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I don't think so, i think the riders are in big big trouble.. it's not about losing durant, it's about the depth they have behind their canadian starters. It doesn't exist. That's why they are in for a long year, Glenn is ok, he will be fine but... if they have any more injuries to their canadian starters (2 of them got hurt last night and so did a depth player in demski) how do you say this, they are up shits creek without a paddle really.

Gotta also keep in mind about the 2011 draft, that was the year the team was moved here in like 2 weeks and then the draft was like a week or so later. Not much time there really, kind of a fly by your seat of the pants draft... Jets have drafted very well and honestly, i bet if they won the cup and picked 30th, they would still grab a gem of a player.

I'm just gonna say... Even with Durant i think the riders were gonna have a tough year, they lost so many guys this off-season, not just that but the depth on their roster is so weak it's crazy... Just last night, Demski went down, Emry went down,Mcdougall went down, They don't have the depth to replace these guys really. Glenn is a good insurance policy but... even with Glenn at the helm, it's going to be a long year for the riders due to their lack of depth. Apparently they started 8 canadians, well, 2 starters went down with injuries and one other canadian in demski went down with an injury too. It's gonna be a long year in "greenland". stupid rod black, welcome to greenland.. really buddy? You know some american is watching going the cfl has a team in greenland?

was it 212 rushing? thought it was over 250 actually. You sure the 212 wasn't the passing yards?

I don't think Edmonton had a very good draft at all, yeah they got McDavid but he's just one player, one player won't make the difference. Talbot behind that D? I'm not sure he will be as good as they think he will be, 16 and 33 for Reinhart is a massive overpayment for sure... Outside of McDavid, Edmonton didn't really do much. It's not about taking one player cuz one player never makes the difference, it's a team sport, it's not baseball where it's basically pitcher vs batter, it's a team game, McDavid might be good but he can't win games by himself, might look good playing against 18 year olds but whats gonna happen when he gets nailed hard and believe me, he will be. I would put Edmonton near the bottom, they were gifted McDavid, he was the consesus number 1, you can't screw that pick up but if any team can, it's the oilers but regardless, taking a guy who is expected to go first? That's not having the best draft.. that's just taking the best player. Buffalo? Yeah they had a good day tho... giving up 21 for Lehner was a steep price tho but... Getting Eichel and O'reilly is definitely having a good day.. But really they only drafted Eichel, again a guy who you can't screw up on, he's consesus number 2.. Put it this way, if Wpg picked first, they'd have taken Mcdavid, If any team picked first it would be mcdavid, you can't screw it up, 2nd? those teams (name them all really) would have taken eichel.. That's not having a good draft, that's just picking the 2 best players or the 2 guys who they say are the best.

I might go as far to say that we were the best team all week-end (going back to thursday even) in regards to the new contact rules.

If you give Veltung his kick return TD on that very weak but always called block the game isn't as close as it seems. It's shocking to me how close the Time Of Possesion was tho, thought the bombers dominated the TOP. but really just had the ball for an extra minute really.. Thought it was way more as we seemed to always drive the field, go 2 and out just once i think... long drives, eating up lots of time but... guess riders had some time consuming drives too. A big Victory in my opinion for sure... we were 4 for 4 in the redzone. That's huge. And you know what... it always seems like the winning team in the CFL is the one who turns the ball over the least, we didn't turn the ball over, sask did once on a drive they probably would have got a fg out of, that's the difference. But honestly, the run game stuff, if it happens vs Hamilton, i'll be a bit more concerned but... regardless of what people say, Messam owns us and Allen is a damn good back too. Big time running yards but at the end of the day, it's irrelevant since we won and the other thing, when it mattered the most, the D stepped up and stopped SASK... yeah it would be nice if they didn't give up those 4 or 5 big plays but... they did but at the same time, outside of those big plays, i don't think sask did much else. It was either big play or nothing for them.

Or even a 1st round pick, lol... desperate times call for desperate overpayments... bear woods would be sick, even mike edem would be good to have... That 1st round pick tho might be just as nice too since Montreal is gonna suck.

And that's the thing there... that's 5 teams who have young qb's, 5 of 9... the ones who don't well, who's fault is that really? Montreal could have had a guy but... they never developed anyone under Calvillo, it was Calvillo or bust for them, It sucks for sure that some guys are injured but considering i'm a bomber fan and i've seen many qb's come and go over the last several years, i ain't crying no tears for anybody that's for sure. Honestly in my opinion, with ray being injured.. the argument could be made that the best qb depth in the league belongs to Calgary and Winnipeg. It's shocking to say that even considering where we were qb wise 2 years ago.

I'm not sure if that's the case really, regardless oh well but... it was pretty obvious at least on tv that there were lots of empty seats, not just one or 2 but sections.

I'm willing to give them some benefit of the doubt, first real game in a new D, new players.. Heck all three of those linebackers were either not on the team last year or...in randles case was playing corner so it's gonna take some time to gel i'd imagine. It is concerning a bit but at the same time, need to give them more time, surely as the season goes on one needs to believe they will get better. I do like the idea of Washington at SAM tho, i think the guy is a great tackler and has speed to burn so perhaps playing him there might be an option, maybe move Bass to the middle or even Waggoner who was a beast on special teams and may very well be our future middle linebacker. Just throwing crap against the wall here but gotta keep in mind it was just 1 game, new D, several new players too (BASS,WESTERMAN,HURL,adams,wright at safety who seemed lost) I think we might be missing Moe Leggett more than we think.

There were several sections that were empty. It was pretty obvious on TV

Since Drew Willy last season in the home opener vs the argos

It was 32 228.How many seats does that stadium have then cuz there were huge empty sections. If it's 33000 then no way was the actual attendance close to it.

I'm not trading a young QB to Any team. Some of you need to just stop with this trade talk. What if willy gets hurt next week ? Seriously why help other teams out when that could be us in a week or 2 or 5. Brohm I'd move but not Marve that's for sure

Also kept saying the 33000 in attendance when it was quite obvious there was lots of empty seats. Whole sections really.

Waggoner or Newman getting more reps would be nice

He's a free agent this off sseason

Thought zach looked good today actually. He was generating lots of pressure. Thomas in for Zach would be awful. Makes us worse

I hope we keep all our qbs cuz reality is willy is one injury away. Could see argos moving ray tho if Harris keeps doing what he did today

I'd say it's Harris or Willy for sure.

I actually agree. Thought it was a safety too

Ruptured Achilles confirmed. Done for season

Shame but Glenn is serviceable for sure

Probably gave up 150 plus yards on 3 or 4 plays