blueingreenland

Boy, some of Masolis passes are not very accurate tonight...Riders aren't giving that 10 yard cushion like last week (against the Bombers).

By good defense...do you mean Saskatchewan or Hamilton...cause both those defenses look way better that ours tonight

I'm feeling sick... Riders may win this one...

Riders are playing well Boy if the Riders win they will have dig out those parade route plans... ...that got buried after last game.

Probably for all the people who constantly spelt and pronounced it wrong,..they just said, "Let's call it Duck tape."

I got the joke...and yeah, as soon as a brace was mentioned I thought of Brock too... Anyway, wearing a brace after a knee injury is kind of standard practice.

lol!! (After Chris Jones wires Kyle Walters $70,000!)

andrew harris

ti-cats by 20

Great news if Matt is back!!

Hmmm. I thought just maybe the Bombers would keep him on injury list for 6 games just to save cap space...but then again having him out there gives us a better chance at a win and winning sells tickets!

One of the Winnipeg media reported that Lapo was asked to interview for a head coaching job in the off season (I assume that's Montreal). He declined. I know it was only for an interview but Lapo is highly thought of through out the league.

Don't know what to expect with B.C., but they are beatable. If I was B.C. I would do the same thing as Hamilton did...maximum protection, short passes all day. No reason to think we will adjust. I think we have the players on D to compete, but will they be given the ability to do so? B.C. offense likes to go deep, so that might play to our strengths.

If Hamilton can go from being 0 - 9 last season to being the best team in the East just by making a few changes....well, that just shows how quick you can turn a team around. I think our offense will be fine with Lapo, Streveler and Nicholls but our defense needs a few changes. But the question(s) remain: what changes need to made, and will we have the guts to make them?

It is were not for some bad dropped passes by Hamilton receivers, this game would be WAY worse.

Hate to say it...but judging by how he looks tonight it reminds me of a few years ago when Drew Willy went on a run...and then... Yikes!

Hope I'm not too late...Andrew Harris

Apparently he had opportunities to leave this off season, but chose the stability of Winnipeg.

Yeah. Still be interesting to see how Franklin does. Not sure he has as good of weapons as he had in Edmonton.

So this thread can go on for a while now... 😀😀😀😀

All the best to you, Ricky Ray, in your recovery. Class guy.

Rider fans & Media (I'm not making this up), have brought up the possibility of getting Darian Durrant back in Rider colours due to the injury to Collaros. Okay, now what would that look like? Chris Jones: " Hello, Kyle. I was wondering if you could let us have the rights to Darian back?" Kyle Walters: (hysterical laughter in background...click). Chris Jones: "Hello My Walters. Uh, I wasn't kidding. We really need him." Kyle Walters: ".Let me think about that...No!" (click) Chris Jones: "Hello Mr. Walters. Sir. I'm desperate here sir. What would it take for us to complete that trade?" Kyle Walters:. "For starters...$75,000." (click).

Agree with most comments. This year and next we have a steady #1 in Nichols and possibly a decent threat at #2 in Shreveler in case of injury to Nichols. O'Shea can also throw Shreveler in as a change of pace guy if Nichols is in tough. (see 1984 Grey Cup with Hufnagel). We also have a great short yardage guy (Shreveler) who could then run more plays in a hurry-up offense. Luxuries we haven't seen for a while in these parts.

About what I expected too. Someone could put the QB rankings up too. I think Shreveler's #7. (I am next to computer illiterate).

Don't know if anyone was listening to the "Sportscage" on 620 radio out of Regina today but I texted Rod Peterson (I was very polite) and asked if he thought the Bombers would still finish in 5th in west and what did he think of Shreveler? I knew my question would get a rise out of him. After mocking out Bomber fans he said "Absolutely Winnipeg will still finish 5th!" So there you have it...the voice of reason!