Fatty Liver

We need to set Willy on fire.

Nope, Wild still plays for the Bombers and they can't have him.

Wow Ti-Cats making a game of it.

They definitely have to give Franklin reps. when they can, sooner or later Reilly will be knocked out for a few games and it could be later in the season.

Wow, I hope the Bomber D-Backs are watching this performance, without some of the regulars returning it's going to be a gong-show.

Good chance to show-case Franklin in the second half for the Esks., Ti-Cats ain't coming back.

Mason ******* Mills, remember him??? Well don't bother!!!

Rod is just pandering to his huge American audience who hunger for strange tidbits of information on their friendly Canadian neighbours.

Buck needs to stop regaling Willy with his old war stories, Willy ends up lying sleepless at night muttering "please god, don't let that happen to me". Plus being newly married he's probably adjusting to sleeping on the couch a fair bit.

Bond is 354 lbs. of solid.

Yah bastards, I just wasted 10 minutes watching Mason Mills videos searching for a sliver of hope only to discover they were posted back in 2014!

That is the role Danny Mac was supposed to play, but you have to wonder if he's been paying attention to the changes in the game in the last 20 years or just relying on what worked for him in his day. His track record for QB's is not good.

Meanwhile in Ottawa... http://ottawacitizen.com/sports/football/cfl/redblacks-execs-prepare-for-nfl-tour Redblacks execs prepare for NFL tour REGINA — Like monarch butterflies to Mexico, Canadian Football League scouts will soon start their annual migration to National Football League training camps. They may be searching for immediate help to replace an injured starter or they may focus their attention on longer-term prospects for next season in the three-down league. Either way, they’re looking. That includes the Ottawa Redblacks, with general manager Marcel Desjardins, assistant GM Brock Sunderland and a handful of others scheduled to visit varying numbers of the 32 NFL camps scattered around the United States beginning in late July. “I think you are always looking because you never know what’s going to happen with your roster, whether it be guys that are free agents that may not come back. Maybe it’s injuries. Guys may not play to what they are (capable of),” Sunderland said in the lobby of a hotel where the Redblacks stayed before Friday night’s game against the host Saskatchewan Roughriders. “So you always want to have as much talent as you can at every position.”

I honestly don't think the Bombers problems have much to do with personnel at this point, it's more their attitude. Whether that attitude transcends from Willy, O'Shea or higher up the chain, we really don't know yet. Look at Sask., those players are still desperately fighting for their jobs because they fear Jones and he has made it clear from the start that it doesn't matter who you are, winning is what it's about for each and every player and nobody is beyond being replaced (Lemon). Fear is alive and well in Sask. while Wpg. desperately struggles to build a team based on trust, goodwill and camaraderie. Conversely the Bombers go into training camp and roll into the season with half a roster of talented "untouchables" and a handful of players who "made the club from the tub" knowing that the Coach has their back. This creates an atmosphere of acceptance and comfort level in losing rationalized by "it wasn't my fault" which is then transmitted onto new players brought into the system. This disease has even been absorbed by all-star caliber veterans who are at this point marking time and cashing pay cheques until something major happens. Notable exceptions are Wild, Bass, Leggett and Andrew Harris who are all playing with an inspired level of desperation and doing everything in their power to make big plays and change the tide.

****.

I don't care how Ottawa does it, they just need to win.

Why is Tristan Jackson playing corner for the RB's?

Sask. continues to rush 3, no chance of applying pressure against 5.

Good, throw him in and let's see what he's got. Seems to work okay for other teams.

Unfortunately I think BLM could have scored at will whenever he needed to, the Stamps were just toying with the Bombers and showed some class by not running up the score on them at home.

I noticed Cato playing a different game this year, I wouldn't be surprised if they're talking in his ear quite a bit.

Chamblin was bitching about the same thing last year before he got canned.

Pretty interesting to look at the communication advancement in football over the years. Many moons ago QB's called their own plays. Went through a transition when coaches signaled the plays in from the sidelines. QB's started wearing the wrist chart to help call plays. QB wears a receiver in his helmet, coach sends in play. Coach can now talk to the QB before and during the play. The latest advancements probably won't have much impact on the current crop of pro QB's but if they start using the ear-phones at the High School and College levels the next generation of QB's might become more reliant on the technology and less capable of reading defences themselves. Kind of like spell-check in that way.

Not much division on this question, the poll shows it's roughly 90% vs. 10%.