TrueBlue4ever

I hear you, but at some point at injuries do need to be taken into account to establish an “elite” status. If the Rider receivers all stayed healthy, they could well have 4 1,000 receivers, but they won’t because they can’t stay on the field. That is part of what keeps them from being “elite”, that they aren’t living up to their best potential. I love Demski and had him pegged as the MOC at season’s start, but his durability has held him back a bit. I want to see him actually hit the 1,000 mark more than once before I declare him elite. But I am with you that I would not trade our core for pretty much any other team’s (maybe not even for BC’s) because the potential for greater things is sure there. Not really worth splitting hairs over what is defined as “elite”, we have a great group that is a tremendous overall unit where any one of them can step up when another is being blanketed and possibly neutralized.

Agree with this and most comments on the Rider trio. KSB is solid and if made the feature guy might become elite. Evans needs to stay healthy to get back to star potential, not sure if he’ll get back there. Williams should be better than he has performed given his size and what his ceiling was, but he is such a head care it gets in the way of everything else, and he has been living off his pre-NFL reputation when in reality he has been way sub-par since he got back. The “Nuke Laloosh” of the CFL (“million dollar hands, ten cent brain” - and frankly million dollar is way too generous, he’s worth a few thousand at peak levels). Moore is to me a lesser version of Clarence Denmark, and again injuries have derailed his progress. With the group as a whole it’s like the total is less than the sum of its parts. Not totally sure the current configuration of the Bombers is “elite” right at this moment, but the whole is greater than the sum of its individual parts for sure. Demski and Bailey you’d expect to be pushing 1,000 yards each instead of 500-600 (injuries to Demski do affect that number somewhat) so just looking at that you might think “meh”, but they both step up in clutch situations and do the little things like downfield blocking, getting open for Collaros on broken plays and not quitting, and clearing out routes for others that don’t show up on the stats sheet.

Week 18 update: this week’s playoff clinching scenarios (assuming no ties)- Winnipeg: Clinched a home playoff game. Can clinch 1st in the West with a win AND a BC loss. BC: Clinched a West playoff spot. Can finish no better than 2nd with a loss AND a Winnipeg win. Calgary: Clinched a West playoff spot Can finish no better than 2nd. No clinching scenarios this week. Saskatchewan: Can finish no better than 4th in the West. Can clinch 4th in the West with a win OR an Edmonton loss. Edmonton: Can finish no better than 4th in the West. Will be eliminated from playoff contention with a loss OR a Saskatchewan win. There are no East crossover possibilities. Toronto: Clinched 2nd in the East and a home playoff game. No clinching scenarios this week. Montreal: Clinched 3rd in the East. Can clinch 2nd and a home playoff game with a win OR losses by Hamilton and Ottawa. Hamilton: Can finish no better than 2nd in the East. Can finish no better than 3rd with a loss OR a Montreal win. Ottawa: Can finish no better than 2nd in the East. Can finish no better than 3rd with a loss OR a Montreal win. Will be eliminated from playoff contention with a loss AND a Saskatchewan win.

Always appreciate the effort and the objective view of the game, but was confused by a couple of score typos and the duplicate large swath of dialogue. Didn’t really want to re-live the lousy 3rd quarter twice. You must have written this sober. Remind me to send you an extra bottle of gin this Xmas so you have an emergency back-up on hand for national holiday writing when the LC’s are closed!

Come on. He’s recovering from injury and had a tough game. But he’s far from done. Same complaining around here as it was this season with Liegghio, Brady O, BOLO being no good and we should move on. The lack of patience sometimes borders on the silly, especially for a team that’s 13-2 and should be given some slack and a player who has a proven past track record of success on this team.

Funny that BOLO was one of the “bad roster management waste of a spot” players earlier this year for some on the site. Patience, perseverance, and opportunity has changed that narrative.

Care to revise your statement? 🤣

Anything involving math is a wasted chirp on a Rider.

Curious as to who is leading the “most different correct picks” portion of this battle should they end up tied.

And wave his arms in the air (like the refs don’t care)…….

Hey, hey, hey! Warren Burger was a respected jurist, and he objects to the term “stripper”

Now to clinch the top wildcard spot and a 3 game home series in the first round. Money, money, money.

Ok, maybe I am reading too much in to it. There can be confusion and valid questions. I have outlined the words used that seem over the top to me. I don’t think O’Shea is garbage in this area, and I don’t think Walters is displaying too casual an attitude about fixing it. That’s all. I see the same words you do, seems the loss increased the temperature a lot around here, and I don’t remember it being the hot button topic it is now when we were 12-1, even if there was more quiet concern. I certainly don’t remember this being of any concern last year, as was suggested. But my memory may be selective.

Montreal’s players vote for their captain every year as I understand it. They certainly did in past years. Do any other teams do this, and could this be a route the Jets follow. Pros and cons?

Exactly the point I was making with the doom and gloom about “garbage player management is inexcusable” and “beyond causal attitude”. Seemed over the top, but judging by some comments it feels like there is a segment who feel that loss exposed us for the longtime defensive deficiencies they have been concerned about, even since last year. Their words, not mine.

Open question for the group: Is last week’s loss: (a) just a one off, no need to overreact (b) a sign that the house of cards this team has been is now collapsing I assume there is a middle ground “c” choice (concern there) but again some of the rhetoric seems anything g but moderate. Thoughts? Was this just one bad loss, or have we finally been exposed?

Sure it’s fair to question. But some of the rhetoric like “weak sauce”, “total joke”, “garbage”, “putrid”, “porous”, “piss poor” and “inexcusable” seems a little over the top after one lopsided loss, given the overall success of the team.

The only reasons mayors are two and out though is because they don’t run for a third term. No incumbent has been defeated for 65 years. Murray is the closest thing this election has to an incumbent.

Does it matter? The team lost a game and we all had a bye week to stew. The responses from some are on brand. A win over Sask and this complaint will fall silent. Another loss and the sky will be falling. As predictable as the tides.

Just dropping by to say 12-2 two-time defending Grey Cup champions. Not quite ready to trash the Coach of the Year for his inexcusable piss poor roster management just yet after one road loss, given the injuries to starters, back-ups, and back-ups to back-ups in certain positions so far. Hopelessly naive or too optimistic? Maybe, maybe not, but they are better coaches and GMs on the field than I am behind a keyboard, so who am I to judge?

Supposedly, lots of hotels are “holding rooms” that are not yet booked per a CFL directive, waiting to See what teams advance and what accommodations are required for those teams. It was recommended to get your name on a priority waiting list once rooms open up. The other headache is price, where some Regina hotels jacked up their prices from the normal $130-150/night to $800. I opted to stay in Moose Jaw for a much more reasonable rate. No excessive drinking for me with that commute.

You might want to go easy on the “assholes” references to their faces when you try to scalp tickets from them. Might up the price.

So who would be looking for a netminder? Vegas is in bad shape with both Lehner and Broissoit out, but I can’t see them chasing a minor league back-up/quasi-starter as their emergency go-to.

Grey Cup has sold out. https://3downnation.com/2022/09/28/madhouse-at-mosaic-109th-grey-cup-game-in-regina-has-officially-sold-out/

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