LeBird

I understand the need to use Harris. It would be foolish not to. But, Streveler and Wolitarsky had a connection last year and that could be used again. Hit him fast and short 7-8 yards, then Harris or Demski. 
Meanwhile, Streveler’s getting what he needs..playing time outside the 3rd down packages. Experience. 
He’s not ready now, but each snap brings him closer to the real hut, hut, hut.

Someone smarter than me (and there are plenty) should explain to me why Adams' touchdown did not count. The play ends up with an official signalling a touchdown.  The ref says the penalty occurred after the play and moves the ball to the 15. 
Question: if the penalty occurred after a play that ended with a TD, why was the penalty not assessed on the ensuing kickoff? There is no difference in the final outcome of the drive except Adams deserved that stat after the great catch.

Someone smarter than me (and there are plenty) should explain to me why Adams' touchdown did not count. The play ends up with an official signalling a touchdown.  The ref says the penalty occurred after the play and moves the ball to the 15. 
Question: if the penalty occurred after a play that ended with a TD, why was the penalty not assessed on the ensuing kickoff? There is no difference in the final outcome of the drive except Adams deserved that stat after the great catch.

Someone smarter than me (and there are plenty) should explain to me why Adams' touchdown did not count. The play ends up with an official signalling a touchdown.  The ref says the penalty occurred after the play and moves the ball to the 15. 
Question: if the penalty occurred after a play that ended with a TD, why was the penalty not assessed on the ensuing kickoff? There is no difference in the final outcome of the drive except Adams deserved that stat after the great catch.

Someone smarter than me (and there are plenty) should explain to me why Adams' touchdown did not count. The play ends up with an official signalling a touchdown.  The ref says the penalty occurred after the play and moves the ball to the 15. 
Question: if the penalty occurred after a play that ended with a TD, why was the penalty not assessed on the ensuing kickoff? There is no difference in the final outcome of the drive except Adams deserved that stat after the great catch.

Someone smarter than me (and there are plenty) should explain to me why Adams' touchdown did not count. The play ends up with an official signalling a touchdown.  The ref says the penalty occurred after the play and moves the ball to the 15. 
Question: if the penalty occurred after a play that ended with a TD, why was the penalty not assessed on the ensuing kickoff? There is no difference in the final outcome of the drive except Adams deserved that stat after the great catch.

Someone smarter than me (and there are plenty) should explain to me why Adams' touchdown did not count. The play ends up with an official signalling a touchdown.  The ref says the penalty occurred after the play and moves the ball to the 15. 
Question: if the penalty occurred after a play that ended with a TD, why was the penalty not assessed on the ensuing kickoff? There is no difference in the final outcome of the drive except Adams deserved that stat after the great catch.

Is it like a Forde, but only in Black?

Maybe when analyzing the play of Nichols we should consider the following:
Nichols first time under fire was game 1
The interior of the Oline is still kind of soft. Nichols ate a lot of balls last night because the defence had come through.
This was his first game with Matthews and second with Whitehead. 
Nichols is just a lowly private on that field. He does as he's told. Play selection has a lot to do with how the game rolls along.
Edmonton has a good Dline.
Why don't we wait until after the next two games to see how things work out.   He did take us to the Western Finals.

Maybe when analyzing the play of Nichols we should consider the following:
Nichols first time under fire was game 1
The interior of the Oline is still kind of soft. Nichols ate a lot of balls last night because the defence had come through.
This was his first game with Matthews and second with Whitehead. 
Nichols is just a lowly private on that field. He does as he's told. Play selection has a lot to do with how the game rolls along.
Edmonton has a good Dline.
Why don't we wait until after the next two games to see how things work out.   He did take us to the Western Finals.

Maybe when analyzing the play of Nichols we should consider the following:
Nichols first time under fire was game 1
The interior of the Oline is still kind of soft. Nichols ate a lot of balls last night because the defence had come through.
This was his first game with Matthews and second with Whitehead. 
Nichols is just a lowly private on that field. He does as he's told. Play selection has a lot to do with how the game rolls along.
Edmonton has a good Dline.
Why don't we wait until after the next two games to see how things work out.   He did take us to the Western Finals.

Maybe when analyzing the play of Nichols we should consider the following:
Nichols first time under fire was game 1
The interior of the Oline is still kind of soft. Nichols ate a lot of balls last night because the defence had come through.
This was his first game with Matthews and second with Whitehead. 
Nichols is just a lowly private on that field. He does as he's told. Play selection has a lot to do with how the game rolls along.
Edmonton has a good Dline.
Why don't we wait until after the next two games to see how things work out.   He did take us to the Western Finals.

Maybe when analyzing the play of Nichols we should consider the following:
Nichols first time under fire was game 1
The interior of the Oline is still kind of soft. Nichols ate a lot of balls last night because the defence had come through.
This was his first game with Matthews and second with Whitehead. 
Nichols is just a lowly private on that field. He does as he's told. Play selection has a lot to do with how the game rolls along.
Edmonton has a good Dline.
Why don't we wait until after the next two games to see how things work out.   He did take us to the Western Finals.

Dominique To Dominique performance. Haven’t heard so much Dominique since the Singing Nuns..

How any quarterback can absorb an illegal hit should not have anything to do with how the league should deal with the punishment.  I don't know why a guy who might suffer a concussion should be treated any differently than a guy who has never had one. The result of the hit should not be considered. 
Reviewing the play quite a few times I can not see how Lawrence can convince anyone he was going to tackle him. With the position of his arms that could not have happened.  It is hard to accept a player would go to injure a member player who like himself is trying to earn a living.  It's even harder to accept that the PA is not supporting the one hurt .
 

How any quarterback can absorb an illegal hit should not have anything to do with how the league should deal with the punishment.  I don't know why a guy who might suffer a concussion should be treated any differently than a guy who has never had one. The result of the hit should not be considered. 
Reviewing the play quite a few times I can not see how Lawrence can convince anyone he was going to tackle him. With the position of his arms that could not have happened.  It is hard to accept a player would go to injure a member player who like himself is trying to earn a living.  It's even harder to accept that the PA is not supporting the one hurt .
 

How any quarterback can absorb an illegal hit should not have anything to do with how the league should deal with the punishment.  I don't know why a guy who might suffer a concussion should be treated any differently than a guy who has never had one. The result of the hit should not be considered. 
Reviewing the play quite a few times I can not see how Lawrence can convince anyone he was going to tackle him. With the position of his arms that could not have happened.  It is hard to accept a player would go to injure a member player who like himself is trying to earn a living.  It's even harder to accept that the PA is not supporting the one hurt .
 

How any quarterback can absorb an illegal hit should not have anything to do with how the league should deal with the punishment.  I don't know why a guy who might suffer a concussion should be treated any differently than a guy who has never had one. The result of the hit should not be considered. 
Reviewing the play quite a few times I can not see how Lawrence can convince anyone he was going to tackle him. With the position of his arms that could not have happened.  It is hard to accept a player would go to injure a member player who like himself is trying to earn a living.  It's even harder to accept that the PA is not supporting the one hurt .
 

How any quarterback can absorb an illegal hit should not have anything to do with how the league should deal with the punishment.  I don't know why a guy who might suffer a concussion should be treated any differently than a guy who has never had one. The result of the hit should not be considered. 
Reviewing the play quite a few times I can not see how Lawrence can convince anyone he was going to tackle him. With the position of his arms that could not have happened.  It is hard to accept a player would go to injure a member player who like himself is trying to earn a living.  It's even harder to accept that the PA is not supporting the one hurt .
 

How any quarterback can absorb an illegal hit should not have anything to do with how the league should deal with the punishment.  I don't know why a guy who might suffer a concussion should be treated any differently than a guy who has never had one. The result of the hit should not be considered. 
Reviewing the play quite a few times I can not see how Lawrence can convince anyone he was going to tackle him. With the position of his arms that could not have happened.  It is hard to accept a player would go to injure a member player who like himself is trying to earn a living.  It's even harder to accept that the PA is not supporting the one hurt .
 

How any quarterback can absorb an illegal hit should not have anything to do with how the league should deal with the punishment.  I don't know why a guy who might suffer a concussion should be treated any differently than a guy who has never had one. The result of the hit should not be considered. 
Reviewing the play quite a few times I can not see how Lawrence can convince anyone he was going to tackle him. With the position of his arms that could not have happened.  It is hard to accept a player would go to injure a member player who like himself is trying to earn a living.  It's even harder to accept that the PA is not supporting the one hurt .
 

Bombers 18-0
Riders 0-18
#AllThatMatters

Green can still produce.
If he was washed up the Riders would have traded for him
 

As mentioned, Neufeld and Harris were sitting out today.  The first-team offence was :
Matthews-Washington-Adams-Demski-Wolitarsky
Bryant-Desjarlais-Couture-Gray-Hardrick
Nichols at QB, Augustine at RB.
I had a tougher time nailing down the second team offence, but it definitely had OIiveira at RB, Streveler at QB, Simonise and Petermann as receivers.  Looked like the other receiver spots were Rasheed Bailey, Kenny Lawler, and Tim Wilson but I'm not 100% sure on those ones... I think they might have switched it up a couple times.  The OL looked like Speller at centre, Koczwara at guard, and Briggs/Baker on at the tackle spots... couldn't see who else was at guard.
I can't give you the defence at the moment, I was locked in on the offence most of the time.  Derek Jones was definitely the #1 safety and he is looking slim, trim and healthy.  Great to see.
One thing I can say for certain is that we are going to be absolutely deadly in the redzone with both Darvin Adams and Chris Matthews.  Already some chemistry developing between Nichols and Matthews.  Wolitarsky looked great as well, Bauming tweeted out his huge catch to start off the practice.  Hardrick grabbed the ball right after and tried to punt it into the crowd but it went straight up instead... that got a big laugh from everyone.  Love that guy.
I'm interested to see if we can find room for one of Larry Rose III or John Santiago... both looked really quick but they were not getting reps in the first two offence units.  Rose III in particular I thought looked pretty dangerous.
As expected, Bennett was running with the third team offence but surrendered some reps to McGuire as well.  Sawyer Buettner actually got one rep which I was surprised to see.  It was an overthrow that almost got picked but good for the kid getting some action in.
Should be lots of good competition at returner and the hands team gets a boost with the additions of Chris Matthews and Willie Jefferson... yes Willie Jefferson.  6'6" with receiver experence and he was getting some reps in on specials.  The returner competition looked like it involves Charles Nelson, Lucky Whitehead, and John Santiago.... definitely a few other guys back there too but it was hard to see exactly who.  Nic Demski is still involved as well.
Overall it was very much a "day 1" outing... hard to get a good read on anyone and it's wise not to jump to any conclusions.  The starters looked best.... Wolitarsky, Nichols, Matthews, Adams.  Augustine looked comfortable at RB and Oliveira is going to have to win that backup job from him... don't see Augustine letting go without a fight.  If I had to pick one new receiver who showed well it would be Kenny Lawler... looks like he has pretty good hands and I like his build as well... looks like a pro receiver to me.
Nice day for some football.  Noticed they have ripped all the seats out in the northeast and southeast corners in the lower bowl.  Not sure what that's all about.
 

Am I missing something? This thread reads like we have just got blown away in a game.  Slumps are like the flu. you catch it  when you least expect to and it can hang around for quite a while. They say you can be immunized  with a weekly dose of W pills.