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Am I crazy for thinking that the Bombers D has actually faired well against running quarterbacks this year?

Walters has some warts in his recruitment strategy thus far that is pretty clear, and one of the things Mike O'Shea needs to learn is that sometimes you have to make roster changes even if the guys in there aren't ******* things up. Sometimes you have to take those guys out to get your play makers on the roster. Always be looking to upgrade your roster where you can.

Even if Durant is healthy for the playoffs, how effective will he be? Coming in cold with what kind of recovery on his elbow? No I wouldn't count on him coming in to save the day. What I read was that best case scenario he's able to play in the playoffs, but didn't sound like something that was for sure. I also wonder if that best case scenario might not have been a little less optimistic had Sunseri not played like complete ****.

Of course it will, he's got too much popularity for it to not be. The other options are too old and out of the public conscience so Walby will be in easily. I'll tell you right now that Stegall is going to be named the all time receiver as well. That's my bold prediction.

You think they haven't done that already? If there was a chance that he'd be doing more damage by playing they would not let him on the field.

I dunno doesn't seem like much of a payment on Tamans part. Get a pretty decent DE in exchange for trading down a round in 2 drafts, that's a value deal. Not sure why the Riders felt they needed to make that move though, DL wasn't exactly their weak spot.

yeah I just hate when players show that battle level, much rather have a team full of *******.

You don't care that injuries had an effect, you don't care that bad coaches had an impact.. so you're just hating for the sake of hating?Doesn't Clarence Denmark look like a totally different player this year compared to last year? Denmark looked great second half of last year. You know when he improved? After they fired Crowton. Coincidence? Did Matthews even play after they changed coaches?

He does have a pretty good amount of special teams tackles.

You don't care that injuries had an effect, you don't care that bad coaches had an impact.. so you're just hating for the sake of hating? Doesn't Clarence Denmark look like a totally different player this year compared to last year?

He did, but he kept breaking, Willy just doesn't break. He gets hurt, but he stays in the line up.

Drew Willy is indestructible so no matter what Bryant Turner does you can't kill Willy, therefore after a lifetime of trying Turner will simply collapse from exhaustion.

DREW WILLY COULD WRESTLE A BEAR!

are you just being difficult here or what? Willy has proven he's tough. Guy has been playing through pain for a long time. Twice he's banged his hand and played through, he came back from that painful looking ankle injury on Labour day, he is practising again after being questionable with the shoulder. How much more can he prove? He keeps picking himself up and getting back into the game, that's proving it as much as anyone can.

Most jr. teams operate on shoestring budgets so having those star players to market around certainly is something worthwhile. To be perfectly honest I think the biggest change isn't with kids being more ready for the NHL at younger ages than they used to be so much as young players are cheaper options in a cap world than a veteran. Used to be that you never even thought of bringing young players up unless they were truly exceptional talents but now with veterans being more expensive younger players are an option to save cap space.

Which is precisely why he's on his what? 4th team?

That's not something that you'd ever see Dave Ritchie or Cal Murphy discussing. For all we know Ritchie was trying but we didn't understand what the hell he was saying.

Kevin Glenn would sure look good in Blue and Gold right about now. Hamilton is coming on and Collaros is proving to be more effective than Willy. I think we've had enough "what if" threads. It is not a what if. These are cold hard facts. Glenn despite the hiccup against Toronto (no shame in losing to Ricky Ray) is more than a servicable back up who was available and Collaros is looking good since his return. Don't get me wrong I think Willy could be a star once he gets more experience but the fact is we are facing a hot qb on Saturday and before his injury Willy was cooling off. "facts" Willy was still playing fine, but other parts of the team were starting to falter and the level of competition rose in addition to I think a bit of complacence on the Bombers part. Glenn was a non starter, the price was too high when Willy was on board.

for an example of this see any game day thread or chat room.

We don't really know what we have yet with Brohm. I'll go into the game cautiously optimistic. I hope you're considering that we could very well be in position to be tied with BC if we manage to pull this game out. Unfortunately, I fear that Brohm is more similar to Mike Quinn or Tee Martin then any competent backup. Quinn wasn't a terrible qb though... he just screwed himself over when he tried to be a hero rather than listening to the coaches.

and this is true, but it's a win that you quietly take your two points and don't try and thump your chest over... yet here we see rider fans doing their chest thumping and boasting about how good sunseri looked.

"I was raised that way" to me implies that a person knows it's wrong but is trying to justify their actions.

hell if we're taking receiver drops into account then the Riders maybe don't want to get into that because what team drops more passes than Ottawa?

Great rivalry. Hope the Bombers can eventually get to our level Jk, not really. it's better to cheer for a crappy team than cheer for the riders with the rest of the bandwagon jumpers. Enjoy being part of the douchiest fanbase that ever douched.