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Just keep Willy. I'd sooner go with Davis than Glenn if we need to win a playoff game. Nichols isn't playing well enough to just hand him the job with no other reasonable options in wait.

Don't expect a team to make a move that helps another team win midseason.

Smith is a good player, but he's not as good as Denmark consistently yet. If the motivation is to win a game on Saturday, you'd have a hard time convincing me that Smith or McDuffie are better options as receivers. As for the roster issue, there's a multitude of guys who can return kicks and punts on this team if needed like Dressler, Denmark, JFG, Leggett, even Smith. Not all can do punts, but there's options. IMO Lapo has guys marked for certain roles and is rolling with those guys, Sheppard being the inside slot with extra blocking responsibilities, McDuffie for speed. Not how I would build my offense, but we will see how it plays out.

Just wait until February. Demski has no role in Regina. They are literally pushing him off that team right into Walters lap.

Kind of depends what the expectations are and what kind of role he's given IMO. I think as a receiver he tops out as a Anthony Parker type. Useful but just a touch above average. He's not a guy who is going to be able to get open in a bunch of different ways, he's just not that much of a technician. Demski became a "receiver" because the Bisons had 3 guys who were CFL quality players at tailback and they just needed to have him on the field all the time. He was so physically dominant at that level that he barely had to learn the position, he could run by and through everyone. He's the kind of guy you need to find ways to get the ball. He can play a huge role but it has to be crafted for him, he's not a conventional receiver. I'd use him as a guy who is more of an H-Back type, but with some carries too. He can block, he can play football, he'll be useful on special teams.

Demski is more of a hybrid playmaker than a receiver. He'd be a great complement to Harris as he ages.

Maybe old Roddy should be fined under the same "conduct detrimental to the league" clause that BLM was. If he believes there's a conspiracy he can follow "proper avenues."

I honestly believe that the only reason Jones is "better" than someone like a Mike Kelly is that he literally had Mike Reilly fall in his lap. He walked into a job with the best QB in the league at that time. Jones has no respect for this league or this country. It is pitiful. He can't or won't learn the lessons and listen to good advice. He literally gave away the wind in the long quarters on Sunday, which basically ended up being the difference in the game as we got a FG to end each half.

There should be more of a concern for that guy's mental health than anything else. Holy crap is he deluded. It's a game. Has this guy lost touch with reality? Or is this all a gimmick?

I think it's hard to keep more than one of Smith and McDuffie on. McDuffie has unique skills in terms of speed but isn't the most polished. Sheppard can play a role that Lapo loves. Might be moot with Adams, but with Smith ready I think our best lineup is Denmark, Dressler, Smith and Sheppard. Might try to DI McDuffie to rotate in but that means taking someone off the DL or special teams.

Didn't lose the game in the trenches. Lapo didn't give his guys a chance to win it in the trenches. Harris should have carried it 25-30 times.

They don't ask how, they ask how many. But Lapo needs to grow a pair and get that ball over the line.

Yep...finally made some plays on O.

Good win. Hopefully a bit of a wake up call too. Those kind of wins are huge for building a team though.

It's D-Line. Stay in your gap and work upfield is the scheme. Butcher could barely get out of his stance before he lost the down. Nice knockdown though.

So far his strength is staying on the roster and contributing very little.

Are you assuming Butcher is a better player than Tennant?

Once players reach a certain seniority level they can't be placed on the practice roster in the NFL.

Find it weird that McDuffie stays on this week and Mayo goes out, Davis gets cut. McDuffie brings nothing to the offense, guess we really need the kickoff returns.

Sheppard is great on special teams. Cutting Davis is shocking to me. He has a ton of potential to play that inside slot/H back type role.

He's been targeted 84 times. Nobody on the Bombers has been targeted more than 53

Don't really see a need for Lewis. He's not that good anymore. We have better guys who will be sitting out soon. The fact he has a prominent role in Montreal speaks more to why they are struggling than his ability currently IMO.

Mitchell, Reilly, Collaros, Jennings, Ray, Harris are easy. That's 6.

Calling our OL for the first 5 games "subpar" is being extremely generous. It was horrific. The receivers haven't been that bad even down to Mayo and Davis. Denmark is a #1 receiver. Adams and McDuffie are relatively useless. The OL trumps the receiving group all the time. Look at the average gain on 1st down between the OL's. You or I could play receiver with this OL and our team would have a chance to win. Can't begin to compare Nichols and Willy in 2016 until we can see them behind the same guys.

Exactly. The absolute best thing I can say about Nichols is that he hasn't turned the ball over. Other than that he's been bad to average, especially in the past two games. There have been long stretches in 3 of his 4 starts where getting a first down was a challenge, even with a decent running game and a lot of time to make reads. Lapo's play calling has a hand in that too. If Willy was afforded the assets Nichols has had in his 4 starts I don't believe he'd be any less productive and there's a good chance he'd be more productive. To me it's just a matter of time until this is Willy's team again, ride the hot hand and keep them both as a tandem.