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My favourite part was when he signed late in the off-season… in his initial conversation with reporters he said he was exhausting all his nfl opportunities before coming back to the bombers… he seems like a guy that everyone loves… afaic as long as he’s a productive player… he’ll have a place on our team

I think he only signed a one year deal

Their offense will be 100% reliant on Davis scrambling…

Sorry, little late catching up on this thread… this idea that crossing over and going through the east is somehow “easier” comes about this time every year… reminder that no cross over team has ever made the grey cup… and there have been some good west teams taking on what seemed like a bad east division… ironically, the riders are the closest team to ever pull it off… in 2017, they were a Ricky Ray drive away from winning the east final. What annoys me about this is, why the rhetoric?? Yes, two grey cup wins in a ten year stretch is a good run… but a “new era of dominance”???… reminder to riders fans that BC, Calgary and Montreal also won 2 cups in that time frame… so I wouldn’t exactly consider it “dominance” if nearly half the league accomplished the exact same feat

I’ve been wondering… where have all the good people gone??

Good… I hope everyone is talking about how great BC is… I hope they are ranked #1 in the power rankings… meanwhile the back-to-back champs will just keep piling up wins and somehow remain under the radar… works for me The more time goes on… the more I see the similarities between Chris Jones and Mike Kelly… enjoy the next 4 years Edmonton…

Something I was thinking when watching the game… does Woli drop anything? Like ever?… the guy has some of the best hands in the league… put it near him and he’ll catch it… just need to start giving him the ball more often… not to mention everything he does in the run and blocking game… just an absolute under-the-radar stud

Just wanted to quickly point out the team crossing over needs to outright beat the team on the other side… so in the extremely unlikely scenario in which the bombers end up with the same record as the third place team in the east… They would not crossover… I would agree with @17to85 and @TrueBlue4ever that the bombers have essentially already booked a playoff spot.

I don’t expect him back anytime soon… I heard somewhere (can’t remember where now) that even if he doesn’t make the pats, he’s likely to bounce around the nfl a bit… generally teams will agree that if Bill Belichick saw something (anything) in him… he’s good enough for a look.

The only reason for Ellingson to play right now is for his own personal stats… and I think we all know he didn’t sign here to boost his personal accomplishments

On the PR he’s also an injury (or maybe 2 or 3) away from getting a real shot at playing in the nfl… I wouldn’t blame him for a second if he has a chance and takes it… I just hope if that doesn’t work out, he comes back to where it started

Nothing to see here… if/when the bombers and stamps meet in the playoffs… the bombers will be focused on taking care of business… no matter what Bo thinks

I actually don’t think there’d be much debate… the only correct answer is royal blue… any other choice and you’ll be asked to leave

9-9 is 100% going to be good enough to win the east this year… riders should end up with 8 or 9 wins and easily enough for the cross over… why is the east always so pathetic?

I think Matthews was courtesy of our old pal Sleepy Joe… going on memory so I’m sure I’ll immediately be corrected if I’m wrong

Another great example is the grey cup presentation... all the players on stage collecting the trophy and celebrating... meanwhile O'Shea is just on the field looking up like a proud father. Hope they gave you some strong pain killers ... kidding aside, hope you get well soon

as per my recollection... I believe it was yesterday Well... he was probably right about that... that 2011 team was the benefit of a good defense and a weak division

I agree with you on that... it just sounds like Speed is talking about a full on change to the starters... not just different players in sub-packages

Praise for LaPo?.... surely this won't cause a stir 😁

I think the difference is some guys, like O'Shea, know when it is acceptable to be a hard ass... and when it is not... others, like Maas, think yelling all the time is only answer

I would've preferred to see one of the Jacksons back... Lucky or Blake... but maybe they weren't available... or this crazy thought... maybe the back-to-back champ coaching staff and management know more that I do... 😂

I don't really have any huge complaints about the schedule... it would be nice to have a bye right about now... but I look at it this way... if the Bombers make it to week 11 at 9-1 or even 8-2... then we're on to the home stretch with three byes and really needing to only go 5-3 or 4-4 to likely secure first place... Hopefully they make it through these next three games with a couple wins and relatively healthy... and then Bombers are laughing for the second half of the year gearing up for a three-peat.

If that's your plan... what is your proposal for adjusting the ratio?... a third starter on D?... starting a rookie rifles WR?.... another Canadian on the O-line? Based on the options... playing Brady/Johnny at RB is the best bet for the ratio.

Can you imagine if the Bombers had to play a game without Ellingson and Demski?!.... surely they would lose that...

they better hope to win labour day at IGF west... because I don't like their chances with 2 games at IGF east this year