ShyGuy

I feel bad for Brady. He is a dude who seems like he really cares and despite the game plan seemingly always being pass heavy, by my math he is now 6th all time in Grey Cup Rushing yards despite being 0-3 (82 in 22, 119 in 23 and 84 in 24) which puts him behind Robert Drummond in #5 @ 312 and ahead of Jackie Parker at 275

I don't understand the series that Wilson got when they were trying to stop Collaros' hand from leaking. You don't let your backup QBs throw all season, you have the MOP in the backfield, you get the ball on the 30 with a huge play from Willie after the let down on that punt block, you are down... 17-13 I think at that point so a TD puts you in the lead, and you dial up 4 straight passes, 1 of which should have been picked in the end zone on an underthrow, and another that was a bit of an overthrow.

That seemed weird and I am curious as to what actually happened there. I don't think the Argos actually had anyone coming back at that point? He was always came across as very... intense in all his social media. I wonder if something happened behind the scenes.

When he gets closer to his target return date we'll start hearing about how hes "in the best shape of his life" and then it will be "he just needs to get a feel for it in practice and he is ready to go" and then "the injury isn't really responding how he would like so he's going to take a few more weeks to get ready" and then they'll hope no one remembers any of this as he is coaching the linebackers from the sidelines.

Milligan didn't even lead his team in special teams tackles. I think this is the first time I've seen 'Defensive Plays Total' around the talk to MODP/MOP, not even taking into account Special Teams Tackles being part of it. The Riders managed to turn that gigantic positive TO ratio into a huge amount of punts. The Riders had 103 punt returns against... the next closest team had 80! So yeah he's gonna have more opportunities for STT.

Oh I figured that. Just curious about the Toronto timeouts haha

The league actually put up a HUGE chunk of old Grey Cups as part of... Grey Cup 110?... just have to sign up for CFL Plus https://www.cfl.ca/grey-cup-on-demand-list/ So at the end of the 3rd quarter, when KSB had that catch that was ruled no catch, and Mace tried to challenge it but was told it was already confirmed, the sideline mics picked up O'Shea referencing 'the ******* timeouts you let ******* toronto have'... anyone have any more context on that?

I hope this season ends up being fools gold for the Riders. 9-8-1 season mired by a 7 game winless stretch but buoyed by an otherworldly turnover ratio. An aging QB that finally seems to be able to find the end zone (on something like 21% of his drives) but of the 11 games he started, 5 of them were against the 3 teams that missed the playoffs (and were the worst in opponent TD percentage). But you made it to the West Finals! Run it back Kings!

As well they should be. This was probably their best shot. They overachieved based on start of year expectations but underacheived in being a 9 win team with a TO ratio you'd expect a 14 win team to have. This reeks of a situation where they think they are a piece or two away, but if they run back Harris at 39 he's more likely than not to transform into a pumpkin and they'll get a harsh dose of reality when they aren't producing 4 TOs a game (even though this season all they could really do was transform those into punts).

This... Just thinking too fast on mobile to type 🤣🤣🤣

Ouelette had 24 rushes for 120 yards... But two of those went for 26 and 30 yards. Take those away and his two 1 yd TDs and you are looking at 20 rushes that went 62 yards. If you are sitting at 3 ypc for the majority of your rushes you are gonna have a tough time

How many players have been around for all 5 runs to the grey cup? For a league with a tonne of turnover the Bombers have done a remarkable job at keeping up continuity

As mentioned, this is from Week 11, so inclusive of season weeks 11 to 21. Riders had byes Week 15 and Week 20 (and Harris didn't play Week 21). Bombers had the week 15 and week 20 byes as well. If Harris would have played Week 21 they both would have gotten 9 starts, Collaros only played the first half in the LDC. Including week 3 for Harris to get him to 9 starts seems to defeat the purpose of "Since week 11"

QB A: 190/262 2392 Yards, 13/6 TDs/INTs QB B: 177/260, 2318 Yards, 13/7 TDs/INTs QB A is Harris. QB B is Collaros... not much difference there since week 11 (this is 8 games for Harris and 8.5 for Collaros) Harris got off to a really good start before getting injured. Collaros got off to a disastrous start. Since the Bombers came back from the first bye and Harris back from his injury they've been remarkably similar.

https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/31/mitchell-oliveira-headline-2024-cfl-award-nominees/ Brady the MOP and MOC for the West. Milligan beats out Ford for MODP

Looking at the season long Game Analysis that the league publishes and the matchup in the West Final will be VAJ vs the Riders Secondary. VAJ among the leaders in 20+ Attempts despite only starting 9 games and the Riders one of the worst teams against the deep ball.

How close is the game to a sellout? Doesn't look like there is a ton left on ticketmaster

Leake is 5 years younger though... although that is the kind of thinking that got the Bombers into the mess in the first place 😆

The fact that other teams don't know who Nichols is is probably the biggest sign of respect there is 😆

His number is 0, so it could possibly be a 0. I keep saying I wish that the CFL published the advanced stats for DBs but it feels as though a DB being 11th in the league in Defensive tackles isn't a great thing... it shows a willingness for a QB to throw at the receiver they are covering... everyone on here used to rag on Houston as a feast or famine DB where because he has picks it looks like he is doing a good job but those two are neck and neck in tackles. VAJ had a red hot start but then he faltered against Calgary and hit a wall against the Bombers. Kind of similar to what happened with McInnis (but that could be explained by who was throwing to him)

What a bizarro season. If Collaros plays the last two games he has a pretty reasonable chance at setting a career high in yards. TDs/INTs are all out of whack but I don't think anyone would have expected that after the start and the injuries to receivers throughout the year.

https://www.cfl.ca/2024/10/03/one-more-pick-why-tyrell-ford-deserves-to-be-voted-all-cfl/ Interesting to see some of the more advanced metrics they are keeping track of for DBs. Milligan is getting a lot of heat for MODP because he is up there on a lot of the counting stats but its good to see that Ford is right there with him in a lot of the metrics that matter for a corner.

I feel like the general consensus around here going into last week was that this line-up was the best that the Bombers have fielded so far this season

It would be neat to see how that defense performs when they aren't spotted a 28 point lead but I wouldn't complain if we don't find out like last week.

Is that two trips to the 6 game for Woli and 3 for Bighill? 3 separate stints on the 6-game (with games played between) for Bighill must be some kind of record