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I want to apologize to every poster I've ever had a run in with on this site. I just made one comment on the bomber fan Facebook page. Note to the die hards. Stay away from that place. It is infuriating . They make our dysfunctional group here look like true reasonable diplomats

excited to see how his 2023 goes - another great piece from Our Man Tait, as always worth your click...

You're allowed to trade players? Whoa! - O'Day (probably)

Oh, at $240K (the highest for a defensive end) I think you're right that people will expect big sacks and league awards. I think consistently getting QB pressure is a better predictor of sacks than sacks themselves. Sacks are fickle. We credited Orimolade with 10 sacks last season (including playoffs). 8 of those he beat his blocker(s) quickly--'Wins' as we label them. That was 2nd-best in the league. Shawn Lemon had 14 sacks, but we judged only 6 to be Wins. 6 of his were cleaning up someone else's work or Pursuit sacks (ie. QB gets flushed and he chases him a long distance). Wins are the ones I truly care about A huge part of why I would have paid Orimolade he'll be 27 at Grey Cup. The rest of the top-10 in QB pressures average 31 years old this season.

A metric ton

It was at that moment that @Mike had to take a long hard look in the mirror.

Kyle Walter's presser was a pretty good listen. He talked about how the Nationalized American rule didn't really play into how they are building the roster. He mentioned they are going to bring in QBs to compete for the short yardage job. These are going to be a different group than what would be competing to be Zach's backup. https://www.bluebombers.com/2023/02/14/kyle-walters-february-14-2023/ Dammit wrong thread

Simoni and Duke on the same team…. Gonna be fun watching which one quits on the team first.

Man Fajardo’s thin skin has gotten even thinner… the “poor me” dialogue is continuing. Happy I don’t have to support him further.

Operating a professional sports league with financial transparency and accountability...? CFL HQ:

A+ Welcome home, Schoen!

I'm fine with rookies but I really hope that they bring in a whole bunch to training camp. What's a bunch of Defensive Linemen called? A flock? A group? A murder?

Shut up, Terry.

Nice work by Marshall Ferguson here:

FB is a swamp.... Cesspool. The dumbest fans on there.

Moderna will keep its COVID vaccine on the market at no cost to consumers, even after the US government stops paying for it, company says. https://trib.al/NUNRJmi

No argument about the validity of injuries, I’m just saying they’re both starting to develop a history of missing too many games and/or being too beat up at the end of the year, so if we don’t have a well thought out plan B going into this season, it’s really our own fault.

You mean on average 6'3" 275lbs Flesh mountains that are able to bench press 325lbs and squat 500lbs? I am going with "C", A murder of D-Linemen. No, that is what you call a group of dysfunctional, self-deluded, faux-grandiose, wanna-b-gridiron players donned in green and white... More accurately called a "Sad Sack"

So if anyone disagrees with you it’s so called “ yah but” interesting..I guess that’s a full proof way of convincing yourself you’re right all the time.

Shocking that a Pulitzer Prize winning author, George Santos, wants to limit free speech.

Sure would be nifty cool if salaries were shared and we could have site like CapFriendly to get a better insight into where everyone is.

Litre signed in Ottawa this morning.

I am sure he cherishes your support.

Rittich absolutely played brilliant last night. It seems like he's getting a bit better with every start.

That's reality. A higher priority would be the DT position and some backup linebackers and DL - we are going with some older talent in the front 7

Love that Lawler said that if he was coming coming back to Winnipeg it wasn’t about money and more about love for this place and wanting to be here - and if he went somewhere else he would be looking to take all their money 😂

Mike, realistically just who did he have playing in front of Bighill & Wilson stopping the run? We had no pressure from the interior of the DL on opposition qbs nor did we have a true gap run stopper like we did in 2021. Biggie had his pass responsibilities & then had to step up to also stop the run. The guy was gassed & beat up by mid season. We didn't have Steve Richardson to take care of things in 2022. He caused a lot of havoc inside & with Jeffcoat & Jefferson, OLs had real problems blocking all 3. I was hoping we'd address ou r biggest weakness on the team in free agency but we haven't so far. It's no coincidence there was a lot of injuries & sub par play at the linebacker & secondary positions. With no interior pass rush & the ability to stop the run the back end of any defense suffers. Give it a rest. You just suck the life out of this place.

I am sure every players knows or at least there agent knows what every guy is making it’s a small league

We need better play from our DTs and we need health and depth on DE. I agree with all of that. Booch doesn’t realize the compliment he has just been given. RIP I can’t disagree with that.

So... when reading posts on these boards- I almost always attribute voices to the poster, due to style and tone... for example- @TBURGESS posts sound like his avatar, Dwight Shrute. @Wideleft is Sam Elliot in... well any movie. After playing Red Dead redemption 2- I found yours, @Booch- Arthur Morgan...

Most teams have their 2 non-SAM linebackers playing essentially interchangeably these days, so I’ll just use that criteria and say I’d rather have McManus, either Williams (Avery or Jordan), Thurman or Judge over Bighill at this point in time. Feels to me like we’re stuck in the same time warp that makes Hamilton fans think Simoni Lawrence is still good. What I’d really like to see is if we can scout a young one to come in and replace either Kyrie or Bighill. If we have to use the same excuses of “they’re just covering up for injuries” this year when we’re going to trot out the same guys who we’ve been having that problem with for two years, we’re really doing it to ourselves at this point.

When I die, I want someone to dress me up in a Superman (TM) suit and throw me out of a plane over Winnipeg.

A sack?

If I was a Russian official, I'd never take off my wingsuit.

I got rid of everything except LinkedIn so that if I ever get the craving I'm forced to use LinkedIn and the craving very quickly fades

Same with Twitter. I’m a young guy but I got rid of all my social media during the pandemic and couldn’t be happier.

Socialism bad! F Trudeau! Freedom of Speech! No Censorship! Support Hard Working Canadians! Make Canada Great Again! Donate here!

XFL contracts are signed for two years, with the unwritten expectation that the league will fold by the end of year one. lmao

Follow-up on Russia being garbage: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/02/16/analysis/trudeau-resignation-freedom-convoy-russian-proxy-sites

Tell me which of these signs of fascism is not a pillar of the current GOP: Powerful and continuing nationalism Disdain for human rights Identification of enemies as a unifying cause Supremacy of the military Rampant sexism Controlled mass media Obsession with national security Religion and government intertwined Corporate power protected Labor [sic] power suppressed Disdain for intellectuals & the arts Obsession with crime & punishment Rampant cronyism & corruption Fraudulent elections Now, tell which are not part of the current CPC/PPC platform?

Sharing a border with that country is so unsettling at times.

Orimolade made Stanely Bryant look average at times last year

They are not more injury prone per se but injury severity and time loss absolutely go up. With proper care and conditioning of the body a player in his 30's can remain as healthy as a younger player. However, the contact injuries will keep a guy out longer in his 30's as the same injury to a guy in his 20s and wear and tear can worsen the severity of the non contact injuries. However, I might add that the 32 year old bench mark used to be when it was considered time to find replacements ASAP, and that is no longer the case in pro sports. That goal post has moved to around 35 in the last decade due to advanced nutrition and conditioning programs becoming the norm. Of course, you also have positions where age is less of a factor such as OL, and QB. The most dramatic drop off comes in your speed and stamina at your mid 30s. Strength is still there until your late 30's. This is why you see many OL still playing at a high level 35+.

Honestly, with our starting three, and our commitment to Brady and the run game. I'm not sure there's any point (or cap space) in paying anything but league minimum to the rest of the receiving core.

Injuries are just a freak thing and can happen to anyone in football..Agudosi spent a yr biding his time on PR..wasn't hurt....got hurt in T.C last yr...and then shot the lights out when he got on roster, and was felled by a freak...lucky to not be career ending injury....not like he is this "injury prone" guy people seem to think Demski has never played a full yr for us, and that doesn't seem to be an issue...so really I see that as no bearing whatsoever....you play your best guys available, until they get hurt...or someone better steps up and takes a job away.... A body type, and a pure catcher like Agudosi....if u have a way to get hi on the field you do...until he shows he doesnt belong....He has shown enough in 2 yrs worth of practice, and 2 games to warrant that opportunity in the eyes of the coaches. when he first arrived here I talked with Buddy Morris who I have connections with about him (Cardinal S/C coach) said the dude is a beast...a workout machine and is a 110%er....Just like Bailey....said we found a right gem....Didnt stick down there mainly due to numbers and dead money paid to others which couldnt warrent their releases....

Simply having a side thought on something doesn’t automatically make it legitimate and worthy for discussion. It seems absurdness, drivel and lunacy believe they deserve to be at the adult table just cuz freedom of speech. That’s not how (no matter who you are) intelligent discourse works.

Don't think Sayles was the answer ...he definitely wasn't a Richardson...I think we still need a tough nose tackle .....which I believe is still on Walters agenda

Schoen Lawler demski. Woli. Like put random poster in every game, does it Matter? 18 catches all year

My guess is his idea of going for it probably doesn't align with how we see the Jets going for it. 🙂 We should have a Jet emoticon like we do with the Bombers to reply to messages.