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  3. 3 stars plus hh pre season pity mode

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    3 hours ago, 17to85 said:

    Honestly Zach could probably help himself out a ton by taking off and running a few more times a game. 

    I remember watching at Cincinnati in college and thought he was characterized as a bit of a dual threat. Looked up his stats and he ran for about 200-300 yards a season each of his starting years in college, plus a few years early in his CFL career. I fully agree that getting a few more runs would help him out. The RPO where he pulled it and ran for 8 or 9 last night was a good example. (I wasn't sure if it was a broken play at first but I think it was designed).

  4. 3 stars plus hh pre season pity mode

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    2 hours ago, voodoochylde said:

    1.  Brady.  I don’t think enough can be said about how important he is to this team.

    I really hope he gets our MOP nod in addition to the obvious MOC. He deserves both.

    I'm concerned that two of our highest paid players are not showing up on the regular. I wonder if the last two years and the 2019 cup run were actually a bit of an aberration for Zach Collaros. Always been a good-to-great QB, and I wonder if he's coming back down to that level after two years of undeniably MOP level play.

    And for Kenny Lawler -- he can show up and take over games and then go entire halves without getting a single target. Is he not getting open consistently? Is he being doubled?

  5. 3 stars plus hh pre season pity mode

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    1. Brady. I echo what @wbbfan said 100%. I'll add that I think he definitively is our MOP this year and I'd suggest MVP as well. I think we survive an injury to Zach better than an injury to Brady. He's the straw that stirs the drink. And his seal block opened up the edge for Prukop to walk in for the winning TD

    2. Schoen. Clutch and smooth

    3. Woli. I think he caught everything thrown his way?

    HH. Prukop. Did his job every time.

    My provocative question of the night -- given Zach's apparent regression, is he going to be worth his contract over the next two years? Would we be better off developing Brown? I'm less sure of the answer than I'd like to be and it's a moot point because we're obviously sticking with Zach, but it begs the question a bit at least. Zach is a surefire Ring of Honor inductee and I love everything he's done for us but he is so up and down this year, making some questionable decisions and ugly throws. 

  6. Riders at Bombers -BANJO BOWL 2023 GTD-

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    2 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

    If you defer to the 2nd half it's because you want the wind in the 4th. This really seems like a nothing thing to fret about... with as important as the last 3 minutes of the 4th quarter of the game often as in the cfl I'd worry about a coach that doesn't prioritize it.

     

    Really there should be equal possessions given that you give the other team possession after what ever happens on yours. Time of possession is what matters and that's based on how your offense and defense play.

    Good points, all around. Especially about time of possession mattering more than number of possessions, and the last 3 minutes of the fourth clearly mattering more than last 3 minutes of the second, which would be why teams tend to take the ball in the first after the coin toss when the winning team defers. 

  8. Riders at Bombers -BANJO BOWL 2023 GTD-

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    14 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

    It’s not an extra possession at the start of a half.  Think of how many points they scored under 3 mins in the 2nd quarter.  You want the wind in the 2nd and 4th.  It’s way different than NFL with timing rules.  The clock never stops in the 1st and 3rd but under 3 minute warning both halves stops every play no matter outcome.

    I agree about the wanting the wind, but it is an extra possession in that we could have had the ball to start either the 1st or the 3rd but we chose to kick off to them instead. As it turns out, I'm pretty sure Saskatchewan had one or two more possessions than we did (as they started with the ball each half and, I believe, ended with the ball for a tiny possession each half). I'm not saying it's a bad decision, but it's a curious one that O'Shea continues to make. He must value having the wind in the long quarters much more than the ball in the short quarters.

  9. Riders at Bombers -BANJO BOWL 2023 GTD-

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    Correcting typo

    9 hours ago, Dodge and Burn said:

    Why did we defer to the second half and still kick to them?

    O'Shea has done that often, and I've always found it strange. I guess he values the wind more than the extra possession, but from my seats up high, I don't think the wind was much of a factor yesterday and especially with the score as it was.

    Or to copy @DTonOB, perhaps O'Sh just wanted to give Jeffcoat a chance to crush Riders' souls 

  13. 3 stars plus hh banjo bowl blow out

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    1. Brady -- he's absolutely the Most Outstanding Canadian and perhaps the Most Outstanding Player in the league. 200 yards in 3 quarters and change. Unreal.

    2. Zach -- efficient, 5 TDs, using his legs to extend a drive, that shovel pass to Brady. Wow 

    3. Kenny and Dalton -- Lawler earning his current paycheque and Schoen his future one.

    HH. Jackson (of the Jeffcoat not Damian varietal) -- a disruptive force and that strip sack. Wow.

    Good luck charm -- My 6 year old who went to her first game today and got to see us hang half a hundred on them. The second most special Bomber game I've attended after the 2019 Cup

  24. LDC 2023 Early chat

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    I went to the 2019 Cup not expecting a win (I had more hope going into the 2011 Cup, the other time I went to the game), but feeling like I needed to be there just in case we beat what turned out to be paper Tigercats. Suffice to say I'm very glad I went. 

    Hope for the best, expect the worst, and sometimes you get to see the first Grey Cup win since you were 8 years old.

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