Mark H.

You may want to consider - that most of the guys he was starting with have been starters for all of this year - on an outstanding OL. Anyone who doesn't remember what happened when Bond Replaced Newf was just not paying very much attention. I think they're insane if they don't dress Foketi - OL should be last position that is sacrificed.

I noticed Newf at tackle...

First, having Flanders back could not have come at a better time. Having our two headed monster helping out Nichols in snowy conditions is ideal. But has anyone heard anything about the status of Bond & Hardrick? It's going to be critical that we have those two back - playing smash mouth in the cold I hope they start 4 import DL even when we're back to 3 import DL - this needs to be a thing Gossen, Chungh, Harris, Feoli - Gudino, Hurl, Loffler - and then Coates & Co. They still use Wild whenever Thomas or Corney are on.

Any reason why?

Riders. Esks could do nothing all game and then beat you going deep.

On a night like this, that's possible, but no

DL = defensive line

DL looking excellent so far.

Franklin is better of course, Buckley not enough info But that's not the point - the point is most teams will have problems when their starter goes down

Because the Stamps would be okay without BLM and the Esks would be just fine if Reilly went down. BC is also awesome at the QB position.

The whiskey train goes through this area every week - 3 tankers from Seagram's man

Stamps will be spying called QB runs all bloody day.

I hope you're not still buying coke to go with that...

Yeah, they definitely did. O'Shea said it on the coach's show. Paraphrasing alert: "if Nichols were to ever go down, we'd be starting Dom Davis without a doubt." Either he didn't mean what he said, perhaps over-emphasized, or something has changed since then.

It's a perfect storm for the offense. Bond & Flanders missing from the running game, Bond & Adams missing from the passing game. That's cornerstone talent - right there. Westerman and Leggett on defense, same thing. Although I'm not entirely convinced of Westerman's impact on the ratio - IMO that was not being utilized properly.

Not even worth considering - when Homer Simpson is available

How much of the current Rider team did he build?

Should've posted before the scotch...

Just imagine what our 2017 draft picks could have been traded for...

Could be - but resting Harris this week gives them the best chance to win the east semi.

Of course I didn't mention receivers - that inconvenient fact being against the premise of my argument.

For how many teams does he have to leave the NI cupboard bare before this is no longer brought up?

They need to forget about selling tickets and let Harris rest. A playoff win or two would go a long towards selling tickets for next year.

Areas that this regime has scouted quite well: Offensive Line - Bond, Hardrick, Foketi. Just admit that the Bombers' American OL are the best in the league, and then shut up. Running Back: Flanders - top notch versatile threat Defensive Line - Johnson & Jeffcoat, absolute studs Linebacker: Leggett & Wild are as good as anyone in the league, and better than most Secondary: Walker and Alexander - can't expect DBs new to the CFL to be good right away - these two have settled in nicely. Honourable mention to Kevin Fogg The above list leads me to believe they will find better receivers going forward. If the scouting dept is given the option of starting an American MLB, there's not even a snowball's chance in hell that position won't improve. They could also go the FA route with that position ala Barrin Simpson

I know right. It's just that some are loathe to give credit, even when it's deserved.