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Top running team Top run defence Numerous big playmakers on both sides of the ball Ability to dominate both sides of the LOS These are all reasons people should not sleep on the Bombers quite yet. This team is built to win games in November.

As it should be. Harris did the crime but he also did the time. His penance was paid.

Exactly. This ain't over yet. The Bombers are not the favorites to win it all but I sure think we have to be considered a dark horse pick.

Every division game is a 4 point game for them.

Maybe not letting the media vote anymore would be a better way to go or at the very least don't give them the freaking majority of votes.

As a writer you should feel the responsibility to vote in accordance with the audience that supports you.

I am growing tired of the mainstream media trying to enforce it's own beliefs into everything now....and they wonder why reader/viewership is down. Wyman, Bauming, and (Hamilton or Friesen?) should be ashamed. Their vanity is staggering.

No one has a more inflated record from feasting on the weak East over the past several years than the Hamilton Ti-Cats.

Fajardo is an average QB at best who is actually quite easily rattled, and is getting a lot more attention than he deserves because this hasn't exactly been the year of the QB in the CFL due to every starter going down. If all QBs are healthy he is 4th or maybe even 5th best in the West. It's a big step up for the Riders to get some semblance of an offence, but they haven't seen one since 2013 so their minds are blown a little easier than normal.....kinda like how we are fawning over the "great" Zac Collaros because he has a decent passing game after the Bombers went a long stretch without one.

That short yardage specialist with heart hung 35 on you in an absolute dominant beat down in the Banjo Bowl. That being said...play them both.

Play them both, the two create a massive headache for DC's to gameplan.

Of course the East would whine about that. They have been the weak sister for so long they believe it's their right.

He was 2-0 against them last year.

Wolitarsky is a dependable possession receiver. Nothing more. He may develop into a 1000 yard guy but this year he has struggled to get open. Last year he had a coming out party, but he is not a guy that will ever take the top off coverages or win a lot of battles in man to man. He needs other receivers to create space for him and we don't have those guys right now.

That is your opinion.

Be more specific. What talents are we wasting? Drew Wolitarsky? Hit and miss all season when touches go his way. Demski? Just not a very consistent performer at all even with the Riders. Lawler and Bailey...getting as many touches as a rookie realistically should. Whitehead...great athlete and KR but a well below average receiver.

Bailey and Lawler have been getting the most touches of anyone over the past 3 games.

Not everyone has sucked that has been through here but most have been average at best. Wolitarsky, Demski, etc are not star players and never will be. They are not being held back by our offensive system. Every team has a dynamic receiver or two and we are unable to get that on our team. Adams was very good but his body is breaking down on him. Without a true threat at number one and two receiver the passing game fizzles. We simply do not have an upper echelon receiver by any CFL standard and that is compounded by not having good enough QBs as well. Nichols can get the job done but he will never elevate his receivers like a Reilly does.

I'm not going to defend Lapo but we seriously need a heavy upgrade in talent on O. Our receiving corps is well below average, our OL is good but not great, our QB stable in bottom 3rd of the CFL. Only our RB is top notch and it's why we use him as much as we do. If anyone thinks we have the makings of an elite offence with a different coordinator they are vastly incorrect. We have some of the pieces but serious upgrades are needed.

I just don't see how a West QB will win this year with such outstanding performances by Burnham, Harris, and Begelton. No QB should win by default.

Sure, but I highly doubt it's Fajardo. He's exceeded expectations like Nichols in 2017, but he's not even an upper echelon QB let alone MOP.

You are smoking crack if you think that Fajardo is the heavy favorite for MOP. Its MOP not MVP and by no metric is Fajardo the most outstanding player in the West.

I saw Brock throw a ball through the uprights from midfield in pre-game...from his knees. Not wind aided either.

Streveler can be inaccurate on short to medium throws. Its more a timing thing usually.

What else are you going to say when you have Milt though. Sure it doesn't take a genius to figure that out, but it does demonstrate that when Lapo has a guy who can do it he takes advantage.