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Imo the CFL really misses Chris Cuthbert and Dave Randorf.

On a positive note looks like it may be another sell-out. Looks like there are probably between 1500 and 1000 tickets left.

Milt going into the Manitoba Sports HOF

I think if Lawler is playing Schoen's spot on the field, he absolutely rips the Elks a new ******* and goes off for 200+ yds. Demmer is due for a big game, too. We'd absolutely miss Schoen, but we have enough pieces to beat the Elks if we show up and play like we can.

It's the cfl, you don't show up for the game anyone can beat anyone else.

And given the nature of the mafia, I wouldn’t believe it as a rumour from a reporter or insider. They aren’t leaking that kind of info.

Understandable but look, I’ve been to seven home games this season. We’re 7-0 in those games. I’ve seen the Bombers beat the Lions by nearly 40, the Riders by 45, the ALS by 30 plus, I understand any given Sunday but I’ve seen a lot of good football as bad as posters are saying we’re playing we have the least amount of points given up in the CFL, and were averaging over 32 PPG on offense. That game against Ottawa was the perfect storm of kicking ourselves in the foot and maybe letting off the brakes when we had a lead. I’m going to give us the benefit of the doubt that we’ve learned a lot since a July football game, and that we’re going to come out focused and bring our best against Edmonton to wrap up first.

BA finished game just fine and without issue...if something ailed him after....well who knows....And heard right out of mouths of guys on team Schoen would have continued playing if it was a WF or Grey Cup....or a do or die game.....maybe after actual examination and tests the team now wants him to sit a bit.....things change over course of a week

With the way Parker has gotten his feet under him, and the physical presence he’s added in the secondary, they need to keep him in the lineup. I don’t put a lot of faith in the Schoen talk but he’s taken such a beating this year it wouldn’t surprise me at all if it finally caught up to him. Best case scenario, BC drops their game and we have an opportunity to get people healthy but there’s no way I’m banking on that. Our fate is ours to control .. at this point in the season, that’s all you can ever ask for.

Don't even put that out into the world.

Guess it doesn't matter much for this game but would prefer they give BOLO reps over McCrae. This is a case were they could adjust the ratio to make changes elsewhere but probably won't take advantage of the opportunity.

Where are you hearing this talk from? That would truly be awful if true.

A lot of comments are concerning our receivers...IF Schoen is out that's not great BUT we do have other guys who can get it done....Demski,Woli, Lawler and Rasheed and Bolo (if he gets a shot)....AND then there's the force I don't think the Elks can handle at all, and that comes in the form of a bulldozer named Brady O...When we start rolling the antler guys are going to have their hands full....I don't like their chances at staying with us, with as much as we have on the line ...Take them out early and don't let up....

He's not gonna get that...

I 100% think they could. If Trey Ford gets hot, we have shown we can easily **** the bed against running QBs. I am terrified of having to go into Calgary with first place on the line.

22 when they kept Dalton schoen who has torn the league a new *******? Hard to say Jackson would have been better than that. Regardless of who he's playing with now. Barrington Wade didn't do **** on preseason. That he signed with an NFL team says more about his agent if you ask me. Parker over rose? Interesting take... could have argued Houston, maybe Holm but not Rose. Our best secondary includes Rose in it. Neufeld has been the best OL this year in my opinion. No sure anyone should be taking his place. Again there are a couple spots on the roster we can quibble about but by and large there isn't some grand conspiracy or coaching ineptitude. Lawler is a strange one if you ask me, Lawler got on the roster and did show well... just that lapo likes to waste receivers talents if they're not a demski or weston dressler type. Haba is the only guy on your list who has shown enough to get on the roster. We need to develop some young players sure, and part of that is development time. Inserting haba over some of the vets doesn't make this team any better today.

*could

What I don't see is the upcoming replacements for the main guys like Biggie, the Jeffs, Bryant, Hardrick or Miller beginning to shine. I see future stars developing on other teams across the league here and there, but not so much on the Bombers. The last few years it seems they've mostly brought in foot soldiers and do not have the next gen. of exceptional leaders coming up within the ranks.

Hardrick and Bryant are doing just fine, and no OL is health late in the season. Gray is doing just fine, Kola I agree should be replaced by Eli and that is likely the plan, Neuf probably will retire and open a spot for Eli/Dobson but if he doesn't he is still a pretty good OG. Biggie I agree needs to think retirement. Rose and BA are just fine at the right positions. JJ is a beast. His health has been an issue his entire career but he is one of, if not the best, pure pass rusher in the CFL when he is healthy. Our NI depth does need help, mainly because we have drafted very well and lost players to the NFL. I expect that Walters will address that. So much doom and gloom in your posts.

Hardrick and Bryant haven’t been healthy late in the season since 19. One at worst has to move into guard and we need a younger tackle. Gray and kola haven’t worked out and nuef is past it. Thomas is soo far past it it’s not even funny. Jeffcoat can’t play half a season and is in the top handful of des. Biggie is only situationally effective. He can’t pass rush can’t get off blocks and can’t scrape to the ball. Rose and ba haven’t been the same in a long time either. Willy needs a guy off the other edge and inside who can get consistent pressure. He isn’t a guy who does that him self. He has more time in him and jj has use but not as a top 3 in reps on the dl. in general our ni depth is the worst it’s been since before 19. We have few guys who can contribute any thing to o or d and the teams specialists we’ve been drafting for years have amounted to very little. We have no guy who is the next miller. How many nis do we have at the skill positions that could start in this league?

I've been saying that for a long time, but you know, he's a nice guy and he likes football, and he bought someone a beer once...

OShea said the CFL transactions should show Mitchell signed to a future contract, that is he is signed for next season. I always wondered why Noah was released and not 6 gamed as he was always still in the Bombers' plans.

At this point in the season they'd better not, can't afford to stumble.

Aside from game 1 against Vegas, completely invisible, especially in some of the clips of game 5. Get ****** indeed!

The 4-13 Elks are going to thump the first place team in the West coming off the bye, playing at home; with a chance to clinch the West? Wow we really are spoiled. The negativity lately on a team that’s likely going to win 13/14 games is crazy.

Bryant and Hardrick have been fine...still upper tier of OT in the league and both dont...and wont break the bank....Bryant said if healthy and still having fun he doesn't see himself hanging them up....both are evident this yr so good chance he plays one more....If not we get younger and cheaper with Richmond, and be just fine .Our interior needs to be revamped to allow those 2 to excel....and to be more dominate and aggressive game in and game out. I have zero issues with Neufs game....but salary, and 2 young guys behind him who need to play I see that as one of the departures....Kolo could be kept as depth...but would like to see us develop a new draft pick there. We will be fine with Eli and Dobson on the interior, and Gray is serviceable at guard, and may be heir apparent to Hardrick. WJ and Jeffcoat as well...are not anywhere near past their prime, and both come in cheaper than a lot of other lesser and comparable talent in the league...and don't see it changing next yr...they will take fair but affordable deals here. And next yr a legit rotational end has to be part of the picture.....plain and simple....and With Hansen another yr removed from injury a legit 4 man rotation would do wonders...Inside...we need a true competion there and let the "best" men win it....old boys club and fav's/been here a while guys getting roles should not factor in...Thomas is beyond done and if u watch him tippy toe around out there during plays and have no real purpose more times than not, it almost becomes comical....Bennett, should have to earn a spot...not be gifted one like this yr due to 2 things...1st overall pick...and having nobody else that was brought in...or brought in and kept...Jackson being 32 next yr as well should be gone....has zero upside and offers nothing a Canadian draft pick can't provide....and that DA spot would be valuable....incredibly valuable...his use taking up that spot this yr has been a legit farce all yr....and thats all on Osh Karamoko should have replace Mauro on roster well before Hansen, as he as well has way more use...is a legit defensive talent, and if next yr we can't field a Canadian punter, or allow Castillo to do all 3 jobs so he can get on roster with Hansen and strengthen our over all depth then something again is wrong...That punter is nothing special, was the lesser of the 2 globals we kept, but was on roster due to the coach having a boner for his aussie style crap....big part of our return issues is not playing with a traditional punter....and the game against the Lions last week when he tried to punt us out of trouble from our 5 and couldn't get it barely to mid field was cause enough to look elsewhere...brutal Briggs...can go as well...thanks for the years but aged out ST has no real purpose now...Miller too....hasnt played all yr...higher price tag for soley a ST guy and short yardage/Jumbo package...easy spot to fill....Scmeckle....why?....never gonna be a piece here...so see ya too.....Draft with purpose, not with just ST in mind...which is a fault we have over yrs too....get the best talent...cause the best talent can and wil play teams, and be legit back-ups.....like mentioned our Canadian depth after starters, and a couple back ups is weak We also missed the boat on rostering a Biggie transition....Unless they see Clements as that guy...not sure what they thinking as they did nothing to address his spot and successor and of all our key pieces...he is the one first to falter and need to be replaced...do what you did with DB's to unearth legit studs with the LB group and DT....probably easier to find those gems too we have tho...Thomas...Kolo...Kramdi...Bennett....Briggs....are and have been blocking better and younger talent...to the point in some cases we don't even bring a legit challenger in like I mentioned before...once tc ends up in Canada it's near impossible to prove anything our out work any player who is a coach's favorite, or a guy being shown loyalty to...unless they look at actual skill set/measurables and intangibles.....we suffer from that here more so than most teams...

None of those guys have proven ****... the best of that list is Haba and he is in no way shape or form better than either Jeffcoat or Jefferson at this point in time. Your argument that we need to improve and get younger is valid, your position that we're blocking younger better players is mostly incorrect. Recruitment and drafting has been the issue IMO.

Agreed. I'm not sure I understand the "Buck can't adjust" when we've been a 2nd half team all year. Both O and D.

It’s not hard to follow clear trends. We were the same gong show, and hamilton/mtl haven’t been gong shows on the field in the last while. I should’ve been more clear I was talking about who beat us not the amount. It’s not extreme, look at the 30 front to take him off more.that was the lowest snaps he’s taken in a meaningful game since idk when. An extreme opinion wouldn’t even be that ba, rose, biggie, wj, jj and our starters on ol will never be better than they are today. Because out side of gray, they combine to be about as old as speedflexs’ first bomber game. Lol it wouldn’t even be a big risk to say we haven’t drafted well since 19. Since the 19 draft have we picked a single guy who’s a starter today? A couple guys have started briefly in relief but that total could probably be counted on your fingers an extreme opinion or hot take would be some thing like Zach is shot, bolo/dobson/Eli are trash, lawler is better than schoen etc. not saying those are my opinions but that’s the range. My hot take? Mos won’t play better young guys because of his loyalty and is making us worse for it. Buck can’t adjust and has failed to build a system that progresses and has wrinkles. Hall is too soft to get his guys to tackle or play aggressive even out side of the cushion. We have our heads soo far up our own butts as an organization that we think our culture will keep us contending no matter what and staying on the moral high ground is as important as winning a gc. And that maybe, just maybe, walters is one foot out the door ready to go back to a gig in Ontario.

I would say there is more parity. I certainly wouldn't say the West is weaker. Winnipeg and BC have the same amount of wins as Toronto and Montreal. While playing against each other more times than Toronto has had to face the two other "good" teams. Sask has 6 wins, Hamilton has 8. Calgary has 5, Ottawa has 4. It seems more balanced than ever before. Though it's hard to say without a balanced schedule.

The only thing I've seen about Schoen being done for the year are people online saying "I've heard he's done for the year". Never anyone who could even be called a reporter, never mind an insider.

This year, the West is the weaker division. Montreal & Hamilton have more wins than Regina and Calgary. Ottawa & Edmonton have the same number of wins as each other. I'd like the CFL to go back to every team playing every other team twice with the 2 extra games played against your own division.

This is gonna be an interesting game. Far more so than one would’ve thought even at the mid way point. Heard some 7th hand rumblings about schoen too. I never trust that stuff. And I sure hope it isn’t true. We gotta keep Parker in.

IF BA can't go could Parker be considered at S, he seems to be physical and fast....no idea about the other tangibles.

The thing saving the argos is just how bad their competition will be.... broken down bo Levi Mitchell or the faj himself.... wow what a challenge.

Honestly they need to bring in some new recruits who can push older guys down the lineup. That never happened this past season.

Win and we can rest next week. It’s that simple. No excuses not to come out after the bye and play with a sense of urgency. Hopefully nothing too serious with Schoen and we can give him three weeks to get better. That’s why we brought in a Kenny Lawler so he can step up in a situation like this. Still have a deep receiving core!

The beauty of football.

Regression to that level of toxic culture? You’re right not with this group. To that level of play and missing the play offs? Entirely possible. Some of our old guys are barely keeping it together now. If we stand pat again this coming off season I would expect a big step back to a fringe play off record this time of year. With the amount of hits Zach has taken this year and last the ole crieder fan classic one hit away, will be extremely true of us next year.

I get actual anxiety listening to him.

Hopefully not this dimwit! https://www.vice.com/en/article/zmk75e/ufc-fighter-bryce-mitchell-ripped-his-nutsack-to-shreds-with-a-drill

Bryce Mitchell: Strengths Generally reliable receiver capable of making difficult catches in traffic over the middle or one on one down the sideline. Often used on deep routes, getting separation down the sideline or over the middle on crossing routes by extending his arms rather than pure speed. Strong runner with the ball with enough agility to make defenders miss in the open field. Does not have exceptional straight-line speed but takes advantage of open seams when his quarterback is on target. Good effort and technique as a blocker for his size. Can beat the press with elusiveness or physical contact. Runs crisp routes with sharp cuts. Has the strong hands any NFL wide receiver coach and quarterback would covet. Tracks the deep ball over either shoulder and brings in passes fluidly without breaking stride downfield. He is quicker than fast and lacks elite wheels to simply blow by defenders, but he has good football speed. Weaknesses Hands are good, not great. Will drop some easy balls and sometimes will body catch. Occasionally fails to high point. Inconsistent high-pointing passes. Allows too many throws into his body when facing the quarterback. Comes off the snap high and upright, and doesn't get to top speed quickly. Not sudden or elusive.

Probably to allow him to recover on his own at home. Some guys prefer that.

How about Paul Edmonds when he did the Goldeyes broadcasts. Mind you, announcers need to make baseball sound more exciting.

Isn’t this true for any play by play broadcaster? 😀

hard eyeroll at Dubois comments.... get ******.

Whatever, your team record and Kelly's success is as much a result of the league giving you an incredibly soft schedule as it is from being worthy of it. You are about to find out that a season devoid of adversity tends to lead to lacklustre results in the playoffs.

I have been singing "Don't F- This Up" to the tune of "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen in my head all day today. I have issues.