HardCoreBlue

How? Well Wild is injured, so if we cut Kuale then there is at least one defensive formation we can't run. Unlikely Kuale goes anywhere this year. You're better off hoping he gets less snaps once Wild is healthy, or that we go Wild-Kromah for the rest of the year. Given the apparent complexity of the defence, replacing a MLB would not be as simple as it would be in a Greg Marshall 4-3. That's almost plug and play. This requires familiarity. You can cut Kuale easily. Give his spot on the roster to Sears because despite Sears being smaller he does nothing but make plays. Kuale does nothing but take penalties and show up a second late to make a play. Good plan until Sears goes down which history tells us it will be sooner than later. I really like Sears to but not his dependability in being able to play.

It is a statistic. Nothing more. Sometimes it directly reflects what happened in a game, sometimes it does not. Might as well look at a passer rating and try to do play-by-play off of it. Where would you place the importance of establishing a run, i.e, usually one indicator being yards produced? My educated guess and a guess it is, is that usually when a QB throws for over 250/300 yds in a game, the run game has produced as well, say over 80 yds.

Kuale is crapping the bed both with his play and mouth but Labbe was not totally better, great guy I'm sure but very very average skill. He was as equally frustrating to watch but in a much different way than Kuale is.

I would have rather played Lulay. Lulay will never be the same. He'll be lucky if he retains sensation in his arm after so many shoulder surgeries. Wonder if B.C. will go with Glenn or go after someone else. Tebowmania Reborn! This is exactly the reason why they signed Glenn, so they wouldn't be scrambling to sign someone. This is a perfect situation for Glenn. The CFL needs more guys like Lulay and not just from a talent point of view.

I thought Walters handled the interview well. I especially appreciate this line: ' . . .efore you start pointing fingers or worrying about refs or run defence or turnovers -- what can each of us individually do differently or what can we improve on to make our team better?'

The competition at defensive line and receiver was abysmal, arguably two of the easier spots to find players along with running back. I'm fine with giving a pass on finding Canadians, that takes time, but literally no one was found at receiver and one guy was found at DL, a guy who has been pretty marginal. Mack found Jeffers-Harris, Carr, Denmark and Matthews in his first 3 seasons, Hopkins, Turner, Vega, Hall, hell even a guy like Kenny Mainor. I've seen nobody close to any of those guys. Hopefully we start seeing some guys at those two spots that give us some hope for being useful players when we'll be a great team, cause Bryant and Kelly sure won't be those guys, and Greg Peach probably won't be either. Peach's play sure has dropped over the last 4 or 5 games.

From what we saw of him here in Edmonton, not a great and consistent tackler. I don't even think the eskiblows want him back.

Yea, I read that and couldn't help but think "stay classy foley.." Then remembered, he is simply incapable of class.. Or being even noticed during a game this season.. Free unsolicited advice for Mr. Foley. Start planning for your 'after football future' right now. You'll thank me later.

If that's the case, he would have never even considered playing football. I think it's more his body genetics can't keep up with his talent. Sort of like a Jesse Lumsden syndrome.

Yes, hopefully Couture was just going with him because he has the key to the washroom? Or he needs a holder. Upon furher review, that's a great problem to have.

imo, coaches don't get off that easy because of injury as you suggest. Of course it has a tremendous effect but this is where good coaches really do earn their salary. And management who need to build depth.

I think Bryant made it past the cut off and is paid to the end of the year whether he plays or not. Assuming it's true he's playing next game, then his statline in the Banjo Bowl better read 11 rec 125 yds 3 tds. No pressure Romby.

That's football 101. The assumption I'm making is Etch is devising defensive packages to fit with the players he has not trying to fit his existing players into a scheme he believes would work . I would hope this assumption is true..

Good gracious, this is exhausting. The DB did not turn his head in the direction it needed to be, not one bit. Not only did he use his arm to screen, he ran threw the player prior to the ball arriving as the replay clearly shows. This is not borderline PI as some are suggesting. This is not homerism as some are suggesting. This is not running counter to the rule book as some are suggesting. It's PI plain and simple, they should take a still photo, place it in the rule book to provide a visual. Seriously. And yes, if it had been say Randle doing this, Riders are at the one, Ist and Goal.

we see it different. The defender did not turn his head at all. It was pi no question. Screening, illegal contact take your pick. But that didn't lose us the game.

actually I don't think it's unreasonable for fans to expect us make the playoffs. It's a two way street and I would say the winnipeg market has been extremely patient with this team but is predictably very fragile.

One thing you are forgetting here is the intangible. O'Shea keeps saying how much faith he has in his team but when the crunch comes he throws his faith in away. We can't say they would have scored because it never happened but they would not have had the time they got to do it. I don't think your comment was appropriate. This is a forum. How did he throw the faith away? He said to the team, Ok take the lead and defense go win the game. He showed complete trust in his defense to win the game. They failed.it's called interpretation and perspective. One could also see it as "I'm not sure how much faith I have in us getting one yard therefore I chose we kick and rely on our prevent defense" but at the end of the day none of us are in O'Shea head to really know that.

Perfectly put.

That's how you know your football team is some kind of bad, when players turn down that kind of money and prefer to go to Regina. Dressler turned down a higher offer from the Stamps as well. So what's your theory now?Chemistry with Durant, familiar surroundings, good relationship with management, playing with a contender. It's that simple.

Could be Volny's time to shine. Only few times I've seen him in the game he either fumbled or got injured. So let's just say I don't have lots of confidence in Volny. yee of little faith

Messam is playing today. I was at Riders practice yesterday and I expect him to have a big role today. Bit of a strange move inserting Messam over Allen. I hope it backfires on them. To clarify a bit. McHenry is out for the season so Messam is dressing as a full back. Both Allen and Ford are expected to see touches at the Tailback position. All three are dressing. Ok got yea. Messam not that great of a blocker, need to expose that.

Could be Volny's time to shine.

Messam is playing today. I was at Riders practice yesterday and I expect him to have a big role today. Bit of a strange move inserting Messam over Allen. I hope it backfires on them.

My sentiments exactly. We need the win, then we need to bring the broom out and sweep away the banjo bowl?