Arash Madani ‏@ArashMadani  8m8 minutes ago

Per @JDunk12: Esks, Riders talking trade. EDM wants No. 1 pick Josiah St. John AND a first for QB James Franklin. SSK, coherently, declined.

Ed Hervey vs. Chris Jones is going to be a real thing to keep your eye on over the coming weeks and months.

To reach for two first round picks, including No. 1 overall, in return for a back-up QB with a handful of pro starts is... hilarious, really

4 minutes ago, Ripper said:

Except for the part that the Esks had them both and kept Franklin because he was clearly better.

...yeah...

5 hours ago, Bigblue204 said:

trade them nichols for franklin straight up!!!

No, but how about trading Willy for Franklin?  If the Bombers continue on to a 0-6 start under Willy I'm all for ditching him mid-season while he still has some trade value.  Franklin, Masoli, Lulay, Cato...doesn't matter much as it will be a salary dump and a sign that the QB job in Wpg. is once again open for competition.  Whether Nichols, Davis or whoever gets the majority of starts after that won't matter much as the goal will be to start fresh with a better QB in 2017.

Edited June 25, 20169 yr by Throw Long Bannatyne

if Willy goes 0-2 promote either nicholls or davis as #1

I'm not here to defend Drew Willy but he isn't calling the plays and that Oline looks about the same as last year. 5 sacks against. Success off and on with Harris, but yet the Offense kept going away from it. Lapo needs to be a lot better calling the plays. Drew clearly blew some throws to open receivers but the crappy performance is only about 1/3 on him IMO. Lapo and Oline own the rest

First game of the doubleheader tonight was impressive to say the least!  Ottawa wins in OT.

WEEK ONE - CFL POWDER RANKINGS

1 Hamilton

2 Ottawa

3 Montreal

4 BC

5 Edmonton

6 Calgary

7 Winnipeg

8 Toronto

9 -------

Of course Saskatchewan's awesomeness cannot be taken into account yet, but I'm sure they'll break into the top 9 next week...

Edited June 27, 20169 yr by Mr Dee

20 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

WEEK ONE - CFL POWDER RANKINGS

1 Hamilton

2 Ottawa

3 Montreal

4 BC

5 Edmonton

6 Calgary

7 Winnipeg

8 Toronto

9 -------

Of course Saskatchewan's awesomeness cannot be taken into account yet, but I'm sure they'll break into the top 9 next week...

How did we get 7th?!?

5 minutes ago, Bomber_fanaddict said:

How did we get 7th?!?

8 point loss compared to a 20+ point loss I guess. Our QB'S seemed equally inept at times, our defence was better than the Argos. Guess the point spread was the difference ...

38 minutes ago, Bomber_fanaddict said:

How did we get 7th?!?

Because they couldn't place us in 9th. 

CFromhttp://www.oddsshark.com/cfl/power-rankings

Team Name	Rank	Last Week	Change	Power	Schedule	Adjusted Power
Ottawa	1	2	+1	+32.16	0.41	+13.32
Calgary	2	1	-1	+23.16	0.43	+10.04
Hamilton	3	4	+1	+11.99	0.53	+6.34
Edmonton	4	3	-1	+13.34	0.46	+6.10
British Columbia	5	5	-	-2.25	0.53	-1.19
Montreal	6	6	-	-9.69	0.49	-4.71
Toronto	7	7	-	-22.61	0.48	-10.93
Winnipeg	8	9	+1	-22.56	0.53	-11.92
Saskatchewan	9	8	-1	-27.32	0.53	-14.44

FL FOOTBALL - POWER RANK

 

On ‎6‎/‎25‎/‎2016 at 3:18 PM, M.O.A.B. said:

if Willy goes 0-2 promote either nicholls or davis as #1

I would have laughed at this before but I am hard-pressed to determine if Nichols could have been worse on Friday.

On 25/06/2016 at 5:18 PM, M.O.A.B. said:

if Willy goes 0-2 promote either nicholls or davis as #1

I would hope the coaches would replace him before the game is lost. Give Willy a fair chance to get it done but if it's not happening replace but don't wait until it's out of hand.

Looking smart for signing Harris now, is Burris done?

Edited June 29, 20169 yr by IC Khari

Wow on Burris. I feel the need to publicly say I was wrong about Marcel Desjardens.

Will you say the same about Trump if they elect  him and he doesn't start a gay immigrant nuclear war in the first term?

Riders signed St. John finally.......booooooo. Was hoping to see them get ****** a little harder on that situation.

4 hours ago, Noeller said:

Riders signed St. John finally.......booooooo. Was hoping to see them get ****** a little harder on that situation.

Reportedly signed for less than the original offer. Ya, he sure had us over the barrel

On the other hand:

Quote

Multiple CFL sources say the relationship between defensive end Shawn Lemon and the Saskatchewan has gone sour and the club is actively trying to trade the 27-year-old.

Lemon is listed third on the depth chart for Thursday’s season-opener against Toronto and some say he could be scratched from the game day roster. Sources say there is friction between Lemon and the coaching staff led by new vice president of football operations and head coach Chris Jones.

 

Edited June 30, 20169 yr by Fred C Dobbs

10 minutes ago, Fred C Dobbs said:

On the other hand:

Newsome has been better, bottom line. Lemon will still play a lot, heavy rotation is expected.

Bottom line, Lemon is trouble ...

4 minutes ago, IC Khari said:

Bottom line, Lemon is trouble ...

It hasn't been a secret that Jones wanted a committee approach to DE. Lots of rotation and fresh legs. If that doesn't work for Lemon, he won't be here long. I agree he has had problems being a good team mate in the past.

9 hours ago, IC Khari said:

Will you say the same about Trump if they elect  him and he doesn't start a gay immigrant nuclear war in the first term?

LOL too funny!

9 hours ago, Ripper said:

Reportedly signed for less than the original offer. Ya, he sure had us over the barrel

Your original offer was massive according to Lawless. Far more than any other draft pick in this class and possibly the biggest one ever, When guys like Vaillancourt were signed for far less, Jones decided his original offer was way too high and retracted it. That led to the shmozzle you guys had over the past two months. Now he signs a contract more in line with what Chungh and Mateas got last year and you are claiming victory for Jones. Still looks like egg on his face from my perspective.

8 hours ago, Ripper said:

It hasn't been a secret that Jones wanted a committee approach to DE. Lots of rotation and fresh legs. If that doesn't work for Lemon, he won't be here long. I agree he has had problems being a good team mate in the past.

He has been paid 85k already and no one will trade a thing of value for him and do the Riders a favor. You are stuck with a Sour Lemon.

Why is it Jones is having so many problems with players? This past offseason & pre season has been a continuos soap opera. He better start winning because a lot of players will say no thanks to the Riders during free agency because he's developing a bad reputation of screwing guys over. The only way free agents will go there is if they think they'll win a Grey Cup.