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Wasn't Judge offside on his big play?

First 5 games: 1150 yards passing (230 a game) 12 td passes, 1 interception, 9.1 yards per pass attempt Last three games: 607 yards passing (202 a game) 2 td passes, 3 interceptions, 6 yards per pass attempt. Injury? Game Plan? Better defences faced? Something changed.

Picking up on what JBR posted, in Penton's Insider column about a week ago in the Athletic, one of the pieces was speculation that Nichols has a hand injury. Could explain things a little. As for JBR's idea, I think it has some merit.

This Lapo/Nichols debate really is a chicken/egg discussion isn't it?

I've done it too.

On the fans, its has been 29 years since we've won the Cup. In that time, we've had some very good teams and some awful teams. We've had our hearts broken many times (1993, 1994, 2001, 2007....). Rightly or wrongly, it makes many of us pessimistic because we've seen it all go wrong many times before. Am I happy that we're in first? Of course. Do I feel we have a real shot at the Grey Cup? Yes, I do. However that doesn't mean that Lapo's playcalling or Nichols lacklustre play the past few games doesn't concern me because it does. The bottom line is we're all hardcore fans of the team (you have to be to be a message board regular) and the taking shots at others who disagree with you or express an opinion you don't like is not only childish and petty, frankly its bullshit.

Did anybody check to see if Dickenson is ok after being done in by those Fing Canadians?

The bottom line is whether its Nichols or Lapo, something has to change. We need to begin to have more of an intermediate passing game. We need to make better use of the receivers we have.

Well we are currently 3-0 versus the West so to borrow from Caddyshack, We have that going for us.

As others have said, I'd like to see Streveler come in for a series or two when the O is struggling (happens every game) and in the redzone. I mean that play on 2nd and 3 from the 3 late where Nichols runs, I feel Steveler gets a TD.

So this Grant kid looked special last night. Sayles and Rose are playing well.

Lapo did call a really conservative offensive game. Having said that though, Nichols didn't play well and you have to be concerned by his play.

He threw a lousy ball to Matthews, that one is on #15. Same with the throw to Woli when we needed a 1st down.Let's just say his play is not inspiring confidence.

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Hopefully we get some pressure on Arbuckle and cause some turnovers. Conversely we need to play a clean game. Calgary has gotten a lot out of their D and STs. Offense honestly not so much.

I like what Walters/Miller and MOS have done. Not a fan of either our OC or our DC and feel both need to be upgraded. I will also say that MOS and the staff as a whole don't seem to handle in game adjustments well.

I'm not going to lie, this is one of the reasons I picked the Als. Evans being out was another (although he's been boom or bust this year).

Riders missing most of their DL tomorrow. Leonard on the 6. Evans is too I believe and Johnson is also out. Could be interesting.

ST are going to play a big part in the outcome imo. We need to get some good returns and limit Calgary. Calgary has really only given up explosion plays on ST (so they can be vulnerable) and has gotten some big ones themselves (Terry Williams).

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I don't see it making the Riders better. Willy likely does not resign there as they still had a healthy Durant coming off leading them to a Grey Cup. Glenn remains a Redblack. Willy may have gone to BC or Montreal. I think Burris would have made us better. Better QB even in 2014 than Willy ever was.

Jeffcoat on the 6. That just sucks.

Clearly the Matrix malfunctioned.

Past two games, no throws over 25 yards. Nichols fault? Lapo's? Both?