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Neither has done anything of note at receiver (Nelson 4 career catches in 2 seasons, Grant 2 catches in 1 season), but Grant was huge on special teams (14.4 yard average on punt returns, 3 TDS). If this is about who should be the dedicated returner based on past results, Grant is the easy choice, and Nelson has not offered much of anything at receiver to close that gap. Having said that, it’s a new season and I have no intel on how they are each doing at camp.

Ok, a bit to unpack here. Let’s start at the end with “like I said” - don’t recall you saying that before, I thought your displeasure was tied only to holding THESE games, I assumed due to the COVID risk. And if you stopped at “I am not interested”, fine, to each their own. But when you label the hosting of the Games as “selfish and completely irresponsible” I chuckle at how angry you seem to get over it. So if you have a moral objection to watching the Games at all, which from your questions seems to be the case, that’s fine if that is your stance, I just didn’t know your antipathy was for the whole movement and not just these Games specifically. And I won’t argue that the IOC isn’t a corrupt organization who hide behind the myth of the purity of amateur competition, when of course they are massively crooked. But I can separate the movement from the competition and enjoy the events independent of my feelings for the corporate shenanigans. If your moral compass makes you take that stand, good on you, but are you consistent with your moral outrage when it conflicts with a sport you love more? More on that in a second. To answer your questions, no nations probably shouldn’t run these Games at a massive loss, but they do so what am I going to do about it? I come to watch the events, not balance the budget. And to me, the cost to me of cheering on Canada (be it the cost of my cable bill to watch on TV, or my tax dollars to fund these athletes) isn’t so grievous that I am writing my MP to demand that we stop. And my National pride at seeing us do well is something I have not quantified in dollars and left me feeling short-changed. That’s just me. Could money spent on these Games be better spent on more worthy social causes, sure. But one can argue that one’s time is better spent fighting racial and gender injustice than typing out words on a football fan blog, that spending money on Bomber season tickets should take a back seat to spending that money donating to Cancer research, or that spending tax payer money to build a football stadium should not be allowed when indigenous reserves don’t have road access or clean drinking water in the 21st century. But are you willing to boycott the CFL on those same principles you espouse for the Olympics, or is you moral and ethical outrage selective and only when it suits your interest to be so (a.k.a. You don’t care about those sports so you can kick up a fuss). It may be just as irresponsible to play CFL football while the pandemic continues and we ship in Americans whose vaccine status may be more questionable, but fair to say from the past year that there was tons of objection to the CFL NOT playing last season. Didn’t see the “selfish and totally irresponsible” argument then. So where is the consistency with your high moral ground I would wonder? And i am not agreeing or disagreeing with “geopolitization” as I am not sure what you mean, so please explain to me if you want to, I would seek for information before arguing that point. I may say you are completely right. But it also may not stop me from watching myself. Bottom line, if you aren’t interested in it, sure no problem. But if you need to list reasons of morality to justify your angry boycott and want to claim some high ground because the movement and the money offends you, are you consistent with your dislike and disdain universally and maintain your principles across the board with spending on sports, or just when it is selectively convenient for you because it doesn’t impact your happiness in that specific instance?

Grant was better by a good bit, IMO.

You and TBurg should get a summer home together, lol.

Wildpath wins MBB poster of the week for this effort. Bravo, and many thanks!

So what ever happened to his self-paid “investigation” to prove that the substance was wrongfully put into his energy supplement?

Only one choice for today’s countdown: By the way, if the Bombers went back to the striped sock look I for one would be on board.

Wanted to keep it all Bombers, but strongly considered this for the daily countdown instead of Matthews:

And LaPo won’t hear a word of this nonsense because his Grey Cup rings will be plugging his ears.

TSN and Sportsnet both went out of their way to point out that the Toronto FC match at BMO field last night was the most attended game at a Canadian sporting event since the pandemic arrived last year. Would be nice to blow that number out of the water on August 5 when the CFL returns.

The return to IG Field is this many days away:

Let’s not go inciting riots, Speed.

I have heard Suitor deny that he said “oh no” when asked, says that he uttered “oh my”. Regardless, saying “oh no” infers that he saw the play as a mistake or a bad thing. There was a mistake for sure but it paints the whole play in a negative light rather than as a great play, IMO.

I was at the lake, everyone else had gone to bed, tried the radio feed earlier but the delay to the video feed on the TV was about 6 seconds, so stuck with the TSN broadcast. After the Glenn fumble and the Now-Elks took the lead, wanted Irving’s take on how we lost that game we deserved to win. So I have it on in the background and hear Bob say “he’s got it AND HE’S GONE!” Not totally believing what I heard I locked in to the TV feed not sure how they could pull it off. As soon as I saw the cover zero I imagined the play, but even then was stunned how the corner lowered his head and ran past the tackle. Only other thing I remember to this day is Glen Suitor, despite his own denials on the topic, yelling “Oh no!” As the play unfolded. I defy anyone to tell me he said something different. I don’t blame it on his homerism as much as his shock as a former defensive player that such a gaffe could be made, but either way it sounded bad. And stunningly the Edmonton defence would botch a similar play against the Lions a year or two later against Geroy Simon at game’s end to give one away.

Only reports I have seen on Legghio was couple of Bob Irving tweets.

I thought the picture was a visual representation of how much he pays in taxes each year.

DeMelo is the more attractive player if skill and position is the only factor (according to the stat heads), but with more than a few high priced players available (Price, Quick and Bishop in net, Subban and Giordano on defence, and Voracek, Tarasenko, Duchene and Johansson at forward, and some big ticket FA’s like Landeskog, the Kraken will need some good low contracts to round out the line-up, so Appleton as a middle 6 forward at $900,000 may be more appealing than DeMelo as a top 4 at best, maybe top 6 defenceman at $3,000,000.

Riders say it’s 12. But I have a feeling they counted wrong.

TBurg now has the competition he wanted for Legghio if he sucks.

This is fake news. No way they get to go to heaven. Now, the other place, that’s a different story.

So who amongst our DBs are returning from 2019? Alexander who played safety and corner (half?), Kylie Wilson (Atomic has him at DB on his depth chart although he is listed as a LB), Nick Hallett (who was mostly special teams last season), Nick Taylor, and Grey Cup stud Mike Jones (who is not on the roster on the Blue Bombers website but is in Atomic’s and the CFL site). Did I miss anyone? And who are the other vets we have picked up?