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Gonna believe that Collaros is gonna show everyone that he's still the man. When playing against top qbs on other teams he seems to step up even more. GO BOMBERS!

our defense is as good as any in the league, And most of the issues people have are on fringe starters. I expect this game will be close and I won't be surprised if Willie is a difference maker

Was hoping we:f be able to add Jenkins, but then its a question of who comes off, we knew it wouldn't be Ayers. Griffen not added for same reason. I dont get Petersen , we could have gone without Ball or Kelly. Overall about what i expected. Have to wonder about the cohesiveness of our offence though. Mitchell nowhere around, now Clercius benched. The lack of faith on Hogan.etc Not concerned with whose listed as starter it changes in game

30 is old now? he's basically the same age as the majority of middle linebackers ie Thurman 30, Mcmanis 31, Awe 31, Sankey 31. Sanots Knox 31. Jones is no Bighill in his prime, but he does have almost double the tackles as the next highest bomber. (also an indicator of the weakness of our dline in making tackles)

so who would you have chosen as allstar lb instead ? In the east Mcmanis didn't play enough. In edm Morgan and ANderson were hurt. And as for research looked at CFL stats, Given whos voting thats gonna be one of the criteria they use to vote .Maybe we'll get a better idea when the players select the allstars. Thurman seems the most consistent mlb but hes not great at making big plays either. None of the mlb's are in the class of outside lbs Pickett and Beverette..

actually had 4 tfl, more than Awe and Sankey, and 3 sacks, both more than any other mlb in the league

not sure what your issue is with Jones. He has the second most tackles in the league and ahead of the next bomber by a mile. The bomber d is in the top 3 against the rush as well. He's also 2nd in the league in total defensive plays

I cant see Demski being ready for this game. Or else it will be the same result as the grey cup ly where our key receivers didnt last the half.

YeAh he could be a good practice qb,as long as we never have to play him, but seriously we need a competent 2 string with starting potential , a short ydge one and a developmental pr qb. Atropolis may fit pr one, but the other 2 need to be added. That is without looking at starting qb Next yrs qb room should be significantly different

Both Elgesma and Ford would be a big upgrade on who we rostered this year. I wouldn't have a problem with either one. With Ford, I wouldn't be surprised to see him go to out east and might be a good fit with Mtrl as Alexander isn't costing them a lot.

thought Vanterpool actually played better than Randolph who was beat badly a few times by Archibald for one

Dinwiddie has another year on his contract and the only way Ottawa could poach him is to offer him a promotion, but Ottawa has stated that Burke will return as gm. I guess they could still do something like make Burke vp and hire Dinwiddie as coach gm .

I agree, they must like what they've seen of the two rookie de's in practice, and allowing Jefferson and Vaughters to rest is good as theyve been overworked this year with us only going with 6 dlinemen vs other teams 9 or 10 for most of the season.

They always list the vets that are on the roster as starters, doesn't mean much in terms of play time in this type of game

J.Hamilton loves to spread rumors to spread controversy about the bombers at inopportune times, Just before we played Hamilton he writes an article about how Lawler was dissed as we didn't talk to him before Mitchell. Likely OSheas/Walter fate will be determined by the playoff game performances

Maybe handing off to Brady more than 3 times in the 2nd half

Collaros may play one series, but can't see him doing more than that mainly because: Why risk him getting hurt, see that done that and it doesn't end well Why give mtrl reps against our first string offence? OShea loves to keep his cards hidden as long as possible

What is very disturbing about Hogan is that he continues to playcall as if we had the offensive line of years gone bye. You can continue to blame the execution but if you are asking players to execute beyond their capability its just delusional. Either change up the players or call different plays. Our pass routes are unimaginative and perform poorly for example instead of sending everyone long and having Zac underthrow them how about having one or two break back towards the qb to help him out? Its frustrating to watch. Every game including the last 2 grey cups, whenever the opposing team seems to stop the run, we all but abandon it and Zac is overwhelmed you d think wed have a gameplan to counter this by now

I think it will be Wheatfall in for Mitchell

yeah but Houston doesn't qualify as a bomber vet as he's only played 2 games for us this year. As far as the depth chart, I think OShea just lists JT as a starter to piss off people on this forum.

how about he missed too many practices this week, and they thought Parker would be better prepared.

Maybe sit out Woods to bring Wheatfall in.

Maybe earlier in the season, but O'Shea has always operated that if you're a vet you've paid your dues and earned some benefits. With a guy like Neufeld no one on the team will doubt his commitment to the team. Every one on the oline plays through a lot even if it's on one leg.

Big deal, ita not like hes gonna miss out on learning a new bunch of new schemes