Noeller

I'll never give up on a team this early, especially after seeing what the Lions did in 2011.....

Game 1 of 18, guys.......game 1.

Who says Edmonton is going to be any hot hell? Their team has been completely gutted. Sure they have Reilly, but they're missing a ton. Calgary, lotta changes there, too...we don't know what anyone's looking like. Ham looked real good vs Toronto, for sure, but let's just wait and see...

Insane that Chia wasn't able to make a deal happen to get the big top pairing D he wanted. One of the talking heads tweeted yesterday "If Chia can't make it happen here, then it can't be done..." and that's pretty much it. There's so few legit top pairing D and nobody's willing to part with one for less than a king's ransom, and Chia's not stupid. Lots of talk that by taking Puljujarvi, they now have a bit of freedom to trade one of their 6m Core guys....we'll see if anything happens over the next week, leading up to FA Day...

Even knowing full well it'll likely get derailed by crazy people, I'm going to do my best to create a little sanctuary for those willing to take a couple breaths and relax... Bombers were pretty awful on offense for the first 3/4 of this game. No getting around that. OL wasn't good enough, and Drew Willy will be the first to tell you he didn't have a good game. Missing weapons on O, and neither Harris nor Dressler were 100% to begin with. On the upside, Jace Davis looked good in spots and Darvin Adams was actually showing some heart, coming back to the ball a couple times. Harris showed a lotta hustle and heart...he cared right to the bitter end. McDuffie had a good night on returns and was really close to busting a couple...that's only going to get better. Thought kick cover units were outstanding last night...ton of hustle all night. D was really solid for the most part. Another outstanding effort from Chris Randle. #RandleIsland indeed. Thought Bruce Johnson got exposed a couple times last night...without knowing coverages and what not, it's hard to tell who's responsible for what, but it APPEARED like he was at fault on two early big plays... Was pleasantly surprised by both Fogg and Posey. Seemed to me like both had solid nights... DL came as advertised...3/4 pieces had a really good night. Still not 100% sold on the new end... Anyone else surprised by the overall lack of penalties on the night? Distinct lack of PI calls, overall, was really surprising to me. Really felt like the refs were "letting 'em play" last night..... Bottom line, it's a long season. We all knew it'd take time for all the new pieces to come together, especially with a whole new offense to learn. I'd rather have some stumbles now, and slowly put it all together as we go...hopefully clicking by Labour Day. I'll be at McMahon next weekend for Game 2 and I'm expecting a MUCH better game from the O....

Plenty of time. Drew Willy will be the first one to tell you he didn't have his best game as a Bomber. We've seen first hand what he's capable of, though, when he's on...he'll be better, and so will the team. It's early....breathe everyone.

Lol at doom and gloom after Game 1. I don't know how you guys get through a day...

Tough start for sure. Talk to me after Labour Day...

Fwiw, Twitter is saying that Columbus is working on some kinda deal with Calgary that would see Bobrovski and #3 go to Calgary for a Forward and #6....

Just read Minnie/Edmonton working on some kinda package involving Matt Dumba and RNH.......intriguing.... Also, Calgary working with Columbus on some kinda package that would send Bobrovsky and the #3 to Calgary for #6 and a Forward (not sure who yet)........

Best news....that looked awful last night.

No, I'm good thanks...I'm pretty confident in everything.

Arash Madani ‏@ArashMadani 8m8 minutes ago Per @JDunk12: Esks, Riders talking trade. EDM wants No. 1 pick Josiah St. John AND a first for QB James Franklin. SSK, coherently, declined. Ed Hervey vs. Chris Jones is going to be a real thing to keep your eye on over the coming weeks and months. To reach for two first round picks, including No. 1 overall, in return for a back-up QB with a handful of pro starts is... hilarious, really

Oh Jesus...no, you can dump that on the ground.

for bragging rights...sure....I will bet you that Sask is a worse team than Montreal......

You really don't think Glenn, with Sutton, Carter and Green isn't a pretty formidable offense? And then Noel Thorpe's D, which is always outstanding....?

Better yet, be a man and don't waste good booze...

Bullshit...Riders *should* be the worst team in the league. I don't think BC will be a whole lot better. Ottawa could just as easily fall back to earth after last year's fluke....Toronto didn't look like any hot hell last night. There is no reason Montreal couldn't be 2nd in the East this year...

Way way way too much... 4th and Yak is fine.

always, always, always look at someone's post-count before deciding whether or not they're worth responding to...

Interesting note from Elliotte Friedman's always-interesting 30 Thoughts: 3. If you were Edmonton, would you make this offer: the fourth overall pick to the Winnipeg Jets for Jacob Trouba and pick No. 22? You’d have to know you could sign Trouba, for sure. But I wonder how the Jets would feel about going back to Manitoba with Patrik Laine and Matthew Tkachuk. They’d probably be in a better mood this weekend than, say, the European Union.

I'm excited to see Willy not have to bounce right back up after a hit..........because ****, seriously..........

Kick-off 7:30pm CST, TSN pre-game at 7pm, and Knuckles kicks off his pre-game at 6pm. Gotta get to Glenn early and often. Doug Brown has often said, Kevin Glenn hates being hit probably more than any other QB in the league. If you can get to him and spook him a little bit, not let him get into a rhythm, you've got a really good chance of success. If the offense can start to show glimpses of what it's fully capable of, and the D gets to Glenn early and often....we might have a chance in this one......

Bergevin saying it's highly unlikely they trade Subban. Said "unless someone offers me half his team"....so not likely anything is going to happen with Subban.