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Riders And Esks

Do we need a place to talk about it? Yeah it's a couple teams no one gives a damn about but it's still Friday Night Football dammit. 

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would've rather the other game been televised, tbqh

great catch by Gant... thought he was underthrown a bit

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lotta sloppy plays... #PreseasonProblems

messy, preseason-y stuff.

 

pick off a pass that shouldn't have been made... illegal block on the int return... fumble and a TD going back the other way

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and even before the fumble there was an atrocious missed tackle by someone. 

i know that Pederson and the gang on RF are all talking about their stacked team that looks like a who's-who of allstars and how they're going to be playing in a hometown GC like TO and BC...

 

...i'm just not seeing it (not counting tonight, of course, preseason is what it is)... am i missing something?

oh geez... u-g-l-y game

 

and Nichols looks hurt...

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you're missing green coloured glasses. the homers in that province always think their team is the greatest team in existence. 

Sucks for Nichols.. Landing Didn't look too bad .. Might have happened when he planted and contacted the Eskimo defender

Hope Nichols is okay. Never want to see injuries, especially in pre-season.

you're missing green coloured glasses. the homers in that province always think their team is the greatest team in existence. 

 

granted.

 

but: their optimism can't be totally unfounded... am i reading them wrong?

 

eg: average QB, average O-Line, good receivers, good RB... average D-Line that could be good depending on Chick, average LBs, good DBs but young and prone to brainfarts

shame on that defender not batting that away from Smith

the injured guy has to go up a flight of stairs?? wtf Edmonton?!

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granted.

 

but: their optimism can't be totally unfounded... am i reading them wrong?

 

eg: average QB, average O-Line, good receivers, good RB... average D-Line that could be good depending on Chick, average LBs, good DBs but young and prone to brainfarts

But rider fans consider Durant to be a top teir qb, comparable with the Rays and Calvillos and Lulays, they consider their 0-line to be one of the best in the league, they consider their rb one of the best, they consider their d-line, especially with chick one of the best. I don't think you understand just how biased they are... Remember these are the fans that used to crow that Szarka was just as good as Mike Sellers... Hell I remember in about 2003 a rider fan telling me that Nealon Greene was just as good as Khari Jones! 

But rider fans consider Durant to be a top teir qb, comparable with the Rays and Calvillos and Lulays, they consider their 0-line to be one of the best in the league, they consider their rb one of the best, they consider their d-line, especially with chick one of the best. I don't think you understand just how biased they are... Remember these are the fans that used to crow that Szarka was just as good as Mike Sellers... Hell I remember in about 2003 a rider fan telling me that Nealon Greene was just as good as Khari Jones! 

 

i'll give them the Kory Sheets bit... but they're the 3rd from worst at QB...

I am absolutely LOVING how terrible this football game is. Hilarious.

Reilly giftwraps a pick... wasn't pressured at all and he throws up a duck

I am absolutely LOVING how terrible this football game is. Hilarious.

I'll settle for anything at this point .. Offseason way too long ..

both of Milo's misses were wide right and from the right hashmark

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i'll give them the Kory Sheets bit... but they're the 3rd from worst at QB...

Just telling you how they think. One of the things that happens when you go to university in Western Manitoba and then move to Calgary is that you meet a lot of rider fans and learn how they think about that team... it's really something. 

 

and honestly, I think you might be selling Durant short a bit. I have a hard time putting Burris definitively ahead of him, but then again I don't think a lot of Burris and I don't think Durant is THAT far behind Lulay either, just that the Lions are a better team. Hell I even forgot about the stamps... Durant gotta be ahead of those guys cause Tate still has a lot of prove and Glenn is Glenn.

Just telling you how they think. One of the things that happens when you go to university in Western Manitoba and then move to Calgary is that you meet a lot of rider fans and learn how they think about that team... it's really something. 

 

and honestly, I think you might be selling Durant short a bit. I have a hard time putting Burris definitively ahead of him, but then again I don't think a lot of Burris and I don't think Durant is THAT far behind Lulay either, just that the Lions are a better team.

 

i'd like to see what Lulay could do on a weaker team too... but i still think he's one rung below Ray and Calvillo and still getting better. i just don't see anything about Durant that makes me believe he'll ever be better than say, Kevin Glenn with a better body. Burris can (and does) pick a team up and win the game for them... i don't think i've seen Durant do that and i know i've never seen Glenn do it.

Rod Black seems crestfallen that Hurl cut his hair...

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i'd like to see what Lulay could do on a weaker team too... but i still think he's one rung below Ray and Calvillo and still getting better. i just don't see anything about Durant that makes me believe he'll ever be better than say, Kevin Glenn with a better body. Burris can (and does) pick a team up and win the game for them... i don't think i've seen Durant do that and i know i've never seen Glenn do it.

To me the qbs in the CFL go like this currently: Ray, Calvillo, Lulay, Durant, toss up between Tate/Glenn and Burris, Pierce, whoever the esks settle on. Burris can look great, but he's inconsistent and as much of a choker as Glenn is. There's a reason the stamps traded him.

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