First, having Flanders back could not have come at a better time. Having our two headed monster helping out Nichols in snowy conditions is ideal.

But has anyone heard anything about the status of Bond & Hardrick? It's going to be critical that we have those two back - playing smash mouth in the cold

I hope they start 4 import DL even when we're back to 3 import DL - this needs to be a thing

Gossen, Chungh, Harris, Feoli - Gudino, Hurl, Loffler - and then Coates & Co. They still use Wild whenever Thomas or Corney are on.

Bob Irving @BobIrvingCJOB

Why is Matt Nichols being hugged and congratulated by teammates on the field. And why is he smiling?? Could a baby be involved??

Nichols is our only hope Sunday. Fever and Davis just don't have what it takes.. and then you're asking the D to score for you. Tough recipe.

10 minutes ago, BomberBall said:

Bob Irving @BobIrvingCJOB

Why is Matt Nichols being hugged and congratulated by teammates on the field. And why is he smiling?? Could a baby be involved??

That would be great news.  I know it is supposed to be soon.  If so, then all the chicken little's on the board should be doing the Lamaze breathing thing  and calm down.

7 minutes ago, MC said:

That would be great news.  I know it is supposed to be soon.  If so, then all the chicken little's on the board should be doing the Lamaze breathing thing  and calm down.

From Jeff Hamilton: Matt Nichols wasn't at practice Friday so he could be there for the birth of his baby girl Parker. #wfp

 

I would have named her Shiny Nichols or Woody if she had been a he.....opportunity lost.

Edited November 10, 20178 yr by Throw Long Bannatyne

what are edmonton's weak spots on O and D?

What of Cauchy?

I need to know these things , to formulate my game plan!

Edited November 10, 20178 yr by Mark F

1 minute ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

From Jeff Hamilton: Matt Nichols wasn't at practice Friday so he could be there for the birth of his baby girl Parker. #wfp

How selfish.  Matt needs to get his priorities in order.

 

Kidding, of course.

mary jane legal,  father in the room while baby born.

These things were frowned upon in the days of my youth.

Flanders nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Just saw on twitter feed- just had a baby.

Everyone back away from the from the ledge of the buildings.

This whole "street clothes and embracing teammates" thing was making me nervous... glad to hear it's baby related... Congrats to Matt and family...

5 minutes ago, shadybob said:

Flanders nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

@DarrinBauming
Timothy Flanders just collapsed to the turf at the end of #Bombers practice. Walking off the field now with trainers while favouring his lower left leg.

 

Was unavailable to the media after practice -- always a bad sign. If we lose Flanders, our offense goes right to ****...

Edited November 10, 20178 yr by Noeller

flanders went down at end of practice, something to do with left leg. 

8 minutes ago, Mark F said:

mary jane legal,  father in the room while baby born.

These things were frowned upon in the days of my youth.

 

if he is out..best thing to do is dress Bauman in Flanders role and roll with that..we know he can obviously run, and I'm sure can catch some passes out of backfield..it's not a hard thing for a former feature back in an offence to do.

 

Plus the unknown factor of him will cause mismatch issues initially, as well his running style matches up well for playoff football...to hell with dressing a Lankford who would not factor significantly with touches anyway

7 minutes ago, itchy said:

Just saw on twitter feed- just had a baby.

Everyone back away from the from the ledge of the buildings.

We thought Nichols had a calf injury but it turned out he was pregnant all along.  Who are our team doctors and how did they not catch this sooner?

Bob Irving @BobIrvingCJOB

Timothy Flanders goes down at end of bomber practice with left leg injury—extent unknown obviously

 

Unreal.  We can't seem to catch a break.  Let's hope it's not too bad and he can play.

2 minutes ago, jazzsax said:

flanders went down at end of practice, something to do with left leg. 

Oy vey, the odds are certainly stacked this week.

I'm actually not concerned the sky is falling if flanders is out. Sure, he helped a ton on the blocks, we didn't really use him to the full extend we could have with harris b eing on fire. 

I'd be more concerned if harris went down. 

2 minutes ago, BomberBall said:

Bob Irving @BobIrvingCJOB

Timothy Flanders goes down at end of bomber practice with left leg injury—extent unknown obviously

 

Unreal.  We can't seem to catch a break.  Let's hope it's not too bad and he can play.

So, our problems are Nichols left calf and Flanders left leg.  Is it possible that we don't have two left feet?  I can help with that as I definitely have those.

O'Shea and his little bag o' irish tricks.... I think this is all part of the chess match!

I hope....

EDIT:  Get Chris Garrett on the phone and get him up here with his magic shoes!!

Edited November 10, 20178 yr by trueBlue83

20 minutes ago, Booch said:

if he is out..best thing to do is dress Bauman in Flanders role and roll with that..we know he can obviously run, and I'm sure can catch some passes out of backfield..it's not a hard thing for a former feature back in an offence to do.

 

Plus the unknown factor of him will cause mismatch issues initially, as well his running style matches up well for playoff football...to hell with dressing a Lankford who would not factor significantly with touches anyway

They should be prepping run heavy in case Nichols goes out as well.  Edmonton is not really built to handle a heavy run game either.

exactly...hence if Flanders is out you need that other import running threat...especially once the sun goes down at 430 and the team with the best ground game to control the clock is going to have nest chance to win.

I actually think Bauman would offer us more in the run game than Flander's does and that dual threat, once they can (and should) establish it in the game would give the Esk's a lot of trouble.

Also every year it seems in the play-offs some unsung here, or new unknown guy steps into a line-up and shines and becomes key...perhaps this year we can have that guy.

He's been here now long enough, and most likely was brought in to play this same role, as he was never brought in to learn the feature tailback position, so he has to know at the least the basic packages to play it effectively..

Edited November 10, 20178 yr by Booch

1 minute ago, Booch said:

exactly...hence if Flanders is out you need that other import running threat...especially once the sun goes down at 430 and the team with the best ground game to control the clock is going to have nest chance to win.

I actually think Bauman would offer us more in the run game than Flander's does and that dual threat, once they can (and should) establish it in the game would give the Esk's a lot of trouble.

Also every year it seems in the play-offs some unsung here, or new unknown guy steps into a line-up and shines and becomes key...perhaps this year we can have that guy.

He's been here now long enough, and most likely was brought in to play this same role, as he was never brought in to learn the feature tailback position, so he has to know at the least the basic packages to play it effectively..

And if Nichols is out we shouldn’t be pocket passing anyway.  Play 6 OL, 7 sometimes, Normand, run read option all day and force the DL to figure out where the ball is.  Use all the backs, use LeFevour, use receivers on sweeps and to block, throw the odd time on a rollout.

Play ball control, give the D a chance and see if Edmonton has the physical ability to play with our OL and backs.

13 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

And if Nichols is out we shouldn’t be pocket passing anyway.  Play 6 OL, 7 sometimes, Normand, run read option all day and force the DL to figure out where the ball is.  Use all the backs, use LeFevour, use receivers on sweeps and to block, throw the odd time on a rollout.

Play ball control, give the D a chance and see if Edmonton has the physical ability to play with our OL and backs.

Ahh the Tim Tebow offence

53 minutes ago, J5V said:

in the days of my youth.

I was told what means to be a man!

 

Edited November 10, 20178 yr by Mark F