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Karamoko will work his way on in the near future. Probably just needs a little more coaching up first.

For sure. OL age isn't a thing until injuries pile up. If healthy they can play forever almost and anyone thinking Biggie doesn't have some ball left in him is crazy. He takes really good care of himself. Is he on the decline, maybe a tiny bit, but that still leaves him as probably the best MIKE in the league just not the perennial MODP anymore. Also, when it comes to our OL we kind of have it covered already with some guys in house that would be starting on many OLs around the league already. Biggie, when it's time to hang them up....we go shopping...we are definitely one of, if not the most, desirable destination for any FA out there. There is no reason at all to think our star is fading, or that it will any time soon. Our program of excellence is built, and that is the hard part, now we just maintain.

For sure...tendencies will be found out as film piles up and DCs will catch up to him. It's how it goes with QBs. No that doesn't help at all for sure.

We have a few aging players at key positions....no doubt about it....but to suggest that we are old is kind of stupid. We are like .5 years older per average than the league average. We will need to replace Stan, Biggie, Yoshi and Neuf in the next couple years but everyone else is actually pretty young.

TBH, Clements is playing pretty good this year and is just as fast as Wilson. I thought there would be a pretty steep drop off without Wilson but Clements has shown a lot of improvement this year. DL pressure will always make a QB look less than stellar, but Adams decision making was an abomination. If that's all it takes to get to him teams are just gonna pin their ears back and go at him. Some QB can make you pay for sending extra pressure, Adams just throws interceptions.

BCs defense got shredded by Kelly and the run game, and their STs surrendered a TD. It was not just one player having a bad game....although Adams did look completely and thoroughly awful. However, BC is going to get that Adams 8 or 9 times this year so they better be a lot better when Mr. Hyde Adams shows up 50% of the time.

Not sure how Exume was even available? However, great add and Szott was a waste of a spot so that's addition by subtraction. Not sure about Beeksma?

Maier, like so many young flash in the pans, has been exposed somewhat once teams had enough film on him. I don't think he can get it done. However, they do have a pretty formidable run game....although I have not seen a CFL team win very often with a less than average aerial attack.

No kidding. The Lions played terribly. End of story. Did Toronto deserve the win....for sure....but let's not sugar coat the fact that Adams gift wrapped it for them. The difference between the Bombers loss and the Lions loss, is that our team has PROVEN consistency and therefore our effort vs BC can be chalked up to a one off. BC, and I am speaking about Adams specifically, has a PROVEN record of inconsistency. That is why they are a pretender not a contender imo. By seasons end I have complete confidence that this post will age very well. BC will finish in a playoff spot because of how weak most of the league looks, but Adams is not the guy to string good performances together that are a must come playoff time.

He really wasn't as bad as people made him out to be. There were at least 2 occasions last year where we were in a zone and other people missed their assignment, Rose recognized it and tried to help out only to be scapegoated because he couldn't do so in time and we mercilessly roasted him on here for that. In man coverage he was just fine, and in zone, the average football fan shouldn't assume a damn thing.

A ton of stuff he got torched for was not on him too.

True, but when injuries pile up at one position group it affects play of that group. We can withstand injuries if they are spread out but it's hard to overcome 75% of your starters being out at a position group. He was still our best chance to win, and we almost did despite the fact our QB basically was numb from the knee down.

If Collaros wouldn't have been playing on one foot we would be talking 4peet.

Clements looks really dialed in. Past seasons he appeared confused in certain situations. This year, I think he's got it. It was never physical with him....big guy and speedy. Just would make lots of mental errors. This year not so much. Very pleasant surprise. I think Rose, in particular, will really settle our secondary down. He is a secondary QB out there and will really help in that regard.

I disagree. When a player like Lawler wants to come back you bring him back. He is one of a handful of guys in this league that can bust a game wide open. His return will make life miserable for any team we face. I am not sure how any team can even game plan against our receiving crew when that happens. Plus, our defensive woes are a direct result of basically all our secondary being wiped out with injury before the season started. When we get studs like Parker, Rose, and some depth on the DL like Hansen back things will look differently on defence.

.....and the BC Lions, as predicted, come crashing down to earth when Vernon Adams returns to norm from his every season 1 or 2 game hot streak. You can set your watch by it every year. He'll probably get hot for a couple more games this year but for the most part will be the not quite good enough starting QB for his umpteenth CFL team. How so? There are 3 teams that look like they are contenders and then it is a pretty steep drop off to the rest, with 3 teams looking like they would go winless if they didn't get the opportunity to play each other.

Gotcha..my bad No doubt.

That's not a high bar

He couldn't put 3 together. His defense won 2 of those games

Our D has had a couple rough outings with almost all our secondary injured. When healthy no one touches us.

Just saying productivity does not automatically go hand in hand with strong work ethic.

Work ethic does not necessarily equal increased productivity. What a good owner/ manager should do is teach the guy with work ethic to work smarter. At the end of the day, job performance is evaluated on results. If someone works smarter, but not as hard, and has better results...that's my guy.

In the private sector you are simply judged by your productivity. I don't give 2 figs if employee A is working twice as hard as employee B if they are meeting their targets. Now if neither guy is meeting expectations that's where work ethic gets measured

In fairness, how different is our conversation about the secondary if they actually catch the 6 INTs thrown right into their hands. The jugs machine should be sweating right now if I'm Richie Hall. I'm not saying it's been a work of art or anything but the Bombers worst mistakes in the secondary seem to be penalties and dropsies. These are correctable with a good week of mental prep.

For sure. I sure hope it goes back up. I have 20000 posts over there and very fond memories of many members, and conversations. It doesn't suck. It's heavily moderated for sure because it is ran by the team....but there have been a ton of great threads/convos over there.