Mike

Can't really agree with that. The talent level in Saskatchewan is REALLY low right now.

Clarence Denmark

In the OP it said Picard was sick today.Yes I know. Your point? It's not surprising that with Picard sick they would need another guy snapping the ball and that Neufeld would be that guy. What's with your snarky comments lately Jacquie? I was just stating a fact, that Neufeld was playing centre in practice. It's a notable development, even if Picard was sick. I know you're boycotting me, but I'm still allowed to comment as someone who has to make an effort to keep the peace around here so whether you like it or not, I'm just going to mention that I don't think Jacquie was being snarky at all and I find it very interesting that you'd take offense to her blunt, straightforward response to you seen as how the majority of your posts are crafted the same way.

I've never seen a Grey Cup win, I was 1 year old the last time they won it, so I'm dying for a championship as much as anyone. Maybe I don't know what it's like, but I know what it's like to watch them lose in the finals and it's been painful. That being said, all I can ask for is for them to show progress. They're heading in the right direction and sure, you can isolate a variety of identifiable issues with the team, but no team is perfect. So far through 4 games, we're setting ourselves up well as a team that needs to be taken seriously and a team that, when at full capacity, can win on any given night. Players are getting better - Darvin Adams is slowing starting to fit it, you can see it's starting to click for the new defenders like Westerman and Bass, Willy is completing almost 80% of his passes and our OL is doing a much better job than they were last year. It looks like we're on the rise and that's really all I can ask for. I don't expect to go 20-0. I just expect us to compete and hopefully have the bounces go our way.

It's absolutely insane how you can get away with that type of thing as an independent contractor for a particular type of work on a home, whether it's siding, roofing, framing, whatever but if you're the GC on a full build, the rules and regulations you have to abide by are incredibly strict.

I doubt it. Hamilton is not quite as good as some people think (the last game proved it. It was a comedy of errors and if Hamilton plays that way against Saskatchewan, they're in trouble with how close the Riders' other games have been.). We should have a good shot at them. And we only lost in OT against Toronto and that one should have been a tie game. The only one I'm not so sure about is Edmonton. I think we have 1 or 2 wins in there. One problem. You guys are getting worse, not better.

Aw man, no Swiston. Was hoping he'd get a shot this week, would've worked out well for him.

The way it's trending, Stoudermire is going to be transitioning to receiver. He's going to get some real in-game reps at the spot before long.

So just out of curiosity ... what's your relation to JV?

I disagree... I think the pass is very much in play with Marve... having Willy makes it 2-dimensional: pass or hand-off... Marve makes it 3-dimensional: hand-off, QB run or pass In theory, sure. But in actuality when Marve has come in the overwhelmingly dominant play is QB cut left or right and try to dive between the guard and the tackle. After that has failed 2 or 3 times it has been hand-off to Marshall. Pass is never his first option (which kind of defeats the purpose of calling him a QB). Even his one attempted pass this year in that scenario was out of a run play on a sprint to the corner goal line which got shut off, and the pass itself?.......Yikes! Far too predictable at this point, and has been that way since the start of last season. Not sure if it a play-calling issue (they don't like the pass game down close) or a personnel issue (either the team or Marve doesn't like/trust his passing ability in that situation, or he and they know he'll abandon his progressions and just look to run at first instance), but Marve has consistently shown he is more comfortable with his feet than with his arm at QB in any situation, much less short yardage, where there have been no surprises as to what play is coming. And other teams appear to be catching on this year. I agree that pass isn't the first (or best) option with Marve... but teams have to respect that he can throw... at the very least it should create more options for the D to consider... Not until he starts doing it, they don't.

Tyrell Sutton

Can you imagine if the roles in this case swapped genders?

I see Ladd's deal coming in at something around 6 years, 39 million.

For all this talk about Denmark, he only has 2 more catches than Adams and Adams has had 3 receptions taken away by penalties.

We already burned our exemption on Neufeld, I believe.

You think they would activate Gordon? I think Veltung might make more sense if Adams can't play this week. I don't know why Veltung would make more sense to some folks, Veltung was hardly a consideration at receiver throughout camp and likely wouldn't even be on the roster if not for the fact Stoudermire AND Carlos Anderson both got hurt - meanwhile, Gordon ran with the 1s and 2s almost all camp. Maybe Veltung is a better game performer than practice performer, that definitely does happen with guys now and then, but Gordon still looked impressive and if he and Willy can get some chemistry, he could be dangerous.

Gordon and Collins could play? I like it.

Kito may be getting a call. He's been tearing up the PIT Football league here.

I was actually going to call in to the coaches show last night to ask this question, but life. Hajrullahu is 4 for 7 on converts this year, clipping along at a rate that is nearly unacceptable. I don't know how much they want to tinker with things, seen as how he's perfect on field goals, but at what point does O'Shea make the call to start going for the two point convert on a regular basis? Here's how the touchdowns we've scored breakdown this year. Week 1 - 1st Q - Winnipeg 7 Saskatchewan 0 (convert good) Week 1 - 2nd Q - Winnipeg 14 Saskatchewan 7 (convert good) Week 1 - 3rd Q - Winnipeg 23 Saskatchewan 23 (2 point convert good) Week 1 - 4th Q - Winnipeg 30 Saskatchewan 26 (convert good) Week 2 - 1st Q - Winnipeg 7 Hamilton 3 (convert NO good) Week 2 - 2nd Q - Hamilton 38 Winnipeg 13 (convert NO good) Week 2 - 4th Q - Hamilton 49 Winnipeg 26 (2 point convert good) Week 3 - 2nd Q - Winnipeg 12 Montreal 3 (convert NO good) Week 3 - 2nd Q - Winnipeg 19 Montreal 10 (convert good) I understand why in some cases (all 3 converts in the SSK game) you would go for the single point. But Lirim is 1 for 4 since then and in nearly every situation, you could've argued it was reasonable to go for the 2 point convert. Let's say we average 3 touchdowns a game (our current average) over the span of the year going forward. Even if we generously boost Lirim's conversion percentage from his current 57% to a fairly level 75% going forward, that would give him a total of 34/45 on single point converts going forward for the rest of the year. If that is the case, all we would need to do is see a 40% conversion rate of the 2 point convert (18/45) for us to actually end up coming out ahead. Obviously this ignores the situational nature of some of those converts and I wouldn't expect O'Shea to not manage the game properly, but with the combination of Cam Marshall and Robert Marve looking so smooth in the 2 point conversion set they've been working, how bad does Lirim have to get before O'Shea elects to go for the 2 on a more regular basis? If he made the commitment to go for 2 every time EXCEPT for when it absolutely made sense to go for 1 (to give a 4 point lead late in a game, etc) I don't think I would be opposed to it ...

That's a lot of moves for a team that is coming off a win.

Hope Swiston does well, I'm rooting for him, he'll get the shot he deserves. Hopefully he goes through some growing pains.

Walters has found a decent list of players, I'd say. Cotton, Marshall, Leggett, Johnson, Adams, Bass, Veltung, Daniels, Marve, Fraser ... all great to decent additions by Walters, but his glaring weakness is that he can't seem to find any receivers, middle linebackers or pass rushers.

The illegal block/holding on punts is among the worst. Calling a minor hold while the ball was in the air 40 yards away from where a guy fielded a return and ran directly out of bounds is nonsense.

Funny because I remember you saying the exact opposite when people used this argument in favor of the Bombers in the year they went 4-14 before going to the Grey Cup the next year.

At least Bass is improving. Hurl makes me want to ...