Floyd

The only thing that's hard to believe is that we didn't try him at Centre earlier.

Well not according to O'Shea, not if they execute and cancel their gaps, their defence should be no more vulnerable than anyone else's, so that only leaves personnel not doing their jobs. Doug Brown would disagree with you on this point. On the post-game show he was quite explicit in pointing out that the players did not stand a chance of stopping the run due to Etch's unbalanced positioning. Prior to the snap the RB just has to look to see which side of the line is loaded and go the other way. Later this season the number of losses attributed to this defect will be tallied and pinned to Etch's behind. Is it 2 and counting, or 3 and counting??? Again, we knew exactly what we were getting with Etch... starts strong, teams figure him out and he re-invents his D late in the season. We've been figured out. I remember reading an endless discussion about this on the Riders forum just after the Bombers hired Etch. Speculation ranged from a players revolt to Etch being reduced to the role of assistant DC. for the playoff games. Riders did well in both seasons he was their DC so it's hard to say if he makes adjustments himself or if he is always reigned in. It'd be nice if he showed a little wisdom in learning from past mistakes but there doesn't seem to be much evidence of that. Banjo Bowl is going to expose him to increased wrath if the D. is exploited in the same method especially if the Bombers lose. Totally agree - if Messam runs over us in the fourth quarter AGAIN, something needs to be done.

Still here! In the early going Willy was spreading the ball around and all of the receivers were looking good, including Kelly. In the last 5 or 6 games Willy has not demonstrated that ability and tends to concentrate on one receiver per game, probably his primary receiver. Therein lies the REAL problem with receivers who have not been productive. Willy seems to be getting half-decent protection from his O-line recently so not sure what is to blame for this change of course. our good friend Bob discusses some aspects of this in the following report. http://www.cfl.ca/article/irving-lots-to-shore-up-for-bombers-ahead-of-banjo-bowl If Willy has time and isn't throwing to receivers that means they ain't getting open, which has been the book on Kelly. Guy isn't good enough to get open consistently. Which is a hell of a thing because when you're 6'5 you're always open, that's how useless he's been. If you recall some of those great catches Kelly made early on he often wasn't open and sometimes in double coverage and he still managed to come up with the ball because Willy placed the ball perfectly. That's why those catches were so amazing. I think early in the season Willy had much better ball placement and I wonder if that first injury to his throwing hand wasn't the turning point for the decrease in throwing yards and accuracy. Romby has been open numerous times and he's not getting the ball either. Again, read Bob Irving's article and come up with a better explanation for the decreased offencive numbers because scapegoating doesn't work. Very similar argument that early season Kelly would have made that TD catch on Labour Day... either way, something is 'off' between Kelly and Willy now.

Bummer - why not? Previous NFL?

Bombers MOP - Drew WIlly MODP - Chris Randle MOC - LH MOOL - Steve Morely MOR - Leggett MOSTP - LH MOP - Adarius Bowman MODP - John Chick MOC - LH MOOL - Brendan Labatte MOR - Leggett MOSTP - LH

I thought about a smartass reply to the baggy pants post... and then I was like, do I really want to scan internet images for men in royal blue tights? My decision has now been vindicated.

If Milo shanks a few tomorrow and Sask's ST continues to underperform, we could pull this off... I do like our OL especially if Knapp stays on the roster as our TE option Bryant and Kelly need to pick up their game, both seem to be running weak routes - Sask could start bringing TBrack a lot if we don't connect deep early Finally a 100 yard game for Kohlert? Knapp will not be on the 44. He's on the reserve together with Cotton. Didn't realize how tight the ratio is...

If Milo shanks a few tomorrow and Sask's ST continues to underperform, we could pull this off... I do like our OL especially if Knapp stays on the roster as our TE option Bryant and Kelly need to pick up their game, both seem to be running weak routes - Sask could start bringing TBrack a lot if we don't connect deep early Finally a 100 yard game for Kohlert?

http://loudwire.com/category/hard-rock-football-league/ Hire the guys that designed these helmets

Well not according to O'Shea, not if they execute and cancel their gaps, their defence should be no more vulnerable than anyone else's, so that only leaves personnel not doing their jobs. Doug Brown would disagree with you on this point. On the post-game show he was quite explicit in pointing out that the players did not stand a chance of stopping the run due to Etch's unbalanced positioning. Prior to the snap the RB just has to look to see which side of the line is loaded and go the other way. Later this season the number of losses attributed to this defect will be tallied and pinned to Etch's behind. Is it 2 and counting, or 3 and counting??? Again, we knew exactly what we were getting with Etch... starts strong, teams figure him out and he re-invents his D late in the season. We've been figured out.

Kromah is going to need a huge game, Bucknor too I expect to see Sherman sent on blitzes early, hopefully Etch does not play his DBs so deep. I think Leggett will be trying hard to spy Dressler. Denmark needs a career game...

Joe Mack loved guys with injury history...

I wonder how this matches up with Sears being in the lineup?

I thought JFG was a great blocker actually... not that I want to start a Stoddard/Hargs thread, ha This does not look like a winning lineup to me... will find out soon enough.

Can't disagree with that. Walker did not play in the second half. Ahh... then it would seem that Desjardins is to blame for thinking that Michael Hayes is CFL worthy.

Was just thinking this, Glenn now has his shot with no one looking over his shoulder. I don't think either will happen, but I highly doubt that Gibson is going anywhere, when Burris is your QB and nobody can hold onto the ball, there's clearly other problems that can't be put on Gibson. As for Buono, I could see it happening, just not sure if it will. I think both are real possibilities... somebody has to take the fall for Frank - Ottawa can't come out and admit that their QB stinks and that their GM was unable to uncover one decent import receiver Either way, getting Chevon Walker four touches in a monsoon is ridiculous.

So does Buono return to the sidelines first or does Gibson get canned?

Burris is just awful!

Killin it? He's talking a lot of crap if you ask me. An 80-0 loss is the same as a 13-12 loss. Give that crap a rest. No I mean killing the 'Schultz is an idiot but I have to pretend I'm interested' look... The panel is particularly terrible tonight as a whole.

Benevides not ready to be head coach...

Schultz nailed that 'southern twang'

The same d line who is dead last in the league for sacks Steinhauer is not playing an aggressive D... I'd still take Bulcke over Cornell and Richardson

With Royal Blue digital camo...

I love it when other panelists get that 'What the hell are you talking about Schultz' look... Milt is killing it right now

Cody Husband is playing OL for BC...? Wow, they are in a worse situation than us...