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Took me a long time , but bam, I finally got Fort Hew . That's pretty cool!

Took me a long time , but bam, I finally got Fort Hew . That's pretty cool!

Took me a long time , but bam, I finally got Fort Hew . That's pretty cool!

Took me a long time , but bam, I finally got Fort Hew . That's pretty cool!

Took me a long time , but bam, I finally got Fort Hew . That's pretty cool!

http://3downnation.com/2017/08/20/ticats-trade-john-chick-eskimos/
Good move on the Esks part. Looks like Hamilton has thrown in the towel.

http://3downnation.com/2017/08/20/ticats-trade-john-chick-eskimos/
Good move on the Esks part. Looks like Hamilton has thrown in the towel.

It wasn't an attempted block, it was a block. It worked.
Although Nichols didn't 'have to', it shows that he is all in.
You don't think Reilly would do the same? He would. They're called leaders. You know, above and beyond...
As far as injuries, he could get 'trucked' any time, even avoiding blocks. He was ready, willing and able. 

Absolutely no idea what HAM will show. Mood is reportedly light and upbeat.  Whether that's a reflection of being back home after a bad road trip or the coaching changes who knows but its better than fighting.
If I was WPG I would pound Harris very early and very often to test that interior. EDM ran over a very good HAM front seven last week. And there are changes there again this week.

For your perusal..
Game Day CFL Game Notes
After losing 8 of 9 meetings dating back to 2012, the Blue Bombers have won the last two games against the Ti-Cats. Matt Nichols led Winnipeg to a 38-11 win on Aug 3/16 to sweep the 2016 season series but Zach Collaros was out for both games.
Over the two games, Winnipeg created a 12-2 (+10) edge in Takeaways and won despite being outgained in each contest. Hamilton passed for 702 yards and 4 completions of 30+ yards but threw 5 interceptions in the two games, two by Maurice Leggett and one by Taylor Loffler. Andy Fantuz and Luke Tasker led Hamilton with 14 and 11 catches respectively.
Hamilton has played only one game against Eastern rivals thus far.
Nichols has now led THREE late 4th Quarter game winning drives in 2017 on top of 5 last year and so has engineered 8 in his last 15 starts. Overall in that stretch of 15 starts he has led Winnipeg to a 10-5 record.
Collaros now has a 10-game losing streak as a starter however and the most recent QB to have recorded that was Casey Printers across 2008-09. The CFL record for consecutive starts lost is 13 by Lynn Amedee 1963-64 (EDM).
The Tiger-Cats started well this year with 9 QB Sacks and 33 QB Pressures in their first 4 games. Over the last two contests however they have just one Sack and 8 Pressures on the opposing QB.
Justin Medlock reaches career game #100 this week and through the first 99 has accumulated 1,036 points (#22 all- time). His career totals cover: TOR 174 pts in 21 GP, HAM 559 pts in 54 GP, WPG 303 pts in 24 GP. Justin has averaged 12.6 points per game for Winnipeg, the highest average of any player in club history ahead of Trevor Kennard (9.8 per game).
Last week Hamilton ran the ball just 6 times at Edmonton for a season-low. Their 6 rushing plays matches the lowest by any CFL club since 2008 (Montreal at SSK on Jul 19/08, 5 rushes for 13 yards).
Darvin Adams: Has taken over the Winnipeg receiving lead and has made at least 4 receptions in every game this season. Adams, Bakari Grant (SSK) and Anthony Coombs (TOR) are the only players with 4+ catches in every game in 2017. Adams has been targeted 27 times in the last two games and leads the Bombers with 3 TD grabs and 3 receptions of 30+ yards.
Despite allowing the fewest QB Pressures in the CFL (28), the Bombers Matt Nichols has been sacked 11 times in the last 3 games pushing the total to 16 for the season (tied for #6). Winnipeg has yet to score a TD this season on any drive where they have allowed a QB Sack. Their TD% when NOT allowing a Sack is 25%, tied for 3rd with Edmonton and behind only Calgary (28%) and BC (27%).
The Bombers starting lineup has been the most consistent thus far with only 29 different players having at least one to date. For Winnipeg, 18 of a possible 24 players have made all 6 starts thus far, and 23 players have made at least 4 starts.
The Bombers are 9-3 on the road in their last 12 visits around the CFL compared to a 6-6 home mark since the start of 2016. They have had at least an even or better road than home record in 5 of the last 7 seasons.
Receiver T.J. Thorpe will get his fourth straight start since coming off the practice roster. The 24-year-old has quickly become one of Nichols’ favourite marks, averaging almost nine targets a game and has caught 20 of 26 passes thrown in his direction.
Zach Collaros had his best game of the season last week, throwing for 282 yards, three touchdowns and an interception. Receiver Damarr Aultman had a team high 74 yards and a touchdown in his CFL debut.
The Ticats rank last in the CFL in points and yards allowed per game.
Numbers - 
4 – League leading interceptions for Bombers defensive back T.J. Heath.
5 – Quarterback sacks by Jamaal Westerman, tied for fourth in the league.
487 – Average total yards the Ticats defence has given up through six games this, ranking last in the league heading into Week 8.
 

Bass > Hurl, and it's not even close.
Saying Hurl is absorbing blocks at the los is just another way of saying that he can't shed blocks at the los to make a tackle, which is what a MLB is supposed to do.

That must mean you'll be doing us the service of beating yourselves? 
Rip-roaring funny prose you offer. Kind of like saying Kevin Glenn will continue his stellar play. Kevin Glenn. 
By beating Hamilton and Johnny Sears, you have lifted the level of your play to that of your tallest two-story building in Regina. One, where the AC works for EVERYONE. 
But I'll take our pros over your prose, so we'll see you in 4 weeks?
Oh, and have fun in BC..

You won't beat us again this year. 

Have to agree Hurl is not our answer at MLB, to slow to the play, gets caught up in blocks he should be easily shedding, and his tackling is not up to snuff. Most important position on the D and he was finally exposed last week in the run game. Up till then our stalwart Dline had mostly been making up for his weakness against the run. Unfortunately Knox is not An improvement in the middle. Hurls greatest strength are his reads, unfortunately lack of athleticism puts him at the bottom of the barrel when it comes to quality CFL MLB's. If we had someone like Elimimiam, Sherritt, Woods or Singleton, Richie Halls defence would be gold. 

.........And now you have..

Have to agree Hurl is not our answer at MLB, to slow to the play, gets caught up in blocks he should be easily shedding, and his tackling is not up to snuff. Most important position on the D and he was finally exposed last week in the run game. Up till then our stalwart Dline had mostly been making up for his weakness against the run. Unfortunately Knox is not An improvement in the middle. Hurls greatest strength are his reads, unfortunately lack of athleticism puts him at the bottom of the barrel when it comes to quality CFL MLB's. If we had someone like Elimimiam, Sherritt, Woods or Singleton, Richie Halls defence would be gold. 

What's very impressive is that Westerman and Nevis have 12 tackles each so far, Jeffcoat/Okpo/Corney combined have 18... to me, this shows that the DL is containing the QB and RB quite well - that and Hall is mixing up his schemes to drop the DEs - as in, moving into the modern era - so thats good
I like Loffler but I never want the Safety leading the team in tackles...  then again Hall is almost using him as a fourth linebacker for large parts of the game
Nothing too disturbing yet - some missed but nothing as bad as a couple years ago - but LBs need to pick up their game
I'd look at this again after Labour Day...
I will edit this to say that Hurl is severely underperforming when compared to other MLBs this year - with a legit MLB, this defence is drastically improved...  he has 1/3 tackles that Elimimian has and about half of what leading MLBs have.
 

This is what happens when you let personal feelings get in the way with your job. I bet Weicek does not like how MOS handles some of his truely idiotic comments during press conferences.

if we could find the balance of running harris like tnite and still using him in those screens our offense could really take a step forward. But it seems like when ever we run through out the game we forget about the screen and when we screen we get away from the run. 

The Bombers are making two changes to the Squadron tonight and I'm super pumped to see both of them play. Jackson Jeffcoat is gonna show some kind of awesome tonight and who doesn't want to see Knox hitting constantly. That guy can hit.
I almost feel sorry for the Argos...

The online has been excellent on four man rush. Having a tough time picking up the blitz though.

The online has been excellent on four man rush. Having a tough time picking up the blitz though.

Here's to Kyle Knox having a great game.

I agree that any physical or threatening contact with an official deserves a long or even lifetime suspension. However there is no clear rule in place to address this. A one game suspension will lead to the CFLPA to seek an injunction and let an arbitrator rule. There is the possibility that they might extend the suspension for a longer term. A one game time out I think will make for a speedier decision, rather than trying to rule on a longer one. After watching the video evidence of both the facewash and then the contact shortly after an arbitrator is going to have a hard time not to give him a longer suspension. In any event a clear policy will need to be developed by the new commissioner to address this type of situation in the future.

That's a whole lot of energy going into debating the "proper" # selection. I'd be a whole lot more concerned at how my team looked against the Stampeders. Didn't see a whole lot of positives, outside of #23.  Drew used to wear #82, but apparently someone , inactive(don't quote me on that), has already laid claim to the digits. Here's to #80 lighting up those CFL defensive backfields...Especially the hated Rider one, and of course , Tranna's.