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

40 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Has Carter been diagnosed with A.D.D.?  I suspect that may be the root cause of his mental problems.

Kinda tough on the people with A.D.D. grouping us with that nutbar. 

10 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

Actually i think it would have. Neither QB had great success but Durant had 2 TD's and no turn overs. Kevin Glenn with 1 TD and an INT. When the games so close this is the difference between winning 17-16 and losing 17-16

And if it wasn't for that terrible pass in the flats on their last drive they probably score a TD there and a FG wouldn't have been enough for the Riders.

35 minutes ago, J5V said:

And if it wasn't for that terrible pass in the flats on their last drive they probably score a TD there and a FG wouldn't have been enough for the Riders.

Yep, Durant blew that throw.

I thought it was a reach for TSN to award Durant with player of the game. TSN's Honorable mention Mincy should have got it. 

As much as I don't like Jones (and I really don't), what Durant did right at the end of the game motioning at the Rider sideline confirms why I've never liked Durant. I would have counted my lucky stars, congratulated who I needed to congratulate and got the h#ll off that field after Crappyinga missing a field goal he needs to make. Durant was a perfect fit in roughrider land, so glad they picked up Carter, at least they have to deal with that now. 

2 hours ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Has Carter been diagnosed with A.D.D.?  I suspect that may be the root cause of his mental problems.

My son has A.D.D.  I can assure you, being an asshat is not a symptom.

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Edited June 23, 20178 yr by WBBFanWest
because of my A.D.D.

1 minute ago, WBBFanWest said:

My son has A.D.D.  I can assure you, being an asshat is not a symptom.

LOL.  Did you post twice intentionally?  I think I know where your son got his A.D.D. gene from!

1 minute ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

LOL.  Did you post twice intentionally?  I think I know where your son got his A.D.D. gene from!

That would be ocd.

1 minute ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

LOL.  Did you post twice intentionally?  I think I know where your son got his A.D.D. gene from!

Look at the second post closer.

Just now, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

LOL.  Did you post twice intentionally?  I think I know where your son got his A.D.D. gene from!

I didn't do it intentionally, it was more of a "now I just press submit and... "oh look a squirrel"... now I just press submit" and if you were to ask my wife she likely agrees with you.

6 hours ago, 17to85 said:

And kind of gross listening to TSN pump Glenns tires, some better hands by the dbs and he tossed a few ints last night. Lots of dink and dunk passes by Glenn but he never looked like a guy who was going to beat anyone. 

Pretty typical early season football game, both teams looked like garbage. Always nice to see the Riders taking a pile of undisciplined penalties too. 

Underthrown pass to a wide open Carter said everything about where Glenn is as qb now

4 hours ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Has Carter been diagnosed with A.D.D.?  I suspect that may be the root cause of his mental problems.

Carter is afflicted with the disease of "entitlement".

Neither one of those teams looked very good. I venture these will be the two worst teams in the league this year. 

Just now, Blueandgold said:

Neither one of those teams looked very good. I venture these will be the two worst teams in the league this year. 

I cannot fully disagree with you but to be fair, it was the first game of the year. The Alouettes will have to compete with Toronto for title of "worst team in the East".

I'm very confused whether to be happy with Duron Carter for not showing up last night or mad at him for sinking my fantasy team.

4 minutes ago, Gotmilt said:

I'm very confused whether to be happy with Duron Carter for not showing up last night or mad at him for sinking my fantasy team.

The Riders doing horrible, especially clowns like Carter, should be preferred before all else.

Chris O’Leary (senior writer for the CFL) - I’d pay $ to hear what Durant said to the Riders sideline after the win.

Matthew Scianitti (sideline reporter for TSN) - He swore... A LOT

 

I am absolutely thrilled with the way that game ended up,  both teams looked like crap and the Rider fans get stung with a missed kick.

No one looked good and that alone made it great

10 hours ago, Bigblue204 said:

the fact Dunigan said it could be the best of all time makes me never want to put his jersey on ever again. I have no idea how he could say that, considering some of the past corps out there. Stegall Simon bruce immediately comes to mind. But even past MTL/BC/CGY teams are better on paper, and then in actual games. Really shocked me he'd go that far. 

TV people are there to create hype.  Controversy is golden to them. They say things to get reactions. 

See?  He got one. 

Could be argued Durant did a little more with a lot less. Mtl has nowhere near the potential power SSK has at receiver. Compared with the OTT /CAL game both teams are woefully behind the curve

On ‎2017‎-‎06‎-‎22 at 0:23 PM, Ripper said:

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.

LOL. You're clearly deluded.

including the 9 games played in sask in 2015, glenn is exactly 0-10 as the riders starting QB... just sayin

On 2017-6-26 at 0:00 PM, Taynted_Fayth said:

including the 9 games played in sask in 2015, glenn is exactly 0-10 as the riders starting QB... just sayin

That is some impressive stats right there. My hypothesis is that 0-11 is highly probable with a very high level of confidence. 

On ‎2017‎-‎06‎-‎26 at 0:00 PM, Taynted_Fayth said:

including the 9 games played in sask in 2015, glenn is exactly 0-10 as the riders starting QB... just sayin

Stick your hand in a wood chipper for five seconds and you will still have enough fingers to count all of Glenn's wins as a starter in the last 3 years.

5 minutes ago, gcn11 said:

Stick your hand in a wood chipper for five seconds and you will still have enough fingers to count all of Glenn's wins as a starter in the last 3 years.

Are you daring to question the infallible decisions of the great and mighty wizard of oddness?