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And yet Westerman still leads the team in sacks (not that that's saying much at this point) ..
 
The more I watch this defense .. the more apparent it is that certain players are simply being misused .. a case in point is that Randle has gone from being an all-star calibre cornerback .. a guy QBs stayed away from .. to being a liability at LB .. 

Brohm for Bear Woods!

Anyone catch the end of the game where Rod Black states that the Riders gotta stop the Bombers or its the game,then we take a knee

Always thought that for all his toughness and strength.......Reilly, style-wise.....was an injury waiting to happen....

Watching TSN highlights you would swear we lost.
They love their Riders.
Pathetic.

In fairness to Rod, most of that time is spent on the pancake makeup. It was worse in the past when he had lip shrubbery.

I agree. There are dozens, if not hundreds of other reasons not to cheer for the Riders

And he's a forward not a d man

Daley only got the job cause Bauer didn't like Dave Ritchie so he wrongly canned him at the first chance he got. ****** Bauer screwed this team over so much. 

Wings was a huge show in the early 1990's, but other than that Tim Daly hasn't done much.

The Banjo Bowl game was not as close as the score indicates. The 'Riders were up 27-8 at the half as a result of a blocked field goal touchdown return and a Dressler punt return TD because of an absolutely brutal missed call by the refs on a blatant hold. The Bombers only got back into it when Durant got knocked out with the elbow injury. But the 'Riders exposed the bad o-line (5 sacks) and weak run defence (196 yards, 6.3 yards per carry) that gave every other team a blueprint on how to beat Winnipeg for the rest of the year. Only a late fumble gave the Bombers a chance to steal the win, but Willy threw deep on first down and overthrew the receiver for an INT. Another late turnover gave him another shot, but this pass was even more forced and another INT. To be fair, he was being rushed all second half on his passes due to poor protection, but those throws were on him (which he admitted afterwards). Hopefully he won't be shell-shocked from all of the hits he took last year and he will display the patience he showed in the early comeback wins, and it goes without saying the line protection needs to be 100% better this year to give him any chance.

2005 ... Jim Daley ... Enough said.

No just not under Dallas Eakins. It is abundantly clear that a lot of people don't really appreciate the turn around that team had after Eakins was fired and how far they fell off when he was hired. Kreuger and Nelson aren't even the cream of the crop in terms of head coaches either. 
 
Eakins will go down in history as one of the worst coaches of all time. It is criminal that he was allowed to ruin the players on that team for as long as he did.
 
Eakins wasn't just a bad coach, he was an all time bad cancerous coach. 

I'm blocking all Telus IP addresses from seeing this trade proposal because you misspelt Toby's name

Good for a laugh. I never really thought about how many CFL teams have mascots that don't really match up with the team name

Where did you see that?

As do I .. but the vibe coming out of camp is such that Hurl has all but been anointed our new starting MLB (at least when you hear the staff talk about him) .. so my hope is that one of those three guys steps up and makes the decision extremely hard .. that the competition is fierce and that someone isn't being handed a starting gig because:
 
* they had the right passport
* they were a "name" free agent acquisition
* the people competing for the spot crapped the bed 
 
For full disclosure, I'm not a huge fan of Hurl.  I feel he lacks range and athleticism ..which leads to being a liability in coverage.  I also want an extremely physical MLB and feel strongly that either Allen or Bass can fill that role more ably.   That said, if he (Hurl) steps up and over performs my expectations, I'll be pleasantly surprised and will be rooting for the guy.  

What, and here I thought you've been a Bomber fan?

Any opportunity to get Bob Cameron back on the team should be taken.  It would be a PR bonanza.  Most of his quick cuts would have to come from his mitre saw though.

Didn't realize John Sauder was in camp this year .. 

A tackle making a block and stopping the rush? What does that look like exactly? I've heard so much about it, but haven't seen that happen since the days of Walby...

I will never understand these Pro Marve types that are anti Willy at the same time. If Marve wins the #2 gig, good on him, but Willy is our guy. Here's hoping he has an MOP type season in 2015...

Oh yes, huge pounding slaps on the back and crushing handshakes all around.
 
It's ironic that tolerance does not seem to be a two way street. And somehow it's assumed that certain people will be intolerant.

Not sure how Mike Kelly would ever have got that done when he traded our draft picks away like they were Skittles on Halloween. Kelly was not misunderstood...he was terrible. Suggesting anything else is revisionist history. Take a look at the draft picks he traded away in his one year and tell me with a straight face that our NI talent would have been better with him.