17to85

And? Are these last posts of your any less keyboard crusading?

I would much rather focus on stuff that has happened recently rather than stuff that happened eons ago. You know, like the way the Bombers have won all but that one lonely Labour Day game vs. the Riders the last 2 seasons. If you think the Riders have a chance going into Winnipeg in the playoffs you are only fooling yourself. Better off trying to limp through the sad sack east.

Oh I never intended it to be clever, nor was I using it in a respectful way.

Never mind that the Bombers since last winning regularly make it to the game, they just haven't had the win. Trying to boost themselves up with Grey Cup appearances is only more laughable. The Bombers I believe are still one of the top teams to Grey Cup appearances. RIder fans, never change. Your team is laughable at most points in it's history and no one cares about it at all. How does it feel to be irrelevant outside of your own little bubble?

How sad is it for the Riders that success is simple being better than some of the tire fires in the east?

The point is that the defense has played the same way for the past 2 years. I never ever said you brought up the previous games, I did that to show that despite giving up yards for 2 years the team is still in a position to win much much more often than not so they are clearly not all bad. Try and keep up.

Not to mention Smith retiring before the season saved them some money, and they cut a veteran DB to go with rookies instead after training camp, why can't I get the guys name right now... man how easily those guys get forgotten.... If anything Walters cares too much about the SMS. Always cutting veterans and going with rookies.

It doesn't matter, this team has had a chance to win nearly every game the last couple years. That tells me they're doing something right. The fact that the D also generates turnovers as well as anyone in the league tells me they do things right as well, and there are many nights that those turnovers are the difference. Yes the D gives up tons of yards... but that's part of what they do. Let teams take the underneath stuff and when they get too impatient they pounce on the turn overs. The issue this year is the explosions that are happening too regularly, but the D is better than most people here are willing to give it credit for.

who is making excuses? We had chances to win both those games and we have won 11 games back to back seasons now, maybe 12 this year if we somehow manage a win in Calgary. That tells me they're doing something right.

some?

Do you know I think the biggest issue from a coaching standpoint with the D this year is roster management more than anything else. 2 rookies in the secondary all year, over loading the linebacker position on the roster, making puzzling decisions with the defensive line usage. Is it any wonder they give up big plays as regularly as they do?

In what world is throwing against your body right into the middle of 3 defenders with no receiver anywhere close by a correct decision? I'd rather indecision than bad decisions. This just stinks of the coaches trying to over think things. Perfect opportunity to actually see if Davis is worth keeping onto, if he goes out and sucks this week then you can always make Lefevour the #2 for the playoffs and you know more about Davis and his future with the club.

The biggest problem with the D this year is they've had too many breaks in the big explosion plays, which I have a real hard time pinning on the coaches. That is most likely just players making errors.

Are you serious? They are just talking about the exact time that happened.... or did You not know Jim Daley was head coach of the riders for a while?

but Nichols is in a Lapo dink and dunk ball control offense, Reilly is in a Huck it! Chuck it! offense. easy to get more yards when your only real passing plays are heaving it deep. If Reilly had to throw 70% of his passes 5 yards or less things would look entirely different.

If you really believe that then you are beyond hope. I mean seriously people, forget the yards given up, does this defense give us a chance to win? I say yes it does because very rarely does this team actually get blown out. It is time to face the facts, fans like to watch super aggressive defenses that generate two and out all the time, but this team isn't built to be that team and Ritchie Hall isn't that kind of defensive coordinator. Doesn't mean he's bad at his job, just means the expectations from the coaches and management is different than from the fans.

I don't think Santos L. Halper has played enough snaps on D to really warrant the rookie of the year nod. Which is why I give it to Walker if he is able. Guy has had some ups and downs but I think he's had more ups than downs and has been the teams most consistent rookie.

Agree with most of them, might go Walker instead of Alexander for rookie, but is he eligible?

It has to be Davis who starts, even if he's on a short leash, otherwise you basically just wasted the past 3 seasons with the guy. You make him the #2 qb after investing time in him and not actually give him a start when the starter is down? That's just dumb. Not like Lefevour went in and showed to be any better last week. They both sucked but at least David avoided throwing INTs.

Spoiler alert... No.

What happens in the Calgary game means next to nothing other than the potential for home vs. road in the playoffs. The team is banged up to all hell, the starting qb is already a no go. The mentality is just survive until playoffs, which will have a lot more impact on determining what this team is about than the last couple games and this upcoming on in Calgary. This team for the past few weeks has looked an awful lot like a team that is just waiting for the regular season to end, they win in the playoffs does it really matter that they gassed a couple winnable games late in the year to teams that don't matter much in the grand sceme of things?

Why on earth would they start the fever when he threw two of the worst ints I have seen... it's the complete antithesis of the offense Lapo runs here. Low risk avoid turn overs at all costs. Davis turtling and eating the sack makes more sense in that offense than Lefevour using his noodle arm to throw right to the other team.

Only parts of it are based on a true story, most of it is him taking on a bet that he could make Beowulf into an interesting story.

with snow and cold forecast I doubt there will be much of a home crowd.

Here is the thing, I don't even think the defense was THAT bad... sure they had a rough start to the game but they got their **** together and kept the team in it despite the offense doing nothing at all, it was only at the end when they were clearly gassed that things went sideways again for them. Any kind of break given to them by the offense and they'd have been a lot better at the end of the game. This one all comes down to the offense doing sweet **** all, even when Nichols was in they weren't exactly setting the world on fire.