Bear Woods was cut by the Als. Wondering if a 204 number will be showing up on his call display soon?

Just now, Noeller said:

Interesting....what happened with BC?

not enough room for him I suppose

Big f***ing kid.....no clue if he can play, but big f***ing kid.....

Honest question here has any team that had a really good oline in the last five years not made the playoffs or been really good. I can see the Bombers line only giving up 30-25 sacks this year. Which would put them probably in top 3 in the league.

most good teams are built from the trenches and out...so I would suggest we should at the least be a cross over but i truley see a home playoff game here

Like the notion of signing Blaszko. Need NI receivers. Worth a look.

3 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

Like the notion of signing Blaszko. Need NI receivers. Worth a look.

6'4" 205 lbs, ran a 4.5 at the Combine.  What's not to like?  Definitely on board with bringing this guy in.

1 hour ago, Mike said:

The other thing is regarding their offense: they have an incredibly talented group of receivers but unless McAdoo all of a sudden wakes up and realizes he needs to run the football as well AND they all of a sudden have a threat at that position ... you're not going to see them being effective.

Taylor was all googly eyed about rider receivers ignoring that Carter is kind of a tire fire. We as long suffering bomber fans should know that a QB who needs protection to function like Glenn will not even get the ball to those splendid gazelles. If Glenn is tucking and ducking then the receivers might as well be penguins. 

14 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

Like the notion of signing Blaszko. Need NI receivers. Worth a look.

It's a huge position of need. It can't hurt whatsoever to do our due diligence on this guy.

not a bad idea at all to bring in Blaszko.  we don't exactly have a dearth of non-imp pass catchers so if he can show more then Coates or Richards (once.. if he is ever, healthy) then its a win and if he doesn't, oh well.

I seem to recall a 2012 Bombers team having some strong receivers (Edwards, Matthews) but having no QB and a weak O-line, not to mention lousy depth. 6-12 was the best they could do. How are the 2017 Riders any different?

+1 with Blaszko getting a look here, BTW.

Riders release NI WR Joshua Stanford and Myke Tavarres.

Surprised by Stanford, by many accounts he had a solid camp for the riders and many fans thought he had a chance to move up the NI depth chart for the riders. Might not be a bad idea to bring him in for a look see

17 hours ago, White Out said:

Alright lets try this again.

Willy being cut was no shock, I called it last season. He's a lousy QB who was supremely overrated. The problem with him was always his decision making.. he made bad choices and panicked in the pocket. I have read that this should be attributed to the Bombers O "ruining" him or giving him "shell shock". That's silly imo. He was exposed, not ruined. Two very different things.

Riders will be lucky to win 5 this year, with how competitive the west will be.

Ok... I'll bite- why do you believe that he was exposed and not ruined? Why are you so certain? I thought in the first 5 games he played, he did well and had made good decisions when he was in a pocket. The more he took a pummeling, the worse he got... the savage head shot he took against Hamilton here in wpg was the end I think... 

 

anyways- I am just curious if you have anything specific to point to when you are making your exposed vs ruined statement.

1 hour ago, Mike said:

Hearing a few whispers we may be signing Canadian receiver Brett Blaszko, which I'd be all for.

 

EDIT: Penton seems to be hinting at it too.

He didn't show much. But who knows?

The Rider Oline is a couple of years from maturing.  Clark, Dyakowski, Coleman are not the answer. I made a comment on the old site that Labatte was rapidly declining. Still believe that.  Dennis will be good. 

Only thing about Blaszko is why would Wally give up so quickly on a kid that young, with those physical tools? 

15 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Only thing about Blaszko is why would Wally give up so quickly on a kid that young, with those physical tools? 

Shaq Johnson, Danny Vandervoort. 

Edited June 20, 20178 yr by lyin' guy

5 minutes ago, lyin' guy said:

Shaq Johnson, Danny Vandervoort. 

 

47 minutes ago, Taynted_Fayth said:

Riders release NI WR Joshua Stanford and Myke Tavarres.

Surprised by Stanford, by many accounts he had a solid camp for the riders and many fans thought he had a chance to move up the NI depth chart for the riders. Might not be a bad idea to bring him in for a look see

Bring Stanford here asap. Hehehe.

59 minutes ago, lyin' guy said:

He didn't show much. But who knows?

The Rider Oline is a couple of years from maturing.  Clark, Dyakowski, Coleman are not the answer. I made a comment on the old site that Labatte was rapidly declining. Still believe that.  Dennis will be good. 

Clark was an absolute pylon last year. Not a CFL calibre centre. Dyakowski looked absolutely awful in preseason and even towards the end of last year. Coleman is a pylon as well. If Labatte, and I agree he has been declining, slips even a notch from last year then the Riders will have the worst OL in the league coupled with the least mobile QB. That's a recipe for disaster. Glenn's quick release may limit the sacks but will ratchet up the INTs. I just don't see any way that the Riders will be a playoff contender this year.

26 minutes ago, gcn11 said:

Clark was an absolute pylon last year. Not a CFL calibre centre. Dyakowski looked absolutely awful in preseason and even towards the end of last year. Coleman is a pylon as well. If Labatte, and I agree he has been declining, slips even a notch from last year then the Riders will have the worst OL in the league coupled with the least mobile QB. That's a recipe for disaster. Glenn's quick release may limit the sacks but will ratchet up the INTs. I just don't see any way that the Riders will be a playoff contender this year.

Don't worry, they addressed their OL in the draft.

Those odds for the Bombers and Riders seem low and high respectively. Bodog had the Bombers at +/- six wins at the beginning of last season, and I was happy to take a few hundred of their dollars. With our o-line and QB depth, I don't see how the Bombers don't reach .500 this year.

On the flip side, with their lack of QB and OL depth, it's really hard to see the Riders getting more than seven wins.

 

3 minutes ago, nate007 said:

Those odds for the Bombers and Riders seem low and high respectively. Bodog had the Bombers at +/- six wins at the beginning of last season, and I was happy to take a few hundred of their dollars. With our o-line and QB depth, I don't see how the Bombers don't reach .500 this year.

On the flip side, with their lack of QB and OL depth, it's really hard to see the Riders getting more than seven wins.

 

Noticed that too. Easily a free bet on either side.

Owens just put on the six game. Keep em coming Jonsie.

2 hours ago, Taynted_Fayth said:

Riders release NI WR Joshua Stanford and Myke Tavarres.

Surprised by Stanford, by many accounts he had a solid camp for the riders and many fans thought he had a chance to move up the NI depth chart for the riders. Might not be a bad idea to bring him in for a look see

Stanford is a Natl. but he doesn't have a size advantage going for him at 6'-1" 190 lbs. but could be faster and a better route runner than Blaszko.

9 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Stanford is a Natl. but he doesn't have a size advantage going for him at 6'-1" 190 lbs. but could be faster and a better route runner than Blaszko.

I'm fully expecting it to be JFGs job to lose,  but I have no faith whatsoever Richards will ever be healthy enough to ever contribute. I don't know if we can release him or not seeing as this is year 3 for him and he is injured,  but I would if I could and bring in Stanford. Him and  Blaszko can compete for the backup NI receiver spot.

Though I'm also expecting that if Demski doesn't re-up this year in sask he's as good as ours in feb, so maybe Blaszko as depth is enough to hold the fort with JFG until the offseason

Edited June 20, 20178 yr by Taynted_Fayth

13 minutes ago, Taynted_Fayth said:

I'm fully expecting it to be JFGs job to lose,  but I have no faith whatsoever Richards will ever be healthy enough to ever contribute. I don't know if we can release him or not seeing as this is year 3 for him and he is injured,  but I would if I could and bring in Stanford. Him and  Blaszko can compete for the backup NI receiver spot.

Though I'm also expecting that if Demski doesn't re-up this year in sask he's as good as ours in feb, so maybe Blaszko as depth is enough to hold the fort with JFG until the offseason

Regarding Richards, I don't really buy the "injury prone tag" attributing it to bad luck or poor body conditioning but upon further research it looks like "injury prone" could be a genetic trait related to the production of collagen. 

The Genetics of Being Injury-Prone

"Injury is a fact of life for most athletes, but some professionals—and some weekend warriors, for that matter—just seem more injury-prone than others. But what is it about their bodies that makes the bones, tendons, and ligaments so much more likely to tear or strain—bad luck, or just poor preparation?

A growing body of research suggests another answer: that genetic makeup may play an important role in injury risk.

A review article recently published in the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine emphasizes that research on the genetics of sports injuries “holds great potential for injury prevention for athletes at every level.” The authors, from Stanford University’s department of developmental biology and genetics, believe that genetic testing also gives athletes valuable information that might increase their competitive edge."

" Within the field of sports-injury genetics, some studies have focused on variations in the genes that control the production of collagen, the main component of tendons and ligaments. Collagen proteins also form the backbone of tissues and bones, but in some people, structural differences in these proteins may leave the body’s structures weaker or unable to repair themselves properly after injury. In a study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine in 2009, South African researchers found that specific variations of a collagen gene named COL1A1 were under-represented in a group of recreational athletes who had suffered traumatic ACL injuries. Those who had torn their ACL were four times as likely as the uninjured study subjects to have a blood relative who had suffered the same injury, suggesting that genetics are at least partially responsible for the strength of the ligament. "

Full article.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/02/the-genetics-of-being-injury-prone/385257/