Jesse
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Nichols is the clear starter.
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3 minutes ago, iso_55 said:
Posted this a few minutes before I heard about the trade. But still valid. Maybe AC can get more out of Willy than LaPo & Buck could here.
AC?
You mean Milanovich?
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Just now, iso_55 said:
People get offended. To me it's laughable that guns on a jersey spark outrage. It did 2 years ago.
Not to belabour this - because I'm certainly not losing sleep over it - but to me, I just ask myself why?
What purpose do guns have on a Canadian football jersey? Their logo is a horse, they are stampeders (more ranchers than cowboys). It doesn't have a place/purpose.
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11 minutes ago, iso_55 said:
The West. Cowboys. People wore guns a hundred & thirty years ago.
Throw Line Bannatyne makes a good point.
But even if they are seeking that cowboy imagery, how doesn't that glorify gun violence?
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Just now, Mike said:
Worth mentioning is that Walters' was also Dunk's head coach in CIS.
Never put that together, but you're totally right.
interesting.
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8 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:
I 100% believe that Dunk believes his numbers are accurate. He wouldn't publish them if he didn't. They are as good as the source that gave them to him in the first place. Leaked by the Bombers to diffuse the $400K backup QB argument?
Questions remain tho. Who is the source? How did everyone else who also have sources get it so wrong?
Dunk definitely has a league source - doubt this came from the Bombers.
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2 hours ago, LimJahey said:
Durant and Khari were without a doubt T3 QBs in their prime.
End.
In the case of Durant, who do you kick out of the top 3 to include him?
Ray, Calvillio, Burris....
Lulay and Glenn had solid seasons during those years as well. Durant always seemed to rise no higher than 4th best in any given year.
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2 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:
In guessing Walker or Bowman they must be close to 1000 yards receiving.
You're right. It's just Bowman.
That's disgusting.
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Who is first in yards from scrimmage?
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1 hour ago, Nash00 said:
Hopefully winning games is a deterrent to free agency but I would guess that BC/Calgary have an edge in signing him if he opts for free agency.
I'm not as concerned with losing him to another team as I am with him wasting half the season hanging out at an NFL camp.
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On the issue of a Willy trade:
There's a part of me (the part that wants to see the young back up be given playing time - from Brink and Elliot all the way to Marve and now Bennett), that wants the Bombers to move on, cut Willy (or trade him if the rumours of potential suitors are true) and roll with Nichols and Davis. This was the same part of me that wanted a clean sweep of Walters and O'Shea 5 weeks ago, hoping for us to hire Steve McAdoo as head coach in the off season, who would get James Franklin as our next QB.
There's another part - somewhat removed from the fanatic side of fandom - that is glad our management is no longer making such knee jerk reactions. They retained Mike O'Shea even though his first to years were largely unsuccessful, but did not offer him an extension. They allowed him to keep going through a 1-4 start and are finally seeing some positive signs. So now, with Willy, they are again allowing things to play out a bit before, as Lawless put it, "throwing the baby out with the bathwater, even if it is a lot of bath water".
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Just now, TBURGESS said:
They offered him $400K but he took Ottawa's $250K this year? What is your source?
Perhaps a 250 base with incentives?
Either way, I think the decision to go to Ottawa came with promises to become the starter sooner rather than later.
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13 minutes ago, gcn11 said:
OL is what worries me the most. We NEED to get Chungh extended. If we can't it's huge trouble.
It would be a huge blow to what we are trying to build if we can't retain him. I don't have high hopes he'll resign without checking out what's available to him first.
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49 minutes ago, iso_55 said:
One fan starts a thread claiming we have the beginning of a defensive dynasty. Others say we're winning with smoke & mirrors. Even when we win the fans here fight. I guess that's what losing for so long & so badly will do. We want to believe. We want to think it's real. We want to win. is it? Isn't it? And then the alarm goes off at 6 am.
That's about it. We've too bad for too long for the fan version of PTSD to just shake off.
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37 minutes ago, Brandon said:
From what I saw the Riders offense is purely Roosevelt and if any team were to shut him down... they really have nothing else to offer.
The Riders defense... I would run the whole game on them. They could not tackle or stop the run for shite. Absolutely brutal stuff from them.
The team definitely had a defeated look to them in the first half... Edmonton could of and should of absolutely smoked them.
Hopefully Harris rolls for 200 all purpose against them next week.
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Also, check out the OL.
Everyone along the line - other than Stanley Bryant - is 26 or younger. If you take out Hardrick, who isn't starting right now, they're all 25 or younger. Assuming we don't make any coaching changes going into next season - they are going to have a lot of time to row together.
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Assuming everyone continues to play as we have come to expect, we're going to have to make some cost/benefit decisions in our secondary. Johnny Adams will be an expensive second contract. Chris Randle is one of our best players but has had injuries pile up a little - do we re-sign him?
Bruce Johnson isn't going anywhere for at least a couple years. Solid HB's are hard to find. Good vet to have back there. And he previously signed an extension through the 2018 season.
But Fogg, Frederick, and Roberts are all great finds and are all under contract for at least next season, maybe also to 2018.
DLine has a smaller window of our known starters. Cummings will be hard to resign. He's a big contract - we may need the cap room. Shologan is older, and I have no idea what contract length he signed for, but his body should still hold up for a couple more years. Westerman has one year on his contract after this one, we'll see what happens over the next year and a half. Cole looks like he's a good find, but has already been in and out of the line up with injury. Green will hopefully learn to put his athleticism to good use - he's been very hit or miss in limited time. I agree that Martin looks like an intriguing signing. Corney has slipped into the background a bit after a very loud training camp, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Love our LBs. Starters and depth. Wild, Bass, and Leggett aren't going anywhere. We love them, they love us. Knox and Waggoner are exciting ST'rs.
The fact is, "Dynastys" are built in the post-season. If they can carry our offense to the Grey Cup, and Walters can keep scouting to replenish the older vets (especially along the line, which isn't complete as is), they have some serious potential here.
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Odd number of teams. Every week has someone out.
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8 hours ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:
Franklin doesn't want to go to F.A. what he probably wants is a shot at a starting job and a big contract. If that can be pre-arranged prior to F.A. I think he'd be happy. Remember how the Bombers acquired Willy?
We were the last available team with an open spot when we made that trade, so I guess it depends on how it goes down.
at the moment, there are multiple teams with starting QB up for grabs and he might want the opportunity to choose his opportunity.
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14 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:
I wouldn't put it past Herve to scuttle that plan with a late season trade for his rights.
His rights don't mean anything if he wants to go to free agency.
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6 minutes ago, M.O.A.B. said:
It's not he's call though if Walters & Desjardins will come up (if ever) with a trade involving him.
I can't imagine the cancer he'd be as a back up.
no thanks.
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I want to say that most teams keep only one OL on the game day roster.
Teams would rather have an extra player available for ST and defensive roatations than an extra guy who only plays on occasions where 2 OL are injured.
September 13 practise
in Blue Bomber Discussion
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Everyone might have jumped the gun a bit. It was practice. They are just trying different things to see their options.