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He got one pass that he whiffed on and it hit him in the face, did he get anything else until the end of the game where he showed more moves than Grigsby has? I can't remember any... So if one drop is enough then what's Grigsbys excuse? Cotton to me is the more elusive back who is better at getting consistent production. That is something that helps. They both faced the same kind of competition in preseason and one looked better. Grigsby is running the same way he did in preseason, let's give cotton a real chance to run and see if we're not a better team for it. It's nothing against Grigsby I just think that Cotton was the most impressive player in preseason and earned that chance. Especially when Grigsby really isn't getting the job done outside those first 2 weeks of the season.

Spending money to improve an inadequate public transportation system is always going to get less scrutiny than spending money on stadiums and arenas, case in point: look at the nonstop *****-fest that went on in Edmonton when Katz was trying to get a new arena built.

Why? I'm guessing because he thinks Cotton is better. Basically. I think Grigsby's hot start was the worst thing to happen to this team because we can't justify sitting him for awhile and he's clearly the inferior back. Do we know whether Cotton is better than Grigsby at blocking? No but based on preseason we can pretty safely say he's a better runner and quite honestly I'd rather a runningback that can get the team in 2nd and short more often so that they don't have to be in the backfield blocking so often. Grigsby is to me is too much like Will Ford was in that he either gets a first down or 2 yards.

not a surprise that woods is on at the expense of cotton but man I still want to see Cotton get some work at rb because I think he was much better than Grigsby in preseason.

well I'd think any team starts to get pretty thin when you're 4 deep on the depth chart.

I disagree... Edmonton has at least shown some signs of weakness. Calgary looks unbeatable. Calgary barely beat Hamilton. Edmonton barely beat Hamilton....

or just take the word of everyone else who remembers the play... Reilly saw the hit coming and bailed out

That's a bit of a shock, if he was willing to sit on the practice roster why didn't we keep him here? He's willing to sit on the practice roster because he got upfront money. And with as insane as Chamblin is being with runningbacks over there he probably figures he's got a chance to get on the roster sooner or later.

Harris

A concussion that happens in a run of the mill tackle or even an incidental kind of thing is one thing, a concussion because a guy gives you the old club across the head in an obviously dirty play is quite another. One you should be able to remove from the game.

Holy **** what the hell did I just see? That's some ****** up **** right there...

Never understood why teams are so reluctant to actually pass to tight ends... seems that if you never look their way for a pass then you're just telling the defense they don't have to bother worrying about them doing anything but blocking.

Which of our receivers do you see as the speed demons who will get the BC defenders into their backpedal immediately? I see our receivers more as possession receivers rather than fly pattern types. JFG has gotten wide open a few times but not because of his speed. I think all of the American receivers we're using right now are fast. Maybe not the pure speed demons but all of Moore, Denmark and Bryant are fast enough to outrun people.

Beating BC is simple, hit Glenn early and often. If he's uncomfortable he ain't good. You let him get into a groove and he can be quite good and having backs like Harris and Logan can make things very balanced. So yeah, bury Glenn a few times it'll take care of itself.

This goes for a lot of places.

That gentleman was an ass kicking... wow.

This really is the problem.

Am I missing something? He most definitely did not play in the game...

Of course we would be. There's nothing wrong with what Reilly did. I'd expect him to get up if he didn't hear a whistle. The point is there should have been a whistle. This is one of those arguments where you're obviously not going to get it, so we'll just leave it at that. Point is there shouldn't have been a whistle because no one touched him. You're the one who's not getting it. If a qb slides and gives himself up they blow the whistle though without the qb needing to be touched....

well look at it this way, let's say the Bombers and Esks game was the last one on the schedule this week instead of the first, "well I missed the first 3 games but I got a chance here, I'll take Grigsby the rbs are always a safe choice" doesn't get you any further ahead right? The odds I don't think change at all, just that you cut out 3/4 of the choices by waiting until the last game.

This isn't about assigning blame, this is about my disagreement with the statement that Willy looked confused. I didn't see a confused qb, I saw an offense that wasn't working.

So I could just wait through each of the first 3 games, and then increase my odds by only having to pick between players from 2 teams each week... If you want to lower your available pool of players. I don't see how it's really an advantage other than you simply have less choice...

was it that he didn't know where to go with the ball or that receivers weren't open? There is a big difference. I listened to the post game comments, I didn't get that he was confused, he just said they did some things differently but that will happen in every game. It looked to me like he knew what he wanted to do, it just wasn't there. Just about everything he threw was a check down, that's not a confused player, that's a guy with no options.

lol here we go. Willy has been exposed. As what? A quarterback who won't go undefeated? I dunno Mike why don't you tell me what you saw from Willy yesterday? Less than average performance from my point of view. I agree with Mike. How has Willy been exposed??? We lost. We got beat by a better team last night. I would LOVE to hear an explanation as to how Willy got exposed and what he should have done differently considering the circumstances. Willy did look confused most of the night but Chris Jones has done that to quarterbacks with way more experience than Willy. The real test is what happens next time these two teams meet up. Confused is not the right word. I don't think Willy was confused, I think that there just wasn't anything there and if there was the Bombers weren't taking advantage of it. Was just a bad combination of guys not performing well and a good defense in town.

That was pretty much the same hit Washington put on the Edmonton receiver...