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And we already have a park in St. Norbert named after him.

I wasn't aware that knee injuries cause quarterbacks to repeatedly toss the ball to opposing players. The league and coaches need to be alerted.

And in Nichols' case, again and again. Those gaffes in the games against the Riders may have been the worst in two consecutive games by ant QB in Bomber livery I can recall seeing. I do not think they can be ascribed to any physical cause, either.

Sounds like he would not get a sniff from the NFL, but would do well here if he has the ability to adapt to the CFL game. A true dark horse.

Fans have notoriously short memories, so if the team does well out of the gate, all will be forgiven. Nichols does not have to be an all-star but if he repeats his play of this year, it will either of two things: either he needs to be replaced or the rest of the offence will have to play light out to compensate.

I would like to suggest that we have a "Swiss army knife" category for players who played multiple positions very well.

And probably the best into-the-wind punter ever.

I'm 50% sure of that.

As a footnote to Brian Herosian, he and his late wife had a special needs son (Ben) and one of the reasons Brian chose to retire was to look after him. Brian did remarry and have two more kids. One of the reasons I recall him so vividly is that Brian's late wife had the same first name as mine and we had driven that same road a few days before.

If history is any indicator, Nichols will likely be about the same as this year- for better or worse. The only real question is what O'Shea will do about that, if anything.

According to my admittedly porous memory, Herosian was most effective as a safety.

I don't know Jack.

2019 will give O'Shea a fresh start, and it will be up to him to prove that he is not blindly loyal and stubborn to a fault. If he does well, all will be forgiven. If the team stumbles for the same reasons as seasons past, all of the wolves will howl.

And with most of their receivers on the DL, most of us thought the Stamps would be in trouble this season past. It will be interesting to watch how Huffer and Co. deal with this.

On the Bomber neg list, QB Bryan Schor looks interesting. Of all the clubs, two whose QB needs would seem to be the highest (Riders and Alouettes) were very light on those in their lists.

Wasn't the Perrizo signing announced earlier this week?

Ryan is a good, hard-nosed hockey player of whom I can say nothing bad.

Well, his sons have not covered themselves in glory. Ryan was a thorn in the sides of the Jets.

It was a lament. I recall him being a dominant safety until the accident that took his wife. His career was cut short, though.

I'm not sure if this has any relevance here, but a CFO of a sizeable company said that on a $100 million operating budget, and using perfectly acceptable accounting practices, a competent accountant could turn a $3 million profit into a $3 million loss or vice versa.

No one is talking about Brian Herosian.

Dickenson did pretty well with all kinds of receiver injuries, a suspect O-line and a QB who did not have his usual stellar year. Huffer and a heckuva scouting staff have his back.

If there is no reciprocal agreement between the CFL and the AAFL, what would stop a player from jumping mid-season from one to the other?

The world needs all the happy people it can get!

I will leave it to you to puzzle that out.