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

it was pointed out to me Glenn got a W in week 14 of 2015 for the rider against the weak Alouettes, going a whoppin 14/31 for 212 yards 1 TD and 1 INT so I guess he is 1-9 as a rider starter since 2015. Either way with our ball hawking secondary I expect to see the classic Glenn frowny face all game long

 

51 minutes ago, Taynted_Fayth said:

it was pointed out to me Glenn got a W in week 14 of 2015 for the rider against the weak Alouettes, going a whoppin 14/31 for 212 yards 1 TD and 1 INT so I guess he is 1-9 as a rider starter since 2015. Either way with our ball hawking secondary I expect to see the classic Glenn frowny face all game long

 

The Als beat the Bombers game #1 last year.  If Glenn wasn't the QB, who was?

2 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

The Als beat the Bombers game #1 last year.  If Glenn wasn't the QB, who was?

He's talking about Glenn as a Rider.

33 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

The Als beat the Bombers game #1 last year.  If Glenn wasn't the QB, who was?

yeah he apparently has like 4 wins under his belt in the last 3 years,  3 as an Alouette 1 as a rider but as a Rider he;s 1-9 in that time and his lone win as a rider wasn't really due to him throwing the laces off the ball with a 45% accuracy

Edited June 27, 20178 yr by Taynted_Fayth

The only place outside Winnipeg the Bombers lost  last year was Calgary. They have become an excellent road team.

....and they flat out blew that one.

13 minutes ago, do or die said:

....and they flat out blew that one.

That game and the WSF were brutal losses.

15 minutes ago, blue_gold_84 said:

That game and the WSF were brutal losses.

Considering we were down 24-0 at one point to calgary, and you really can't spot a team like that, that kind of cushion, the fact it came down to a last play FG snapping our win streak was a little disappointing, but I thought the over all adjustments made at the half was a positive sign that the team was on the right track as far as progress goes.  It was the first time other teams and reporters were calling us the real deal despite our wins previous too iirc