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Fogg had a pick in the end zone.

500 yards of offense to 300. We dominated field position for long stretch in first half and struggled to get first downs. Came out of that rut and then couldn’t get more than a first down in the 4th quarter to close. You can’t sit on a lead against a dynamic offense like Edmonton. Maybe against Montreal or BC.

Both coordinators need to think about their instincts...and do the opposite at least half the time. If Richie is itching to send both backers on a blitz, maybe drop 8-9 into coverage. If Lapo wants to run empty backfield on 1st and 10 maybe toss out a tight end and Harris next to the QB.

Consistency is lacking on both sides of the ball and that’s beyond any QB issue.

Lapo runs too much empty backfield with any QB, but it’s worse with a rookie. Why show yourself to be one dimensional? So much easier to defend. Some of his play designs incorporate amazing misdirection that opens up big plays, think the one up the seam to Dressler, but then we can go a whole quarter without seeing any of that and watching our offense go 2 and out repeatedly.

That offensive performance was not very good. D didn’t make a play for a very long stretch, but on the whole did a good job getting off the field when the offense was inconsistent as we knew it would be given the QB situation. Blitzing Bighill and Loffler/JSK on almost every 2nd and medium/long was way too obvious, especially when they line up on the line most of the time too. Leave way too much of the middle open for Reilly. Pass rush was good in general, lots of holds, run game a non factor. Streveler was alright but they need to get a little more creative and make the run more of a factor. Teams are going to be scheming against what they saw. Some good misdirection tonight but lacking that consistent run game. Hated the play calling on the last drive, over a minute, just need a FG attempt, no need to rest the game on Streveler’s arm and reads. Plenty of time under 3 to run and gain first downs, set up that kick or at least bleed the clock.

Already sick of the Thursday Night Football song.

There's 4 DI's for a few years now.

Big storm is coming...I'm just west of the city and it's pretty intense. If this comes close to the stadium I can't see them avoiding a delay.

Hope there's no bullshit lightning delay.

I wondered when I first saw the roster if they might dress 7 OL with Foketi and run some double TE sets with both him and Couture, sit Bryant and Lankford. Guess it depends how crazy they want to go with option stuff. Jake Thomas has also played some tight end in the past.

If he throws about 20 passes we have a good chance to win. If he throws more that means we fell behind early and probably got blown out.

They have enough experience with **** QBs to know that throwing 3 yard passes all night without a run threat isn’t going to get them anywhere.

Ya he is. He’s a place holder.

I might have dressed another DB over Lankford. TBH I’d probably dress Bryant over him. A fresh DL vs Reilly could be huge.

West Calgary 15-3 Edmonton 14-4 Winnipeg 9-9 Saskatchewan 7-11 BC 5-13 East Toronto 10-8 Hamilton 10-8 Ottawa 8-10 Montreal 3-15

TSN needs way less Derek Taylor. Get a coach on the panel/broadcast again.

The DI has to sub in for an American always. If you start more than the minimum of Canadians you have a situation where you have import backups who aren’t DI’s. Those guys can sub in anytime for anyone because for the purpose of the ratio they are essentially American starters.

Konar, linebackers in general.

I think their best chance to win is a strong option type offense with Streveler controlling the clock to give the D a chance to win it. None of these QBs are worth a **** as passers yet.

Ya he’s still developing. Hang time was real inconsistent and he’s sometimes slow to get the ball to his foot. Big leg, needs refining.

Edmonton didn’t develop Reilly and the other guys were playing at a time when the game was completely different. There were actual linebackers. In 20 years Edmonton has developed 1 QB, Ricky Ray. If the Bombers came out Thursday with a bunch of read option kind of stuff more focused on running using Streveler or Bennett they would stun Edmonton. Nobody is ready for that basically playing a 4-2-6 with DB’s for linebackers. Think of what the Bombers did last year to them with Harris and Flanders and multiply it by 100. Stunned.

There's a lot of teams with a bit of a mess at kicker. Saskatchewan and Ottawa for sure, Toronto too.

It's because a quarterback who can't pass from the pocket is the easiest kind of quarterback to defend. A quarterback who can pass from the pocket weaponizes the whole field and all of his teammates. The best scrambling quarterbacks are dangerous because they can pass from the pocket too so they can't simply be defended based on their scrambling, teams have to defend the whole field.

We're going to have DB's on special teams whether Fogg is returning or they are covering kicks.