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It seems this evaluation has been done without any knowledge or insight into his health or injury status. There was a post indicating he was sat because of an upper body injury. Players trying to play injured run the risk of playing poorly and being unfairly assessed as a “bad player” . There is no difference between an injured player trying to play and a poor player...in the eyes of the fans they look exactly the same.

Jeffcoat and Alexander when healthy are a lock to be back in the starting defense.
A starting D-line of Jefferson, Nevis, Richardson and Jeffcoat with Roh, Kongbo and Jake rotating in will be just dominating
Rios as the extra DB will make us very strong there as well, though how we use the DI's will be interesting when we have Lucky healthy, and you can't take Grant out, and even with all Lucky brings I think Bailey brings more as a pure receiver even though when thrown to, Lucky has pretty much caught everything save for may a drop or 2...though I can't recall cringing about any drops.
Possibly we roll with Grant and Bailey as a DI with Medlock and Roh and go with Jones, Exume, Hallet and Wright as extra DB's...we have done that quite a few games so it's not unthinkable
The thought though of after break getting back Harris..Jeffcoat..Alexander..Speller...hopefully Neufeld eventually Nichols and game time to get up to speed is a pretty comforting thought..especially now seeing as our depth guys and back-ups have got a lot of valuable playing time, so if an injury occurs late in year, or in play-offs guys are gonna be able to slot right in with basically next to no drop off...and lots of familiarity with the other starters

The hit on Rempel was legal.  The rule says you cannot hit him until his lifts his head.  He lifted his head and got hit - in that order.  What do you expect the league to do? 
There is no rule that you cannot hit someone hard.  Rempel will look at the film and say that he should have stayed lower as he brought his head up.   It's no different than skating through the neutral zone with your head down.
I preach about protecting players all the time.  But I don't want anyone refereeing based on how injured a player was after the play.

The hit on Rempel was legal.  The rule says you cannot hit him until his lifts his head.  He lifted his head and got hit - in that order.  What do you expect the league to do? 
There is no rule that you cannot hit someone hard.  Rempel will look at the film and say that he should have stayed lower as he brought his head up.   It's no different than skating through the neutral zone with your head down.
I preach about protecting players all the time.  But I don't want anyone refereeing based on how injured a player was after the play.

The hit on Rempel was legal.  The rule says you cannot hit him until his lifts his head.  He lifted his head and got hit - in that order.  What do you expect the league to do? 
There is no rule that you cannot hit someone hard.  Rempel will look at the film and say that he should have stayed lower as he brought his head up.   It's no different than skating through the neutral zone with your head down.
I preach about protecting players all the time.  But I don't want anyone refereeing based on how injured a player was after the play.

Y'all are too sensitive.
The league said that there is nothing in the rule book prohibiting this type of hit, and that they will look at ways to prevent this from happening in the future, which is exactly THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
To be fair, it was kind of a freak accident, with Rempel's head hitting the turf the way it did. Had he simply fallen on his back, this wouldn't even be a point of discussion. I don't believe the hit was malicious in nature.

Osh is just a beaut....
https://www.bluebombers.com/2019/09/04/need-know-september-4/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
One more from O’Shea, who was asked about reports that Matt Nichols could miss most of the regular season. Nichols was injured in the win over B.C. on August 15th and the club placed him on the six-game injured list, indicating he would be re-evaluated near the end of that stretch.
“That’s not the information we have,” said O’Shea of the reports. “I don’t know who’s been reporting it. What happens is somebody throws out a comment like that, they make something up and sure enough all these pseudo-reporters get to take it and run with it. Whatever. That’s not the information I have.”

Injury must be somewhat serious...or staff realized they good with Johnny..and know we have Oliviera as well at some point this year...when all healthy i wouldn't mind seeing sets with Johnny in backfield and Harris doing the hybrid RB/Slot thing..

You don't blame the patient for his disease.  He is a Roughrider fan, and that can be terminal.  With your donations, compassion and prayers he may just beat it.  Give to the United Way in your area to give a helping hand to all those less fortunate to you.  With your help we can all make our country a better place.

You don't blame the patient for his disease.  He is a Roughrider fan, and that can be terminal.  With your donations, compassion and prayers he may just beat it.  Give to the United Way in your area to give a helping hand to all those less fortunate to you.  With your help we can all make our country a better place.

You don't blame the patient for his disease.  He is a Roughrider fan, and that can be terminal.  With your donations, compassion and prayers he may just beat it.  Give to the United Way in your area to give a helping hand to all those less fortunate to you.  With your help we can all make our country a better place.

You don't blame the patient for his disease.  He is a Roughrider fan, and that can be terminal.  With your donations, compassion and prayers he may just beat it.  Give to the United Way in your area to give a helping hand to all those less fortunate to you.  With your help we can all make our country a better place.

I don't know that they would consider that all that bad.  5.2 over the entire spectrum probably translates to a reasonable rating for males 18 to something.  That would be the only demographic their sponsors would be interested in.  Then again, Noeller usually knows what he is talking about and they don't have very many commercials, which usually equates to a change in format coming soon.
I don't listen very often - and even less as soon as the Jets start skating again.  But I would miss the option of listening to uninformed and misguided CFL commentary (Bauming excluded).

all you guys trying to find a way to sit there and watch it on your 6" phone screen........ffs, we have the best radio PBP crew in the league by a mile! Take advantage! Seriously, at our cabin at Victoria Beach, one of the amazing, simiple pleasures in life is sitting around listening to CJOB Bombers football. During intermission we walk down our front steps and jump into the lake for a quick dip, then come back up for the second half. Cottage life is all about being tech-free as much as possible. Go old school this weekend with the Bombers broadcast.

Don't you miss the days when Stegall would lead the league in yardage and we would finish every season at 3-15?  Don't you wish we were as good as BC and Toronto with all their 1,000 yard receivers?

I’ve stayed out of this discussion because it’s very emotional and polarizing.  Andrew Harris got caught and suspended. End of story but in my eyes it doesn’t lessen my view of the man and the football player. 
I played high school football in 1977 - 1979.  After every game we would go to a local restaurant and have dinner.   A couple of times a guy showed up ( I knew him from working at a store at polo park) and would offer to sell us steroids. He promised it would help us boost muscle mass and increase weight.  Some of us were pretty scrawny and wanted nothing more than to put on a little weight and more importantly muscle.  About a dozen guys bought his **** but I stayed away. My father was a pharmacist and he was ready to pull me off the team. He went to the school and told them but they did nothing because it didn’t happen on school property.  
I stayed away from it because I knew that my football career wouldn’t carry on past high school. A few guys went on to play in the CIS and one went to the NCAA.  
One of the guys that bought the steroids died at the age of 42 from a heart attack. I don’t know if it has anything to do with the roids but we will never now.  
Im glad I was too small and too slow or maybe I would have done something stupid.   
 
 

Also just in:  a local reporter saw what he believed to be the Easter Bunny at IGF this morning.

Yes I get that....what I meant was that it was risky to have only 2 quarterbacks available period. I felt we needed to have a 3rd qb here to be learning the system just in case. Dressing 2 is fine, but I wanted another here as insurance, and lo and behold, they've brought in another guy. If Streveler leads with his head again this weekend we shall need another guy!

Yeah, you're absolutely right - hence my comment about him not being HC material. Same goes for the soft-spoken offensive mind he replaced. But who put him (both, actually) in that position? Joe Mack, king of deflection and finger pointing.
That said, I'd have loved to see Burke remain a DC in this league. His defenses were a joy to watch.

He was not HC material. But I've said this before and I'll say it again: the WFC, Joe Mack in particular, did absolutely nothing to put Burke in a position to succeed. That roster was a disaster. His HC tenure was set up for failure the moment he replaced LaPolice. I'm pretty sure Tim has PTSD from that whole ordeal.

Yes, but we will still hear people screaming about it being flag football the next time a Bomber gets flagged for tackling a QB low.  Our entertainment is far more important than merely someone livelihood and quality of life.  I paid $50 for this ticket and I expect to see someone I don't cheer for in pain for the rest of their life!

Yes, but we will still hear people screaming about it being flag football the next time a Bomber gets flagged for tackling a QB low.  Our entertainment is far more important than merely someone livelihood and quality of life.  I paid $50 for this ticket and I expect to see someone I don't cheer for in pain for the rest of their life!

I don't know anyone that I respect who thinks that Bob is just a cheerleader.  He is not going to burn his sources though.  Teams leak things to whom they want and to whom they trust.

It was probably said "off the record" and since he has close ties with a bunch of insiders... you don't leak information like That- you would tend to lose a few of those insiders.

not really sure what to think of this...