1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Nick Marshall is such a huge negative influence on the Riders defense. As far as gainey acting more like a pro, he'd look even more stupid with the act he had as a Rider on such a **** Elks team. Losing weak after weak must be humbling Gainey. I'd love to see Marshall go through it.

He is lol

2 hours ago, Jesse said:

The last word on Drew was that he wasn’t returning to the CFL this season while he waits for another NFL opportunity.

As per Naylor...that could be all assumed..who knows

Nobody said Osh is a bad coach..or the team is collapsing 

But no coach is perfect and they all have bad points...ours is at times...key words here..at times roster management 

Hats off to the team for assembling the depth they have to sustain us in a yr where we have had a lot of key injuries...point I trying to make is that as it got depleted they sat back a bit too long restocking it...and its obvious last 2 games with lack of reciever depth and dline and db depth...And without immediate influx...or return of injured guys we could be in tough.

Heck we have had all yr to solve the WIL spot and have yet to adequately fill that...why? 

I have faith in the leaders here but sometimes your faith gets tested...

3 minutes ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

Sure it’s fair to question. But some of the rhetoric like “weak sauce”, “total joke”, “garbage”, “putrid”, “porous”, “piss poor” and “inexcusable” seems a little over the top after one lopsided loss, given the overall success of the team. 

many posters myself included have said this stuff about what you mentioned for some time now....even last yr....its not just after this one loss....and if u can't see how poorly the roster has been structured at times..and the waste of roster space for 3...4 guys to just stand there all game then you aint looking

31 minutes ago, Noeller said:

absolutely this. You can talk about 12-2 all you want, but if you don't see problems with our roster/depth chart right now, then you're not paying attention

EXACTLY.....Its safe to say we are rather lucky to be 12-2 and to be honest...we were a better team 6 weeks ago than we are right now.....no ifs ands or buts about it....and i see no issue questioning management's and the coaching staffs casual at best attitude toward fixing/helping it, coupled with odd roster decisions to have guys dressed...but refuse to use them.....I see other teams bringing in guys, making some deals....and we are hemorrhaging depth right now and it's ho hum...guys in house are all starters, that why they here, but don't get a chance to show it.

Perhaps they are being very coy, and guys like Wilson....Houston...Taylor...Hansen are gonna be back before play-offs, along with Ellingson..Agudosi...Woli so thats why the casual attitude...I dunno, but it is perplexing to say the least...what we have starting tomorrow won't take us deep into play-offs...no way no how

Not too concerned about Jeffcoat tho...from what I seen of him yesterday...moving and frolicking around he looked totally fine...maybe they just see this game as a chance to let him heal right up, and if it was a playoff game he would be dressing.

 

piss poor PR and game day roster management this yr...inexcusable too

5 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

Little worried about not dressing an extra DL for this game. Our guys have to go an extra 10-15 yards deep every play to find Fajardo spinning around heading backwards every play. Our guys might get winded from having to go back all the extra yardage he surrenders before being sacked. 

yup...we excelled on the dline when we had a rotation of the Jeffs and Kongbo and Hansen rotating in with 4 other dlineman.....tis yr we had some injures with Jeffcoat but had at least WJ and Wiccotts and Mack...then Hansen rolling in....we dumped mack...lost Hansen and stopped dressing Wicotts...and ever since havnt been that good....wtf is the reason?

 

12 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Not so worried about the DBs there’s no one else really.

But look at how thin our O is…if we’re going to dress guys just to chase kicks maybe one of them can be a receiver?

and the DB thing...several guys got dumped and then picked up by other teams this yr...we sat on our hands..and as DB's dropped did nothing really until too late..so yeah we have Holm and Parker in there by default...and they make us weaker by a long shot....whats Waters been doing?...and it aint cause we in SMS hell...we had several bigger slararied guys 6 gamed this yr...dont get it

then we do bring some guys in...a couple we roster right away...and dont touch the field...

Just now, GCn20 said:

We are 12-2. If we win the Grey Cup we will be the most successful franchise since the early 80's. I would suspect that our management, and coaches would try for continuity in that event. Why would we be looking at big changes with a three-peat in our pocket? Our team got cocky last week, and took the week off, let's hold off on the doom and gloom. We are by far the best team in this league.

OH I agree...in record and fact bar none we are the top team...thats undisputed, and that loss on the defensive side of the ball was a big brain fart and a combination of things...the cocky and riding on laurels part is correctable, and I am sure addressed...but...big but that hasnt been addressed or fixed... the poor roster management...lack of depth in some key areas....for a while now actually forcing us to start 2 guys in secondary that should have no reason to be there whatsoever, the lack of rotational depth on the dline...which was our bread and butter when we rotated 8 guys, and many sets with 4 true d-ends which totally effed us vs Hamilton....and the fact we roster guys as DI's who don't see the field save for ST play is not a good thing...and has left us quite vulnerable and exploitable....and been exploited.....if u have no faith to use them on defense...or never planned to...then why even dress them?....makes no sense....yeah I get the nice guy thing...high character FIFO..whatever u wanna term it schtick...but if that prevents you from rostering guys who can actually play a role on defence/offence, or they are playing in place of more talented guys...then thats just garbage...

good example in this game coming up...if Willie goes down...or Wilcotts....we screwed...same with say Sayles...or Jake.....then we have all our dlineman basically playing every snap...again...and or a guy out of position...

40 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

Only grant as a back up wr, no real back up de, and still no one to play nose. It’s a good thing Hickson is out. He could’ve racked up stupid yards vs us. 
 

we did use couture at tackle in heavy set and Dobson inside which is some thing. But yeah. Have to think they are really easing couture back into action maybe hoping he will be good to go for the play offs. 
 

this roster has a lot of holes on d. It’s sad that we haven’t managed to fill de nt or wil spots all year. 
I’m worried about our front 6 in this one. 

I'm concerned about or front as well...and 2/5ths of the secondary....and the fact ne real viable/legit backup really at any posotion on defence...baffling.....thank god it's against the train wreck Riders, or this could be a putrid game ..again..........and even against the Riders I dont have a good feeling....thankfully the offence is basically intact save for Ellingson..who hasn't played in a while anyway and we done well....gonna prob need to put up at least 30+ points to have a shot at winning with what we trotting out on defense....not sure what Osh and the gang are doing on that side of the ball, but not impressed or happy in the least bit....and I recall when he took off the extra d-ends...cause he said "they were gonna try something different"...well we have basically been pourus since that...so time to snap back to reality and what worked

1 minute ago, do or die said:

The consensus on Riderfans....is that Adams is garbage.
Which of course, means that he might be useful.....

I recall last yr them singing his praises on occasion....so tae all with grain of salt

I do tho think he needs to be more disciplined in his play....not penalty and ****** baggery wise...but assignment and techwise...tho that could also improve with better coaching and scheme...and all around environment, as it is light years advanced here....once he up to speed on our system he likely slots in as a rotational guy, like we have done for last few yrs here...and I good with that

2 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Lol that some Riderfan comes on here and tries to tell the one MBB member who's actually been in a Bombers camp about the game.....awesome. 

oh thats a Rider fan?...hahaha....

we really dropped the ball with or PR and who/what we had on it...even when early in season some DB's got let go by their teams in the CFL we didnt pick one up....who already had CFL experience and was game ready....we only started when we got hit with injuries...and by that time we were kinda hooped...same can be said D-line wise too...we let Mack go for whatever reason, and actually stopped dressing that extra DE even after Hansen went down...and it bit us in the ass in Ham game...and could again, as we are woefully weak depth wise now...especially when we sign and dress guys who see no reps whatsoever...(hello Cole...Cooper...Hassell...even Ford who has experince in Canadian game, then guys like Harrison..Dobson last game on the offensive side) 

Just now, rebusrankin said:

I'm with @Booch and @JuranBoldenRules in terms of our roster management. Don't like only 2 DEs unless Cooper actually plays as one and don't like us dressing guys like Cooper and Cole on D and them then not getting any reps there. Oh and hate that Holm/Parker pairing.

yup....we lost Jeffcoat last game and the way the roster was constructed...our dline guys basically played the whole gme once he went out, and by 4th quarter were bagged right out....so...we do it again??...like wtf???

and yeah that pairing baffles me....No clue what they see in Holm...sure he is apparently quick...but so are a lot of guys who dont pan out

due to our lack of confidence in them playing up on the line, or true man coverage we play soft and allow play after play in front of them..exactly the only thing the Riders can do....and tho we been limiting TD's and points for most part...we saw what can happen....I dont buy/like the Osh menatality of if guys been here longer he seems to get the shot....even when clearly not better...but whatevs..we 12-2 and guess they know what they doing...but I dont like it

1 minute ago, voodoochylde said:

Holm didn’t look out of place last game in the sense that he didn’t generate negative attention and the one play he did give up, he was right there in coverage - it was simply a great play by the offence.  Parker on the other hand has been a liability since he stepped on the field.

Holm didnt look outta place as far as layman seen...but he didn't look stellar or like a legit stud...and from my vantage point he played soft, and also was in wrong place numerous times...as was relayed via some of BA comments, tho he never said names...there was a ripple effect in effect....and it made us look woefully weak and exploitable

I sure he will...and also the Mafia does due diligence in bringing guys in....so I'm sure they are fine with his character, and have asked around, asked current players here, and other contacts...they dont sign whoever all willy nilly ala Jones in Edm and the Riders

3 minutes ago, CrazyCanuck89 said:

Do you mean the fieldside or boundary? Because the CFL doesn't use left and right any more.  You have

 

Fieldside/strongside/wideside

Boundary/weakside/shortside 

Yeah I know what that is...duHHHH....I did play the game and all....I was just saying as to how it is presented in the depth chart, for those who may not know that...makes it easier to not confuse.....

5 minutes ago, CrazyCanuck89 said:

Do you mean the fieldside or boundary? Because the CFL doesn't use left and right any more.  You have

 

Fieldside/strongside/wideside

Boundary/weakside/shortside 

and teams have never used left and right btw...none Ive been involved with anyway

4 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

I knew you meant Hodge with the putz comment. Just don't like players on social media lighting up their dressing rooms, even if they are out the door. That's learned behavior from a broken locker room and along with the content of his tweet it illustrates the lack of class that permeates that organization.

oh haha....wasnt sure...I am not bothered by it...said no names...and no specifics to indicate whom he was speaking...just that he needed to be in a better place, and that the enviro there needs to be cleaned up...I kinda applaud him to be honest

2 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

He was likely disgruntled there for sure. He probably hated the culture and lack of discipline. However, I am not a big fan of any player who throws shade at his locker room on the way out the door, that is something he must have learned in Riderville and it is something that MOS and our player leadership will need to school him about how the Bombers don't do **** like that. As true as it might be it shows some of the same lack of discipline and class as he is complaining about.

by Putz tho I meant what did John Hodge say...lol...I like the Adams signing and he could flourish here

again...not liking that depth chart...right side of secondary is weak sauce...again...no real DE to rotate...same guy as last game and he never even saw the field...and is he even a true d-end?...weak inexperienced right side of the db back field...Wil is a total joke....and dressing an extra OL again...of whom will not even really make an impact, let alone even see the field...like whats the point...for all Osh's good things...his use of the roster/ratio and who he dresses more times than not is garbage...almost surprising we been as successful as we have been

i have no issues either...kinda like it

4 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Torn achilles so not likely. 

Never was stated as a torn Achilles...same with Wilson...and fact Wilson was never really in a cast and been walking around freely on sidelines for weeks now pretty much confirms that...he has shown no indication of an achilles surgery rehab

3 hours ago, wbbfan said:

 Gavin walls esq guy with similar upside. A bit more size and real pass rush polish is all that separates him from being elite. Love the talent, the riders are very deep at dl and we are incredibly thin. Makes a lot of sense. 
 
 I don’t think they’d bring in a guy that’s toxic that’s pretty clear. Wanting out of that locker room is understandable. If he doesn’t fi he will fo real quick. I expect him to be rostered or cut with in a couple weeks. 

I expect him rostered this friday...and next week at latest

54 minutes ago, Noeller said:

will be a lot of tickets coming up for grabs once those assholes get tossed early (if they even make it to playoffs)....

no...they will make the playoffs, and teams will be scared....Tha Faj and the Duke proclaimed as such...but in all honesty...I doubt they get the cross over...way Hamilton is playing they gonna wax em next week

1 hour ago, Mike said:

Suck it John Hodge

what did that putz say?...I missed it

and he could have asked for his release...why they would cut him makes no sense given all the injuries they have on the dline, and it depletes their depth...I sure he didnt say "hey release me so I can sign with....." 

But his addition to us makes us stronger and deeper, and them weaker and thinner....and looking at some his tweets...he definately wasnt happy there, or liked how things are going....that part can't be disputed

31 minutes ago, Geebrr said:

I think they are a bad team and we will beat them up. 

Wolitarsky is questionable?

Sounds promising for a return soon 

yeah...if u remember he played last bit of 2019 and all playoffs with a brace....I figure he should be back sooner than later

19 minutes ago, bb1 said:

 Nope not in my books, Zack can go the rest of his career throwing lame ducks and i would still never want him traded. Zack when the time comes will retire a Bomber and will always be a respected and honored QB who won us 2 Cups...and  counting?

and it's called throwing up a Faj....in lieu of lame duck...get it right! haha