Well, game 2 of week one is now going to be played, and looks like it'll be a good one.  Argos are playing without a few starters on D, and the big ? in Regina is who gets the nod behind center.  Signs seem to be pointing towards Collaros, but there may actually be some playing time being split between him and Bridge.  Could get interesting.

I didn't watch the game.

Wondering, How did Hurl do?

 

Pretty funny in a Sask vs Toronto game that the refs are still bias against the Bomber fans.

Did they not give Ray any reps in camp either?  His passes were terrible.  All of his recievers had drops, he was throwing ducks all night.  Franklin might get a shot sooner than later.

1 hour ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Did they not give Ray any reps in camp either?  His passes were terrible.  All of his recievers had drops, he was throwing ducks all night.  Franklin might get a shot sooner than later.

I didn't see a whole lot of inaccurate passes save when his OL was looking shoddy.  He did look a little slow at times, but you should know by now he's not really a mobile QB and he usually throws the floater balls better than the bullet passes.

 

I did say after they won the cup that that was probably a good time for Ricky Ray to retire and retire standing up.  But since he decided to return and is at this moment the most decorated QB of the 2000s Calvillo era still playing football, he'll be playing every game this season that he's not injured in.  I am thinking though that one more significant injury and he will call it quits for good.

2 hours ago, Mark F said:

I didn't watch the game.

Wondering, How did Hurl do?

 

i watched the game off an on. And Hurl while not a key to their victory, did not hurt them all that much. Rider defense did look good. However Ricky Ray did look like he should have retired at the end of last year.

2 hours ago, Mark F said:

I didn't watch the game.

Wondering, How did Hurl do?

He didn't seem to stand out, good or bad.  He was coming out for Cam Judge on passing downs.

Sask's DL and outside LBs looked really good so Hurl didn't have to do much.

Rider front 4 was dominant, Ray was uncomfortable all night and Wilder had a big target on him. That's Chris Jones though, always has the best defence. 

Ray wasn't getting a lot of time from his OL and he's not exactly a scrambling QB. Once the Riders took Wilder out of the equation, the game was tipped in their favour.

If Trestman challenges for PI on the int returned for a TD, Toronto might have pulled it out. (Ball wasn't tipped and the DB hit Green before the ball got there = PI)

1 hour ago, BBRT said:

i watched the game off an on. And Hurl while not a key to their victory, did not hurt them all that much. Rider defense did look good. However Ricky Ray did look like he should have retired at the end of last year.

Riders have an absolutely great defense and an experienced QB.

That is all any team needs to be in the hunt for first in the West.

The last time Bombers knew what they were doing, 35 years ago, that is how they always manged to be in the hunt, year after year. 

12 minutes ago, TheSource said:

Riders have an absolutely great defense and an experienced QB.

That is all any team needs to be in the hunt for first in the West.

The last time Bombers knew what they were doing, 35 years ago, that is how they always manged to be in the hunt, year after year. 

Mods, come on, enough is enough of this sort of trolling.   Please do something about it soon.  

14 hours ago, Zontar said:

Yeah. Leagues best fans . WTF Priders ? Where is everybody?

I thought just under 30 wasn't bad for a 7pm Friday night game.  Tough for out of town fans to make it to the stadium.  We sat down 10 minutes before Riders came on field. Lots of people were still at gates after game started

Just now, WBBFanWest said:

Mods, come on, enough is enough of this sort of trolling.   Please do something about it soon.  

This is one of the few times I will agree with you.

1 hour ago, WBBFanWest said:

Mods, come on, enough is enough of this sort of trolling.   Please do something about it soon.  

 

1 hour ago, WBBFanWest said:

Mods, come on, enough is enough of this sort of trolling.   Please do something about it soon.  

I'm sorry but I don't see what is so bad about what he posted.  When I Think people are posting to cause trouble I just ignore them.  And really, if they are rider fans they probably aren't very good at it and don't you want them around for when the Bombers kick their ass (?) 

What an ugly game. Both teams were hot garbage, but Toronto was especially useless. Even Ritchie Hall would say that zone defense that Toronto was running was super soft. 10 ply bud.

That 3rd down toss by collaros that he's getting so much credit for was nothing but a hope and a prayer. It's likely picked off 9 times out of ten.

yeah the was a total B.S play....to be honest if I was a coach I would have laid into him good for that stupidity and the chance to come away with zero points...

On 2018-06-16 at 1:21 PM, Bigblue204 said:

That 3rd down toss by collaros that he's getting so much credit for was nothing but a hope and a prayer. It's likely picked off 9 times out of ten.

The best part was Suitor called it a planned throw behind.

Riders secret weapon played a role in sinking Argos offence

Rider fans aren’t happy with this article by Justin Dunk : 

http://3downnation.com/2018/06/18/riders-secret-weapon-played-a-role-in-sinking-argos-offence/

 

4 hours ago, Mr Dee said:

Riders secret weapon played a role in sinking Argos offence

Rider fans aren’t happy with this article by Justin Dunk : 

http://3downnation.com/2018/06/18/riders-secret-weapon-played-a-role-in-sinking-argos-offence/

 

Well, that would explain a lot, but Trestman ought to have been able to anticipate that.

Nic Demski knows the Riders offense.  Players and coaches switch teams all the time. 

Yeah I'm not sure how much I buy into that. People are switching teams all the time. This sort of thing isn't new. As much as I hate the riders I don't think there's much to that story. 

16 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

Yeah I'm not sure how much I buy into that. People are switching teams all the time. This sort of thing isn't new. As much as I hate the riders I don't think there's much to that story. 

Ridiculous to suggest that's the reason we won.  We won the game because we played better.  Dunk has the tinfoil on a bit tight on this one

I think it's also ridiculous to downplay it. Any edge you get is still an edge and perhaps the Argos didn't do a good job of making it hard for a former coach to know what they're doing. 

All in all that game really game down to the Argos playing like complete ass. Soft coverage on D, receivers failing to get open even a little bit and Ricky Ray looking like he was nursing a hangover from a 3 week bender. 

11 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

I think it's also ridiculous to downplay it. Any edge you get is still an edge and perhaps the Argos didn't do a good job of making it hard for a former coach to know what they're doing. 

All in all that game really game down to the Argos playing like complete ass. Soft coverage on D, receivers failing to get open even a little bit and Ricky Ray looking like he was nursing a hangover from a 3 week bender. 

Ricky Ray is a frustrating QB to watch, he rarely generates any urgency and he lets seemingly winnable games fritter away more often than any other QB I've ever watched.  He's almost the polar opposite of Reilly in that regard.

Edited June 19, 20187 yr by Throw Long Bannatyne

I'm not downplaying anything.  I just wouldn't have written a article about it