SpeedFlex27

They will make the playoffs but I wouldn't call them a contender if they keep playing like this.

The poor quality of play in vast empty stadiums. I can't see a lot of fans looking forward to watching. Be interesting to know the ratings after week 2.

Watching the Jets game.

Gott is getting old. JSJ seems like a soft player. Certainly not worth the hype when he sat out.

Poop Johnson made it onto The Late Show With Stephen Colbert last night... Pretty funny stuff.

Collaros will struggle again.

This is a pretty grim thread.

As the season went on Hughes disappeared. That whole DL last year was all about stats & personal bests. I got the impression that winning wasn't important to them as long as they got their sacks. I hope Jefferson checks his ego in the locker room when he plays here next year.

Desjardins was a failure as a GM in Hamilton. When he went to Ottawa we all expected him to fail there as well. But he exceeded expectations for 5 seasons until now when he started dicking around Harris over his signing bonus. He could have signed him for $475,000. That sounds like something the Hamilton Desjardins would have done.

They didn't sign Arceneaux to be used sparingly.

That's the wildcard with that signing. Can Manny's knee stand up to the pounding game in & game out?

Well from looking outside, I'd say no.

No. Walker would have worked with Nichols. Walker would not have worked with the Bomber accountants.

That could mean anything.

Well, it's like a run first offense with Harris. But if a guy like DeVier Posey thinks going to Montreal & that **** show offense is best for his career then more power to him.

If Manny's knee is okay then he'd be a great addition to our offense.

Harris convinced him to go to Edmonton. That's something Walters can't control.

Pretty serious thing he did. You know the inside of the business more than I do but I can see Vince & Hunter coming down hard on him. And was Naomi drinking?

He probably wouldn't take that so why say it? That's like saying Sidney Crosby is seriously on the Jets radar but only if he signs for a million. Wouldn't happen.

I lived in Thompson for a little over a year in 1989-90. I was an Independent Adjuster for Kernaghan Adjusters. I handled claims all over Northern Manitoba based out of Thompson. Went fishing a couple of times on Paint Lake. I remember there used to be a really nice restaurant close to the dock on the lake but can't remember its name.

End of the line for the Uso's? This isn't the first time something like this has happened. He's lucky he wasn't shot

Never will I feel sorry for Rider fans. They sure as hell would never feel sorry for us. Too much water under the bridge to have any sympathy for that fanbase. A perfect Rider season for me is 0-18.

With his familiarity with Bo Levi Mitchell & the Calgary offense I would think he'd sign with the Stamps over us even though he has said he loved the Bomber organization.

He was smoking a lot of nights. He used to play with his glasses & a wristwatch.

There's a reason why kicking percentages were as low as they were back 40-60 years ago. Most kickers played a different position. Rosters were small so there was no room for specialists. All kickers played somewhere. They didn't spend the time needed to perfect their craft. That changed in the late 60's with the Gogolak's in the NFL as well as Ted Gerela (BC Lions) & his brother Roy (Pittsburgh). Teams saw that using kicking specialists helped the bottom line on the field & soon the NFL & CFL expanded their rosters so kicking & punting specialists could play. Colleges began recruiting kickers out of high school. High school players that had strong legs became punters & kickers. Instead of linebackers or receivers. It took a generation for the straight on kicker to become extinct in favour of the soccer style kicker. It also took a generation or 2 for qualified coaches to come along to be able to teach kids the proper kicking techniques. Today we have kickers routinely kicking FG's at an 80-85% clip year in & year out in both Canada & the US. In 1970, Gene Lakusiak was one of our 2 starting cornerbacks. As a corner he was a CFL All Star in 71 & 72 so he was a pretty decent player. The problem was in 1970 he was our kicker. He was good on 14 of 18 converts. He made only 4 of 26 field goals for a percentage of 15.4% which was horrendous. Yes, he actually scored 26 points as pour kicker which was a nightmare that I vividly recall. When Jonas came along in 1971, it was like a Godsend. We went from having the worst kicker in all of pro football to the CFL's leading scorer & the CFL's leading passer!! Jonas actually won us games with his leg. What a concept... Instead of watching Lakusiak blow another winnable game. Imagine having a kicker with a 15.4% accuracy record? And he kept his kicking job game in & game out. The interesting thing was that when Lakusiak was our kicker his play at corner suffered. Once he was free just to concentrate on being a corner his play was vastly different. . It was like the chains holding him back were removed & the pressure gone.