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I feel a little better now that Ottawa has the biggest blow out loss of the season... but the score doesn't look as bad starting with a 46 instead of a 52...

I think Peach was signed by Walters.. after Mack was fired

Sequence of events... 1. Willy gets hit 2. leaves the game with suspected concussion 3. goes through concussion protocol... passes all tests 4. is examined by team of doctors... including the aforementioned Dr MacDonald 5. Rests the weekend... no symptoms occur 6. practices for 3 days... no symptoms occur 7. Has now had 7 days off since the hit... with no symptoms 8. Starts game tomorrow night Am I missing the reason why he shouldn't be playing??

Knowing Kevin Glenn, I have absolutely no faith that we actually win in 2007 with him at the helm. Revisionist history. I remember the 2007 season clearly, and if Glenn doesn't have his arm broken, we kill the Riders with our defense alone. Hell, they came within 4 points of winning the damn thing with Dinwiddie, and that included an "interception" that actually skipped off the turf and wasn't overturned because no replay yet... Could have .. should have .. would have .. doesn't matter. "Close" only counts with horseshoes and hand grenades. I believe the point is "close with our backup qb making his first ever start when he had 4 turnovers on rookie mistakes" Obviously they didn't win, but they were missing a pretty significant piece in that game I think I still lay awake at night every now and then thinking about the 2001 and 2007 Grey Cups...

Irving isn't even doing things the way he was last year at this point. His level of coverage has dropped off significantly. Bob is still great at PBP (IMO)... but as far as reporting, I think he has basically packed it in...

Has it been reported he was unconscious and concussed? No... except by all the concussion experts on social media and this forum

Probably for the same reason there are any supplemental drafts at all - a guy wants to get a job in the CFL and his chances greatly improve if he's declared a NI and he didn't get his supporting documentation in in time for the most recent draft and he doesn't want to wait a year for the next draft. Having two is an oddity, but the reasons are probably exactly the same as when there is one. He missed the draft, then he missed the supplemental draft. My early scouting report: he misses things. Makes sense... you'd think if a guy misses the draft AND the supplemental draft he'd be SOL till next year... also thanks for not pointing out my horrifying grammar error

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I've never really been in the pro-Marve camp... but I do think that Marve is the better option coming off the bench... it throws a wrench into the other team's game plan and injects some energy and enthusiasm to his teammates...

good thing...that would be pretty boring to watch...

the question I had... why is there 2 supplemental drafts??

I'm not sure where this idea that our DTs are "too small" started... most teams DTs are around 6'1-6'4 and around 290-300 lbs... obviously there's a few exceptions... Anderson is 6'3 297 and Collins is 6'2 294... however, I did notice that Turner is playing at 266 lbs this year (still 6'2, that hasn't changed for some reason )... which is surprising since I thought he was normally in the 280-285 range... anyways, point is, I don't think our DTs are too small...

Everyone is playing zone so far this year in their base defense. It's pretty much impossible to play the man/match coverages when you can't run receivers into "checkpoints" downfield and toss them off their routes without it being called a penalty. The Bombers problem is in their front. Agreed. We are getting almost zero pressure on the QB's. The main reason why Hamilton dominated Willy (after that first drive) and then Brohm was that they dominated in the pass rush and residually controlled the run game with that pressure and the score. Until we get some consistent pressure we could have Roy Bennett, Rod Hill, James Jefferson, and Vince Phason back there and we'd still look silly. So far, on defense, IMO the biggest disappointment has been Westerman. Has he even made a tackle yet? Is he even playing? I don't even see him when the bombers D is on the field. well he did have a sack and a forced fumble (which I don't remember) last game according to CFL.ca... and tackles aren't exactly a measure of DE effectiveness... while I agree he has been a little under-whelming, I wouldn't say disappointing... but what, exactly, were you expecting from him in his first 2 CFL games?

Think about this for a second... do you truly, honestly, believe that with modern concussion awareness and the potential health of a young man in mind... the bombers medical and coaching staff would 1. Rush back a concussed player 2. Risk Willy's long term football career and personal health Just to try and win game 3 of the season??

After watching a bit of the hammy game and most of last night I have to agree with you... but it is only week 2... it literally takes half a season before we get a true grasp on every team in the CFLThe number of hot starts turning to crappy falls we've had recently, I'm more than happy to sit and wait for a team to play .500 ball as it grows together and starts to click around Labour Day. People really gotta chill. This site sucks after a loss.... If we're 5-4 or 4-5 at labour day (not actually sure how many games are before LD) I'm happy with that... as long as the team is progressing

I think the more frustrating part was that Brohm had him on 2 deep balls... which were promptly under-thrown

After watching a bit of the hammy game and most of last night I have to agree with you... but it is only week 2... it literally takes half a season before we get a true grasp on every team in the CFL

Cato was impressive last night... but having film on a guy makes a huge difference...

I'm wondering about Garrett Waggoner... I realize he's a rookie and has a lot to learn about the cfl still... but I'm wondering if he is a MLB candidate... same size as Hurl (6'1 225lbs, perfect for a cfl MLB), he's fast, fluid in his movements, and has shown great instincts... maybe it'll just take some time for him... even Henoc took didn't "bloom" until his second season... anyone have anything to add on Waggoner at MLB?

Without question... Drew Willy's health is my number 1 concern from last night's game... yes there was plenty of bad last night, but a lot of it can be fixed with practice or bringing in competition.... Drew Willy is the only irreplaceable member of this team... If he sits out next week to rest and get to 100% for Calgary I'm ok with that... Also any word on if the league is reviewing that hit? Clearly he projected head first right into Willy's jaw... seemed pretty textbook to me...

IMO we play the 2 best teams in the league tonight and week 4... if we lose both of those games it's not the end of the world... of course the scores in those games will be a factor

Not even close..what a terrible comparisonTerrible hyped up Canadian players that didn't cut it as starters on their former teams and we thought we could change that? It's a very apt comparison actually.No... Its not really. No one had tremendous hope for Cauchy.. We do for Hurl. We also didn't write off the kid after one game.. Against his former team.... And former coach...Smh. That's revisionist history. Lots of folks around here had huge expectations for Cauchy and didn't want to hear that he wasn't a good pick up. I think you're half right... a lot of people had high hopes for Cauchy... but didn't write him off after one game... at least that's how I felt

If Holley keeps up his play... I'm not sure Grigsby gets back in even when he is healthy...

the power rankings are useless at the best of times... much less after week one... but I'd say this is fairly accurate based on what we know right now