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So, no... that's not the argument. To restate. The Bombers had an average season followed by a great playoff to win the cup. The tougher division argument means we had 1 harder game than Montreal last year. I said IF we hadn't made the trade for Collaros, we'd have lost the first playoff game,, we'd have 1 less regular season win and a poor playoff run. Losing 1 addtional game against Calgary doesn't change the regular season much, but losing the playoff game changes the way we'd think about last season immensly. Therefore it's the playoff wins that make people remember the regular season as being good to great, not the season itself.

If we don't make the trade for Collaros, we don't win the last game and go to 10 wins. (3rd string QB, whose thrown 3 passes in the CFL, starting his first game) We go one and done in the playoffs again because we're forced to start our 3rd string QB in his second start against Regina in Regina. Do you still say we were good start to finish with just a little hiccup in the middle? Of course not. You say we were average with a poor playoff run. Montreal played Hamilton 3 times last year. Hamilton was the best team in the league during the regular season. The other extra game was Ottawa, which was easier than our extra game against either Sask or Calg. I give them 1 easier game than us, which I don't consider a huge advantage. BTW: We lost 4 games to eastern teams last year and 3 to the stronger West. I'm not changing anyone's mind here, but I stick to my point that we were an average regular season team. Above average regular season teams have a home playoff game and good ones come in 1st in their division.

Take issue with the facts if you want. I'm going with the facts, which is they were 4th overall in the regular season and great in the playoffs. We were just 1 win ahead of Montreal. Every teams plays every other team twice plus 2 extra against their own division, so playing in the East simply means 2 games against weaker teams. It's not as big an advantage as Western fans make it out to be.

The win/loss record speaks for itself. All teams went through slumps. All teams had injury issues. Hamilton had to replace their starting QB before we did. They got 1st in the east. Regina had to replace their starting QB before we did. They got 1st in the West. 4th in a 9 team league is pretty much the definition of average.

We had a pretty average season. 3rd in the West. 4th overall. The difference last year is that we had a great playoff run. The east is a weaker division, but that only gets the eastern teams 2 extra games against the weaker teams and you can't exactly call BC a strong team last year.

I don't think you guys are looking at Farjardo objectively at all. He was supposed to be their backup QB. He managed to get them into 1st place in the West. He threw for more than 4300 yards, 18 TD's to 8 picks. That's an objectively great job for a first year starter. Does that make him a top QB? Not in my mind, but if he does it again next year, he's got to be in that conversation.

No freak out because it's December and because the whole freak out thing is just made up by the Kumbaya Crowd in the first place.

It's really hard to compare QB's from different era's, but Reilly, BLM, Flutie, Moon, etc would be great in any era. Some youngsters think that the latest and greatest are the best ever. Some old guys think that no one can touch the heros of their youth. If the old guys played today, they'd have today's coaching and todays offenses. If the current guys played in the past, they'd have that era's level of coaching and that era's offensive schemes.

Yes the players are better today because they have better training and better coaching and better schemes. If the great players of the past had the same training, coaching etc, they'd still be great players in today's game. The same thing goes for today's great QB's if you put them in the past with that level of training etc. The top 2 or 3 QB's of every era would be top QB's in any era. You can't compare stats from different timeframes because the game was different for everyone in different eras.

https://3downnation.com/2020/12/04/the-winnipeg-blue-bombers-2021-potential-free-agent-list/ 3rd down nation shows who is and isn't a free agent on the Bombers. Every team will have an equally long FA list. If a team wants to buy the GC, next year will be a good year to try.

Streveler was a backup CFL QB who got opportunities when we lost our starter. He also had some running plays in the regular offence in the post season. I have no reason to beleive that he'll get the same chances in the NFL as he did in the CFL, especially in his first year. I'll be shocked if he gets more than 10 plays in total this year.

I don't understand why people hate Ambrosie for always looking at the positive side of things and only doing positive news, when they love MOS for doing exactly the same things.

BC's got money. Braley left them money to keep them solvent for a few years.

He was OK, but not great. That's not being shat on. It's an apt description.

Watch the video with some of the guys who were there to get a few laughs. Put a big smile on my face. I'd love to see what was cobbled together cuz I missed that game back in the day.

Sounds like all the right moves on this one for a change.

Getting an extra hour of 2020 is like getting an extra song on a Yoko Ono album. The 'Spanish Flu' pandemic did have mandatory mask use, that's what eventually stopped the 2nd wave. When they lifted the restrictions, the third wave started.

I doubt anyone is buying the Lions right away. Too many questions right now. We don't even know if we'll have a season next year.

I watched the first 2 'Hard Knocks' last night. A huge part of it is how the NFL is handling Covid-19 this year. With all that they are doing, people are still getting sick and games are being postponed. A really interesting show, give it a try.

When they keep raising the SMS in a gate driven league and they're going down in attendance, they have to raise ticket prices.

Your idea is to have a disgruntled GM in charge of a team and to tell him he can take it or leave it? Sounds like a horrible way to do business to me.

1. They need all 9 teams to be committed to playing. 2. The fans in the stands question is impossible to answer right now. Hopefully they'll be a vaccine and some way to verify that fans have been vaccinated. If not, hopefully a spit test you can get the results in minutes while standing in line. If not, then social distancing and reduced number of fans, which will likely kill the gate driven league anyway. 3 & 4. The CFL and the CFLPA will have a hard time coming to any agreement on contract issues. Personally, I don't see any reason to renegotiate the terms if all 9 teams are playing and they can have full stadiums. Otherwise, owners will want to pay less and players will want to make more. 5. It's non issue that will be handled internally. Players will be signed and re-signed. Bonuses will be paid. This years money is already spent and on a different years SMS. 6. Internationals is a who cares too. They should be included in the SMS, but they don't cost much anyway. Bigger question is are they going to even be allowed to travel to Canada and no one can answer that yet.

More info needed. What browser are you using and which OS?

I'm surprised how little football talk there is around here. I kinda hoped we'd all pick an NFL team or two to follow and discuss their games considering there's no CFL this year. Maybe the Streveler's. BTW: Mahomes is the QB, I'd choose.

Any way to compress the amount of white space? I used to see more threads on a screen than I see now.