Matt Nichols starts at QB again and Chad Simpson is the starting RB.

Devon Bailey starts in place of Nate Coehorn.

Added on the practice roster is....Shomari Williams ex-Ti-Cat, Stampeder, and Roughrider.

Edmonton's record is 4-1 and BC is 2-3. Easy Edmonton victory? No.

1st 6 weeks

Edm. loses to Toronto BC - bye

Edm bye. BC - loss to Ottawa

Edm beats Ottawa. BC - beats Sask

Edm beats Ottawa. BC - beats Sask

Edm beats Wpg BC - loses Tor

Edm beats Sask. BC - loses Wpg

BC

Khahari Jones added to the team's injured list - Achilles heel (on crutches)

Here's an interesting Twitter quote from their 1st round draft pick (5th overall)

Ese Mrabure-Ajufo ‏@emrabajufo99

They didn't say it was gonna be easy. They didn't say it would be this degrading and humiliating either #ChinUpKiddo

Mrabure-Ajubo was just de-activated and placed on the PR.

Here's how the other 1st rounders have fared so far this year:

Pick Player Team Status

1 OL Alex Mateus Ottawa Backup on 46-man roster

2 OL Sukh Chungh Winnipeg Starter

3 OL Sean McEwen Toronto Did not sign

4 LB Chris Ackie Montreal Backup on 46-man roster

5 ST Ese Mrabure-Ajufo B.C.Practice roster

6 SB Nic Demski Saskatchewan Backup on 46-man roster

7 OL Danny Groulx Edmonton One-game injured list

8 OL Jacob Ruby Montreal Game-day scratch

9 OL Carl Lavoie Calgary Six-game injured list

BC has allowed the lowest sack total........Edmonton has the most sacks in the league -17

Edmonton has 10 different players with 1 sack each, McCoil has 2 and Marcus Howard has 5

(---Edmonton Journal, fan forum, Vancouver Province, Sun, fan forum, CFL.ca)

Another Rod Pedersen prediction goes down the shithole. Mind you this one was close.

I'm not sold on Smith . Weak arm, makes bad decisions, relies on broken plays.

Meh

 

Smith is far better than Brohm...

I'm not sold on Smith . Weak arm, makes bad decisions, relies on broken plays.

Meh

Smith is far better than Brohm...

High bar you've set.

Smith has  actually thrown a touchdown pass.

 

oops, don't want to be negative.

 

 

I'm not sold on Smith . Weak arm, makes bad decisions, relies on broken plays.

Meh

Smith is far better than Brohm...

High bar you've set.

 

 

I didn't set that bar.

 

I was at the stadium when we cheered when Kent Austin got a concussion...  Enjoy it while you can, Winnipeg is where backup QBs and kickers go to die.

 

Willy or bust!

Well there we go.  I picked right.  Big friggen deal seeing as everyone else did as well so it really counts for nothing. 

Smith has a weak arm, looks terrible on those outs to the sideline, they look like a pick waiting to happen (or turn into regular pick 6s). Mobile though.

Smith is a gamer, albeit with a very average arm. Rider back 7 on D....is not very good. The LB crew is just horrible. But the Riders biggest problem may be the multiple mental mistakes and penalties from veteran players

Weird...3 teams this week got 26 points.  2 games had the exact same score.

Horrendous game by both teams.. I felt bad for Smith with all those penalties taking away his early momentum.

Dirty game by both teams, the refs could of called even more. How that first play wasn't a horse collar tackle blows my mind since the ref was right there.

Smith gives them a better chance then Sunseri and is light years better then Brohm.

Harris wasn't that bad, he needed to take more shots down field on a poor rider secondary.

The green should of won tonight... Chaps called a much better game but those penalties yikes!

What is wrong with that female Riders fan continually screeching in the background?

What is wrong with TSN setting their mics? This happens every game. Some stupid fan sits close to the mic & we get the pleasure of having to listen to whatever wingnut wants to get noticed. Why have the TSN broadcasts become so bad??

Horrendous game by both teams.. I felt bad for Smith with all those penalties taking away his early momentum.

Dirty game by both teams, the refs could of called even more. How that first play wasn't a horse collar tackle blows my mind since the ref was right there.

Smith gives them a better chance then Sunseri and is light years better then Brohm.

Harris wasn't that bad, he needed to take more shots down field on a poor rider secondary.

The green should of won tonight... Chaps called a much better game but those penalties yikes!

Lack of discipline is on Chamblin as the HC. He sets the tone on the team so he is responsible. 

24 penalties.....absurd.

 

 

 

Someone should tell Cuthbert & Forde we don't care where Southern Ontario players went to high school & university.

Because mentioning a football player's alma mater is something that is just never done on football broadcasts...

It's all about Southern Ontario. Player after player after player. Who gives a ****.

...their families, friends, classmates, coaches...

 

Good for them. They already know where they play. 

24 penalties.....absurd.

Many of them unnecessary away from the play penalties..

 

Horrendous game by both teams.. I felt bad for Smith with all those penalties taking away his early momentum.

Dirty game by both teams, the refs could of called even more. How that first play wasn't a horse collar tackle blows my mind since the ref was right there.

Smith gives them a better chance then Sunseri and is light years better then Brohm.

Harris wasn't that bad, he needed to take more shots down field on a poor rider secondary.

The green should of won tonight... Chaps called a much better game but those penalties yikes!

Lack of discipline is on Chamblin as the HC. He sets the tone on the team so he is responsible. 

 

Are you calling Milt a liar?

Horrendous game by both teams.. I felt bad for Smith with all those penalties taking away his early momentum.

Dirty game by both teams, the refs could of called even more. How that first play wasn't a horse collar tackle blows my mind since the ref was right there.

Smith gives them a better chance then Sunseri and is light years better then Brohm.

Harris wasn't that bad, he needed to take more shots down field on a poor rider secondary.

The green should of won tonight... Chaps called a much better game but those penalties yikes!

Lack of discipline is on Chamblin as the HC. He sets the tone on the team so he is responsible.

Are you calling Milt a liar?

What'd Milt say?

 

 

 

Horrendous game by both teams.. I felt bad for Smith with all those penalties taking away his early momentum.

Dirty game by both teams, the refs could of called even more. How that first play wasn't a horse collar tackle blows my mind since the ref was right there.

Smith gives them a better chance then Sunseri and is light years better then Brohm.

Harris wasn't that bad, he needed to take more shots down field on a poor rider secondary.

The green should of won tonight... Chaps called a much better game but those penalties yikes!

Lack of discipline is on Chamblin as the HC. He sets the tone on the team so he is responsible.

 

Are you calling Milt a liar?

 

What'd Milt say?

 

Milt said it's on the players. 

Horrendous game by both teams.. I felt bad for Smith with all those penalties taking away his early momentum.

Dirty game by both teams, the refs could of called even more. How that first play wasn't a horse collar tackle blows my mind since the ref was right there.

Smith gives them a better chance then Sunseri and is light years better then Brohm.

Harris wasn't that bad, he needed to take more shots down field on a poor rider secondary.

The green should of won tonight... Chaps called a much better game but those penalties yikes!

Lack of discipline is on Chamblin as the HC. He sets the tone on the team so he is responsible.

Are you calling Milt a liar?

What'd Milt say?

 

Milt said it's on the players.

Who's he kidding? Guys screw up. They play undisciplined football. It's on the coaches to do something about it.

Make Smith sit in the pocket and I think he will struggle.

Toronto missed a lot of tackles on him. I'd guess partly due to playing a game Monday and being fatigued.

Also not a lot of film on him to date.

Close but horrible game.

Riders had 2 TD's and a FG called back due to penalties.

43 accepted penalties for 367 and that doesn't count the 100-150 yards of lost gains.

Smith was OK, better than our 2nd string for sure. Almost 300 yards, but a killer pick 6.

Argo's played bad and still won.

Rider's played well and still lost.

I'm guessing the Riders fan sites are full of the refs cost us the game and if you just take away this or that play we would have won.

Looked like more Rider fans in the stands than Argos fans.

Small sample size, but Brett Smith looked very good for the Roughriders. Riders will be a handful for us down the road.

Close but horrible game.

Riders had 2 TD's and a FG called back due to penalties.

43 accepted penalties for 367 and that doesn't count the 100-150 yards of lost gains.

Smith was OK, better than our 2nd string for sure. Almost 300 yards, but a killer pick 6.

Argo's played bad and still won.

Rider's played well and still lost.

I'm guessing the Riders fan sites are full of the refs cost us the game and if you just take away this or that play we would have won.

Looked like more Rider fans in the stands than Argos fans.

TSN's placement of the microphones.  Putting them in the RC morgue does not do much for the broadcast.

Almost set a record for most penalties last night! Came in second. Brett Smith looks to be a good QB. He is way ahead of Brohm at this point. Would be nice to drag him out of sask to back up Willy.

Scrolling over to RF.com. Some pretty hilarious threads being started.

Smith looks ok outside of the pocket but in it he looks lost and confused. When chaos happens and the play breaks down, he looks good but he does very little from the pocket.