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This would seem to indicate that Edmonton believes Jones and Co. have the brains of eggplants.

No reason that the Bomber D-line should not make life miserable for Glenn right off the hop. The Bomber line has been bolstered and the Alouette O-line is nowhere as good (on paper at least) as in years past. Watch for Glenn starting to have happy feet.

This is proof that Neanderthals have not gone totally extinct, and that comparison may be an insult to neanderthals. Rape is not about sex. It is about degrading and humiliating another human being. If this turkey gets put into general population in the hoosegow, he will have the error of his ways brought to his attention.

It makes sense to me that we ought to wait until the season is actually underway before we panic. But what do I know?

If there can be a good ending to gang rape, this is as close to that as it gets. Mike Riley had a rep as a good guy when he was here and it seems that he still is. He stepped up, admitted the harm he did and took the wrath of his victim. It couldn't have been easy.

This not the NFL, so the loss of any starter, import or non-import causes problems for any team- except maybe the Cowgarians.

Helton may have been overall the best d-lineman in the CFL in his career, but Dougie is overall the best Bomber lineman.

Our defence ought to be way better than last year, with one possible exception, so they ought to keep us in the game until at least half-time. I just hope they do not put Hurl back in- we would be way better off to put the NI on offence as a receiver.

The most memorable thing about Posey to me is his tree-trunk legs. He looks like he could sub for a bridge pier.

This is not encouraging- I thought we had better options than these two who could not make the rosters on two ummmm...sub-par teams who are not rich in Canuck talent. I hope they Vitt another shot.

There are a lot of good athletes who excel at individual sports where they do not have to adapt to a rapidly changing situation, but compared to hockey, football has a lot of moving parts plus unpredictability. We are going to see how well Willy adapts to a semi-chaotic game.

I am not comfortable with Posey starting Friday. He didn't look all that effective in the pre-season games and this probably the reason the Bombers grabbed Hawkins.

This is a bit off topic but I think it is relevant. I heard the last half of a 1290 interview with Willy this afternoon, and if his verbal agility is anything like his decision making, we are in for a long season. His responses were all rote, and he showed little spontaneity in whatever little repartee there was. All of which makes me wonder if he is simply so slow of thought that he cannot ad-lib on the field if his first read is taken away or he gets flushed out the pocket.

Can't bear to have another Kuale.

Schlage. Maybe Weiser.

We enjoy trashing the Riders, but few here are strangers to loss and grief. For guys, the loss of a close Dad really hits home, and the next twelve months, the first Christmas, the first birthday, the first parental anniversary all all reminders of who is no longer a part of our lives. Your kids are watching you and how you are handling this.

Wild has the speed and instincts to play in the middle but too often he was road kill after being buried by a 300lb lineman. Maybe Bass can do better.

I'm surprised that the semi-desperate Riders didn't chase Butcher. He has to be a way better gamble than Reaves.

Fogg looked OK so far, Posey not so much. If Posey starts, they will pick on him right away and Glenn is just the quarterback to do the quick slants and curls.

This is the most unpredictable start I have ever seen for the Blue. Every team leans heavily on their starting QB, but no one more so than the Bombers. If Willy gets his poop together, we ought to be looking at 10 and 8, but if Willy is as tentative as he did in the pre-season outings, or the O-line and/or game plan let the team down, we could be looking at 8 &10 or even 6 &12 followed by a bloodbath in the coaching ranks. We have to be at or very close to .500 after the Labour Day game, or the sharks will start to circle.

Well, at least we're not going to be the laughingstock of the league this year.

LaPolice has a lot to prove, as does Willy. O'Shea has been cut a lot of slack and there are few GMs who would have kept a coach with that record. There's a lot riding on the first 9 games, and the natives are getting restless.

Jones is peeing on all four corners of the team to make his bones and mark his territory. Ought to endear him to his players and fans alike. You can get away with that sort of stuff if you are Don Matthews or Wally Buono but it ain't going to be well received in Riderville.

Winning the game is not essential but the team must, must look better than last year- particularly the O-line and Willy. No doubt the opposition will try everything to hit and rattle Willy right from the first snap, and that might include a late hit or two.

The history of football is littered with good quarterbacks who had all the tools to become great but lacked that certain something to take the final step. And we have had a lot of them here. Willy has the physical tools and the training but that last step is all up to him, and no one can do it for him. O'Shea and Walters have been patient but they cannot hold the door open for Willy much longer.