Fred C Dobbs

I haven't been spitballin' mad here for years now. I've worked hard to calm down & reign it in a lot as I know that I can be a difficult poster to deal with & have been in the past. I'm not perfect as I still have my moments but I try everyday to be better as well as gain people's trust here.
Not that I want anyone to feel sorry for me but a lot of the anger I have/had was from anxiety & depression which I've suffered from for years all the way back to Grade 10 when I first had suicidal thoughts as school for me that year was an abysmal failure. Or just suck it up!!
It went undiagnosed for decades. It was always, "He has a bad temper." Well, yes & no as it was more than that. But when you feel some days like you're going to die if you leave the house, it's a tough life not knowing why. I was so angry, nervous & sad all the time. I've sought professional help & it is helping. Anyway, enough!
I don't want to be the person here I used to be.

Like others I liked what Clements was doing out there, flew around and had good instincts.  "Looked" like a LB. 
Was worried bout the American DL with stove leaving but like the push and motor from Randle. 
Was hoping to see the big yank corner, Rene? I didnt see him. 
Elillingson would be wise to make some noise early, a few young guys behind him that look like players...plus they are at a fraction of his salary. 
Borsa, let's keep him. 
Drew B looked poised and confident.  
Prokup threw some dimes late in the game. 
Just another IG west win. 

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I think that's the plan. I certainly hope so. He is so underused. 

Darned close! D&D nerd popping in to say a dodecahedron has 20 vertexes but only 12 faces (a d12, me and the other nerds would call it)... a 20 sided dice (d20) is an icosahedron! And before you ask, yes, I'm a 40 year old virgin

I'm stoked to see what our 1s look like in practice next week. Zero concerns about the O, but the D has holes I'm still not sure who fills em.... Rose, BA and Maston... There's options, but I'm really curious who the coaches decide to go with in those spots. 

This. The kid's a leader out there.... 

I thought he settled in great and looked like a vet out there. Fought off defenders draped all over him, pulled one off the turf as well

As long as we can all agree that the Riders suck then we can still embrace the FIFO mantra! 

There's no way of knowing for sure but I attribute the turnaround on O to Nichols. I wanna say single handedly, but that's an exaggeration. Nichols was the primary reason though. 

This has gone wayyyyyyy beyond absurd at this point. 

This has gone wayyyyyyy beyond absurd at this point. 

I just want to mention that I have a replica 2021 championship ring, so my insights are deep and always valid.

I'm fairly sure Nichols led the league in Deep ball completions in 2019 before his injury. People have a weird memory. Nichols is a legend afaic and was maybe the biggest key to the Bombers getting over the hump to become a winning franchise. Collaros has brought things to another level though.

Strev is a decent enough passer. I don't put too much on his mistakes throwing because that's what young QB's do for the most part. I'd be more than happy to have him back.

He had a fine arm before he injured his knee back in 2018. Remember in 2017 he had 4500 passing yards and 28 TD’s and 8 INT’s. I don’t like the Nichols slander! He was instrumental in shaping the current winning culture. We forget that O’Shea had a 12-24 record with Drew Willy as our starter, getting Nichols instantly added stability and we went onto win 11 games our first season with Nichols under Center.

The little bit of playtime Strev's seen in the NFL he hasn't looked incredibly out of place throwing the ball either.... he really only had one terrible ball and that was mostly because he thought it was a free play.

My favorite play from last night was the Rider QB who whiffed on his throw and dropped the ball

There is a reason that the Riders are paying almost ten percent of their payroll to two jump ball specialist receivers.

I think people underestimate Strev's throwing ability...he was doing quite well as a raw as can be raw rookie his first yr....and in yr 2 was never allowed to work on, or develop as a more proficient passer...was soley used as a run first...gimmick/confusion QB ....and that falls directly at the feet of LAPO and stagnating is development....like many a receiver that came thru here.
you can argue this about LAPO as much as you want, but I know for a fact a few receivers balked at coming here because they didn't want to hurt their earning power being in his offence in future deals...
Strev has been away now since 2019....you don't know how he has developed, and also he wouldn't have bounced around in the NFL as a one trick pony....thats not how they work....he was behind 8 ball from get go being a recruited CFL guy...undrafted...along with other NFL politics, and seen that as soon as he left, and that it would be a continuous merry go round from back-up/PR to Back-up/PR....hopefully now he has banked some dollars and wants to get back to actually playing at a decent salary
If he makes it known he has given up on the NFL...It should be a no-brainer that Kyle brings him on....Prukop is the easy decision to be gone, as well as his salary which has to be over 100k....and you make it work...if it means we dont go hard at NFL cuts...so be it as we will be getting an addition in BA at some point which will be just as big as an NFL cast-off
I also believe the narrowing of the hashes will be extremely beneficial to some one like Strev as db's and LB's are gonna have to start respecting the outter edges now, and a lot of cheating may be going on pre snap, and it will open up a lot of running lanes
I also recall when he first arrived here...after practice before he was signed and was put through all the route tree routes and if he could make the throws, and he killed it...and also was put through paces of target practice and hitting the net at various spots on the filed...and killed that too...and I was like who the eff is this dude??....
He gave us a chance, and was vital for us in helping winning a cup...one one leg...imagine what a healthy, and yes more polished Strev would do with this offence, and majority of guys he's familiar with.....make it hapen

I think we underestimated Mr Prukop...

100% this.

Cody Fajardo honestly believes he's an elite QB in this league and they just keep promoting him as such. It is beyond insane. 

Sanchez suggested that but I call bullshit. No chance. He's in this game to be a vet leader for the Newbs.