mfranc

Durant is totally important. He is a warrior and one of the top two or three qbs in the CFL and there is nobody I would rather have leading the Riders into the playoffs. Why does that mean that Sunseri sucks?

You me like the first pass he threw coming into the BC game that was dropped? Tino is no Darian but he'll do fine with the proper reps. FTR it was a coin toss as to who was better last season between Willy or Sunseri. yeah, you're right. I mean like one pass. If you're going to go into defensive mode and try to spin everything, don't waste your time. We don't drink the Rider kool aid here and whether you want to acknowledge it or not, Sunseri and his handful of pro snaps are a major downgrade from Durant and when defenses are already keying in on your run game because it's your primary source of offense, it's certainly not going to help when the only true decoy you have to that goes down to an injury. Kool Aid? Riders have an impressive o-line, run game and defence? No? Or is that Kool Aid? Tino is a downgrade, obviously. He will have to manage the game and personally I think he is on par with Willy albeit without the snaps to have as much polish yet. If you think he is on par with Drew Willy, you've lost it. You realize you're comparing him to a QB who is on pace for nearly 5000 yards passing, right? A guy with 43 pro throws to his name. Hate to break it to you but Tino Sunseri is nowhere near on the same level as Drew Willy. May he be eventually? Sure. Not today. Not tomorrow. Not this year. Uhm, trying reading closer. I said he is on par with Willy "without the snaps." There is a reason why the Riders didn't even think about attempting to re-sign Willy and his name is Sunseri. There will be bumps, just like you guys are experiencing with Willy and his late game turnovers but I think Tino can play.

Both teams made multiple mistakes in each and every game so what is your point exactly? For F sakes, in the last game alone the Riders fumbled the ball twice on third and short! Add to that a myriad of penalties on the Riders in the first game and a punt return given up for a touchdown in the LDC. It seems that as fans we love remembering the screw-ups that our team made but so quickly and easily dismiss the other team's blunders. I wouldn't call a punt return touchdown a "mistake", that'd be like calling a rushing touchdown allowed a mistake. The other team gets paid to play too. What I'm talking about is fumbles. Interceptions. Plays that swing field position and momentum. You may have won all three and credit is certainly deserved for that but let's be honest for a second ... you didn't win a single game by more than one possession. Your margin of victory in each game was either 5 or 6 points. We turned the ball over seven times in the first game, twice in the second and three times in the third. That's 12 turnovers in 3 games compared to only 3 for Saskatchewan. Your turnover ratio was +9 and you only won by a combined margin of 17 points in 3 games. You don't think turnovers were a BIG factor? Not only that but we had over 100+ yards of penalties the last game. That right there can cost you the game. Kind of like the Riders in the first game at IGF on a short week? No wait, the Riders won anyway. Come on guys, focus on pounding the Lions. Umm...we just view the game, we don't actually get to play. Exactly!

Thank god you aren't the GM. That receiving corps has a real lack of play makers. Too many one dimensional guys. Moore despite the fumbles is a multi faceted receiver and the best guy on the team AINEC. When he's healthy, Moore is the closest thing we have to a possession receiver. 2007 Terrence Edwards style. The fumbles are a problem but not a surprise, he had them in BC too. If we're building around a player for the next few years in our receiving corps, it should be this guy. Moore is an excellent receiver. Hopefully he gets healthy for the long haul.

??? Don't look at me. I always enjoy when the Riders pound teams with their best players in. BTW what has Kevin Glenn ever won? He's a ringless wonder.

You me like the first pass he threw coming into the BC game that was dropped? Tino is no Darian but he'll do fine with the proper reps. FTR it was a coin toss as to who was better last season between Willy or Sunseri. yeah, you're right. I mean like one pass. If you're going to go into defensive mode and try to spin everything, don't waste your time. We don't drink the Rider kool aid here and whether you want to acknowledge it or not, Sunseri and his handful of pro snaps are a major downgrade from Durant and when defenses are already keying in on your run game because it's your primary source of offense, it's certainly not going to help when the only true decoy you have to that goes down to an injury. Kool Aid? Riders have an impressive o-line, run game and defence? No? Or is that Kool Aid? Tino is a downgrade, obviously. He will have to manage the game and personally I think he is on par with Willy albeit without the snaps to have as much polish yet.

Nah. Sunseri is a downgrade but the Riders have a strong team around him. With the offence, o-line, run game and veteran receivers Tino will be okay. The thing is the kid just can't force it too much (see Drew Willy).

He was a good passer in the NCAA. Tino is no Darian but he'll do fine with the proper reps. FTR it was a coin toss as to who was better last season between Willy or Sunseri.

Both teams made multiple mistakes in each and every game so what is your point exactly? For F sakes, in the last game alone the Riders fumbled the ball twice on third and short! Add to that a myriad of penalties on the Riders in the first game and a punt return given up for a touchdown in the LDC. It seems that as fans we love remembering the screw-ups that our team made but so quickly and easily dismiss the other team's blunders. I wouldn't call a punt return touchdown a "mistake", that'd be like calling a rushing touchdown allowed a mistake. The other team gets paid to play too. What I'm talking about is fumbles. Interceptions. Plays that swing field position and momentum. You may have won all three and credit is certainly deserved for that but let's be honest for a second ... you didn't win a single game by more than one possession. Your margin of victory in each game was either 5 or 6 points. We turned the ball over seven times in the first game, twice in the second and three times in the third. That's 12 turnovers in 3 games compared to only 3 for Saskatchewan. Your turnover ratio was +9 and you only won by a combined margin of 17 points in 3 games. You don't think turnovers were a BIG factor? Not only that but we had over 100+ yards of penalties the last game. That right there can cost you the game. Kind of like the Riders in the first game at IGF on a short week? No wait, the Riders won anyway. Come on guys, focus on pounding the Lions.

Both teams made multiple mistakes in each and every game so what is your point exactly? For F sakes, in the last game alone the Riders fumbled the ball twice on third and short! Add to that a myriad of penalties on the Riders in the first game and a punt return given up for a touchdown in the LDC. It seems that as fans we love remembering the screw-ups that our team made but so quickly and easily dismiss the other team's blunders.

I think so as well. But if it is like this for a team next year too, let's home it's the Riders who get screwed. lol...Riders won in IGF on a short week. How soon they forget!

Really? What are you smoking and can I have some?

1. The way teams play with a lead is different from how they play when tied or behind. Special team touchdowns gave the Riders the luxury of not having to force anything (especially key when Durant went down and a young Sunseri stepped in). 2. Willy was fortunate that he didn't throw more interceptions IMO. Most of the catches that were being made were thrown into excellent coverage with the Bomber receivers doing an amazing job with contested catches. When Willy went to the well once too often the Rider secondary made the play. The Rider's defence demonstrated the "bend but don't break" style that so many wanted to attribute to the Bombers in this game. 3. Not sure if you are serious? Calgary looks like the class of the West but based on their o-lines alone the Riders and Stamps are head and shoulders above the rest of the West. That may have shifted with a lengthy Durant injury but Sunseri could do well with reps. Time will tell.

You are completely wrong. Look at where the Riders points came from in both games in Winnipeg. Offence didn't put up enough points in the first game and gave up 2 direct TDs, special teams did the same yesterday. If the O and ST don't hand the Riders points, both games in Winnipeg are easy Bomber wins even with 200 rushing yards against. When a team has a big lead their approach to the game changes. The only number that matters is the final score. But that big lead didn't come from the Riders offense, it came from special teams.... The Bombers won the battle on offense and defense yesterday, they just lost the special teams battle in a very lopsided manner. A win is a win, but when dissecting why a loss was a loss you can delve deeper into it than simply the final score. Let me ask you this, as a Rider fan were you pleased with the way the Riders offense played? Yes. Why? Because they controlled the game on the ground and protected the lead in the second half even while losing their starting QB (who was 8 for 9 passing at that point). but they didn't protect the lead... the lead kept shrinking on them in the 2nd half and the only reason they had the lead to start with was because of the special teams plays... I'll point it out again, the Riders offense twice had chances to make first downs late to take time off the clock and twice they failed to do so giving the Bombers chances to win the game again. The Riders defense did more to keep the lead than the offense did. You are looking at the offense from the standpoint of "we won so it all worked out" which is flawed. You have to ignore the final score to properly look at how things went. The alarm bells will only ring for the RR fanbase when Calgary punts them by a large margin. Of course they will blame it all on DD's injury. Okay. I find it rather amusing that the Bombers lose all three games, get run over in all three games and you still want to find fault with the team that beat the Bombers. When the Rider offence needed to step up in the LDC they did it. The last game? They did an excellent job of controlling the tempo and winning the game after their starting QB went down. The Stamps? I recall the Riders losing 2 out of 3 to them last year and then kicking their arse in their own house on the way to a Grey Cup romp. Regular season is just an audition. Sunseri will do fine (he's looked rather good in limited time so with a week of reps he'll be ready). You guy can focus on the Lions now. For the record, I think the Bombers can mop the floor with them. Cheers.

O'Shea apparently loves the guy. It is very frustrating when for some inexplicable a perfectly capable and logical coach has some strange affinity for a garbage player.

Who dat? Was he any good?

Why are they not at the level of Calgary and Saskatchewan? A few blown calls; a few mistakes; a Winnipeg catch vs Saskatchewan catch; or one less field goal pole in the way and Winnipeg wins those games. If anything I would say they and Saskatchewan are at the same level in respects as all three games came down to less than a minute left before they were decided. Two games came down to the final kick/throw of the game to decide who won them or not. Those happen to all teams and the Riders didn't avoid those pitfalls in any of the three games against Winnipeg. There was blown calls against the Riders, punt return touchdown in the LDC and a lack of discipline in the first game at IGF. Really tough to play "what could've been" unless you are willing to do it for both teams.

Very poor scheduling this year. Over halfway through the season and Calgary, Winnipeg, and Saskatchewan have yet to have a single game amongst the three teams.

Lulay was likely finished after his last injury unfortunately. He looked very tentative against both the Argos and the Riders prior to his first start. Hope he is okay but it doesn't look good.

The reality is that teams that run the ball tend to get less holding calls. Pass protection leads to a lot more holding. FTR the Riders have been called for holding this season more then any other team.

Injuries to star players sucks. These are the guys we want to see playing week in and week out. Hopefully he makes a quick and full recovery.

Personally I think the Bombers are pretty solid team. IMO they are right there with Edmonton and BC but not quite up to the level of Calgary and Saskatchewan. Who knows? Maybe Winnipeg matches up really well against Calgary and beats the living hell out them. I'd sure love to see that!

FTR the Riders have been called for holding more then any other team in the CFL this season. Also, when employing a running game an offensive line is much less likely to hold. Most holding occurs in pass protection. Holding can literally be called on every play and when I watch Chick in isolation against any team he plays he is constantly being held.

You are completely wrong. Look at where the Riders points came from in both games in Winnipeg. Offence didn't put up enough points in the first game and gave up 2 direct TDs, special teams did the same yesterday. If the O and ST don't hand the Riders points, both games in Winnipeg are easy Bomber wins even with 200 rushing yards against. When a team has a big lead their approach to the game changes. The only number that matters is the final score. But that big lead didn't come from the Riders offense, it came from special teams.... The Bombers won the battle on offense and defense yesterday, they just lost the special teams battle in a very lopsided manner. A win is a win, but when dissecting why a loss was a loss you can delve deeper into it than simply the final score. Let me ask you this, as a Rider fan were you pleased with the way the Riders offense played? Yes. Why? Because they controlled the game on the ground and protected the lead in the second half even while losing their starting QB (who was 8 for 9 passing at that point).

Chamblin can pretend he heard the whistle and you can pretend you did too with that supersonic hearing that the tsn announcers didn't even pick up but fact is.. nobody heard the damn whistle so just give it a rest with the same posts after every game crap. It's getting old I heard the whistle. Everyone listening to the TV feed should have heard it too. I was surprised that the TSN guys didn't. Possibly because they were at the stadium and not listening to the TV feed. Chamblin heard the whistle because it was on his side of the field. The crap around here is from the folks who continually complain that the refs are against us. The refs don't have some kind of anti-Bomber agenda. They make mistakes and miss calls on both sides. Calls tends to balance out and some teams are more undisciplined then others at times (the Riders, for example, in the first game at IGF).