TrueBlue4ever

You know, if you’d have left out that last sentence, then I might have bought that “I don’t know why people get upset with me” line. But whether or not you start it by turning arguments into personal shots (and I for one - and I am fairly certain I am in the vast minority here- don’t think you do, at least a decent portion of the time), you do perpetuate it with stuff like this, which sabotages your own argument and turns the debates into a noise fest.

Went and watched “Free Guy” for the second time last night, and the Alex Trebek cameo still makes me smile. So glad Reynolds put that in.

DON’T GO THERE!!!!!!! I just had 2001 flashbacks.

While I think we should not have trouble with the Elks given how each team has played so far this year, the big scare is Wilder Jr. He is the league’s leading rusher by a good bit, our defensive Achille’s Heel (as much as we have one) so far has been the spotty run defence at times, and with Harris out they may balance their attack more. Last week’s offensive upswing by Collaros and the gang leaves me confident that it can help out the defence more than it did in the first four weeks, so maybe even a let down from the unconscious level our D has been playing at can be better compensated by our offence. Edmonton is a mystery in that they have (on paper) some real offensive weapons yet have not been putting up the points. That porous o-line must be an even bigger factor than I would think.

I believe the rule was veteran’s salaries were guaranteed after Labour Day in a normal year (after the halfway point of the year) so you would see cuts before then, but I also hear that CFL contracts are not guaranteed. As for trading players, I do not recall a team ever retaining salary in a CFL deal. The salary cap penalties are so inconsequential in the CFL anyway that it is not really an issue from a cap management standpoint.

Won’t argue that he is not elite right now, but he may well be playing on a still fractured leg, and long term I am not ready to stick a fork in him for good just yet. People wrote off Ricky Ray and Zach Collaros when they suffered injuries, but they both healed and after being traded the former won another Cup and the latter is looking like an all-star again. Get him completely healthy (and I mean completely) and we’ll see what he has left.

Matt Nichols (from 40-22 and a Grey Cup in Winnipeg to 1-4 and benched in Ottawa)? Oops, did I start something? 😁

So you don’t think they will sweep, but you actually pick them to win the back-to-back portion which is the hard part. Hmmm………

Maier in with 2 minutes left. Good timing Dave. A TSN Friday Night Football haiku: TV ratings called They want their twenty fourteen Stamps and Tabbies back.

That’s already his Twitter handle.

As I continue to pursue the “perfect” season for my own amusement, I will take McGuire.

Did Harris have to provide another test before coming back last year, or is it only if you refuse in the first place? And if the former, would another fail be a different result leading to a second suspension?

I have been looking for any updated drug policy protocol, but the most current I can find is before 2019. It says any failed test (and refusal counts as that) puts you on the mandatory testing regime, and not just random. Anyone know the difference in frequency of testing? And if he has to be tested before he comes back, if he tests positive would it be treated as a different result worthy of another suspension, or could it be argued that the substance that was in his system before is still there so it is still the same positive as opposed to a new second offence (and how would that change if the first test was refused)? Is it possible to be punished twice for the same infraction?

So you agree with him. Then why are you arguing?

Aside from Calgary, none of the other Western teams have played a full game yet without their starter, so there has been no “impact” yet - and we are still running away with the division at this point. Save this tired whine for after week 10 (and here’s betting Reilly and Fajardo are still starters then). I will say this. If we are up by 2 TDs plus in the 4th they should give McGuire some decent reps. Was surprised Collaros went all the way to the end in the Banjo Bowl.

Good report. Hopefully the pass rush plays disciplined and doesn’t get too sack-hungry and lose contain. Let him try to beat us with his arm from the pocket and confuse him with looks rather than all-out blitzes, even as tempting as it is with that o-line.

Honestly having trouble remembering the last season where all (or even almost all) the starting QBs from game 1 stayed healthy throughout the year CFL-wide. Any ideas?

I honestly prefer it this way. In 2019 all you heard about was the Hamilton juggernaut and how it was on track to be an all-time great champion. Even after we pummelled them in the Grey Cup, the talk at the start of this year was not the returning champs, but the redemption tour for “team 14-0”. The more we fly under the radar, the better IMO. Seen too many defending champs pull off an underdog win, carry that win to a dominating regular season where they suddenly play up to the level of their championship win, get praise heaped on them as being the new power, and then get taken down in the playoffs (think St. Louis Blues). If TSN wants to try to convince viewers there is still parity this year, let them. Let’s just keep on quietly winning all the way to another Grey Cup, then we can bask in the long overdue accolades. Being the Week 7 champions in the eyes of the media means extremely little to me.

I actually love this pick!

Loser gets the start.

FIFY.

If crossover rules come into play, then a sweep of the Elks gets us to 8 wins, and Edmonton could not catch us, so we lock down 4th place. Assuming the 3rd place team in the East is no better than .500, we would get a playoff spot on those 3 wins alone.

Getting way ahead of things here, if the Bombers sweep Edmonton and BC in their next 5, regardless of anything else that happens, they clinch a playoff spot. Add a Calgary loss anywhere in that time and we clinch a home game, add 2 Sask. losses and we clinch first place by game 11.

Dakota Prukop looks like next man up. https://www.goelks.com/players/dakota-prukop/159945/