So....Riders get a good thrashing?...that's what I expect...and excuses abound is Sask with the yea buts

Fine looks like he can play in this league. Unlike Cornelius in Edmonton who keeps getting trotted out by Chris Jones. What is he? Four & twenty four?

 

Is Dukes like...13 yrs old?? Lol

4 minutes ago, greenrider55 said:

Garbage time TD will have Dickie talking about effort in postgame, they battled till the end!

Yup...live to battle another day

I'm a few minutes behind... Dolegala to Emilus. Mitchell couldn't make that throw.

Dolegala is 6’7” and has a rocket arm. Just struggles with accuracy… Josh Allen like in stature.

Just now, greenrider55 said:

Dolegala is 6’7” and has a rocket arm. Just struggles with accuracy… Josh Allen like in stature.

He looked good on that drive but it is garbage time. Maybe it's time for CFL teams to let the young guys play instead of the retreaded old guys who need wheelchairs to get home after every game.

46 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

11k in Halifax or 9k in Toronto.  Kind of a wash...

Sure, but it doesn't cost the league any money to host a game in Toronto.

1 minute ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

He looked good on that drive but it is garbage time. Maybe it's time for CFL teams to let the young guys play instead of the retreaded old guys who need wheelchairs to get home after every game.

100%. It would be nice to see a new QB emerge. How do you feel about Dru Brown? He might have a new home next season, I’ve liked him from what I’ve seen

Just now, greenrider55 said:

100%. It would be nice to see a new QB emerge. How do you feel about Dru Brown? He might have a new home next season, I’ve liked him from what I’ve seen

Fans are high on Brown. I'm concerned if Collaros goes down as we haven't really seen enough to know if he is ready to step in as the starter. Big question mark.

Different game this year from last. No cheap shot artists or thugs on the Riders anymore. I like their team a lot more this year. No Marino or Williams.

I not high on Brown...he's not the heir apparent here...

What if, the CFL says to the Bombers we want you to sacrifice one of your home games to play in another TD Atlantic next season & they only get 10,000 to the game.? How do the Bombers get back the money they'd lose by sacrificing a home game where anywhere from 28-30,000 would have shown up? Not just lost ticket revenue but lost parking, merch & concession sales? I'm hoping that never happens but you can't just have the Argos playing in the Maritimes every year. The CFL would have to be prepared to adequately compensate any team for lost revenues to get them to give up a home date. But we've been told over & over the league HO is broke. So, I just don't know how it would be done. Hoping the Bombers say no, if asked.

Bombers wont give up a home game, let an eastern team other than the Argos be the home team

12 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

What if, the CFL says to the Bombers we want you to sacrifice one of your home games to play in another TD Atlantic next season & they only get 10,000 to the game.? How do the Bombers get back the money they'd lose by sacrificing a home game where anywhere from 28-30,000 would have shown up? Not just lost ticket revenue but lost parking, merch & concession sales? I'm hoping that never happens but you can't just have the Argos playing in the Maritimes every year. The CFL would have to be prepared to adequately compensate any team for lost revenues to get them to give up a home date. But we've been told over & over the league HO is broke. So, I just don't know how it would be done. Hoping the Bombers say no, if asked.

They should have two Touchdown Atlantics - where the Argos and Elks play two games out there back to back, as both of them giving up home games seems to be a pretty easy ask.

17 minutes ago, Booch said:

I not high on Brown...he's not the heir apparent here...

He's filling in until the real heir apparent returns

Now watching the BC game - can't wait for the Jeffs to make Dane cry again on Thursday.

The Maritimes flirtation is some of the biggest nonsense going.  Costs to do anything there are multiples more than any other market…building a stadium, travel etc.

Nobody wants to own the team and the government there is so under resourced and devastated by a decade of austerity prior to this current government.  They can’t front hundreds of millions if there’s no payoff.

Teams in the four biggest markets and Edmonton are losing $5+ million a season.

There is no value to the league forcing a team into that market and no value in continuing the neutral site games.

38 minutes ago, greenrider55 said:

100%. It would be nice to see a new QB emerge. How do you feel about Dru Brown? He might have a new home next season, I’ve liked him from what I’ve seen

Trade Brown for Piggie, it's never too late to admit O'Shea made a terrible mistake.

3 hours ago, Booch said:

I've seen highschool teams with more diverse offences that what Jeffries for Sask is putting out there...brutal

There's a reason he was like the 19th choice for the job. Their entire football ops should be replaced but I'm hoping for extensions for everyone!

10 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

There's a reason he was like the 19th choice for the job. Their entire football ops should be replaced but I'm hoping for extensions for everyone!

Yes please....please PLEASE use the excuse Harris went down and they deserve another yr! 

2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Fans are high on Brown. I'm concerned if Collaros goes down as we haven't really seen enough to know if he is ready to step in as the starter. Big question mark.

Different game this year from last. No cheap shot artists or thugs on the Riders anymore. I like their team a lot more this year. No Marino or Williams.

No one is THAT high on brown, just that he's shown some things. Honestly I think his upside is a Kevin Glenn type if he reaches it. 

Funny you should mention high school offense with Kelly Jeffrey… that’s the exact comparison I made today. Reminds me of playing receiver in high school, 5 yard curls, screens, and a lot of failed handoffs.

20 minutes ago, greenrider55 said:

Funny you should mention high school offense with Kelly Jeffrey… that’s the exact comparison I made today. Reminds me of playing receiver in high school, 5 yard curls, screens, and a lot of failed handoffs.

Yeah...it's what I see...it's just brutal

1 hour ago, 17to85 said:

No one is THAT high on brown, just that he's shown some things. Honestly I think his upside is a Kevin Glenn type if he reaches it. 

Glenn played for every team... Except Ottawa.

Edited July 30, 20232 yr by SpeedFlex27

The Riders O is a tire fire and wasn't scoring points with Harris either. OL is still a disaster. I really don't understand their roster moves this off-season. Pinning their hopes on a FA spree of Harris, Blake, and Johnson was such a huge gamble given their ages. As anyone with a peanut for a brain should have known they were likely to be injured. Only Micah remains..but he is out of gas by the end of 1Q.

3 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

The Riders O is a tire fire and wasn't scoring points with Harris either. OL is still a disaster. I really don't understand their roster moves this off-season. Pinning their hopes on a FA spree of Harris, Blake, and Johnson was such a huge gamble given their ages. As anyone with a peanut for a brain should have known they were likely to be injured. Only Micah remains..but he is out of gas by the end of 1Q.

The Elks only wish they had the Riders problems. That may be the worst team ever fielded in the CFL. Jason Boltus would be a starter on the Elks.

9 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

The Elks only wish they had the Riders problems. That may be the worst team ever fielded in the CFL. Jason Boltus would be a starter on the Elks.

Yep..they stink