Well, while we still got 4 days to go till we kick our game off, we save the best for last.  Meantime, Thursday night should be a good one to kickoff the 2019 season.

The subplots: The TiCats for obvious reasons are the favorites to win the east, and with the return of Steinhauer, the high hopes they got on Masoli and what looks to be a rock solid roster, there's many reasons the optimism is high.

For the Riders, the questions will be whether or not Craig Dickenson will prove to be their O'Shea, and whether or not they can protect Collaros.  A lot of changes have come to the roster with several former BC Lions including Arceneaux and Elimimian now there as well as former Colts WR Moncrief.

All that to say, while Steinhauer built his reputation on running an aggressive defense for Kent Austin, I seen some experts on the CFL site expressing concerns about June Jones no longer being there to be the guider for Masoli.  So will the TiCats offense get a high level of play under a defensive HC?

And the Riders will be a very different team than what we saw under Chris Jones, a guy who could win but had a toxic attitude at times and brought in cancers like Duron Carter.  Question is will this change be for the better or the worse for them?  Can't wait to see what this year of change is going to be.

4 minutes ago, BBlink said:

I bet he's better than Fajardo lol

It is like a Alex Brink vs Joey Elliott scenario 

Edited June 14, 20196 yr by Geebrr

Bennett already on his way

1 minute ago, Floyd said:

Kevin Glenn really got things mixed up - he was supposed to retire after the riders pay him $70k to sign after game 1...

I think he could have gotten $150,000 up front.

Ssk with 12 more minutes of time of possession and under 100 yards passing after three quarters. Weird. 

Breaux has looked like trash 

Looks like Bladek is done for awhile 

Harker with some nice completions. Bladek down....that's gonna be troublesome.

Harker making quick reads and crisp passes,  might need to give that guy more play time this season. 

2 minutes ago, Geebrr said:

Breaux is a piece of trash 

Fixed

1 minute ago, Geebrr said:

Looks like Bladek is done for awhile 

They're not having any luck with an already crappy OL.

Sask completely offside 

Riders might be looking at Tui Eli...

Just now, Floyd said:

Riders might be looking at Tui Eli...

As much as he has potential he's not going to be able to help them right now. Maybe trade or starting more americans

I actually was calling Dickenson to try a FG fake there

Did Erlington get hurt by a OL hug?

5 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Did Erlington get hurt by a OL hug?

It looked like it

This is as bad a coaching debut as we've seen in a long time by Dickenson. Seems like all he does is make the wrong call.

Harker is good 

If you want to feel better about the CFL watch 5 minutes of any NBA game.  Players who have a dozen years in the league have no idea what a foul is or isn't.

25 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Cfl only going to dress two QBs next season - way to kill any QB development 

I heard that. Like WTF? Just the CFL's sneaky way of not playing Canadian quarterbacks.

Can Jon Ryan kick field goals?

3 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Harker is good 

KD Cannon's made some plays for him.

1 minute ago, Floyd said:

Can Jon Ryan kick field goals?

He would probably kick it out of the stadium from that distance

The Riders are so baaaaaad

Masoli misses June Jones