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A "we want Marve!" chant last night says it all I think. Is Brohm Bellefeuille's Boltus 2.0? I think so. I can't really understand how anyone could possibly defend Brohm's performace last night, he just has no tools whatsoever it seems like. If Marve has first team reps this week and playcalls are designed to his strengths he may definitely surprise. The QBs have to be put on the field to show their worth, look at Cato tonight. He's killing it in Calgary. There's nothing worse than watching CFL coach stubbornness who go with their guys through thick and thin no matter how poorly they perform.

Pros: Drew willy controlling the huddle and the clock. Using his outlets brilliantly. When Drew is calm and doesn't force throws he is a great QB. Cotton and Marshall look like the Thunder and Lightning we were hearing about before the season. Denmark held on to two big plays while taking big licks. Moore's first TD as a bomber too. Woop! O-line gave Willy time to actually think about what he was doing. Didn't particularly notice Chungh at all, but maybe that's a good thing. Cons: Blitzing was TERRIBLE. Sam Hurl is not very fast. Turner and Anderson had no push up the middle. Westerman was invisible until the end with his shot on Messam. I don't recall getting a sack tonight, or even getting in the QB's grill at all *but maybe someone can correct me on that. But hey, we won. Every team in the CFL is in developing/gel mode and coming out with a win in Saskatchewan is a HUGE morale boost for the team.

I figure it's going to come down to Willy and the performance he puts out. If he hasn't progressed beyond last year you can mark it up as 0-1. I thought Willy played well in last years LDC. Bombers lost all 3 games to the R.R. so he didn't play well enough to beat them. Labour Day Willy played pretty well, trouble was that the D left the game early and gave up a ton late to piss it away. Game one vs. the riders absolutely Willy wasn't good enough. The turnovers killed them. I don't really remember what happened in the Banjo Bowl so I won't comment on that. I was at the Banjo Bowl. Willy played pretty good. Tossed for over 300+ yards and a couple TDs. But at the end of the game Willy choked and threw a pretty poor interception on the last drive. He was clearly trying to force it and do too much. Excuse my ignorance but a lot of people say Droopy is too slow at reading the D. Is that something that usually comes quicker with experience?

Watch the movie or read the book playing with fire. He's definitely Manitoban.

Thanks for this. Your analysis rocks. Are any other RBs jumping off the page?

For me, I expect the opposite of what happened last year to happen this year. I expect a slower start with chemistry slowly progressing as the year goes along. New o-line, linebackers, a couple of new receivers, all this stuff takes time. I think expectations should always be a home playoff game. Our new management doesn't seem to accept failure as an option, and I don't think anyone is just happy making playoffs. It's piss or get off the pot time. Expectation: fall a little short of home playoff game, but end 9-9

Any chance he gets converted to receiver kinda like Sinopoli?

That would be a dream, but knowing Buono he would want an arm and a leg, probably including our second overall and I just can't see us parting with it.

Disagree. The last thing we want to see is Willy leave for another team and we're back to searching for a qb. Not if he plays in 2016 like he did for the last half of 2015 you don't.

Let willy play with a chip on his shoulder this year and try earn his big contract. We're getting ahead of ourselves a little bit, just gotta pump the breaks. A deal will get done within a month after the season ends if drew plays like a # 1 QB. The last thing we want to see is a three year extension and willy plays like he did the second half of last year.

Not that's been announced. Damn. Forks? I can't imagine there won't be anything outside somewhere.

Is this game being shown outside on portage and Fort on that big screen? Or anywhere outside for that matter

seems to have big play ability, but honestly I don't remember much about him. Seems curious he wasn't invited back to sask, no?

When we can likely get Gill for free as a free agent next offseason? just because he may reach free agency next year doesn't mean its likely we sign him then. Way too many factors for that. That's just wishful thinking, imo

Evan gill for our 15!

Toston wowed me the same way Cotton wowed me in pre-season. I never understood why Toston didn't get more of a chance. He was more of a north/south bruiser but I thought he was the Riders best RB. Toston and Cotton would be a good combo and change of pace that could really help us and keep defences guessing.

I didn't feel like this question needed its own thread, so i'll just do it here. Does anyone know how much January was making last year? I don't know how anyone gets that info, but somebody here would have a better guess than me

So then you're saying that Kohlert is better than Watson? I always thought Watson had the highest ceiling of any Canadian receiver we've had in recent years, and always hoped he'd reach 1000 but obviously injuries derailed that. JFG's first year "as a receiver" this year isn't all that different from Kohlert's. JFG made catches in 8 games for 210 yards, and in 2012 Kohlert made catches in 5 games for ~150. I could see (hope) JFG eclipsing 500 yards this year with Kohlert being around 500 again, and if that's the case, I think people around here should be satisfied. I know its not a perfect comparison, but it's not apples to oranges either.

Ohh, I just assumed it was a tear. Stupid me.

@saraorlesky: I'm told that #Bombers DE Jason Vega suffered MCL injury in yesterday's loss to the Riders. Personally I don't think he ever gets back to form, but what do I know?