TBURGESS

The defence wasn't much different last night than it is most nights. The big difference was that our offence couldn't put up more than 30 points and eat up a bunch of TOP. I'd say we are 10-4 despite our defence, not because of it.

3 Stars: Adams both as QB and receiver. Bryant - Turned a fumble into a rumble into lateral and a FG. Denmark - Not a great choice, but I've run out of stars. Happy Honker: Don Jonas for all the great memories and the only laugh I got last night when he wanted to know what he was going to get from signing a 1 day contract.

The injuries are the worst part of the game last night for me. I hope none of them are long term.

Looked to me like Nichols might have torn a nail mostly off. Having done that myself, I can tell you that it hurts like the Dickens and it makes it hard to grip anything without pain.

It's become a coin toss every time the challenge flag is thrown. That play was pretty obviously not PI, but they still called it. I thought the non-fumble in the Riders game was a fumble. At least they got the PI challenge in our game right, but I was holding my breath after the rest of the calls last week.

BC's the team that everyone's forgetting about. They could still get out of the basement if they play up to their potential and Edmonton keeps losing, BC could pass them in a few weeks for the last playoff spot.

3 Stars: Nichols - Found his deep ball. Threw it away when he needed to. Harris - Won't be taken down by the first guy and recovered a big fumble. Randle - Pick 6 for the win. HH: I'll go with Jeffcoat. Lots of pressure and a knockdown.

Grymes back is big for Edmonton's D.

Cuz we beat em by a TD. If they win by more than a TD, they get the series.

A win and we're still in the hunt for 1st overall. A loss, especially by more than a TD and we're in a fight for 2nd place.

Nope, not this dude.

I corrected someone who called LeFevour our #2 QB a couple of weeks ago, but don't let a little thing like the truth get in the way of the story you want to tell.

We have a top three starting QB, but if we lose Nichols, we're pretty much done. LeFevour's a glorified RB who can throw some. Great for 3rd downs but lousy as a starter. Who knows what we have in Davis? Edmonton has Reilly and Franklin. Likely the best situation of all the teams. BC's already lost their best QB and Ottawa are currently on their 3rd string QB, otherwise they'd both would obviously have better overall QB situations. With Masoli running Hamilton's team now, you gotta give them props for having a good QB situation, even tho they don't have a good team. The #1 guy can't get the job done, the #2 guy does. 20-20 hindsight says they should have made the change earlier. Glenn's outplayed Durant this year by a large margin and he's being paid way less too. I guess Jones is smarter than a bunch of you think he is. Bridge isn't anything special at this point in his career, but he can run their offense in a pinch. Better or worse than Davis? Who knows, cuz we haven't seen Davis do anything except throw a couple of passes in garbage time (The first one should have been a pick 6 BTW). Calgary has an injured BLM (The best QB in the league IMO) who is still doing enough to win and a big question mark after that. Toronto has a top four starting QB a 3rd down QB and a big question mark if Ray goes down. Pretty much the same place we are. Montreal has a lousy starting and backup QB.

A pick for a PR guy? Great.

Gotta take the Stamps based on their great D. We should get a home playoff game. Assuming we win it, we'll have to go to Calgary and beat them in their own park, which is next to impossible.

You mean Mburging.

LeFevour's supposedly our 3rd string. Davis #2. LeFevour's a glorified RB who can throw some, which is why he's our short yardage guy.

Popp's big problem was that he wanted to coach as well as be the GM and he's a poor to terrible coach.

The only way I see us losing the game is if we lose Nichols or Harris early on.

BC's not playing well and Edmonton is in a tail spin. I can see why folks are expecting the Riders to be 3rd. The Riders also have the tie breaker against BC and are a bunch of points ahead in the tie breaker with the Eks.

It has to be Lindley. They really don't have any other options except to get Burris back and he's said that's not happening.

Looks like we luck out and play the redblacks starting their 3rd string QB on a short week. Maybe we will get to see our 2nd string QB after all.

A non-fiction novel.

No there aren't enough quality NI QB's to go round. Right now, it would only affect Calgary and Regina. but it would make them worth more than the average import QB. It becomes a cost/benefit analysis. Is it better to pay your 2nd or 3rd string QB more to get an extra backup import and the possibility of a starting NI QB? I'd expect that several teams would go the NI 3rd string route and roll the dice that they'd never have to play.

An NI is an NI and that should include the QB. I don't see a down side to teams choosing to carry a 3rd string NI QB instead of an import. It would certainly be better for Canuck QB development and it would result in an extra backup import for those teams who choose an NI QB. Both are wins IMO.