Booch

their core next year will be very gutted...and if they choose to bring them all back...if it's possible I hope they do...an aging declining crew who couldn't get it done this year...won't next...I also think that CoFag will level out and be an average QB who will keep them around .500 or slightly better...he is not a game changer by any means Not sure how a fan base calls a season a rebuild when they brought back basically the same team from 2018 starter wise and added a high priced Free Agent pick-up for defense who did squat for them, and an aging high priced free agent running back whom they chose to not use properly...they added big buck guys Ryan..Johnson..Powell and to lesser degree Arceneaux to add to the same starters from previous year...how is that a rebuild??? They were giddy with their abundance of talent...over estimated it slightly and added what they thought were big free agent scores...Their own words were Jefferson was not a loss and were even better with Johnson...not a rebuild...just an old team who fizzled out, and got out coached...

yeah people get too hung up on stats....instead of looking at the whole picture...we have basically shut down 2 teams in the play-offs...with a total defensive effort...not just relying on one guy doing it all....Jefferson's play, and responsibilities in the game plan has opened up things to other players, where the game plan was designed to funnel things, and like mentioned, dictate what we wanted to do...and it has worked

I think this Oshea to T.O thing has grown it's own legs and came from nowhere...and won't happen. He likes it here..has created something really good and am sure would like to really establish a legacy...Sure he played on S. Ont ...so what...only a fool leaves a good thing, to go to a bad situation, and be basically insignificant and an after thought in a poor market

yeah his drop problem seems wayyy over blown...he makes clutch catches when it matters....has for last 3 years He also has removed the knee brace he was wearing for the play-off games as welll as last game of year...and has looked like a different player...was probably still not 100 percent in latter part of the year Also overlooked with Adams is his work in run game...deadly blocker and is always getting his nose in there banging heads...invaluable in the offence we run

Yeah he is 32 in March....and Rider fans were yip yapping about how Harris was old and would be a non-factor...not considering Powell has much more tread taken off his tires over the years in college and pro's..Harris was a part time player for a good 2-3 years prior to be a feature guy

good to see this getting some media light now...was such an obvios intent to injure...P.O.S....NOW imagine if one of our guys did something similar to their Fartado hero and the uproar you would be hearing from that toothless fan base and the media...it would be sickening Same with the horse collar on Adams...we'd still be hearing about it...christ we still hear about the shot Jeffcoat gave to Bridge which had no effect on the outcome of last years WSF whatsoever

he was also benched because really he was hardly utilized....wasn't dropping balls...wasn't playing hard...he was just usually told to sit in the flat..take a dump pass and be expected to beat 3-5 guys before he basically got his feet moving...every sweep he ran was succesfull...was open many times on deep shots where our QB couldn't connect with him....but Collaros has shown he can...you put him in for the Grey Cup...his threat alone to take it to house from anywhere will open things up for others...you have to account for him out there

I hope Lucky somehow gets rostered for the Cup....there is always a guy who comes up in the big game and goes off on that big stage...he is the kind of guy that could on several levels...Seeing as Collaros can utilize Adams and Woli on the edges, and Lawler as well has chemistry with him and is a threat, Demski's re-emergence I think we can swap Bailey and Lucky out again...send him on deep routes and let Collaros nail him deep...if anything he will pull defenders away from harris and the run game

not thast we have to re-visit the MATT hate, but his 2 play-off losses were not on him...how you dont get that is baffling Collaros will earn similar money to what he got this year...he may have to settle for an incentive laden deal but he wont be north of 550k I don't think\ Masolli is coming off an ACL...Not nearly the severe thing to come back from like it was even just 5-7 years ago...he will be fine...A one two punch of him and Strev would suit me just fine and be no worse than what we have had recently, and most likely more dynamic

not to mention 30+ Labatte and Powell...old ass team...with zero depth...window of opportunity waves buh bye

We have averaged only 13.5 points per game given up in play-offs so far..against 2 good teams...on the road...under extreme pressure....can we do it again...I think so...Evan's has been good for sure, but basically a rookie starter and big game..big pressure...possible new looks by Bombers I see him making a a big error...possibly more

Was Jeffcoat...100 percent certain..if wasnt him was Maston

ALSO....Strev has stated in media in his college city, as well as here too I believe that he likes and appreciates the opportunity Canada (Wpg) gave him and is more than happy and focusing on being best QB he can be here and wants a long career in Canada doing so...he won't have that in NFL and truly loves playing in WPG....So if we choose to sign him back here...this is where he will play

Thing with Banks...you disrupt him early, make it tough and rough him up a bit, he goes in pout mode and isn't half the receiver..need to get in his kitchen early and often

Not sure how they scheme the play, and what the option is...I would think if a jet sweep is called...you run it and the blocking and receiver routes are set up to make it succeed..

A jet sweep is basically a called play...too much going on and it's a timing thing generally...you don't read option that play...it's about blocking a speed..you try to be too fancy and you asking for errors...or being stuffed, you want that ball carrier getting it in full stride

Interesting fact...in the last 6 quarters of play-off football this Winnipeg defense has not given up a TD...lets keep that rolling

saving it for the cup...would open things up and most likely catch em off-guard initially

I somewhat agree with seeing this happen...and there could be worse things truth be told..I do tho see a more liberal use of the 1a/1b quarterback situation tho, if not an almost 50/50 use close to it...or rolling more with whoever is producing more, and going with the flow/feel of the game. But Throwing eggs in say an Arbuckle basket is dancing with disaster tho..he showed well for most part, but was also average and showed his inexperience, so a veteran presence in some capacity is required I think, Is it Matt?...who knows...but with him with get continuity, and we know what he can do in this offence..Massoli?..possible but again...will he even be ready and is he really "that" proven of a commodity? Collaros may really grow to like whats going on here, and decide to stay, have a chance to win...or win again (fingers crossed) and resign here..A one two punch with him and Strev would surely keep him more upright over course of the year, and he would be a better mentor for Strev, and also a better QB for Strev to watch and learn to play like...be interesting off-season for sure.....the big variable though I think is Mcguire...My impression is he has the best all-around skill set to really succeed as a QB in Canada...nice mobility (Strev Light almost) an obvious pocket presence he has shown in is pre-season work and in practice and an arm to make all the throws

The last 3 or 4 passes should have been picks...the miss to Arceneaux hit Taylor right in the mitts...was sheilded so he couldn't react in time...Obviously the Moore reception at the 5..Sayles biffed that one...Alexander i the endzone prior to the last one..he could have had that and if he didn't knock it down I htink it was Jones or Sayles behind him that was about to undercut it and get a possible pick, and the goal post one..Moore was standing waiting for the ball..Taylor was right in his pocket moving forward to again...undercut the route..but ala ball didn't get there. Lost in all of this was the series before this on the goaline stand..Hansen saved the TD...Met Powell squarely in the hole..stood him up one on one and kept him out when he was lined up as nose tackle...

deadball

yeah why was he presenting the trophy anyway??

typical Rider fanbase nonesense....that's all that is...further cementing why most people hate that fanbase...fr such stupid comments as that..

any bucking the line there is banning offence...even when commenting on the utter stupidity and falseness of their statements....it's laughable...such thin skinned fan base Tho I perused there today...apparently one of their prominent posters who I guess gets his nuts licked there claim the Rider's are hated because they are very Eskimoesgue like in the Hugh Campbell era and it's because of their continued excellence and dominance..hahahahaa...now that is fricken hilarious..Campbells teams won more cups in a 5 year span than the sad sack Rider's have won in their existence...what a just complete dumb and sad fan base...#1990 hahahahahahaha

So true...a big coaching blunder being the time left in the half there to give up a point...That returner should have been instructed to NOT give up the point, but that obviously slipped past Dickenson's mind in that game...Coaching blunders throughout the game killed them....