Cats enter post Masoli world . Riders geeked up on Lions energy drink. Who defends pass rush the best wins.

I could still see the Cats winning but also missing banks will hurt them. Calling it a squeaker in this one.

Man I hope Hamilton smokes them...

I think it comes down to can the Riders protect Fajardo vs that big D line   and also can Hamilton stop the run.     

Would love to see the Ticats pull this one out, I just can't see it happening though. Hardest game to pick this week.

 

I bet they hand it off to Powell tons, like we should have last week to Harris, and this game is darn close. I'm picking against the Riders but I always do. 

I'm hoping for a close game decided in the last couple of minutes.

Hamilton's a significantly better team with a ton of injuries. Riders are riding high on beating up on the worst teams in the league.

Fajardo won't fare as well against Hamilton's D as he did against the Lions. The big question is can Evans play well enough to get a TD or two?

5 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:

I'm hoping for a close game decided in the last couple of minutes.

Hamilton's a significantly better team with a ton of injuries. Riders are riding high on beating up on the worst teams in the league.

Fajardo won't fare as well against Hamilton's D as he did against the Lions. The big question is can Evans play well enough to get a TD or two?

Powell is a good back... I assume they will run like crazy against the Ti-Cats.

Hope the Ti-Cats struggle on offense and then win the game on special teams and defensive players. 

I don't care HOW they do it, but I want the TiCats to win big and let all the air out of that ridiculous mirage of a balloon in The Gap. Kick that anthill but good...

1 minute ago, Noeller said:

I don't care HOW they do it, but I want the TiCats to win big and let all the air out of that ridiculous mirage of a balloon in The Gap. Kick that anthill but good...

So much of this. Make fajardo look like the terrible qb he is. Far too much **** talk from that province after picking on the handicap kids.

3 hours ago, Noeller said:

I don't care HOW they do it, but I want the TiCats to win big and let all the air out of that ridiculous mirage of a balloon in The Gap. Kick that anthill but good...

I would like to see the Riders lose in similar fashion on how they lost to Calgary.   

Thanks for nothing, Hamilton. Long weekend ruined before it even started.

10 hours ago, Brandon said:

I would like to see the Riders lose in similar fashion on how they lost to Calgary.   

Nope. They instead won in a similar fashion to how we lost. Huzzah!

8 minutes ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

Nope. They instead won in a similar fashion to how we lost. Huzzah!

With ... GASP! Their backup QB!

2 minutes ago, J5V said:

With ... GASP! Their backup QB!

Against another back up QB .... who I must say made the game entertaining to the end...almost, the Hail Mary play at the end didn't work out lol

Worst kind of loss. Rather just been blown out. Home team gets the love but TSN was fluffing Riders and Fajardo to toxic levels.

Edited August 2, 20196 yr by Zontar

2 hours ago, Zontar said:

Worst kind of loss. Rather just been blown out. Home team gets the love but TSN was fluffing Riders and Fajardo to toxic levels.

Why the edit

They went a bit past mere fluffing.....

I'd rather have Fajardo than Nichols

47 minutes ago, Atomic said:

I'd rather have Fajardo than Nichols

It pains and nauseates me to admit it, but for two games now, Fajardo has outplayed Nichols. Ugh.

How is it that this Argo QB does squat against the rest of the league.....and eats up our D?

3 hours ago, Tracker said:

It pains and nauseates me to admit it, but for two games now, Fajardo has outplayed Nichols. Ugh.

Pretty much over the season he has.  Nichols has the TD passes but he's starting to catch up to the turnovers making it a wash.

3 hours ago, Tracker said:

It pains and nauseates me to admit it, but for two games now, Fajardo has outplayed Nichols. Ugh.

Says more about Nichols than it does Fajardo. Neither are particularly good options. 

Just now, AKAChip said:

Says more about Nichols than it does Fajardo. Neither are particularly good options. 

Fajardo is starting to look legit.  He also doesn't have as much to work with as most QB's.  There's really no excuse for Nichols and the Bomber O.  Like we brought an NFL/CFL vet who started for the Grey Cup champs last year onto the roster yesterday to be an injury replacement.  I don't think it's possible to have more talent under cap system. 

1 minute ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Fajardo is starting to look legit.  He also doesn't have as much to work with as most QB's.  There's really no excuse for Nichols and the Bomber O.  Like we brought an NFL/CFL vet who started for the Grey Cup champs last year onto the roster yesterday to be an injury replacement.  I don't think it's possible to have more talent under cap system. 

Nichols has far more weapons and still looks worse, I completely agree but I’m far from sold on Fajardo. Maybe he ends up being legit and just needed to get an extended chance in the right system but he still has a longer history of being bad than good. We’ll see. Either way, he’s still young enough that he has the chance to end up being good, while Nichols isn’t getting any better than he is now. 

Fajardo deserves a lot of credit - that is a garbage OL and he's found legit chemistry with Evans and Moore