Riders 8-2  Bombers 6-4

Bombers need a win if they hope to catch the Riders in the standings.

Will the Riders replace Lauther?

Trevor Harris took a beating in the Calgary game.  

Riders' secondary is also banged up.

Who will play receiver for the Bombers?

Will Schoen play?  Demski? Will Ontaria Wilson come back up North this week?

Is Houston getting into the line-up?

 

 

 

9 hours ago, Booch said:

Like the Woodbey addition...but should been at expense of another of the LB/DB's....Houton should also get his shot over the balckhole of crap we have used so far...I sure he more than ready

Adams off is pointless...dumb and leaves us with just 4 legit dline guys now...like wtf?....Osh is just a moron

Schoen i on fence with...is he gonna be just useless like he was before we effed him up rushing him in?....Corcoran already is....Mitchel not sure what going on there but looks lost and useless too...Demski...who knos if he even lasts.....wht a scrub lineup all around for one the most important games of yr so far

I hope we run a lot of WJ/Vaughters/Person fronts...some 4 man with lawson and use woodbey a lot....we use a lot of scmeck and Thomas...lord help us

Horrible lineup any way you look at it

woodbey in at wil is strange. have to think he’s going to be the 2nd safety in place of kelly when we go with that look. 

 Back up secondary/lber at the expense of DL is soo dumb. even for the mafia. 

Have no faith that schoen will be close to what he should be. 

Roster is ugly, hard to expect much in regina/LD. but with a below expectations roster, any thing position the field will be a nice surprise. 

I can see Woodbey in as the 7th DB role that Griffen and then Allen had. 

The offense scares me because the Riders are good versus the run and will likely key on Brady and a potentially gimpy Schoen and Demski likely isn't enough to counter that.

 

 

47 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

I can see Woodbey in as the 7th DB role that Griffen and then Allen had. 

The offense scares me because the Riders are good versus the run and will likely key on Brady and a potentially gimpy Schoen and Demski likely isn't enough to counter that.

yeah that’s the use age i’d expect. woodbey is big enough to be a trend setting wil who plays like a sam, but we didn’t try him like that at all. 

That, and they are the best D at creating pressures, hits and top 3 in sacks. bad match up for our O 

In watching the calgary rider game Stamps had good success running end arounds and short passes to the sidelines. Riders are very strong down the middle run stopping. 

Gonna need huge games from Demski and Willie tonight

57 minutes ago, Atomic said:

Gonna need huge games from Demski and Willie tonight

And Brady.  Need to stick with the run.

1 hour ago, BomberBall. said:

And Brady.  Need to stick with the run.

That is gonna be tough sledding.

You can stick with Brady and not have to smack him into a wall of guys on the line. Brady can catch... He can run... There's lots of ways he can help us. 

Edited August 31, 2025Aug 31 by Noeller

7 minutes ago, Noeller said:

You can stick with Brady and not have to snack him into a wall of guys on the line. Brady can catch... He can run... There's lots of ways he can help us. 

Does Hogan know that?

I thought they did a good job last game... Lots of passes to BO. 

1 minute ago, Noeller said:

I thought they did a good job last game... Lots of passes to BO. 

That was more ZC being smart with ball and realizing nothing was there and not forcing stuff like he is prone to

Not any kind of scheme from OC guy...I sure there were a few calls..or secondary reads for that...but wasn't called plays per say...just use of yiur outlet when things break down or nobody was open...pretty good indicator that our WR group is inferior and can't get open or separate effectively

1 hour ago, Booch said:

That was more ZC being smart with ball and realizing nothing was there and not forcing stuff like he is prone to

Not any kind of scheme from OC guy...I sure there were a few calls..or secondary reads for that...but wasn't called plays per say...just use of yiur outlet when things break down or nobody was open...pretty good indicator that our WR group is inferior and can't get open or separate effectively

This is true as well.  If ZC plays it smart and doesn’t force deep throws then it improves BB odds markedly, IMO. Still going to be very tough today.

1 hour ago, Tracker said:

That is gonna be tough sledding.

Maybe, but Calgary ran on them.  I think most teams have gone away from the run…. They have quite a few less rush attempts against them then the rest of the league.

I hope the striped guys take the blinders off and start calling the holding that goes on by the riders...If you watch closely you can catch a lot of it on the set....There's a reason Harris has all the time in the world to chuck the rock...They do not have an all star O Line and Cal figured a way around it last game they played, AND laid some pretty good shots on their pivot...We need to do the same

1 hour ago, Booch said:

That was more ZC being smart with ball and realizing nothing was there and not forcing stuff like he is prone to

Not any kind of scheme from OC guy...I sure there were a few calls..or secondary reads for that...but wasn't called plays per say...just use of yiur outlet when things break down or nobody was open...pretty good indicator that our WR group is inferior and can't get open or separate effectively

Or...they were leaving the flats open because ZC is well known to be more of a downfield passer.  QB/OC then decide to run a more patient or conservative offense, based on that. Richie Hall would often leave the flats open, based on the assumption that teams wouldn't be patient enough to cash in on it.  But when you have Brady O or even Demski, it changes how you can attack that.   

48 minutes ago, wpgallday1960 said:

This is true as well.  If ZC plays it smart and doesn’t force deep throws then it improves BB odds markedly, IMO. Still going to be very tough today.

100 percent...we need more of this today 

Sask DB's are weak...hopefully we exploit it with smart stuff 

19 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

Or...they were leaving the flats open because ZC is well known to be more of a downfield passer.  QB/OC then decide to run a more patient or conservative offense, based on that. Richie Hall would often leave the flats open, based on the assumption that teams wouldn't be patient enough to cash in on it.  But when you have Brady O or even Demski, it changes how you can attack that.   

Flats technically are always open really...if you have the proper personel in you can exploit it all game for most part if you want and have ability to sustain drives 

20 minutes ago, Booch said:

100 percent...we need more of this today 

Sask DB's are weak...hopefully we exploit it with smart stuff 

Flats technically are always open really...if you have the proper personel in you can exploit it all game for most part if you want and have ability to sustain drives 

Yep. Make the first DB miss, a receiver gets a block, next thing you know it's another first down. 

I’m good with the ball control 10 plus at scoring drives but if the deep shot is there Zach needs to take it also. Just if it’s covered, let’s hope he doesn’t. But Zach has been pretty good against Sask honestly. The question really is does he finish the game cuz the last 3, he’s been cheap shotted.