James

Soooo happy we didn't get Burris. Thank you Mr. Dinglenuts GM in Ottawa, you did us a great favour.

Gonna say it, that was not what i expected from an ETCH defence. It looked like a normal CFL defence, nothing too silly at all, lots of pressure on Ray all game long, could have probably had 10 sacks, What a performance, did not see this coming at all. 

was crowing quite loud last night when West smoked that guy with a teams tackle. That's why the guy's on the team...he's a beauty on the teams. Love it.

Just to hopefully eliminate any and all confusion going forward:
 
January 29 - Collaros released by Toronto.
January 30 - Collaros signs with Hamilton
January 30 - Burris released by Hamilton
February 4 - Burris signs with Ottawa
February 6 - Winnipeg trades for Willy's negotiating rights ahead of the February 15 free agency period
 
Not only were these 3 QBs not available at the same time, not even 2 of them were available at the same time.  They were pursued in the chronological order they came available, not in order of preference.
 
For some people to assume that Burris being released was obvious months ahead of it happening and was "the Bomber's second choice" is absurd.  Burris was property of Hamilton up until the moment they signed Collaros and chose to release Burris.  For the people who assume the Bombers would have ignored Collaros and Burris if Willy was their first choice, that is absurd.  That would be terrible management.  Willy re-signing with Saskatchewan or going to another team was always a possibility, and one that the Bombers had no control over.  For the Bombers to have done anything other than what they did would have been an offence worthy of Walters' unemployment.
 
That is not to say that it may not also have been in order of preference; only the Bomber braintrust will ever know for certain.
 
My take is that the Bombers wanted 2 of these guys and their preference was one of them to be Willy.  Burris' $ ask made that impossible.

I just want to say, I was sort of upset when we missed on Collaros, and were "stuck" with Willy. I'm so happy I was SO wrong...
Man did Drew look good out there

Bombers were solid, Argos did take 22 penalties though. But Bombers looked good.. O showed up, D looked good for the most part, Sp Teams need some work but.. i suspect they will get better. Not sure about Woods as the returner, I like him, He does get decent returns actually but.. I'm not sure how long he will be doing that. 
 
Bombers did have decent field position all game though.. 
 
Liked Lirim and what he did on the kick-offs, consistently down to the goal line really. Teague Sherman, Anthony Coombs, Thomas Miles... but who would hav thought Teague would be the one that stood out the most.. Dudes shakespeare out there cuz all he does is make plays bro.
 
Willy, Drew Willy... Unreal, looked like a seasoned vet out there, Not worried about our QB too much right now. WIlly will be good
 
Oline? What the... Seriously? I like Wylie and knew that he'd make the OLINE better but... they looked more then better today, they looked pretty good actually. Not the same as last season that's for sure. 
 
Grigsby? Holy crap buddy, aren't you apparently the third string RB.. I like what he brings, excellent blocker and hard to bring down, has a nice 2nd gear to him, Big Powerful runner, carries the pile at times.. did tonight on a couple runs. 
 
Kelly?Guess we  don't really need Romby do we??
 
Etch and The D ? You serious? That's a pressure defence if there ever was, Ray was hurried or hit most the night.. pressured all game, Gotta give the D props, gave up a couple "big" plays but... all in all great effort there.
 
Sp Teams? Needs work but... like Lirims kick-offs like i said, Gotta give renaud and sherman props on the "trick play" "audible", Woods had a few decent returns too. Gave up a couple of big run backs tho, 2 big run backs, 1 directly and 1 indirectly lead to Argo Points.  Clean it up boys
 
All in all, wow, shocking.. Good for the Bombers, Good for the fans of the Bombers, Good for the City really. 

Appreciate the props. The play that sold me on Willy came last year in a game the Riders played in Guelph. He hit Simon on a corner TD route that would have made Ray and Tucker jealous in their hay day when that was their money route. Was as pinpoint as you can get. Saw Willy go to it a few times tonight.

I can't remember what sight it was, but I think it was Mr. Perfect who called Drew being the one to get, way back when we all had Collaros fever...
Just thought I'd give him his due... Good call man!

I just want to say, I was sort of upset when we missed on Collaros, and were "stuck" with Willy. I'm so happy I was SO wrong...
Man did Drew look good out there

I can't remember what sight it was, but I think it was Mr. Perfect who called Drew being the one to get, way back when we all had Collaros fever...
Just thought I'd give him his due... Good call man!

His longest run was 25 yards... You really can't say that big runs made him look better than he was...
That was a very consistent ground game... Much better then what we've been used to IMO

What a great game to watch if your a Bomber fan!  
 
Opening drive of the season's a TD.  When was the last time we did that?
Willy had time.  Threw some great balls.  Looked more like Ray than Ray.  Only blemish was the Int.
Etch's defense looked spectacular tonight.  I don't think it will last game to game, but it sure was great to see tonight.
Kelly had a career night.  Looked way better than I and many others thought he would.
Got the breaks and Toronto took way too many penalties.
Toronto's noname DB's looked horrible.  Mistake after mistake.
Our receivers look a lot better when the QB can get them the ball in stride.
 
Best I've felt about a Bomber game in years.  Great job by all involved.

I haven't seen an ass whuppin' like this at home since Tom Clements was our qb & Willard Reaves was tearing it up for 1,600 yards a season back in the mid 80's. Looooooooong time comin'. And against Ray & Millanovich. Priceless.

That was hilarious... According to them, Tino was the real number two all along, Drew Willy was no big loss

Don't know why I wasted my time waiting for the Bomber segment. Lawless not only regurgitating his column, he regurgitated a terrible column.

For some of us, the first depth chart of the year IS porn.

I only want Dunn if Wylie thinks he can do something with him. We certainly dont need all those Import OL so maybe we can cut one of those guys for him if Wylies interested. I doubt it though

If we were starting Wild-Kuale-Sears, I would feel pretty good actually... maybe Dunn will surprise.

Also I'm going to go out on a limb. Bruce Johnson is going to take Suber's spot permanently

And that's where he should still be playing. 

Yup every muscular running back is exactly like Bloi-Dei Dorzon.  Might as well cut him now.

I'd take a look at Travis Bent too. He's somebody I'd prefer to have over Stephan.

The list I'm interested to see is Toronto's.
 
They have a lot of edge rushers, I'd be interested in taking a look to see who shakes loose there.

It's hard to remember a training camp where not a single rookie DL really stood out, yet we cut a guy like McAdoo who looked decent in real games last year.