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https://d3ham790trbkqy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2023_CFL_League_Stats_Report_Week_21.pdf they don't make it easy to find -- it's at "stats thru week 21" under the stats menu on cfl.ca BC fourth overall against the run, giving up just under 100 yards a game. On the flipside, Calgary third overall in pass defence. Interesting: Toronto had the second worst secondary in the league from a yards allowed standpoint, they gave up almost 300 yards a game. That's even more interesting when you figure they had lots of games against teams starting their QB3 or Fajardo. The only worse team at pass defense was Ottawa, and that was a lousy secondary that could not protect a lead at all, it cost them multiple games.

this is gonna sound crazy, but he kinda reminds me of the 1994-1995 Anthony Calvillo. Has got obvious skills and can make some great throws but he isn't quite feeling the game yet. I think if he sticks around he could level up. (I know nothing about developing quarterbacks)

I think the idea is that we trade his negotiation rights before free agency in order to allow another team the chance to sign him before free agency starts. That's how we got Drew Willy, we traded Jade Etienne to get his rights before the 2014 free agency season was underway. Whether we could get a high first seems like a question.

I think it's more likely that Hamilton is due. Calling it -- BLM is gonna have one last ride, he'll outduel Fajardo and take his team to BMO.

Montreal is the ultimate mid-tier CFL team. They were 0-7 against BC, Winnipeg, and Toronto and 11-0 against the rest of the league. Wonder how often that's happen -- undefeated against lesser teams, winless against the top tier.

yeah, it's like leading the league in kickoff return yardage. It was ridiculous last night showing Awe passing Singleton for the stamps tackle record -- The Stamps had the best D in the league during Singleton's record-setting years, they were Grey Cup finalists both years, Singleton was the team MOP in one of them, and he's now making megabucks in the NFL. Any list that puts Awe above Singleton is dumb...unless it's a fine money list.

Not really. Flutie moving onto Toronto wasn't a football decision, it was much more about Larry Ryckman declaring bankruptcy and tearing up Flutie's big money personal services contract. typical 90s CFL chicanery.

I wonder if that that weird quads play was RPO or not -- Prukop had miles and miles of space there if he'd kept the ball.

I don't think we need to see ZC out there at all: dude doesn't seem to need the game reps to stay sharp and I strongly believe we would have won the cup last year if he wasn't banged up ... he missed some throws in that game that he'd been making all year. Those pinpoint ZC passes weren't happening. (Note: I know nothing about coaching football)

I remember the times -- mostly Lapo times -- when fourth quarter leads were meaningless and the Bombers O simply couldn't close out games, we'd usually go 2-and-out when the chips were down. hell, I think those Lapo teams were the inspiration for the "no lead is safe" catchphrase. I don't have the numbers to prove it, but I think our clutch running game has won several games for us this year. If I had infinite time I'd look at how often Brady O. carries the ball in the fourth quarter of a one-score game -- my impression is that the higher the stakes, the more he gets the ball.

Hmmm, Yoshi over Bryant for Blue MOOL.

yup, just like the 2011 and 2014 Bombers. Come blazing out of the gates in the summertime, lack of depth gets exposed, stagger to the finish, then regress badly the next year. (yeah, I know we were Grey Cup finalists in 2011. That was a big fluke -- my time machine says that we would have lost the east final had the TiCats not beat Montreal in the ESF)

I'm not sure that's the case -- based on what I saw during the regular season, he wasn't super good in his short yardage role. Pigrome's performance with the redblacks definitely validated the bombers' decision to cut him when Prukop came available.

I think you could say that of any of our guys. There's not a single one of them that can be safely ignored, they're all playmakers and a secondary has to account for every man of our starting five. I think Lawler is gonna benefit from Schoen and Demski and Woli and Bailey just like those guys benefit from him.

yeah, that's a nice 1250ish yard / 10 TD pace. I think those are pretty solid numbers for a guy who plays on a team with two other 1000 yard receivers and a feature back who soaks up 15 carries a game. I'm so glad we've got KL for the playoffs.

showtime with the encore!

that throw from Zach looked hard as hell -- dancing along the LOS, hit BO in stride.

Brown and Augustine the rest of the way please. #showtime!

Like, I mean, getting two misconduct fouls on a single play. I've definitely seen players get 25-yard rough play disqualification penalties. Best one I remember is the BC guy who punched Obby Khan in the junk and helped our comeback along in Casey Printers' final game.

anyone else remember a player fouling out of a CFL game on a single play? Can't remember it myself, but my memory is ****.

109 yard TD drive -- 14 point swing. Bigger than a missed FG return, which is usually the most devastating play you'll see in a CFL game.

Campbell: I'm gonna bench 47. Command center: naw, we got this coach

Glad to see Mike Jones is still in the league. He's in that Terrance Frederick / ADS class of DBs that I like more than the Bomber coaches do. damn, Dom Davis.

McCheese has gotten lucky -- Peters should've taken that earlier throw to the house. Can't throw to a stationary receiver on the wide side, that's begging trouble.

as a bomber fan, when I think about this week's game I feel like Rocky Butler has pitched a hammock on my grave. This isn't just a trap game, this is a 12' deep tiger pit complete with dung-encrusted punji sticks kind of game. buuuutt as a CFL / sports fan I like the drama of the nothing-to-lose snake-in-the-grass Elks vs the lots-to-lose Blue Bombers. This is exactly why I watch the game.