Going to be a big one here.  It's kind of a win-win either way you look at it for us.  If SSK wins, we share 1st place in the west  .... well depending on what happens in Sat night in Calgary.  But if the Esks win, at least the Riders fall a bit further behind and will have a tougher time getting back in the division race.

Esks still fighting through injuries but they are one resilient team.  Going to be a good one.

Well, at least ex Bomber Watson is still making Ridirts have trouble bringing him down.

And now the Eskos beginning to give the Ridirts trouble on that big Zylstra play.

The Riders are cocky bastards. Hopefully, that TD march by the Esks takes the wind out of their sails. Well, maybe not. 

Hugh O'Neill is just a crappy kicker. 

Hugh O'Drunkbeard ... You Suck!!!

Esks OL looks like it did back in 2014 when it was just slightly craptucarly better than the Bombers. 

Hugh O'Neil... Blocked punt, blocked convert & a KO out of bounds. Hot garbage. 

Big hold by the Rider LT not called. 

Riders look good. Excuse me while I puke.

2 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Hugh O'Neil... Blocked punt, blocked convert & a KO out of bounds. Hot garbage. 

He's certainly making Hajrallahu look a lot more like Paul McAllum with this.

 

But damn ... Maas just seems to have his guys ill-prepared in general tonight.

Ten new players starting for the Esks. 

Reilly's going to have to go into shootout mode to take this one

1 minute ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Ten new players starting for the Esks. 

They look like it, but Reilly is not himself tonight

 

Finally called Dook Williams for an OPI...that's all he does.  Push off.

Terrible call against Duke Williams there

From my eyes Saskatchewan IS better prepared than the Eskis, and playing at a better pace. Of course, many subs for the Eskis might have something to do with it. That and the worst K/P performance this year doesn't help. Oh, yeah, and  Mike Reilly flinging the ball anywhere but...

Tough first half for the home team... and I don't see it changing much.

7 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

From my eyes Saskatchewan IS better prepared than the Eskis, and playing at a better pace. Of course, many subs for the Eskis might have something to do with it. That and the worst K/P performance this year doesn't help. Oh, yeah, and  Mike Reilly flinging the ball anywhere but...

Tough first half for the home team... and I don't see it changing much.

Reilly's looked like **** the last couple weeks.  No consistency, relying on chuck and duck, pure luck.  When it doesn't get answered they have no consistent way to move the ball.  He's not very accurate midrange.

And Edmonton would be better off not kicking.  O'Neill is a disaster.  That punt was so casual even though he flubbed the snap, zero urgency.

11 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

From my eyes Saskatchewan IS better prepared than the Eskis, and playing at a better pace. Of course, many subs for the Eskis might have something to do with it. That and the worst K/P performance this year doesn't help. Oh, yeah, and  Mike Reilly flinging the ball anywhere but...

Tough first half for the home team... and I don't see it changing much.

Comparatively, Sask is playing a better game against the Esks than the Bombers did. Murphy has assembled a very talented team there, as he has done wherever he has been stationed - he is a big reason why Calgary is as good as they are.

One could argue that although they are less experienced Sask has a much superior defense to the Bombers as they do not really have any players playing who are known big liabilities in terms of talent level. They have done a good job of continually finding the best players and putting them on the field, rather than settling for players that are not as good but "known commodities".

Bombers offence is going to have their hands full with this defense next week. On the flip side Glenn and Marshall could really tear up that soft Bomber D. I hope not, but you have to respect the fact that Sask is really tearing up an Edm team that has more of its players back than when Bombers played them.

 

I agree Saskatchewan is playing better than the start of the year. No doubt. As to Edmonton, I don't compare one team having played two different teams and making a comparison. Edmonton was/is a house of cards, and we are seeing them collapse. As close as our game against the Eskis seemed, we really did dominate them. 

As to Saskatchewan, well play them how we'll play them, and I hope it's well. I'll not underestimate either team.

Riders looking good! Can they string it together for a few games or go back to being hot and cold?

Riders playing well, in a lot of areas.....but 21 points off of turnovers, puts a lot of pressure on you.   Reilly also doing his share of inaccurate chucking,  tonight.

Of course they are looking good- we soften the Eskies up for them and we figured them out for the rest of the league.... those green assholes should thanks us.

Is Reilly an elite qb? Discuss...

So using Rider math, theyre going to beat edmonton by more points than us so they are clearly better than us. Case closed.