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have a great day y'all. i have some friends coming over to watch it but will likely pop into the chat a few times.

Durant wasn't first??? Get the pitchforks!!!

it'll be Cornish.

i don't take the Top 50 Players as an actual ranking as i don't believe in the people's scouting or objectivity who make up the list. i try to look at it more as a chance to watch 50 players get talked-up and some of their highlights shown... it's more fun for me that way. besides, any list that doesn't have Ray at #1 is fundamentally flawed and should be viewed at with great skepticism. also, i don't recommend anyone play the "best fans in the league" drinking game this weekend... even during broadcasts not involving the team from the rectangle. you'll be "do or die" level wasted by halftime.

just another one of the many services i provide.

you are trying to lecture me on believing things just because you believe them? Give me a break. You are the king of making up your mind quickly and never changing it no matter how much evidence presents itself. and you're crown prince.

Not certain that any extra familiarity by O'Shea will be a factor since what we do on both sides of the ball is pretty much common knowledge. Our STs were weak in preseason and the Bombers could punish us on field position and force the Argos to play on a long field. You should have a pretty good idea of what you're up against on D... all 3 times i've seen it i kept thinking that if i squinted hard and imagined the players in ugly uniforms, that i'd be looking at the Bomber defence. 4 men rushing upfield and hitting the RB on the way to the QB and generally trying to force a pass early, while trying not to have anyone in single coverage. As for stopping our offence, it's no secret what we'll try to do: the Trestman/Milanovich offence forces you to make choices and then the QB (if given enough time) attacks the spot you didn't choose to defend. If you can stuff our runs with your D-Line and if your blitz is successful (this will be the key right here... our new tailbacks haven't had enough live ammo shot at Ricky to have enough practice in blitz pickup) you can stall us out... but i haven't seen enough of Etch's D stopping anybody on the ground yet to think that this could happen.

FTFY ... that's what he meant. i know... just thought i'd modify it for accuracy's sake.

FTFY

you sure we'll see him play? i have a 55" 1080HD tv and even still, i'm not certain that the little guy will register enough pixels to show up... He may be small but he carries some weight when he runs into people. well if that won't strike terror into a guy like Thad Gibson, then i don't know what will...

you sure we'll see him play? i have a 55" 1080HD tv and even still, i'm not certain that the little guy will register enough pixels to show up...

pretty sure that's just around the other side of the lake from me here in Ontario...

Don't worry, we wouldn't expect a Rider fan to be able to complete something so difficult. Just stop. It has nothing to do with who I cheer for. I couldn't do this as a Bomber fan. and you couldn't even chew gum and walk at the same time if you were a Tabbies fan... (hi Doc )

nope.

i predict lots of back-tracks/admissions of being wrong/denials that they ever spoke against getting Bryant from posters in this thread. had Barker not found a few younger-cheaper guys, i'd have been happy to still have Bryant streaking down our sidelines. he (as of late last season when he came back after rehabbing a persistent injury - which should at least show you that he still has heart and desire to perform) still has speed, hands, moves and veteran savvy to be productive... and a young QB like Willy should be overjoyed at the prospect of having a guy like him added to the team. and when you add to it that he has Osh's trust and that he can drop a dime on our playbook before Thursday night... it should be a no-brainer. and ffs, people that aren't pointing to him flipping off a joke like Kelly as a point in his favour need to check themselves and realise that in 20+ seasons of futiliy, Kelly might have been the low point and you should be lining up to hi-five or bro-fist a guy who told that embarrassment exactly what you all now agree he should have been told on day one of his tenure in 'toba.

no surprise. how many interviews with Chris Jones do you remember over the prior 2 years in Toronto? the man would ban media from the property if he could.

thanks Jpan. i'm waiting for depth charts before picking. watch this space. Thursday Afternoon edit: Jeremiah Johnson (not sure how the carries will get split between him and Steele... but my gut says Johnson will score)

as for Romby, i'm not surprised we let him go. not because he doesn't have "it" anymore, but because we have plenty of guys who can do the job (and RR makes it easy for them to do it). Bryant got hurt early last season and rehabbed on the injured list to come back late in the season for a 2 TD game. you've got to admit that shows some heart.

Evan McCullough and Zo Lawrence could both help the Bombers, imo. i thought Lawrence was a lock to be a key part of our D this season. him being cut either means that he's hurt, we found better or he has regressed. i didn't see any signs of regression... and earlier in camp, he was one of only 2 guys featured in ArgoTV's "meet the secondary" video, so i took that to mean that the team thought he was safe too.

on a scale of zero to ****-yeah!, how much would you like to party with that guy?

Argo roster cut-downs have been treated like top-secret spy stuff of late... seems we never hear them until long after the submission deadlines.

I said it in the offseason, it's the worst time to move west for the Bombers. Man I woulda loved to stay in the east just one more year. All you gotta worry about then is Ray, in the west it's tougher. But I guess this is all part of the pander to Southern Ontario mentality that the CFL is so fond of. quit your complaining and go to whatever division Mr. Braley tells you to.

feelin' fine.

experimental? how? are they going to wear scuba gear? is there going to be a rollergames-style wall of death in front of the goal line?

interesting timing for the hire at the end of camp. maybe Football operations felt that the amount of rookies and level of fundamentals needed to be addressed. strong pro-active move, imo.