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This statement has me puzzled.

Brohm was throwing the ball a lot better last game than he did against BC, and looked way more confident. We obviously need to limit the mistakes, stop extending opponents' drives with penalties. Starting Sears is good as long as he can play smart and play hard within the whistles.

Honestly the biggest underperformance of the season. I predicted Smith was going to do some good things this season.

LaPolice was at least a good OC back in the day. MB was always very average and it hasn't changed one bit.

It's actually a very logical reason, and makes sense when you think about it. Romby has much better breakaway speed. If they can get Moore in more one-on-one match ups then that's a good thing.

I wouldn't be all that concerned with Willy not being able to get the handle on a new system. We're not talking about going from biology to physics. Maybe a long shot, but I still like Lapo and think he is better suited as an active OC. He is one person off the top of my head, of whom being out of coaching for a couple years has probably helped him gain a new perspective on the game and that's intriguing to me.

I may be of the small minority, but I support getting rid of Bellefeuille. I haven't been convinced of his play calling, and he does a poor job of coaching the executional flaws in our game. The whole late game fiasco that happened against Hamilton was horrible. I don't blame him soley for that, but as a coordinator in a situation like that, your QB needs to be prepared. The fact that he prefers to be up in the booth bothers me a bit. Chances are if he was on the field that wouldn't have happened.

Sure sign a 40 year old QB when presumably your starter will be back in a few weeks. Makes perfect sense to me.

Ottawa: 15 PF/game, 25.6 PA/game Winnipeg 23.4 PF/game, 24.9 PA/game Based on the latest trends for each team, I think Ottawa scores less than 15 and Winnipeg scores less than 23. I'd say 20-13 Bombers.

Tough sell really at the this point for me. Offensive weapons and all, their D is still suspect. It's not just Burke, I think it's the level of talent, or lack thereof that is a problem for them.

After this weekend's putrid offensive performances (Edmonton excluded) and probably a record low for total points scored, I decided to look back to last year to check the numbers. This season through Week 14 there have been 57 games played with an average total points scored of 45.6 points/game (average score of 29.2-16.4) Last season through Week 14 there was 52 games played for an average total points scored of 53.4 points (average score of 32.4-21) League wide scoring is down nearly 8 points/game. What's more surprising is when I look at the games themselves they reveal the following: Times one team scored less than 20 points in a game: 2013 - 23 2014 - 44 Times BOTH teams scored less than 20 points in the game: 2013 - 3 2014 - 9 Times the combined score was under 30 points: 2013 - 3 2014 - 11 This season has shown to be more sloppy and inconsistent. Hard to say if it's been because of better defenses or poorer offenses, or a combination of the two. Either way it makes for games that are slower paced and a little more anticlimactic. Simple food for thought.

Renaud: 3 games, 19 punts, 812 yards, 42.7 avg Lirim: 9 games, 65 punts, 2877 yards, 44.2 avg

Do you see it mostly to free up the roster spot, or because Lirim has performed that much better? I'm not sure I see the difference. Can't do it right now, but I would be curious to see some punting stats on Lirim so far.

Looks like the pressure to win has just been cranked up again. A loss with Brohm was expected a loss with Willy is unaccepted. Unaccepted? How is it ever?

Word on the street is Willy's starting.

I'm sure most of us could agree that Lirim has done pretty well in the punting department in relief if Renaud. Hard to fathom that Renaud would have done any better. I do however think that Renaud poses a different kind of threat when it comes to the opportunities that he takes (i.e.: fielding his own punts) Does Renaud crack the lineup again, or have we seen the last of him? I personally am not a fan of having just one kicker on the game day roster handling all kicking duties, but hard to argue with Haj's performance thus far.

Willy starting. Very happy that Sears is finally back in. http://cfl.uploads.mrx.ca/wpg/pdf/depth/2014/Depth095744.pdf

Looks like they have all they need to make the declaration today:

I'm curious to know who the kick-returner nominees will be...

1290 just stated that Willy will be participating in practice today. Will take some throws and see how it feels.

Why am I not surprised the Rider's thread has 11 pages...

What's doesn't seem right exactly? Simple mistake made by creating a second thread and another mod caught it. Seems pretty simple.

Wow, amazing what some people will do. Pretty dumb. How does someone steal from Pinball Clemons? http://ww2.nationalpost.com/m/wp/blog.html?b=sports.nationalpost.com/2014/09/20/toronto-argos-former-player-and-coach-pinball-clemons-has-grey-cup-ring-stolen-during-cfl-game

Has Torri Williams ever learned how to tackle?

rightly so. You don't need 10 wins to make the playoffs, you need to win the right games. Being 1-5 against the west division thus far certainly doesn't get you into a playoff position. That doesn't make any sense considering that we're on track to miss the playoffs at 9-9. Less wins against the East and more against the West and maybe 9-9 would get you in. 9-9 is still 9-9 no matter what way you slice it. No Western team was finishing with under ten wins(aside from maybe us)and that is especially true at this point in the season. Not only that, but its completely unrealistic to think we'd be winning less games against the East and more games against the West. Going something along the lines of 6-2 against the East and 4-6 against the West would be a reasonable figure to make it in. 1-5 against your division rivals just doesn't cut it though. So you knew at the beginning that the West was going to be as dominant as it has been? What else do you know? Of course it's unrealistic to think that we'd win less games against the East than the West, but I am not trying to be realistic, I am trying to prove that winning a different set of games against your division could get you in at 9-9 if all else was the same. If our record was reversed (1-5 against the East and 5-1 against the West) it's still a 6-6 record overall. But the wins for us mean losses for the other Western teams meaning the standings would look much different.