Winnipeg Blue Bombers @ Saskatchewan Roughriders GDT

[Mark H.]

22 minutes ago, Booch said:

real football starts in game 1.....those games we pissed away and did stupid stuff have more or less created a situation that even if we dont pretty much run the table we wont be getting first, and possibly not eve a home WSF game

This notion people like to yammer on about the season doesn't start until labor day is a pile of crap

 

Sure. But in the fall/winter, the running game becomes more important and the football is more physical.  All I'm saying is, I'd like to see them play the best players in the trenches.

And yeah, do that in summer too.

[Bigblue204]

36 minutes ago, Booch said:

His post snap awareness if not engaged right out of snap with a Nose or DT is shockingly bad...actually non-existence

I have never seen a center past H.S level be so lost, and coupled with that lack any real exceptional physical traits/techniques

Yet there he is...game in and game out...how/why we habnt done anything the last 2 yrs at minimum to upgrade there, or try pretty much anyone on our roster is baffling

But then again not surprising seeing how our coach leans on and thinks vets who been around this team a while, and ones he apparently has a bias/like for is the way to go until they either walk away, or get hurt so bad they cant play...cause we have also seen he will play a knicked up favorite and even an almost physically unable to do the job favorite over a new guy...hence the situ we have slowly degraded into

The amount of times I think to myself....Get on a body!! with him is crazy. Just block someone...anyone. I get that you'll be left on an island occasionally. But there's no way it happens as often as it appears to. Like he just doesn't hit anyone way too often. I don't know a lot about OL play at that level. But I do know they should be engaged every play.

32 minutes ago, Booch said:

real football starts in game 1.....those games we pissed away and did stupid stuff have more or less created a situation that even if we dont pretty much run the table we wont be getting first, and possibly not eve a home WSF game

This notion people like to yammer on about the season doesn't start until labor day is a pile of crap

If anything getting the jump on teams early, and creating space is the better course of action, then you don't have to rely on 6 to 8 game win streak to cement your spot...especially when later in the yr injuries pile up and a good portion of your roster isnt healthy anymore, but you are forced to play them anyway basically ensuring you have a whack of walking wounded when it matters most in playoffs...and we have first hand experience last 3 cups on how that's effected us....we had some who were not even walking basically

 

It's a saying for a reason. TSN particularly loves to crown champions in July. Way more often it's the teams that get hot in OCT that end up lifting the cup. Our 2021 year was the exception not the rule. It's not often teams will dominate start to finish throughout an entire season.

I get what you're saying though. Losing any game hurts eventually. You're digging yourself a hole. But adversity builds character yadda yadda yadda....all that stuff

[TBURGESS]

2 hours ago, voodoochylde said:

It's no coincidence that our offense looked best at the start of the year with:  Bryant - Vanterpool - Kolankowski - Neufeld - Randolph. against BC.

FIFY

[wbbfan]

18 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:

FIFY

Nailed it. Also the one game against mtl. last time brady had 20 (or more than 18 even) or more caries in a game was week 18 of last year. 2 100 yard or more rushing games this year for us, and 1 game with 18 or more carries. He needs to have a couple really big games to have a chance to break 1k this year. 

[Mark H.]

2019 is a prime example of getting hot at the right time. Even other players (BLM) were picking them to win it all.