johnzo

It seems like Smith is throwing at receivers who are standing still, he's not hitting guys in motion.

Heavy wind + wild Smith = not much of a passing game from either team.

At game speed, I think it looked like Whitaker was bobbling the ball as he went down.

Troy Smith looking like Andre Ware out there .. he hasn't figured out how wide the CFL field is yet....

Weird to see Brandon Whitaker running between the tackles so much -- got so many bad memories of Calvillo feeding him screen passes and swing passes and sweeps that just killed us over the past few years. Smith looks awful, and he got really lucky on that ill-advised wide-side out into the wind.

Been sick at home all week, super happy to have a CFL game to watch as a break from all the Netflix. Stream I'm using, in case anyone needs one: http://nfl-streaming.tv/stream40.html

It's nice to have this settled but ESPN3 is pretty crappy; it's an online service like TSNGo and you can only get it if you've got the right cable TV subscription. Ah well, I suppose I'm signing up for cable TV this year...after a decade of being a cord cutter.

Was the fake punt the coach's call? Or do you think that Renaud has the green light if he sees that the wideout isn't covered at all?

Holy crap, Toronto really loves those over-the-hill receivers.

Maybe they'll bring in Louie Sakoda?

Oh Ryan Dinwiddie why would you go shotgun on 3rd-and-1?

What does a quality control coach do?

Have to say I was rooting for Hall, I liked how he gutted out some tough times in 2013 and was hoping that at least some good would come out of that blighted season. But that said, from what I saw in the pre-season, we have better options at QB. Good luck to him.

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I suspect that it'll be an injury that brings Goossen into the starting lineup. We're not deep enough to just let him stew until he's ready; at some point he'll just be tossed in and we'll see if he sinks or swims.

yup, I horked it up. I blame not being able to do simple arithmetic in my head while posting on my phone on the bus. The extra win will not go to the BB. I feel pretty good about the 5-13 prediction, alas.

Calgary 13-5 -- class of the league, depth at every position, will be fine with either Tate or BLM starting. BC 11-7 -- Kevin Glenn will keep them rolling in cozy pass-friendly B.C. Place. Sask 10-8 -- lost some pieces but I think we saw Durant level up last year and when he's at his best I don't think he has an equal in the league. Edmonton 7-11 -- a year ahead of Winnipeg, but still a pretty bad team. Winnipeg 5-13 -- national part of the roster is super thin and there's no quick fix. Bombers feel years away from being competitive. Hamilton 11-7 -- terrific group of nationals with Laurent and Butler signing on; Austin will bring Collaros along well. Toronto 11-7 -- I dunno, it seems right to put the Argos and the TiCats at equal footing. Montreal 8-10 -- transition year, chaos at OC will set them back but I think that Tom Higgins will get them gelled by the end of the season. He's turned around teams before. Ottawa 4-14 -- who is Hank gonna throw the ball to? This is the weakest collection of receivers I can remember in the CFL.

GODDAMMIT. TSN VOD is the only way I can watch the CFL down here at all. Any Rogers or Bell subscribers out there want to make some easy $$ sharing their account? PM me.

I think mbrg is right here. There were only five Stampeders rushing on that play. Seven guys were on the line, two dropped back. And FFS we had Grigsby in the backfield blocking too, so our protection outnumbered their pass rush 6-5. Look at how #51 was one-on-one with the outside rusher and totally whiffed on him. He wasn't even a speed bump. This is some Boatmanesque ****. Meanwhile on the other side of the line, #60, he's just kinda wandering, lost in space, and then he reaches out and taps the guy opposite him as if to reassure. This looks pretty shameful for the OL here. Maybe you can fault Hall for throwing a ball he shouldn't have thrown, but you can't blame him for playing behind an LT who's more of a matador than a football player.

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I think that if Brohm is the #2, he'll be the least popular guy in Manitoba -- he'll be unjustly standing between Robert Marve and the starting job.

Man, I keep hearing how Aaron Woods is a keeper but I've never seen him do anything in a game to really distinguish himself. What am I missing?

I think we're gonna look like the 2013 Eskimos. Terrible record, only occasionally competitive, but with a promising QB.

I'm impressed by Willy's pocket presence. He seems to move away from danger well and he keeps his eyes downfield and completes passes even when he's under siege. It's been a long time since we've had a QB who could do that at all. I'm thinking we're going to be like Edmonton was last year: pretty awful record but with promising QB play.