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Also..
 
People are giving midseason evaluations on the QBs, Oline and receivers like these guys have been playing for months..
 
With this amount of shuffling and change ups coupled with the vanilla schemes... expecting instantaneous connections and rhythm is laughable. 
 
Our DBs played very well.. oline gave up 2 sacks, that's pretty good even in preseason.    I'm not too worried about the receivers looking off.. they are all tight, fighting for jobs.. catching tosses from 3 different QBs.  Different velocities, rotations, placement... cant really pass judgement on the ones who win the battle until the real bullets fly.. 
 
 
Lastly,  edm had 5 sacks last week..  didnt their DC say some booolsheet like "we wont ever get less then that this year.. I promise" or some such..?
 
 
Breathe folks. It's our first preseason game and we won pretty handily.  Coulda pitched a shutout if the punt isnt fumbled.  IF week one looks this unpolished and disjointed... ok time for concern.. until then.. we good.  Everything will sort itself out in the wash.

Getting a used Forde is usually not a god idea.

"The bombers beat the riders last week, who were led by Brandon Bridge, air Canada. He came off the bench last year to almost lead the riders to the gc....he played pretty well in regina last week and had a shot to win, but a missed penalty cost them the game."
How close does everyone think I am?

So who will be calling this game?
Cuthbert/Suitor, Black/Forde ...
 
Or can TSN get it right and send out Miller/Dunnigan, the winning combo?

I just watched part of the game on TSN.  
I disagree with you all, TSN has been doing their part to make me go to home games. It’s called the “Rod Blackout”.

Are you saying Hoover......sucks?
 
 
 
 
I'll show myself out.

What value is picking up a quarterback at this point? By the time that guy gets up to speed, Nichols is going to be back.  People around here complain all the time about us 'not developing a quarterback' or not using the late stages of games to get these guys experience .. here we have an opportunity, albeit under less than ideal circumstances, to give valuable reps and game experience to the guys on our roster, guys we've committed to. 
I say roll with the guys we have.

Not many of us posters are going to rival Walters for GM. I heard more babble than wisdom today. Nobody but Glenn and Durant could step in without  about a month to learn the basic playbook being used here. A Vernon Adams or Brandon Bridge on two weeks study would just be setting themselves up for failure... and a promising career would go down the drain from the impossible expectations and pressure. Getting a QB up to full function is easier said than done, especially with a new club.
The cut down date is in 3 days, Saturday. Something interesting might arise that day but more than likely nothing will. Sunday we will see some shuffling as certain players go onto the PR. A few, not lots, projected PR players  will move to different clubs.
If Nichols is down for a bit, then Walters will look to his scouts and contacts but we will not have anyone new starting/playing QB, except our current four, until about game four. Yes Walters might pry Glenn or someone else for perhaps a Receiver or DB plus a draft pick if the other club felt they could fill a significant hole or two, but that is highly unlikely.
Besides MOS has a habit of sticking to the team (roster of players) that are on board on opening day. Look back to history: he has made very few changes. I don't think MOS is going off roster unless we have about 2 or 3 absolute  disasters for games. If we are going to be close, or at least not too distant, he will be sticking to what he has got now. That's who he is, what he does. He looks at the 4 QB's he has as professionals. He won't be screaming the sky is falling.
Walters and MOS have built an incredible team loaded with talent. The injury to Nichols is going to build character and true grit into the rest of the team. This team is going to carry its QBs ... and I expect they just might be good enough for that. They may even show well.
Two or three of our QB's are going to grow up in a hurry. One or two will emerge as the team carries them.
And when Nichols comes back, this year or next, we are going to the Grey Cup. Meanwhile management is building an enduring dynasty.
And if Nichols never comes back all these CFL one and two year contracts will allow one of the league's best QB's to sign on here for a while.
We are going to live with what we got for for at least the first three or four games, and we will like it. (Probably more than we expect.)

Even without Nichols, this team is better than BC, Montreal, Hamilton, Ottawa and arguably Saskatchewan.

Chris Shultz was just on 620 radio (Regina) talking to Rod Peterson. Shultz predicted Toronto and Winnipeg in this years Grey Cup.

If they ever come out with Rider toilet paper, I'm going to be broke from buying it and ex-lax.

What does this even mean?
What is the difference between him signing with someone tomorrow vs 2 weeks ago?  Or 2 weeks from now?  None.
Maybe he's considering retirement.  Maybe someone is his family is getting tested for a health issue, and the answer would be the deciding factor as to whether he plays close to home or not.  Maybe he's spending two weeks on the beach before the season starts.   Maybe as a Christian he has decided to spend a few weeks praying.  Or all of the above.  Or none.
This age of instant information has created a weird atmosphere of entitlement.  There are a lot of people here who have zero information and choose to fill in those blanks by thinking he's being a Richard.  Why?  The only thing I've ever heard him publicly say about his free agency was his "working on it" comment on twitter, which was simply a non-response to a fan question.
Those who prefer to fill in the blanks that way are saying volumes more about their character.
 
As for his value, he is an undisputed starter-caliber Canadian playing at a non-traditional position.  For the teams wanting Muamba's services, there is no "blue-chip" player that will negatively affect his value.  Until he proves it on the field, every blue-chip player is just the next Duane Slay or Aaron Maybin.  Maybe Jevaris Jones is going to be a 2018 CFL all-star.  For now he is nothing but another name, maybe the first cut in rookie camp.  Whomever doesn't sign Muamba will be forced to use that guy.  The only way they are choosing to use that guy is once they can't afford Muamba.  That guy will have zero impact on how much Muamba gets paid.

We've hit PAGE 55. Does this mean that Westerman is tearing up his contract with Montreal and signing with the Bombers.

We've hit PAGE 55. Does this mean that Westerman is tearing up his contract with Montreal and signing with the Bombers.

We've hit PAGE 55. Does this mean that Westerman is tearing up his contract with Montreal and signing with the Bombers.

We've hit PAGE 55. Does this mean that Westerman is tearing up his contract with Montreal and signing with the Bombers.

We've hit PAGE 55. Does this mean that Westerman is tearing up his contract with Montreal and signing with the Bombers.

We've hit PAGE 55. Does this mean that Westerman is tearing up his contract with Montreal and signing with the Bombers.

We've hit PAGE 55. Does this mean that Westerman is tearing up his contract with Montreal and signing with the Bombers.

We've hit PAGE 55. Does this mean that Westerman is tearing up his contract with Montreal and signing with the Bombers.

We've hit PAGE 55. Does this mean that Westerman is tearing up his contract with Montreal and signing with the Bombers.

Oooh, oooh, oooh. My nipples are hard...

So why even bring up he would switch back now?

Then get a real job like the rest of us