IC Khari

Cone has dropped his last pass for the Bombers ...

What happened to Drew Willy

Flanders/McDuffbeer > Anderson

Nice drive by Nichols, I'm lovin' Flanders play!

It's preseason, that's my only explanation

Riderfans know their team is going to suck this year, it's ovious to everyone but them it's a giant rebuild, they just don't want to admit it. Durant is their only hope of any semblance of compete this season and as I mentioned in another thread, without a good supporting cast around him and considering the style he plays, and what his most recent injury will actually do to that style, that's iffy. They are building for the future with Jones but that future is a few years from now, and where will they be at QB by then?

Ya, they signed Lemon ...

What is Dressler's injury? I know he's a proven vet and all but it would still have been nice for him and Willy to get some game action in together before the start of the season . Also excited to see the new road whites in game usage as well .

By game four many Riderfans are going to be "tar and feathers" mad at CJ for basically gifting Dressler to us and letting an up and comer like Smith go and replacing them with the average at best crew they have on display now. Why? Well an interesting question came to mind while I was listening to all of this "we'll be OK we've got Durant" talk from riderfans (especially when they saw how crappy their quarterbacking was last year and last night) ... how good Durant is without Dressler? I seem to recall when Weston was trying out with the Chiefs a few years ago their passing game suffered (ie. Darian didn't look like the Darian we were used to seeing). IIRC that's why so many over there were desperate to get him back and Taman signed him to that contract Jones thought was too rich. He's gonna have to prove he can come back and play up to the same level he did in 2013 just for the Riders to maintain some level of competitiveness in the West never mind make the playoffs IMO. He won't have Sheets, Dressler, or Simon on this years squad. Why is that important? Well basically Durant hasn't played very much since then, save 8 or so games in two years and while they were 6 - 2 or something like that without Dressler, I seem to recall the defence was winning a lot of the games that year. He hasn't had to play without a very good supporting receiving core much in his entire career with the Riders either, something I don't think they have this season (at least yet). That's why in my opinion he's a big question mark going into this season for them as well. Check out this article from 2014 when Dressler came back and see if it doesn't seem to point to some of this ... Durant's 2014 stats (without Dressler for the most part) compared to the five prior years: Year Team GP Comp Att Yds Tds Int Avg 2009 SSK 18 339 562 4348 25 21 7.7 2010 SSK 18 391 644 5542 26 22 8.6 2011 SSK 18 299 489 3653 18 14 7.5 2012 SSK 18 313 486 3878 21 12 8.0 2013 SSK 18 325 531 4154 31 12 7.8 2014 SSK 10 138 228 1792 8 5 7.9

Lights are on according to riderfans, now we can see the Riders lose a bit later than we first thought ...

Hope the game gets back on soon, I can't stand watching Jim Popp in a wrinkled suit much longer.

This is a rival fan website, we don't have to be fair

Ya just noticed it on the Twitter feed

Another riderfans rumour, game to start by 10:30 PM.

Too late ... the cows all left the barn.

Rumour on riderfans, they may have to call the game . What a great start to Rider football this season LOL. Keep it up Regina, it's nice that your power grid could suck as much as your team ...

I have a feeling this is going to be a constant lament on riderfans this season LOL.

Wow, it's uncanny how the Riders games always get power blacked out (especially when they are losing ).

They'll be OK with Durant, if Durant decides to take another year off however ...

I was kidding ... but not really

This REALLY looks like the 2015 Riders ... looks like the Riders have more probs than an OT that won't sign

TD BC! This looks like the 2015 Riders LOL ...