plays to go deep into the Riders end of the field we committed turnovers.

You're right.. I'm now glad he fumbled. Wouldn't have wanted to find out. Can we give Demski the gameball for this game and a gameball for misjudging the pass against BC late in the game too.

I wonder if anyone has the connections here to get access to the CFL stats API. I tried and failed. It would be nice to see which stats they actually give access too.

We lost the game due to a poor decision by Zach and an annoying fumble by Demski. We already signed Whitehead and he should be in the lineup next week I would think. Garbutt looks like a keeper. Given the reason for the loss I'm not sure exactly which players the team should be expected to sign?

Its the same kind of stuff he would have said about Matt Nichols even right before Nichols' last game at the team's starter. My issue right now is not with Collaros starting but rather that we aren't doing what we did in our first Grey Cup run and using packages with Streveler to take the pressure off Zack. You could wear down the D and also give teams more to have to prepare for this way. It's frustrating.

Unfortunately the CFL does a very poor job of providing advanced stats to the fans. Even PFF is being held back by the league from offering a breakdown of each player in the league like they do for every other football league. I do my own stats database for draft kings and its very annoying that only some teams release those gamestats pdf's on their website like the bombers do. I can't even find a complete scoring summary including 2pt converts and single points anywhere on the internet. I can't find information on fumbles by each player in each game. Only fumbles lost from TSN.ca. The cfl probably has internal stats like the ones you want but i don't it's publicly available.

There would be no need for that. We'd still have Ontaria at a rookie salary next year. So we could have an elite receiving core.

Its positive that we're getting a linebacker with upside some experience. Can't imagine Wilson is the one who's going to be replaced anytime soon. With a 17 day break between BC games i'm going to be he's only back for the 2nd game.

Im looking forward to seeing what Garbutt can do.

Im also looking forward to see him make his Case!

Anyone know who’s going to be block Garbutt this week? Ssk used to have Loften and Hardrick not sure who they have left.

I wouldn't base much on Walter's public comments. He's not going to say "we believe X player is an injury concern so we didn't offer a contract". That would negatively affect their ability to find work elsewhere in football.

I think Osh has the the be the 2nd star of the game. Took and L while winning a challenge, gutsy 2pt covert decision, even a tackle on the sidelines!

This is what happens after a rookie gets his feet wet and makes one big play. Suddenly he has the experience and confidence to be a major contributor.

Don't disagree with that assessment. And he's benefitted from playing next to a guy who's been double teamed for years. I still want to celebrate the moment he got this sack. He's not to blame for still having his job afterall.

LOL. Come on... For the irony of him making such an impactful play for our season. Helping to seal not only the win buy the tiebreaker against the team we need to beat out to make the playoffs. Regardless of whether it fell into his lap he made the play and that gave me a good chuckle.

How are we not in a playoff spot. We're tied with Calgary and we've won the season series. I know they have that game in hand but i don't think that's how it works.

Pokey Wilson just saved me after picking Fajardo in draftkings this week. I just got here has anyone mentioned Jake Thomas?

This section of this post as aged tremendously well.