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O'Shea has given Liegghio a shot to kick some longer field goals but I think heading into Edmonton he needs to gear down a bit, punt those ones and let Liegghio earn trust to try those 45 plus yarders by showing consistency in hitting converts. Focus on the converts and go from there. No one is coming to the rescue with the quarantine requirements on the way in.

Edmonton is exceptionally bad. Calgary is low average, they should have this one by 3-4 scores but they've kept Edmonton alive.

The D was never brutal. This D from the time Richie Hall came in has been solid. Turned the franchise around, tons of turnovers, scored tons of points itself and with short fields for the O. Having Nichols at QB was a huge handicap for this entire team and the fact they've been able to stay top 3 in the West relied a lot on D and Medlock scoring a bunch/dominating field position plus Harris being an all-time player into his 30's as a 1000-1000 type player. It certainly annoys people to see other teams march and pile up first downs, but the scoreboard is what matters.

Rod Black: "IT'S ALIVE"

Yeah if the receiver is going to make an attempt on an underthrown ball like that through a DB and the DB runs into him he'll get that call. The receiver immediately quit once Jones got to him, and Jones did end up playing the ball while the receiver grabbed a handful of popcorn or something...wasn't trying to make any kind of move toward the ball.

Would have been PI if the receiver finished the play. He basically just quit. A preview of the Riders in the second half.

Anyone else notice the Elks players disappear when they run over the screen for the "on-field" ads that we only see on TV. Might have to move away from the dark green jerseys.

Collaros ability to scramble and get the ball to a spot with some zip make building an offense possible. We don't need Harris to be a 1000-1000, he's barely a factor as a receiver now that we can throw downfield and scramble out of the pocket.

Yeah it was highly visible. I'm not sure how Micah Johnson didn't get ejected. I think Harris and Johnson were the easiest ones to toss out of that. Johnson really started it by going after Demski and kept getting it going again when it calmed down. No punches but lots of bulldog throws down by the head to a few guys, then piled on Harris toward the end.

The key thing that the two Riders who got booted did that the other 22 guys on the field didn't was to rough a player who wasn't even involved in the altercation. Marino slapped the QB (McGuire) and the other Rider ejected jumped Hardrick from behind then threw bombs at him on the ground. Both McGuire and Hardrick were relative miles away from the actual fracas.

I think a contingency for any secondary injuries is also Bighill dropping to safety.

The most worrisome thing about Nelson is his lack of production vs guys like Bede and Jon Ryan. Half the time they outkick their coverage by about 15 yards so if you catch the ball and just move upfield you've got 10 yards before you're even encountering a tackler. On some of those kicks Nelson goes east-west like he's going to outrun the angle of 10 guys. He needs some coaching, which I'm sure he's getting, and maybe not all that receptive to. But catching the punt is a skill unto itself.

Honestly Nelson's averages aren't bad and he hasn't even really busted one yet. Look around the league, returns are down. I'd be more concerned if our D and O were worse, like yeah in a game like the @TO one you could use a big return as a spark, but on the whole I don't really want to play around throwing guys back there doing it part time not really practicing catching punts or trying it out for the first time in awhile. Ball security is priority, we'll win games with our O and D.

Demski’s issue on returns is ball security. O’Shea tried it and has shied away from it since. Also his role on O probably leads you to not want him to accumulate those hits on returns.

If I'm the Bombers D I'm prepping for more run heavy looks from the Riders and them using two backs, bring Morrow into the offense. There's nothing and no one in their pass game that concerns me. If they come out 5 wide I'm following the same scheme, make Fajardo try to be accurate downfield from the pocket vs the rush.

Harris can make all the throws it's just that he has the confidence to do so about 1/3rd of the games he plays.

Open season on QB's so far. Headshots not being called.

Betts earholed Meier with his facemask and somehow Suitor can't see it.

Buck also ripped out the downfield passing game in the first half. Nothing happened from our O until the 2nd half when we featured it again. With Collaros we aren't going to dink and dunk unless he's on a rollout, it's going to be a mix of medium and downfield passing.

Banks with the crucial drop and lay down on the field like he's shot followed by Ungerer making a catch and beating two defenders to the pilon. Wonder when Hamilton finally moves on from Banks. He doesn't seem to fit the culture Steinauer is building.

But that's exactly why it was a penalty. 1- Late 2- Head contact 3- Facemask grab and twist, actually pulls the QB to the ground by the facemask. That one is called 99 times out of 100.

Which is saying something in a league that still has Matt Nichols and Trevor Harris in it.

Isn’t that Rider roster short one global player?

Rose is a guy who can actually play the nose. You can sort of read into the game plan from the roster. Personally I love having as many DL as possible. DBs can run all day but trying to rely on even 5-6 DL to stay fresh for 4 quarters is tough. I guess they really love Antigha on special teams, but wouldn’t mind another import DB on the roster.

Your memory has blended a lot of eras and lost some facts! That Kerwin Bell BC game was in 99 with Dave Ritchie, Bell never played under Reinebold. Khari Jones came into that game for BC after Damon Allen got hurt and won it.