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Of course he is claiming it isn't because he was replaced by Cotton. http://www.cjob.com/2014/10/15/bombers-release-cfl-touchdown-leader/

Some interesting tweets from Lawless regarding the trade deadline, it isn't just Walters who is inactive at the trade deadline. Anyone want to bet the GM that Lawless talks to is Taman?

Just a quick reminder to get your picks in for this week before game time tonight! http://morningbigblue.com/community/index.php?app=pickems&do=games&pid=5&wid=63

If we continue to look the same when we get some of our key players back from injury, then I will be concerned. If we look better this week with some of our key players back, then what it tells me is we just don't yet have the depth that we need. Which, considering where we were last year, isn't surprising. Takes time to build up the quality of your starters, and until you have that it is hard to up the quality of your backups because the new players you bring in jump right into starting spots. The concerning part is most of our upgrades were made through free agency and not through "new / rookie" players that were brought in. However saying that, I will give them a pass this year because last off season was essentially spent setting up their scouting network and system. If we see much the same next year in the new batch of imports that are brought in, that will give me concern because they should now be rolling on all cylinders.

You're doing it again. Making up things that i neither said nor implied then arguing your side of your made up story. No one, including me, expected the team to become good in one season. Far from it. We didn't make enough of the right changes in the off season IMHO and we haven't made enough changes during the season. I didn't expect an instant fix and I'm not bitching that it isn't faster than can be reasonably expected. None of those things have anything to do with how much or how little better we are than last year anyway. If you haul your head outta your hiney you might be able to follow along. My perspective is... We're still not good enough. We're in a downward death spiral. That's not the right direction. We're doing nothing about it this year. We're hoping to get better in the off season from the draft, free agency, and scouting new players.... Just like every other team in the CFL. No you're basically disregarding the progress the team has made and insisting that wins and losses are the only thing that really matters. What I said is exactly what you are saying. You need to expand your focus and look at the big picture. I'm not disregarding the progress. I'm just not overstating it like you are. The big picture is we still aren't good enough and that we still have a long ways to go. W's are the only thing that matters. If we aren't making progress, are you ready to fire Walters and O'Shea, blow the whole thing up and start over again? And if not, why not if we aren't making progress?

They want to give Hutchinson the chance to be the backup, but if he isn't what they hope he is, then they can call Budaj up. He is plan B. Low risk sending him down this time of year, and if he was claimed, they really didn't give much up for him.

Just heard on TSN 1290 that Maurice will address the goalie situation after practice today.

Samberg's best work on SNL was with his digital shorts.

saskblue takes sole possession of first place this week with 40 wins. Jesse W James and kelownabluefan nipping on his heels with 39 each. Check out the current leaderboard here: http://morningbigblue.com/community/index.php?app=pickems&do=leaderboard&pid=5&wid=61 Picks have to be in this week before game time on Friday (6 PM) Get your picks in here: http://morningbigblue.com/community/index.php?app=pickems&do=games&pid=5&wid=62

Are you going to post this poll every week until he is benched? Cause I don't think he will be.

No surprises: F John Albert D Julien Brouillette** G Connor Hellebuyck F Carl Klingberg** F JC Lipon ** Pending Waivers

No.

Football seems to go in cycles as the game changes with different players and new schemes. Throw in the Ottawa expansion draft to really jumble things up and offences need time to adjust. The higher scoring offences will come back eventually.

Hanks nickname of Banks comes from the Saskatchewan fan base when he shunned them to sign in Calgary for more money. Why else would Rider fans hate him if they were the ones who cut him?

The tweet was in the first post of this thread: "O'Shea puts blame on Hajrullahu on blocked punt. Tell him he has to get rid of it quickly on low snap." He was mad because a reporter was putting words in his mouth and presumingly something he didn't do and he wouldn't do publicly. And it wasn't his biggest complaint of the game. It was what he said on air in the post game show. He can't complain about the officiating, he won't throw his players under the bus. So he complained about a reporter from CJOB putting words in his mouth. I'm pretty sure this is the least of his worries behind closed doors....

Edmonton pick!

Elliot isn't the QB you think he is. He isn't even 2nd on their depth chart. He wasn't put in for the series when Hank was forced to sit out for an injury.

Turnover on downs by SK. Edmonton runs it in for a TD. Good start to this game.

3rd and 1 and Ottawa runs out of shotgun? They deserve to lose this game.

Easy solution. Go to the game live.

If you want to win, you play the best player you can at every position. Lirim is a better punter. It is rare a punter gets hurt on blocked punt. So rare it is not worth putting in an inferior kicker and taking away the extra roster flexibility.

So if he goes ahead and says what you want ... "This next game is critical and not just another game" ... and then he loses, then what do you want him to say? He won't paint himself into a corner like that. I want my coaches to be in the business of winning football games not entertainment and not pandering to the media. It doesn't really matter what he says or does, the media here have proven they will fill their columns with drivel either way.

If that was the case Liram would have won the punting duties out of TC Not necessarily. Lirim was a rookie and sometimes if you give kickers too much to do both areas suffer. At the TC practise I was at, I thought Lirim out kicked Renaud. I think they wanted to ease Lirim in, letting him get comfortable and good at kicking while keeping some vet experience in the kicking game. When Renaud got hurt, Lirim was given the opportunity to take over both jobs. If Renaud was the better punter, he would be back by now.

Haven't seen the official stats between the two, but just watching them punt, I do believe Lirim has the stronger leg and het gets much better hang time on his punts.