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No matter what, this was a an entertaining game and I found myself envying both teams' quarterbacks and really, really annoyed at Walters for not breaking the bank to sign Harris when he became available. I can recall the verbal abuse that the Ottawa GM received in this forum when he began to build the RedBlacks, and made fools out of many.

Seems to me that the Argos are under-utilizing Coombs.

In England, getting "knocked up" means getting wakened up in the morning by someone knocking on your door. Nope. That doesn't explain it either.

Isn't he the guy who makes suits?

I wouldn't take her to a dog fight even I thought she had a chance of winning.

I do not like this decision, even if it is necessary. Leggett is too valuable as a defender to risk getting him injured. The defence is suspect as it is with him in place and without him, it would be a whole lot worse.

Loyalty is an admirable trait for a leader, but sooner or later that loyalty has to be repaid with performance or it becomes blind, unreasoning faith.

Muamba's talent was undeniable but his tease-tour of the CFL was low class. However, I could hold my nose if he came back.

Taman didn't invent this salary dodge and it was probably his best/only option for a cash-poor team- Bauer threw nickels around like manhole (sorry, personhole) covers.

Go wash your keyboard out with soap.

Bass has to step up his game. He was almost unnoticeable against Hamilton and we were lucky to not get trampled by a running game. It will be interesting to see if the Esks run right at him immediately. If they can do that, our outside linebackers have to collapse and the secondary will come out of deeper drops. That would make Bowman's mouth water.

And Walby's personality had a lot to do with it as well.

Yup. Berry was a marked man but he didn't help his own cause very much. Kelly has to be one of the worst hires as HC in 'Bomber history- right up there with Reinbold and Zaleski.

I don't think that BC is as good as indicated, and when Collaros is back (almost there), they ought to be no worse than third.

I'm not sure that too many had complete faith in the secondary- too many newbies for that. But, yes, the situation is a bit scary right now with more than one very good receivers in the Esks' lineup.

The Esk running game doesn't concern me, but the thought of Bowman running loose in the current Bomber defensive backfield does.

Everyone has off-days, and if Collins happened to have one on his free-agent tryout, that would put him behind the 8-ball. Our newbie receivers look to have potential but none look like another #85 so far.

Not everyone's cornflakes were unadulterated this morning.

Beware those who lurk under the bridge.

About time.

Reilly does not seem to be as mobile this year as past years, probably out of self-preservation and coaches' instructions, and he is not as effective when he stays put. To beat the Esks, the Bomber front seven will have to be at least as good as they were against Hamilton and the secondary will have to be even better. By no means are the Esks going to be as easy to beat as Hamilton, so the offence will have to step it up even more. The Bomber O-line kept a pretty good Hamilton D-line off Willy for the most part and I am not sure Edmonton's D-line is as good, but their linebackers are better, so they will have to be watched for blitzes. If Bowman gets the ball often, he will shred the Bomber secondary, and the other Edmonton receivers aren't bad either.

It wasn`t that long ago when the Bombers were committing multiple turnovers and getting pulped by the opposition, so it stands to reason that there is little reason for premature celebration. The Esks were taken to the limit by the Riders last night and I take two lessons from that: the Bombers had better get their poop together for that game or else, and the Riders are going to better than expected by most. If the Bombers are to stay out of the basement, they are going to have to earn it.

There`s always the chance of an upset in mismatched games. The Bombers needed Hamilton to commit 6 turnovers to before our team was able to scrape out a narrow victory, so the skeptics can be forgiven if they do not believe that the dark days are over.

In Hall's defence: on paper we ought to have a dynamite front four.

For those who thought that Durant would not rebound: he sure as spit looks good, and that means the Bombers cannot rely on the Riders keeping the Big Blue out of the basement.