Game Day notes - Saskatchewan at Montreal 

Only four clubs - BC, Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto - appear to be starting the same QB in Week #1 in 2017 as they did in 2016 (Jennings, Mitchell, Reilly & Ray)

The average CFL player enters 2017 at 27.4 years of age and carries 2.9 years, and 38 career games with 23 starts

The average CFL veteran Quarterback carries much more experience at 29 years of age, 71 games played and 5.0 seasons

Calgary has by far the most veterans returning with 51 on their roster and just nine first-year players.

- Ottawa has the roster with the fewest first-year players with just seven out of their 51 in total.

- Saskatchewan's roster has only 29 players returning from 2016 with 14 free agent from other clubs and 12 first-year players.

- The Argonauts are in the same 'boat' with only 28 of their own back alongside 31 new players (free agents and rookies).

• Winnipeg's growth is starting to show as they have 35 of their own vets back and just 16 new players (7 F/A's, 9 first-year).

Among the 18 players selected in the first two rounds in 2017, 14 of those players (78%) made it onto CFL rosters.

The West returned to dominate the inter-divisional play winning 28 of 39 games (one was tied), the most by one Division over the other in a 9-team CFL since 1993 (29 wins out of 40 games that year)

Game Stats

have added the following new "stats" and/or reports (with some definition):

1) QB Pressure

Defined: "Credited to a defender who either forces the QB to move off his initial drop back point to avoid contact, contacts the QB in the act of throwing, or has the QB in his grasp at the time an Intentional Grounding penalty is called"

Reporting: Compiled by defensive player and for QBs in terms of the number of times pressured.

2) Dropped passes

Treatment: Entered as a note into each play-by-play and for those plays where the drop is clear and uncontested. Reporting: Compiled for QBs in terms of the number of passes dropped; Receiver reporting to be primarily internal

3) Individual 2nd Down Conversion Defence

Defined: Defensive plays made that result in a failed opponent 2nd down conversion via: Tackles, QB Sacks, Pass knockdowns, Forced fumbles, Interception or fumble recovery.

Reporting: Compiled for all defensive players and league leaders reported the same as other defensive statistics.

4) Play-by-play entries and other reporting

Reporting: Printed play-by-plays will be much more explicit showing for example split yardage (Total, YAC portion) along with receiver depth for all pass attempts including incompletions. Play-by-plays will also include more "tags", notations for special plays such as Fake kicks, Challenges, Two-point converts and more. We have created an immediate post-game summary of key data that has in the past been unavailable until the following week. This will include much more in-depth breakdowns of many key pieces of game data.

CFL Player Performance Evaluation - QUAR: for a comprehensive look at these explanations, see

https://d3ham790trbkqy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/06/2017-CFL-Gm-Notes-10-Ssk-at-Mtl.pdf

 

Edited June 21, 20178 yr by Mr Dee

Just now, Ripper said:

I haven't said anything over the top. I'll take my lumps if we lose.

Yes it's more fun with @Kluchk

Edited June 22, 20178 yr by Atomic

4 minutes ago, Ripper said:

We won't be playing our backups today

No, but you will be playing, what were everybody else's backups..

2 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

We wont be playing our back ups

Nichols is a backup? Your starting oline was in there with Nichols. I'm glad you will have your starters playing. Wouldn't want anyone to have any excuses

1 minute ago, Atomic said:

Yes it's more fun with @Kluchk

Some people go too far with what they say. We might win and we might lose tonight. I'll be cheering for my team and enjoying a brew. The sun will come up tomorrow either way. But I would love to stomp Durant and the Als.

Just now, Ripper said:

Nichols is a backup? Your starting oline was in there with Nichols. I'm glad you will have your starters playing. Wouldn't want anyone to have any excuses

Dressler Adams Denmark Harris were not there but dont let the facts get in the way of a good story.

2 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

No, but you will be playing, what were everybody else's backups..

who would that be?  Jovon?  We have 2 injuries on the corner. I don't like him being here but can see why they brought him in

2 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

Dressler Adams Denmark Harris were not there but dont let the facts get in the way of a good story.

I was referring more to the 7 sacks you gave up against us

Yeah Nichols was in there with starting Offence, and you guys came nowhere near to touching him consistantly..and all the guys he was throwing to are no longer on the team save for Denmark but he was in there more so as a decoy more than anything...Coaches know what he brings and he had nothing to prove, other than get some game reps

Edited June 22, 20178 yr by Booch

I have to say that I find Ripper to be one of the more reasonable Rider fans on this board.  Sure he's a homer, but then again, with a few notable exceptions, all the Bomber fans here are homers too.  That's how it's supposed to work IMO.  So I don't think he'll disappear once the Rider "trainwreck in process" leaves the station for 2017.   

5 minutes ago, Ripper said:

who would that be?  Jovon?  We have 2 injuries on the corner. I don't like him being here but can see why they brought him in

Maybe other teams cuts I guess or guys not wanted..Steele..Minter..Dykowski..Jovon

1 minute ago, Ripper said:

I was referring more to the 7 sacks you gave up against us

Might want to check the stats sheet

https://www.bluebombers.com/games/2365/winnipeg-blue-bombers-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders/

3 minutes ago, Ripper said:

I was referring more to the 7 sacks you gave up against us

Where'd you get that stat from?

3 minutes ago, sweep the leg said:

Where'd you get that stat from?

www.fakestats.com

4 minutes ago, sweep the leg said:

Where'd you get that stat from?

I think he's still referring to the group of sad sacks employed on defence...

10 minutes ago, Booch said:

Maybe other teams cuts I guess or guys not wanted..Steele..Minter..Dykowski..Jovon

Correct!

36 minutes ago, lyin' guy said:

You should have taken Tyrell Sutton.  That's where the Als will win; they will run all over the Riders.

 

Durant will have an average evening.  1 maybe 2 passing TD's

I took Sutton on my TSN line up

Edited June 22, 20178 yr by Arnold_Palmer

14 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

Might want to check the stats sheet

https://www.bluebombers.com/games/2365/winnipeg-blue-bombers-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders/

You are right. I'm sorry. I was thinking of the BC game where we had 7 but 2 called back on penalties. I should have checked before I posted. I don't like posting stats that are not accurate

28 minutes ago, Ripper said:

We won't be playing our backups today

You're playing a backup at QB. Nuff said.

1 minute ago, gcn11 said:

You're playing a backup at QB. Nuff said.

so are you. Nichols wasn't a starter anywhere else before now

4 minutes ago, Ripper said:

so are you. Nichols wasn't a starter anywhere else before now

Wasn't talking about their last gig...I was talking about ability. Nichols is clearly a capable starter entering the upside of his career....Glenn is a former starter whose play has degenerated over the past several seasons to the point he could only find employment as a backup until Jones hubris left him with no other options. I imagine you will be too obtuse to see the difference between the two and that just proves the theory about Riderfans being delusional.

Edited June 22, 20178 yr by gcn11

1 minute ago, gcn11 said:

Wasn't talking about their last gig...I was talking about ability. Nichols is clearly a capable starter entering the upside of his career....Glenn is a former starter whose play has degenerated over the past several seasons to the point he could only find employment as a backup until Jones hubris left him with no other options. I imagine you will be too obtuse to see the difference between the two and that just proves the theory about Riderfans being delusional.

Obtuse?  Did you look that one up?  Of course I can clearly see the difference. Nichols needs to take the next step this year to solidify himself as a capable starter I would say. Glenn is done and is a stop gap for us. I still think he has some wins left in him however, especially against you.

48 minutes ago, Ripper said:

I was referring more to the 7 sacks you gave up against us

Wasn't something said after the game about how Jones agreed to go vanilla and came out and did anything but that? Is this something Doug Brown or O'Shea said. I seem to remember Brown saying that post game, but maybe I'm wrong.

1 minute ago, WildPath said:

Wasn't something said after the game about how Jones agreed to go vanilla and came out and did anything but that? Is this something Doug Brown or O'Shea said. I seem to remember Brown saying that post game, but maybe I'm wrong.

Lapo said it in an interview. But also said, he thought that would be what happened.

Thanks. Yeah, that sounds about right.

37 minutes ago, Ripper said:

You are right. I'm sorry. I was thinking of the BC game where we had 7 but 2 called back on penalties. I should have checked before I posted. I don't like posting stats that are not accurate

That's OK, we understand the difficulty you're having with math, what with being from Saskatchewan and all.