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Not as nervous as Collaros. He will have to be heavily sedated before, during and after the game.

They have their own example in Josiah St.John who was drafter high but has resided on the injury list pretty much from Day One.

Try to remember that you are addressing your comments to Rider fans. so use small words and assume nothing.

There damned well better be. Hall will merit a game or two because of the changes in the defensive personnel, but that's it.

Sounds like the real deal. There is an indefinable something about some quarterbacks that oozes "I am going to win". Streveler also appears to have all the physical tools as well as the smarts to be an A-grade quarterback in this league. The only nit-pick that was in the article was that he can let his aggressiveness dictate his play too much when he will force the running play for an extra yard or two and might even extend into trying to force the ball into tight coverage instead of taking what he can get or throwing the ball away. We don't want him to sacrifice himself as Dunigan was wont to do and get injured for an extra two yards.

Must be infectious.

Very confusicating.

Bombers need to hold the Esks to under 25 points in order to win. As in almost all games, the line play will determine the game outcome.

The Argo-Rider game ought to be a riot to watch.

In the West: Edmonton, then a dog fight for second between Calgary and Winnipeg, then the Riders with BC bringing up the rear. In the East: Toronto, then Hamilton follwed closely by Ottawa and Montreal in a death march. BTW, I am not convinced that Bo Levi will be the player he was in 2016, so that may offset the Bombers' loss of the services of their #1 quarterback for the first few games. The most interesting teams to watch will be the Riders imploding, BC floundering and Montreal looking they ought to be in the Arena Football league.

I seem to recall that yesterday O'Shea said that Leggett would not dress against the Esks. The way he phrased it, it sounded that Leggett was day-to-day.

As I see it, the Esks' O-line is very good as is the Bomber D-line, so that will be a saw-off, but Streveler ought to have success against the Esks' linebackers and d-backs with a mix of hot routes and the occasional sprint. Still, it will be trial by fire for Streveler and if the Bombers can keep it close, that would be good enough for the moment.

Do you actually dare to say that the Riders might have.......misspoke?

The best example of irony, BTW, is getting pregnant on a pull-out couch.

Agreed. Ross looks to be more of a Kevin Glenn sort of quarterback, If he can't fire it deep once in awhile with accuracy and zip, he will be found out.

He did not shine in his 2018 debuts, and no better than last year, so not a huge loss. Medlock is not that far away from the end of his shelf life, though.

I suspect that the proliferation of packet passers in the CFL is because that is the dominant training of quarterbacks in US college. In our larger fields, any pivot who is a threat to run as a secondary option really stresses the opposing defences. A pure pocket passer has to be really precise and quick but there are a lot more of those to choose from.

Considering that Jones has to be on thin ice already due to his lack of success and screwing with the rules plus all the league fines, this looks to be another debacle in the making which ought to lead to his being turfed by Labour Day.

So... you're open to panicking after the 9th?

I agree with most of what you have posted, disagree with the too-nice part describing O'Shea and Hall. Football, like other sports has a business side to it that is harsh sometimes but necessary. We have had more than one coach here who kept players past their "best before" date, and they and the team, not to mention the fans, suffered for it.

Overall, there are a couple of concerns for me: firstly, as was mentioned by another poster, O'Shea seems to be more disposed to keeping veteran players instead of opting for newcomers who have shown equally well or better. Secondly, I hope this does not extend to his choice of starting quarterbacks. Case in point is Willy's tenure here- almost unanimously this forum knew way before his trade that Willy was damaged beyond repair, yet O'Shea kept trotting him out. That did not serve either Willy nor the team well.

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Apparently Jones in Regina has already announced that Bridge will be the starter in the first game. Way to boost Collaros' confidence, Jonesie.

While we are waiting for Nichols to leave sick bay, Ross, Bennett and Streveler will get a lot better. At that time, the whole roster will have to be reevaluated.

I would expect Ross to start against the Esks, but on a short leash.