Well, could be about a 3-hour break in between games here.

Well ... who do I want to pick for this first game?  I think if Ottawa gets to Jennings early in this one as the recipe has been for most teams, things could start rolling downhill quick in TD Place.  If BC starts quick and JJ has the kind of game he says he wants, BC rolls.

 

And for the later game, it was just a few weeks ago that the Stamps knocked Ricky Ray out.  I don't think this is going to be a blowout game like last time, but the Argos are going to have to protect him better to have a shot at winning against Devone Claybrooks's stingy defense.  I suspect with BLM's shoulder issues, Calgary's going to be looking to use Messam and Finch a lot in this one.

Just now, USABomberfan said:

Trevor Harris?  Nope I'd just say he's .... a bit better than average but can get sloppy with decision-making.  I'd say he'd better watch his back cuz Drew Tate has won a lot of football games in his day.

Tate is perfectly happy to not play but cash his game day cheques.. 

Wow........ That's all I'm gonna say.

4 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Tate is perfectly happy to not play but cash his game day cheques.. 

Harris is fortunate Newsome saved his bacon.

Anyway Richie Hall ... that is how you hold onto leads on defense is make stops in crunch time.

For a second, I thought Harris was trying to throw a TD pass because of the antics of the Lions defense when they knelt with the ball on 1st & second downs. Just threw it out of bounds. Wouldn't that have been something? 

2 minutes ago, USABomberfan said:

Harris is fortunate Newsome saved his bacon.

Anyway Richie Hall ... that is how you hold onto leads on defense is make stops in crunch time.

Well..... the RBs didn't look that good until that pick. 

Well ... maybe I should rephrase my last post a little bit.  The way the Redblacks were playing D in that 4th quarter is a perfect example of why bend but don't break D is bad and why Hall's system must be scrapped if we don't win the Grey Cup this year.

We all know that Wally lost this game before it started. If he had started Lulay the Lions would have won. 

1 minute ago, USABomberfan said:

Well ... maybe I should rephrase my last post a little bit.  The way the Redblacks were playing D in that 4th quarter is a perfect example of why bend but don't break D is bad and why Hall's system must be scrapped if we don't win the Grey Cup this year.

We'd be a lot better defensively if we had better linebackers.  They really hold everything back. Hard to improve when 2 out of the 3 starters can't make plays. Especially at Mac. 

1 minute ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

We all know that Wally lost this game before it started. If he had started Lulay the Lions would have won. 

Perhaps he was trying to 1-up O'Shea on the player loyalty factor with that.  I mean, we did give Willy quite a long rope here.

Hurl's certainly missed a few big tackles, Knox looked a little better in this last game I thought.

I wouldn't be surprised though if it was Richie Hall who made the call to bring Roc Carmichael up here though.  And he plays the corners way off, leaves em isolated and puts no deep safeties out there on the deep balls.

Leo's with Jennings and Leo's with Lulay are completely different teams.... 

Well ... got a 2-hour layover before we get to see the Toronto PoppTrestmans look to challenge CGY

Lulay has to start next week, doesn't he?  Jennings has looked awful since returning from his injury.  What a disappointing season.  I actually pegged him as a contender for the league MOP at the beginning of the season lol.  Yeah, I thought he would turn over the ball a decent amount this year.  But I thought with that receiving core and his mobility that he would throw for nearly 40 TDs and around 6000 yards.  

People really forgot that Lulay was a better qb, yeah he got hurt and all that, but dude was always a scary qb cause he can hurt you in so many ways. Jennings is just pure huck it! chuck it! football! Can I call him the new Casey Printers? Probably has a better attitude though. 

5 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

People really forgot that Lulay was a better qb, yeah he got hurt and all that, but dude was always a scary qb cause he can hurt you in so many ways. Jennings is just pure huck it! chuck it! football! Can I call him the new Casey Printers? Probably has a better attitude though. 

Yeah he didn't win the MOP award for nothing.  Only criticism I'd have of him is he's started reverting back to that reckless running stuff that ended up getting him those broken shoulders and collar bones a couple years ago as I saw on display in Ottawa today.

 

And as per TSN Twitter: Jonathon Jennings will not be making anymore starts for BC this year.

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18 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

People really forgot that Lulay was a better qb, yeah he got hurt and all that, but dude was always a scary qb cause he can hurt you in so many ways. Jennings is just pure huck it! chuck it! football! Can I call him the new Casey Printers? Probably has a better attitude though. 

I wonder if the league's change to only 1 challenge a game has affected Jennings and Reilly more than other QBs.  Perhaps DBs were more tentative before and Jennings was able to compete more of those long balls.

30 minutes ago, USABomberfan said:

And as per TSN Twitter: Jonathon Jennings will not be making anymore starts for BC this year.

That seems a bit premature of a statement to be making right now... 

If the Bombers can stay on track they should be able nail down second place while BC and Esks. fall by the wayside and scrap with the Riders for 3rd and 4th. 

28 minutes ago, Noeller said:

That seems a bit premature of a statement to be making right now... 

Kinda like when the Bombers declared Goltz as their starter for the rest of the season.

I read different reports after the Lions game.  Wally was quoted as saying Lulay deserves to be the starter and someone else had him saying he had to check with the other coaches first.

 

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35 minutes ago, WinnipegGordo said:

I wonder if the league's change to only 1 challenge a game has affected Jennings and Reilly more than other QBs.  Perhaps DBs were more tentative before and Jennings was able to compete more of those long balls.

That's a good call, those receivers like to go up and get balls, probably really benefited from all the PI you can find on any play if you take a look for it. 

Most sacks vs. fewest sacks allowed. Tonight's game in Calgary brings a battle in the trenches.

CFL game day

Well, Ottawa did us a favour and gave the Riders a new bone to go after by defeating the Lions. Now, Toronto is a different beast altogether. Hot and cold, good and bad. 

Ricky Ray vs BLM.  In Calgary. Too much to ask?

Does anybody know if Mitchell still has a sore limb. Could be huge factor. 

2 and out already in CGY

4 hours ago, Noeller said:

Man BC is teh shits now... They've really fallen off without the ginger. Would love to see them lose to Ottawa here. Imagine if the Riders were actually able to surpass the Lions in the West??? 

Funny how people were shitting on his arm/shoulder because of his past injuries. Give me a guy that can read a defence before a cannon arm any day.

Yeah, Bo Levi is hurting, I'd say Dickenson's going to be going conservative here most o this game.

I'll tell ya one thing though, if there was a defensive coordinator of the year award Devone Claybrooks would win it every time.