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Eric Rogers - Calgary

Desperate, yes. Guilty conscience, I'd say not so much. He has high levels of arrogance combined with ignorance, but he lives in an alternate reality of wealth where he does what he wants (remember the whole Billy Bush "grab em by the [you know what], I forced myself on her like a b*tch, you get to kiss them, do whatever - when you're a big star you get away with whatever" and his "I could shoot somebody in Times Square and my approval would go up 5 points" mentality). He is now feeling heat he can't buy his way out of like his past lawsuits, and it upsets his sense of superiority. He has now flat out denied knowing about the Trump Tower meeting in advance. If Cohen taped the one meeting, got to think he taped many others, so if there is a tape of that session proving Trump DID know, then we finally have a direct contradiction that Mueller can act on and that COULD lead to impeachment for lying (still, it won't happen as long as Republicans hold the balance of power). Trump has always said "no collusion" as his go to, which isn't a 100% denial of his knowledge of meetings, just his spin that nothing of what happened ever benefitted him and his rise to the Presidency, so this flat out denial could sting worse. And we saw his backtracking on his intelligence community flip-flop after the Helsinki disaster. He reads from a prepared script saying "I 100% percent believe the intelligence that the Russians meddled" then looks up and adds "among many others, who can say, quite possible, and none of it affected the race". His ego is so large and so fragile he cannot bring himself to even allow the possibility that his election win is tainted buy outside influence, and he is sinking himself because of it. He has no conscience in my mind. He is a full blown egomaniac if not a borderline sociopath.

I'm still floating. The Duke came through!

But how dare you kneel during the anthem.

At this rate we are going to have to change the rules to force people to pick a different player every week. Even though I haven't picked Harris yet, I am going with Duke Williams.

3rd and short advice: 2 yards? Harris, or field goal. Inches? Run straight, Strev!

Thanks much. I will roll the dice with Eric Rogers.

Didn't see anything on Rogers past the "one game injured list from week 4" update. Bo is apparently "questionable" for this week, listed as day-to-day rather than week-to-week by Stampeder staff, and was practicing already yesterday. Regardless, it's Montreal so seems like a good bet to pick a horseman this week.

Is Eric Rogers healthy? Was going to take him if he's back this week, or Don Jackson in his absence, now KBF says Jackson nicked up. Any intel would be appreciated.

Hey, give the man credit. Trump was working on a jigsaw puzzle and said "Wow, great puzzle, and I did so well. Took me only 7 days to put it together, and the box said '2 to 4 years' !"

Since I need to catch people, Derel Walker.

Here is a list of some of his controversies (compiled by CNN, so if you believe they are "fake news", it probably won't do anything to convince you): https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/06/politics/scott-pruitt-controversies-list/index.html But in the simplest terms, he is a self-admitted climate-change denier who once sued the EPA on behalf of the oil and gas industries. His beliefs are his, and he can advocate them, but imagine putting someone who has openly advocated for the total legalization of drugs, and fought in court against the laws the government has put in place, in charge of that same department enforcing those drug laws in our country as a prosecutor. Massive conflict of interest, and giving him the power to undercut those very laws with sweeping "policy" decisions that fit his personal agenda ("we choose not to prosecute those that use or sell drugs, even though that is our essential mandate") would undermine the very existence of the drug prosecutions agency. same idea with the EPA here. Again, he can have his viewpoint, but then recognize that he has a conflict and turn down the position, do not go in with the intention of deregulating everything the department has in place and essentially destroying the entire agency from the inside. If Trump had such strong feelings against the EPA, campaign on the promise that he will shut down the agency altogether if elected and back out of every environmental accord the world has in place BEFORE he gets elected, not after.

Last Week Tonight pretty much nailed it last year on this topic:

Well, no better luck tonight with Powell. Did everything but score (because 2 point converts don't count - damn you, rules!!) Had contemplated picking Bowman with Nichols back at QB, we shall see tomorrow.

Glad I was late and missed picking from last night's game. Will go with William Powell.

Jeremiah Johnson.

I think the case of Bush v Gore pretty much put to bed any notion of the SCOTUS being an apolitical body. The travel Muslim ban decision and dissent just reinforced it once more.

Yes, let's protect those unborn fetuses, they have rights too that should supercede the choice of the mother......until they are born, then we can rip them out of their mother's arms and throw them in cages.

Sorry, if scoring a 2 point conversion gets booed down as not counting for anything, you all can go lump it!

Think back to 2001. Our offence was built on spreading the ball around with no one primary target, even with Milt and Charlie Roberts on it. We regularly had games where at least 7 different players would catch the ball, and once had 9 as I recall. 9! That is almost unheard of. (Stegall, Bobby Gordon, Arland Bruce, Stoddard as starters, two of Andre Arlain, Markus Howell or Geoff Drover getting action as back-ups, and the 3-headed monster of Eric Blount, Troy Mills, and back-up Charlie Roberts all got catches ). We were pretty much unstoppable. That is what this offence could morph into. That misdirection was something to behold. Keeping the focus off of one guy like Dressler is better for our overall success and his (and other players') health long term. And yes, we had 9 different targets in the Montreal game (and 6 different rushers). The results speak for themselves. And let's not forget that Dressler is now our primary FG holder again, and how important that crucial but oft overlooked role is.

Derel Walker

Just as it is impossible to take the media's 'Rider love too seriously, it is hard to take the opposing 'Rider hate on this site too seriously. They have their holes for sure, and I do not care for how Chris Jones runs that team/carries himself/ingests oxygen, but the man does have a Grey Cup ring and took a team with no proven QB and turned in a 10-8 record last year having to play in the West. Maybe they will suck, but it's too easy to disregard them around here just cuz they be from Saskabush. I think Collaros was done in Hamilton, but is not done as a QB, much like Calvillo was done there but found a re-birth in Montreal. Now, the wild card in this is that o-line, and if they don't show any better than they did in the pre-season, then Collaros may be in for more shell shock at Mosaic and be mentally ruined forever. Jones did not help himself with cap mis-management and the cuts he made, including Bagg and Bond. Saskatchewan in my mind is a .500 team give or take a win or loss, and I think the media is putting them ahead of Winnipeg because (at least from what I have heard the media outside of Winnipeg say) they believe that Nichols is gone longer term than Mike O'Shea's rosy "4-6 weeks, but he'll be back in 4 games and on the 6 game IR" prediction, with many mentioning Labour Day (that's week 12, BTW, with the Bombers 11 games into their year at that point) as his return date. Bombers without Nichols for 10 games looks a whole lot different than Bombers with out Nichols for 3, and the media seems to be hedging their bets on his early return and dropping the Bombers in the standings accordingly, right or wrong. I lean more to O'Shea's math, but who can really know in today's upper/lower body "malaise" world of injury reports?

I will admit to hitting the 'Riders button, but then having buyer's remorse almost immediately (hence my question about changing picks). I have stewed on it for a few days. 'Riders at home are a different animal, and I believe Collaros has one comeback left in him. If they score, that crowd can will them to one or two more TD's easily before the visitor knows what hit them. But then, Argos have always burned me as a pick, since they have no home advantage to speak of and play like a home team on the road, I have never been able to figure them out. Deciding factor is that Sask. o-line and how poor it has looked so far, against that double Blue front 4 and Trestman's schemes. Formally requesting a change of my pick to Toronto, the others can stay the same. Will PM this request as well.

Manny Arceneaux - BC Open question for the group or the moderator: if a player scored 2 point convert but not a TD, what would people say to making that a 1/2 strike deduction, given that it is exactly like scoring a TD and is not infrequent in the new CFL game. Thoughts?