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1 minute ago, bluto said:
Not much of a surprise that teams all had to throw against us to catch us.
Mostly we were up by 2 scores, so what else could they do?
well yeah, and obviously all those passing yards didn't hurt em on the scoreboard -- third best D in points allowed and 16-2.
it's just an interesting outlier of a number, especially when compared with Ottawa, which had a bad defence that was like 2005 Bombers bad. If Ottawa was just slightly better defensively, they would've crossed over into the West -- lost a ton of one-score games.
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23 minutes ago, Mark F said:
Can Lions D stop the run?
can not find stats.
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.
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On 2023-11-03 at 8:28 AM, JohnnyAbonny said:
McCheese reminds me of Kerwin Bell minus the spike to the junk.
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)
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2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
No one will trade for Brown especially a canadian first rounder as he's a free agent in February
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.
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1 minute ago, bluto said:
Yeah... But maybe they're due...
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.
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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.
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2 hours ago, Booch said:
historically poorer defences usually have the LB's with higher tackle numbers...save for the odd exception to the rule
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.
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2 hours ago, JuranBoldenRules said:
I mean he could. Franchises have made those moves before. Buono moved Flutie to keep Garcia.
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.
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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)
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16 minutes ago, GCn20 said:
If Brady wasn't rolling we may have found another way,
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.
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Hmmm, Yoshi over Bryant for Blue MOOL.
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4 hours ago, GCn20 said:
All I know about the CFL is that the first 9 games are nice and everything but you find out who your team truly is in the last 9.
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)
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55 minutes ago, Noeller said:
I'm sure they'll hope to keep Piggy as the 3rd
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.
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3 hours ago, GCn20 said:
I personally think that a ton of what Lawler does on the field ends up in other receivers seeing bigger numbers.
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.
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52 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:
Kenny Lawler 850 yards 6 TDs in 11 games
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.
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Brown and Augustine the rest of the way please.
#showtime!
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anyone else remember a player fouling out of a CFL game on a single play?
Can't remember it myself, but my memory is ****.
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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.
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Campbell: I'm gonna bench 47.
Command center: naw, we got this coach
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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.
East Semi Final Game Thread
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seems like it's not as horrible as it was last year. still annoying, but i think TSN is doing a better job of micing the crowd.