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Yeah it was highly visible. I'm not sure how Micah Johnson didn't get ejected. I think Harris and Johnson were the easiest ones to toss out of that. Johnson really started it by going after Demski and kept getting it going again when it calmed down. No punches but lots of bulldog throws down by the head to a few guys, then piled on Harris toward the end.

The key thing that the two Riders who got booted did that the other 22 guys on the field didn't was to rough a player who wasn't even involved in the altercation. Marino slapped the QB (McGuire) and the other Rider ejected jumped Hardrick from behind then threw bombs at him on the ground. Both McGuire and Hardrick were relative miles away from the actual fracas.

I think a contingency for any secondary injuries is also Bighill dropping to safety.

The most worrisome thing about Nelson is his lack of production vs guys like Bede and Jon Ryan. Half the time they outkick their coverage by about 15 yards so if you catch the ball and just move upfield you've got 10 yards before you're even encountering a tackler. On some of those kicks Nelson goes east-west like he's going to outrun the angle of 10 guys. He needs some coaching, which I'm sure he's getting, and maybe not all that receptive to. But catching the punt is a skill unto itself.

Honestly Nelson's averages aren't bad and he hasn't even really busted one yet. Look around the league, returns are down. I'd be more concerned if our D and O were worse, like yeah in a game like the @TO one you could use a big return as a spark, but on the whole I don't really want to play around throwing guys back there doing it part time not really practicing catching punts or trying it out for the first time in awhile. Ball security is priority, we'll win games with our O and D.

Demski’s issue on returns is ball security. O’Shea tried it and has shied away from it since. Also his role on O probably leads you to not want him to accumulate those hits on returns.

If I'm the Bombers D I'm prepping for more run heavy looks from the Riders and them using two backs, bring Morrow into the offense. There's nothing and no one in their pass game that concerns me. If they come out 5 wide I'm following the same scheme, make Fajardo try to be accurate downfield from the pocket vs the rush.

Harris can make all the throws it's just that he has the confidence to do so about 1/3rd of the games he plays.

Open season on QB's so far. Headshots not being called.

Betts earholed Meier with his facemask and somehow Suitor can't see it.

Buck also ripped out the downfield passing game in the first half. Nothing happened from our O until the 2nd half when we featured it again. With Collaros we aren't going to dink and dunk unless he's on a rollout, it's going to be a mix of medium and downfield passing.

Banks with the crucial drop and lay down on the field like he's shot followed by Ungerer making a catch and beating two defenders to the pilon. Wonder when Hamilton finally moves on from Banks. He doesn't seem to fit the culture Steinauer is building.

But that's exactly why it was a penalty. 1- Late 2- Head contact 3- Facemask grab and twist, actually pulls the QB to the ground by the facemask. That one is called 99 times out of 100.

Which is saying something in a league that still has Matt Nichols and Trevor Harris in it.

Isn’t that Rider roster short one global player?

Rose is a guy who can actually play the nose. You can sort of read into the game plan from the roster. Personally I love having as many DL as possible. DBs can run all day but trying to rely on even 5-6 DL to stay fresh for 4 quarters is tough. I guess they really love Antigha on special teams, but wouldn’t mind another import DB on the roster.

Your memory has blended a lot of eras and lost some facts! That Kerwin Bell BC game was in 99 with Dave Ritchie, Bell never played under Reinebold. Khari Jones came into that game for BC after Damon Allen got hurt and won it.

I'd like to see Stewart come in for Adams if he's banged up and McKnight get more targets downfield. He'll be an important piece if we ever get Collaros on the move, he needs to fill Demski's role. Buck is way too locked into Lawler and Bailey. Williams could get a look on returns, but we have no idea if he can handle punts and that's a big deal, defer to the coaches on that one. Any NFL cut is realistically 4-6 weeks away from practicing and playing, not really realistic this year. Anyone know if Naaman Roosevelt stayed north after the Als cut him?

O opened up downfield passing. Would have had two Lawler TD's if not for replay and drop.

If he has two hands on it and puts it on the turf it's a drop. That's all of Lawler's, 2 tonight, 3 last week. Drops with his hands in open field, drops going down to the turf. Still makes lots of plays, but a lot more out there. I blame the receivers less for the drops in the mid range game because Collaros throws heat and doesn't really put any touch on those balls when he's set in the pocket.

Yeah 4 scores and a midfield FG try. Didn't give up much even with lots of room to improve.

By my count Lawler has dropped 5 in the last two games, Bailey 4 although one would have been a great catch. Adams dropped a TD in Toronto and none tonight but wasn't targeted downfield.

Bighill has no moves either when he ends up rushing off the line, he always just tries to dip the OL and just gets shoved off his line into the pocket and out of the play. If they want to run blitzes they need to run stunts to open up space for the blitzers to have a path into the pocket. But really, just rush 4 and stay on Jefferson's ass to actually rush and not try to be Ray Lewis.

Gauthier is decent in the middle, at least he's going to hit something and finish plays. He's got great closing speed too.

Labbe was gone 3 years before Richie Hall came here. We constantly blitz our LB's on run downs. Doesn't matter who they are. It's kind of an all or nothing strategy and Hall has employed it regularly yes.