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I sure was surprised that they posted a fan turnout at 26,000.....I realize that STH there or not get counted, but the place had no where near that number.

and his blocking....it was great

I get so tired of sitting in the stands at the stadium listening to my fellow season ticket holders bitching and complaining all the way through games about our team. Same thing here, people are complaining and are very critical even when we win. Was it a game for the ages?? No it wasn't. But our team played significantly better than last week. They played with emotion, and they dominated. They were excited and it showed.

grinding out yardage and eating the clock is the plan...especially when you're leading. I think it's a sign of a confident offense. I was really disappointed that they couldn't score in the 4th when they marched the ball all the way down the field, but it destroyed the clock, and kept our D on the sidelines. Coupled with a great defensive stand when they did get the ball back and victory!

about time we had the ball longer than the other team

Maybe Dressler was still suffering from getting concked in the head 2 weeks ago. How in the world he didn't realize he needed to be on the field astounds me...he's the holder!! And that miss was all about Medlock being frazzled.

that was an absolutely awful call. I thought scoring plays were reviewed how that was allowed to stand is beyond me...

I really appreciate the effort put into this review. Damn that musta taken a long time. I agree with Tracker.....kind of exposes some coaching issues with the o'line in particular. But we have a 2nd year player at RG and essentially a rookie at C plus another rookie at LG so these communication issues will take a while to be resolved. Liked reading that Willy seems to be gaining confidence with his execution, I think it was a big mistake to have a battle between 3rd and 4th QB and not give him more reps in the pre-season. I hope we get another review after this game to see what (if anything) has improved.

me to. Progress. A close game win or lose is progress.....our offensive line playing better and protecting the qb and opening up the running game would be progress

I'm not sure I can even hold on until half time.....there has to be some improvement soon or the stadium will be empty

guess I'm not seeing what you're seeing but I thought Goosen has been playing okay

So just looking for some stats to quote....man the CFL site is awful, and the Bombers' site is at least a bit better.....Wild and Fogg are leading in tackles by a wide margin. Our 2 big free agents??? 3 tackles for Shologan, and 2 for Cummings. Westerman?? He's got 5 that's not bad. Ian Wild has 15. I'm not a coach, I understand the linebackers should be making more tackles than the linemen, but 5 tackles in 2 games for those 2 guys isn't going to cut it.

It's true the defence can't get off the field, and the offence can't stay on. I really think that if we stop going 2 and out, we improve everything. Ian Wild is a stud on defence. I haven't seen the stats, but don't recall hearing Cummings and Shologan's names mentioned last night at all. Those 2 have to pick it up. Did they play in the pre-season?? Don't think so. I saw Shologan cheap-shot Messam near the end of the game, that's about it.

I think I share the concerns many of us have......our oline struggles badly against the blitz, hell it struggles when there is a 4 man rush. Running up the gut doesn't work, period, and only leads to losses of both yards and players. If I was going to make a change, it would be the o'line coach. Additionally, I thought Lapo was going to change everything, and I'm not seeing that. It seems to me that we are way too predictable on offence. And finally, why does our secondary play so soft?? Can't we play more man to man??

I was quite surprised to hear that he was even trying to practice. I'm going to assume he had headaches and/or dizziness during or after trying to physically exert himself and got shut down. I realize and understand that the football helmet far exceeds the hockey helmet, but then the degree of violence associated with the contact also is much greater. If he had been knocked senseless in hockey he would've been out for weeks, and it just seemed so fast for him to be back a couple of days later.

Tweak is better than pull or tear.....but it will bother him for weeks. I tend to agree with the guys on the big show....rest him the next 2 or 3 weeks and give him a ton of therapy and then bring him back. Rushing him could be a potential disaster waiting to happen.

Here's my predictions for Friday evening......I arrive at the stadium early, park in my seat in the upper deck with a Shwarma Khan and a beverage, watch the draft where the Jets pick Laine, and then watch a good beat down of Montreal! I like Bass into the middle with Wild beside him..... My season prediction is 9-9.

I'm not wondering!! And the coach is right...all the fan sees is the quarterback getting pounded into the turf. What we don't know is.....did the running back not complete his assigned block?? Did the quarter-back take too long in the pocket ( hello Drew Willy ), did the receiver not run the right route and delay the whole play?? There's more to it, it's a team game and team responsibilities....

Medlock is a proven kicker, and a great free agent signing. As I type this I'm just wondering.....do we hang onto Castillo and TRADE him rather than cut him? Trade him for a player in a position we need some help with?? Hate to see him go for nothing.....

good for him! He's going to be a great addition to the team.

The last of my thoughts on the game: I really liked Corney, McDuffie, Flanders, Wild and Collins. I was really impressed with the arm strength of QB Davis, and I think someone must've spoken to QB Bennett after a couple of soft throws because then he started zinging the ball as well. Feel bad for Keeping, at this stage in his career he needs maybe to think of his long term health. I did like #91 Hubbard, but have to agree the more he played the slower he seemed to move. Castillo will get a chance in this league, but not here.

You can't make the club from the tub!! Did he get hurt again?? I expect he starts the season on the PR. And where was the Vitt kid we drafted?? Is he hurt??

I really liked this article about the team. Well worth the read. He's obviously had time to review the game and look at players closely.

I'd have to look at that video of Corney again to see if he played strictly on the one side in college, but he was definitely stronger rushing against the left tackle. He does have great speed, and I believe he got credit for 2 sacks.

We hardly saw anything of either Willy or Nichols. But what we have at #3 and #4 is so improved from the past 2 seasons it's difficult to put into words. We have depth and skill at the qb position, and we should all breathe a sigh of relief over that!