I see the WEST ending up in this rank order:

Winnipeg

Calgary

Saskatchewan

Edmonton

BC

In the EAST, I expect the final order to be:

Hamilton

Montreal

Toronto

Ottawa

I see a lot of differential in the west, very little in the east. Forecasting with history I am!

Who sees this differently?

Bombers.             T.O

Stamps.                Ham

Riders.                   Mtl

B.C.                        Ott

Elks

On 2022-06-03 at 10:14 AM, CrazyCanuck89 said:

Olines need continuity.  Winnipeg has a great Oline, because you've almost had the same 5  starters.  Even though Gray maybe he starting at left guard, he's still has chemistry as the past 6/7 Olinemen.

BC is returning 3 starters, with backup David Knevel taking the left guard spot.  Continuity.

That BC OL could play together for a century & they'd still be the worst in the CFL. You need talent. 

3 hours ago, Noeller said:

This is possible.... But Cgy needs a lot to go right and we'd have to see significant injuries. 

The OL is still a question mark. I don't think they're any better than last week. 

Edited June 6, 20223 yr by SpeedFlex27

Noeller, did you see that BC lefl tackle get totally dominated by that Rider rookie DE? He blew by that pylon like he was standing still. Then the Canuck sacked Michael O'Connor & cut him in half. Setting off a 10 minute celebration on the Rider bench afterwards. That was vintage 2013 Blue Bomber line blocking. That's what Nathan O'Rourke has in store for him this season. AND.. they're paying one of those slugs (we all know who) over $200,000 a year.

West;

1-Bombers

2-Stamps

3-Elks

4-Riders

5-Lions

Bombers are deep,will be challenged in secondary,receiver depth but still have the reining mvp,dpoty,coty,lineman oty,Bighill,Jefferson etc.. theyll be fine and will come around,I also predict our offense to be even better than last year. I think Edmonton will be better than Sask and I see the Riders flopping,Dickenson being let go and Fajardo in the hot seat

East;

1-Montreal

2- Ottawa

3-Toronto

4-Hamilton

Ticats lost a few pieces and Evans doesn't scare me one bit. Ottawa will benefit tremendously from Masoli and still do believe he is better than Dane Evans. Toronto just can't seem to be able to turn that corner but they're right there, I feel Hamilton will regress after losing Banks,Acklin,Masoli but I could see then sliding up to maybe 3rd at most

 

On 2022-06-05 at 11:00 PM, Nolby said:

West;

I see the Riders flopping,Dickenson being let go and Fajardo in the hot seat

East;

1-Montreal

2- Ottawa

3-Toronto

4-Hamilton

Ticats lost a few pieces and Evans doesn't scare me one bit. Ottawa will benefit tremendously from Masoli and still do believe he is better than Dane Evans. Toronto just can't seem to be able to turn that corner but they're right there, I feel Hamilton will regress after losing Banks,Acklin,Masoli but I could see then sliding up to maybe 3rd at most

 

I concur. 

Edited June 8, 20223 yr by Rod Black

 

 

 

 

Courtesy of Nye? lmao why am i not surprised. He would bet against the Bombers if they were playing against a peewee team from a home for the blind. Yeah our season is going to tank because we no longer have a 35 year old running back who played in all of 7 games last year.

Nye will dump on us but tout Fajardo because they have good receivers, ignoring that Fajardo threw the most passes of 10 yards or less last season and was brutal throwing passes of more than 20 yards. 

2 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

Nye will dump on us but tout Fajardo because they have good receivers, ignoring that Fajardo threw the most passes of 10 yards or less last season and was brutal throwing passes of more than 20 yards. 

If the Riders had signed Ellingson, Nye would be picking him for GC MVP. 

12 hours ago, Noeller said:

 

 

 

 

I have no problem with Dunk putting the Stamps ahead of the Bombers... I'm good with anything that keeps our boys motivated

But his comment about Harris is so amateurish, it's borderline embarrassing... Yes Andrew Harris is/was a very important player on this team... but how you can you say that the Bombers will not be as good because they lost a player who missed half of last season is now gone??

1 minute ago, bearpants said:

I have no problem with Dunk putting the Stamps ahead of the Bombers... I'm good with anything that keeps our boys motivated

But his comment about Harris is so amateurish, it's borderline embarrassing... Yes Andrew Harris is/was a very important player on this team... but how you can you say that the Bombers will not be as good because they lost a player who missed half of last season is now gone??

How are we going to replace Harris' three rushing touchdowns from last season? 

As Dave said in our hockey pool group chat last night: "This isn't Harris's team anymore....It's Collaros's..."

Here Dunk, let me do your job for you... here are some of the reason the Bombers could drop off this season:

- top players getting older and unlikely to replicate career years from last year: e.g. Bighill, Jefferson, Jeffcoat, Collaros
- question marks in the kicking game (Walters did alright figuring that out last year)
- three new players in defensive backfield coverage: Glass, Thompson, Ruteledge (though that wasn't a problem last year)
- top guard (Desjarlais) gone to the NFL with his best replacement (Eli) not returning
- top receiver now in Edmonton
- important veterans/leaders now with other teams (Harris, Adams)

Now, I don't think all (or any) of these things are gong to be major problems for the Bombers... but if you're going to go on record saying the Bombers will regress... at least get your facts right

3Down is an amateur site run by fanboys. I learn more on MBB about football x's and o's. 

Harris leadership may be missed...mayyyy.....as we have some bigtime leaders already there before him...and while he was here, and they still here....so really I see it as a non issue

Production wise....he missed half the games...and we were basically unbeaten...we have 2 highly motivated younger guys...in better shape/condition...one of whom is a fellow Winnipegger who most likely has a huge chip on his shoulder now to prove he is the heir apparent, and behind this oline, and scheme and returning receivers....plus Ellingson...they just have to play their game and limit their errors...just like last yr....again...we will be fine, and prob better than last year as we actually have better QB depth, and I bet Ellingson and Schoen (and whoever else gets reps) will out produce what Lawler/Adams gave us last year, and prob this yr too for their respective teams....no slight against them as they were key guys for us, and great players but it's not crippling us by any stretch of the imagination

Is Desjarlais better than Gray, and a loss...for sure...But Gray is a more than capable starter, we were just very fortunate that Desjarlais was the stud he was...Gray could start on any team in the league...could have last year and been top2..or 3 for them...factor in he has started before...with all the guys returning, we will hit the ground running and not having to have a gel period like pretty much every team in our division

 

 

Not sure where to put this, but anyone else notice that 5 of the top 7 players in TSN's Top 50 players are Bombers?

https://www.cfl.ca/2022/06/07/collaros-headlines-tsns-top-50-players-for-2022/

 

Not that I've ever had any use for that particular exercise....

5 minutes ago, Wideleft said:

Not sure where to put this, but anyone else notice that 5 of the top 7 players in TSN's Top 50 players are Bombers?

https://www.cfl.ca/2022/06/07/collaros-headlines-tsns-top-50-players-for-2022/

 

Not that I've ever had any use for that particular exercise....

ya we talked about this last night but 9 of the Top 10 were Bombers or recent Bombers. Kyle Walters, you diabolic......

How was Cody Fajardo not #1? TSN is biased. That man can hit a goal post better than anybody in football.

9 minutes ago, Wideleft said:

Not sure where to put this, but anyone else notice that 5 of the top 7 players in TSN's Top 50 players are Bombers?

https://www.cfl.ca/2022/06/07/collaros-headlines-tsns-top-50-players-for-2022/

 

Not that I've ever had any use for that particular exercise....

Since the list is almost entirely based on last year’s performances, it would 6 of the top 7 were Bombers. 

It may require a few years and some historical distance to fully put it into perspective, and the shorter season may skew the objective comparative stats, but a very compelling argument can be made that we just witnessed the greatest all-around team in Blue Bomber history last year. For a franchise that’s 92 years old, take a moment and reflect on that. 

20 minutes ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

Since the list is almost entirely based on last year’s performances, it would 6 of the top 7 were Bombers. 

It may require a few years and some historical distance to fully put it into perspective, and the shorter season may skew the objective comparative stats, but a very compelling argument can be made that we just witnessed the greatest all-around team in Blue Bomber history last year. For a franchise that’s 92 years old, take a moment and reflect on that. 

Sure.

24 minutes ago, bearpants said:

I have no problem with Dunk putting the Stamps ahead of the Bombers... I'm good with anything that keeps our boys motivated

But his comment about Harris is so amateurish, it's borderline embarrassing... Yes Andrew Harris is/was a very important player on this team... but how you can you say that the Bombers will not be as good because they lost a player who missed half of last season is now gone??

That was my first thought when I read the tweet as well. 

Just incoherent reasoning.

Who ends up with more rushing yards in 2022/23 - Harris or Augustine? 

2 minutes ago, JCon said:

Who ends up with more rushing yards in 2022/23 - Harris or Augustine? 

Obviously Harris if he's healthy.

Haven't heard much about him recently though....

 

5 minutes ago, JCon said:

Who ends up with more rushing yards in 2022/23 - Harris or Augustine? 

I don’t think it’s even a stretch to say Augustine and Oliveria finish with more yards, if Harris is battling a lingering injury that’s already keeping him out for weeks it’s not too crazy to say I’d both guys stay healthy they finish with more yards. 

If Harris were healthy and the main back for Toronto then for sure I pick him to have more yards, because I think Olly/August split reps here....but it's really impossible to know what's going to happen this season. Everything is a big "wait and see"...