CFL East Division Final: Montreal @ Hamilton

[sportmentary2012]

I feel bad for Lawler. Maybe he will come back here next year. 

[Pete]

2 hours ago, sportmentary2012 said:

I feel bad for Lawler. Maybe he will come back here next year. 

In a way I think Hamilton/Bo levi fell into the Lawler trap, hes so good the qb focuses in on him and becomes almost one dimensional.  Lawler had more targeted receptions and yards than White, Bridges and Smith combined. Those receivers are too good not to be utilized more

Edited Sunday at 06:08 AM by Pete

[Noeller]

1 hour ago, Pete said:

In a way I think Hamilton/Bo levi fell into the Lawler trap, hes so good the qb focuses in on him and becomes almost one dimensional.  Lawler had more targeted receptions and yards than White, Bridges and Smith combined. Those receivers are too good not to be utilized more

I said something similar while watching the game. Hamilton is, in a way, easier to defend, because you know Lawler is the primary option on every play...

[sportmentary2012]

8 hours ago, Pete said:

In a way I think Hamilton/Bo levi fell into the Lawler trap, hes so good the qb focuses in on him and becomes almost one dimensional.  Lawler had more targeted receptions and yards than White, Bridges and Smith combined. Those receivers are too good not to be utilized more

I only saw parts of the game but sounds like what happened at times in Wpg leaving Brady O out in the cold.

 

[Super Duper Negatron]

Hard to call the Bombers a dynasty when there is a good chance Toronto and Montreal both end up with the same amount of cups in the same time period.

What a missed opportunity. We should have had 4.

[rebusrankin]

I want to see Alexander slice up the Riders, while shouting 6 7 and doing the marbles dance. 

[Stickem]

1 hour ago, rebusrankin said:

I want to see Alexander slice up the Riders, while shouting 6 7 and doing the marbles dance. 

Yeah....it'll be great seeing them get trounced and the sorrow wagon being filled with riders ....In order for this to happen the Als need Alexander to be 100 percent....Didn't like the way he was on the limp against Ham....otherwise they are definitely the superior club

[JuranBoldenRules]

11 hours ago, Pete said:

In a way I think Hamilton/Bo levi fell into the Lawler trap, hes so good the qb focuses in on him and becomes almost one dimensional.  Lawler had more targeted receptions and yards than White, Bridges and Smith combined. Those receivers are too good not to be utilized more

BLM was awful in the 2nd half of this season.

A lot of yards between the 30's and a major struggle to consistently score points.

[Mark H.]

Therein lies the rub:

The Riders will score some points. Oulette and their OL did well in the cold yesterday. The cold weather  version of Harris is good enough to manage the game. There's no doubt the Als D will give them a rough ride. But, if Alexander is out or playing at 50%, logic says the Riders probably win. 

[Goalie]

History says the ALs win I think. 
 

last time these 2 met lapolice was seen throwing a headset in his booth. 
 

Also with Alexander, Als look prettt good. I think top to bottom Montreal is the better team. 

can Harris put up points in the big game tho  can Alexander? If it comes down to kicking gotta give the als the edge there  

With that said I think if we beat the ALs we’d be in the finals. 

Edited yesterday at 12:49 AM by Goalie

[Mark H.]

45 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Also with Alexander, Als look prettt good. I think top to bottom Montreal is the better team. 

Probably without or 50%

[Goalie]

7 hours ago, Mark H. said:

Probably without or 50%

I dunno. Harris seems motivated in Sask. but a healthy Alexander and it’s not close. 

[Mark H.]

3 hours ago, Goalie said:

I dunno. Harris seems motivated in Sask. but a healthy Alexander and it’s not close. 

It's obvious that he isn't healthy.

[blue85gold]

2 hours ago, Mark H. said:

It's obvious that he isn't healthy.

Other than him grabbing his hammy one time, did he look injured? I didn't even notice.

[bigg jay]

1 minute ago, blue85gold said:

Other than him grabbing his hammy one time, did he look injured? I didn't even notice.

Yeah he did his best to hide it but he wasn't moving quite right & the Als had MBT warming up for a good chunk of the 2nd half for a reason.   If that happened early in the game, I doubt he finishes so the question is can he last a full game against the Riders?  You'd have to think they're going to bring a ton of pressure in order to make him move as much as possible.  

[Noeller]

So what's Alexander doing all this week to prepare? Is it just living in the ice bath? There's nothing they can do in terms of medications right? It's not like you can shoot a guy up with all kinds of drugs (a la Dunigan in 1991)...

[johnzo]

On 2025-11-08 at 10:06 PM, Pete said:

In a way I think Hamilton/Bo levi fell into the Lawler trap, hes so good the qb focuses in on him and becomes almost one dimensional.  Lawler had more targeted receptions and yards than White, Bridges and Smith combined. Those receivers are too good not to be utilized more

the pick that BLM threw early in the second quarter that killed a promising Hamilton drive -- he was staring Lawler down all the way.

[rebusrankin]

MBT did have a great game against the Riders earlier this year.

[Mark H.]

3 hours ago, blue85gold said:

Other than him grabbing his hammy one time, did he look injured? I didn't even notice.

The way he was moving did not look right. 

[Goalie]

On 2025-11-08 at 10:05 PM, sportmentary2012 said:

I feel bad for Lawler. Maybe he will come back here next year. 

He signed 2 years. 

[Super Duper Negatron]

2 hours ago, Goalie said:

He signed 2 years. 

And was on a better team. And had an amazing year.

[Goalie]

50 minutes ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

And was on a better team. And had an amazing year.

Is he as amazing if BLM retires.  I’d consider releasing him and putting that cash elsewhere. Receiver aint  the problem in Hamilton. 

Edited 18 hours ago by Goalie

[blue85gold]

16 hours ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

And was on a better team. And had an amazing year.

He had a great year but ultimately won 1 more game than the bombers and is in the same place now.