I am not expecting this coming Friday's battle to be a defensive battle but rather quite the opposite.  A surprising Masoli is going to be met by an even more surprising Streveler at QB. 

Andrew Harris is due to explode but will he match the production of upstart Canadian Mercer Timmis?

Nic Demski is also due  for a game changing billing in the way little 5'7" Brandon Banks has been doing for the Tabbies.

Now Ritchie Hall is saying for the Bombers to be successful our defensive front 7 have to stay in their passing lanes. That could be the real difference maker. Sheesh!

What a game coming up....

Yeah, we gotta get refocused because Hamilton is a huge step up from the sad sack Montreal team.  May be a good test to see if Streveler gets adversity and has to show how he'll handle it.  I expect a close one though.

Masoli sucks against us. He will throw 3 picks atleast. Hes the definition of a .500 QB.. Great 1 week... Crap the next.. Oh look he was pretty good this past week. 

8 hours ago, BigBlue said:

I am not expecting this coming Friday's battle to be a defensive battle but rather quite the opposite.  A surprising Masoli is going to be met by an even more surprising Streveler at QB. 

Andrew Harris is due to explode but will he match the production of upstart Canadian Mercer Timmis?

Nic Demski is also due  for a game changing billing in the way little 5'7" Brandon Banks has been doing for the Tabbies.

Now Ritchie Hall is saying for the Bombers to be successful our defensive front 7 have to stay in their passing lanes. That could be the real difference maker. Sheesh!

What a game coming up....

Should be a fun game. You're right, this isn't the sad sack Montreal Allouettes.  Don't see Timmis as much of a factor.  I could see them throwing swing passes all day to try to get away from our d-line/linebackers.  Get the ball in the hands of their speedy playmakers and test the talent of our DBs to come up and make a tackle. They handled Edmonton fairly well.  Should be a really close.  The other games next week are looking interesting too.

OTT @ CGY - Two teams that are coming off big wins.  Gotta think the winner of this game will be the top of near the top in the power rankings.
BC @ EDM - Rested bye week team coming up against an already beat up Edmonton squad.  Does Edmonton slide to 1-2?
MTL @ SSK - Sask should be the favourites by quite a bit here.  Dud of the week.

And man if the riders lose wont that be fun...reading their fan site would be soooooo entertaining. 

U never know..that Mtl defense may come in really ticked off with something to prove..they have a lot of talent there and aren't nearly as bad as they showed against us...and Saskatchewan offense isn't close to being as good as ours.

If they put heat on whoever the sask qb is ..and they will cause their oline is putrid it could be a long day there. Also think they will lean more on sutton..and he will have a heyday against the weak interior of the sask defence 

Masoli pulled a lot of plays out of his ass at the last possible second.  I really do think if he's contained that it would really help us. 

Don't underestimate Masoli.

good player, chip on shoulder, Manziel breathing down neck.

 

Edited June 24, 20187 yr by Mark F

Chip on shoulder? Tsn kept saying how mild mannered he was.  Guy is a good person but still I am not sold on him...

Not even clear Timmis plays next week. John White may be ready.

Masoli throws that brain dead pick. Then comeback and look like an all star with his game all cleaned up. Then throws a brain dead pick. Then....

Streveler throws three more td's to add to his amazing record setting start...,adds another 50+ yards rushing himself ......Bombers win easy and throws all the sports writers into a tizzy trying to board the bandwagon.......

32 minutes ago, Booch said:

And man if the riders lose wont that be fun...reading their fan site would be soooooo entertaining. 

U never know..that Mtl defense may come in really ticked off with something to prove..they have a lot of talent there and aren't nearly as bad as they showed against us...and Saskatchewan offense isn't close to being as good as ours.

If they put heat on whoever the sask qb is ..and they will cause their oline is putrid it could be a long day there. Also think they will lean more on sutton..and he will have a heyday against the weak interior of the sask defence 

Riders still has a better QB'ing between the two. 

9 minutes ago, M.O.A.B. said:

Riders still has a better QB'ing between the two. 

Probably but by how much? Willy was not given a steamboat most of that last game. Hard to evaluate a qb like that

12 minutes ago, M.O.A.B. said:

Riders still has a better QB'ing between the two. 

Probably but by how much? Willy was not given a steamboat most of that last game. Hard to evaluate a qb like that

If we're talking overall passing game yeah... Sask is leagues better

Oops that was supposed to be an edit

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MTL is hopeless.

Hughes and Jefferson will destroy the Als oline

4 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Hughes and Jefferson will destroy the Als oline

never underestimate a team thats been blown out at home the next week. Often extreme out comes lead to a balancing out in the next game. The als might surprise and we might be in a low scoring last drive wins situation. 

1 minute ago, wbbfan said:

never underestimate a team thats been blown out at home the next week. Often extreme out comes lead to a balancing out in the next game. The als might surprise and we might be in a low scoring last drive wins situation. 

Als might be the worst team in CFL history.. They appear to be built around me first players. 

1 minute ago, Goalie said:

Als might be the worst team in CFL history.. They appear to be built around me first players. 

The riders are built around worse character then the als over all. The als still have a ton of threats on offense and a bunch of good players on D. I expect they will have a big slug fest that will be more then a lil chippy. 

21 minutes ago, BBlink said:

Probably but by how much? Willy was not given a steamboat most of that last game. Hard to evaluate a qb like that

 

He should watch some game film on Streveler and learn to run with the ball himself.  It extends possessions. 

Me thinks MTL has already turned on coach

17 minutes ago, NorthernSkunk said:

He should watch some game film on Streveler and learn to run with the ball himself.  It extends possessions. 

Be more athletic, Willy.  It's true though, he is not great once he feels uncomfortable in the pocket.

30 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

never underestimate a team thats been blown out at home the next week. Often extreme out comes lead to a balancing out in the next game. The als might surprise and we might be in a low scoring last drive wins situation. 

The 2013 Blue Bombers say hello.

1 minute ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

The 2013 Blue Bombers say hello.

Even in that dismal team you can see evidence of this. Blown out by calgary, bounce back against montreal. Blown out on LD, bounce back to win in BJB. 

In this era of athletes, the difference between elite teams and bottom dwellers is seldom over all talent level. Its preparation, motivation, work ethic etc. Top teams tend to have better distributions of talent, but you still have a ton of big time play makers on the worst teams in the league right now. The 3 teams that dont make the play offs will still get wins. And there is always a good chance that win will come off a big loss. 

Because nothing motivates, fuels you to get your self into a better situation and work to prepare then getting punched in the mouth. 

For my money bc, montreal, and ssk are the three teams poised to be the bottom tier of the league. But its still early and they can fight out of that position. 

1 minute ago, wbbfan said:

Even in that dismal team you can see evidence of this. Blown out by calgary, bounce back against montreal. Blown out on LD, bounce back to win in BJB. 

In this era of athletes, the difference between elite teams and bottom dwellers is seldom over all talent level. Its preparation, motivation, work ethic etc. Top teams tend to have better distributions of talent, but you still have a ton of big time play makers on the worst teams in the league right now. The 3 teams that dont make the play offs will still get wins. And there is always a good chance that win will come off a big loss. 

Because nothing motivates, fuels you to get your self into a better situation and work to prepare then getting punched in the mouth. 

For my money bc, montreal, and ssk are the three teams poised to be the bottom tier of the league. But its still early and they can fight out of that position. 

Jury's out on Collaros. So far the early indications are that he's never going to be an elite qb again. If that's the case then the Riders are hooped. Brandon Bridge is a marginal starter at best & may win them only a handful of games.  Someone needs to ask the Riders twitter account how's their qb situation?