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Ya, only one UR penalty. Whooo! Delete- no point really. Some of you have ripped on Kuale the second we announced he was signed and can't even give him credit when he actually has a good game. Guess maybe why kromah is off is not because of Kuale but because Sears is on the roster, In order to keep sears on, you gotta take another import off... Kromah is that guy as he has done next to nothing the last several weeks now. started with a bang but has fizzled out a wee bit.

The difference between farley mccarthy and the new bigger girl who is pretty funny regardless if she plays the same role most times, that's what all good comedians do really ,find a niche and then roll with it, but the difference is.. Farley for as funny as he was, was a huge drug addict. That's the real only difference. They are all the same, they all play the same roles in every skit movie etc, they were all the "fat person"... sometimes that fat person is pretty damn funny just being themselves.

Yeah but Petan has more skill than all those guys combined. I mean really.. Thorburn? Peluso? Slater even, how long will he be healthy for, Tangradi, These are guys that, well quite frankly they are what they are. Petan has more skill than all of them combined. He's been the best player on the ice this pre-season.

Perhaps we have those better American OL already here, Tyler didn't look terrible last game and Anderson on the PR will definitely get his shot eventually and my guess is once he does get that shot, he probably doesn't relinquish it, Think they are very high on him and won't throw him in there until they have too to give him the best chance to succeed. Think he does once given that chance, based on nothing but... everything i've heard and how high they appear to be on him. Really the Oline could be half decent with just a couple upgrades here and there... I don't see us picking up any Oline via free agency, every year we want that to happen and every year, no real impact canadian OL make it to free agency, they only make it to free agency if they want too and for the most part, the really really good ones, they don't so i think if we are looking to upgrade our Canadian OL, it's going to have to be through draft and development. It's really the only way. Teams don't trade all star OL and all star OL don't make it to free agency. Every off season people get up in arms cuz we didn't sign the big name OL free agent but that big name OL free agent didn't even make it to free agency. Not gonna solve the OL issues through free agency. Draft Draft Draft.. If Goossen is ready to play next season full time at center, who knows. I see value in Morley as he is a versatile player who actually can play all positions on the line, a good guy to have around as your 6th ol. a plug n play type of player. It's really just the tackles who i think might be in house already and one guard position that needs to be upgraded. That shouldn't be that difficult to do. Will it happen? hard to say, does it have to happen for this team to be more successful, Yes it does and until it does, it is what it is. Honestly.. Anderson,Greaves,Goossen,??,Tyler. Morley is probably a pretty decent group.

Lowry makes the team. I'm sure about that, Petan, not so much. Oh theres no doubt Lowry makes the team but he is the easier one to send down, He just gets sent down to St Johns, could get called up anytime. I'm not sure about Petan either but the guy has tons of skill and i'm not sure what he gains by dominating the WHL another year, With the "injuries" we have right now, I think it's likely he sticks for the time being. Can say what you will but... the guy has looked pretty darn good in every game he's played, sure he makes the odd rookie mistake, but so does Ladd and he's a veteran. In all honesty if i had to choose one play who has stood out the most in the games ive watched (all of the pre-season games) It's petan, dude is playing with scrubs and has put up some points and is a plus player.

Not a huge fan but "radioactive" is a pretty good tune for sure, They put on quite the show at the Grammys and in reality, they are a pretty big name. Honestly, every year the CFL announces the half time act, some people aren't thrilled. Last year it was Hedley, not a fan at all, their one song is ok only cuz i've heard it 10000000 times but... Honestly they put on a pretty good show, Imagine Dragons are guaranteed to put on a good show. That's all that really matters. As far as Hitler goes, i remember having play dates with the young future nazi leader and everytime my mom asked little hitler if he wanted something to drink, he'd say anything but juice so even back then you can tell he'd be a little trouble maker in the future.

The D outside of giving up running yards vs SASK really, has played quite well and seems to be getting better, Etch should be safe. Marcel? I dunno, personally i think we can do better but... probably be pretty tough to replace a guy like that unless you bring in someone familliar with Willy, Cortez/Lapolice? Both won't happen though so I don't see the OC or DC going anywhere, Special teams? Maybe but... at the same time, doubtful.

I think Petan if he shows well tonight sticks, I'm gonna guess Morrissey sticks aswell, i don't care what anyone on the big breakfast or any media idiot really says, they really do just talk out their ass most the time. Jets lack skill big time, Petan and Morrissey brings a ton of skill. Everyone high on Lowry because he's hit a few guys, but... Petans skill level is so much more than lowry, Petan could play anyrole on any line, Lowry? He's not a top 6 guy at all, he doesn't have the Offense to be a top 6 guy. Petan and Morrissey both get their 9 games for sure, after that? who knows.

Kuale probably had his best game as a bomber last week, For as much love as Kromah seems to get, he's been pretty invisible out there the last few weeks.

I'm all for giving Volny more touches, but reality is, we don't even give Grigsby enough touches so I'm not sure making Volny the starter is the answer and I'm pretty positive it's not going to happen. Volny is a good capable i suppose backup, he's good in limited reps but... he will never be anything more than that. I mean really, the issue here isn't really the RB, it's the oline, if they aren't opening holes for Grigsby, they won't open holes for Volny. Honestly, I'm under the impression that it doesn't matter who the RB is, heck even a guy like Cornish, I'm not even sure he'd do much behind this oline. Our problem is we don't run the ball enough at times, but that problem probably exists because we don't have much faith in our oline to get the job done. Grigsby is better than Volny by a long shot, overall he's just so much better so i guess, if the idea is to get Willy killed, Sure go ahead and play Volny. If i'm an opposing DC and i see Volny lined up in the backfield, i totally ignore him and just send the house at Willy. Volny isn't a threat.

Just for the record, i'm on the side of logic meaning the headset malfunctioned, That's really the only logical explanation considering that was what has been said multiple times now. Not sure why someone IN BC seems to think otherwise, and the explaining of the microphone TSN stuff was in response to Brandon who keeps going on and on about it was quiet in the stadium, It doesn't matter how quiet it is in the stadium or how loud it is really if the headset isn't working. The headset is used for MB to communicate the plays to Willy. If that mucked up then really, It's not like MB is yelling the plays to WIlly over a megaphone for gods sake, he's saying it to willys headset in his helmet, If that messed up then how quiet it was in the stadium makes no difference at all, hell people could have been hooting and hollaring as loud as they wanted too be and it still wouldn't matter if the headset mucked up like it did. Jesus, why is it so hard for people to understand that how loud or quiet in the stadium doesn't matter if the headset in willys helmet messed up.

This topic is funny cuz it's a debate about 2 guys who haven't been playing this year... Is Adebayo really any better than Pall? I dunno man, It's not like either of these guys would really make that much of a difference, Just like Pall hasn't made much of a difference here (has he really been given that chance yet tho), I doubt adebayo does anything much in Edmonton either, if he's even given the chance. This seems to be one of those... Let's revisit this in the off-season when both are free agents cuz they both aren't very good actually threads. Honestly, both these guys have stuck around because they are Canadian. That's it. In the CFL, your passport matters cuz if it didn't, both these guys would be unemployed. I want to make a comparison though, just for fun... Yesterday i ate a banana, it was kind of bruised, a little black to be honest cuz i didn't put it in the fridge at work, anyways though i still ate it, later in the day i went to the bathroom and in the toilet, sure enough there was poop. Today i decided to keep my banana in the fridge, i ate it on break, went to bathroom later and in the toilet again was poop. Guess what i'm saying is eventually, both adebayo and pall will be evacuated from the CFLs bowels and be permanently flushed cuz they both are crap. Comparing crap to crap really.

I don't see how trading our Canadians helps us, We lack Canadian depth so now we want to trade it? Doesn't make sense to me at all. Oh and anyone who thinks we can get a starting Canadian oline or dline for Watson, you have got to be kidding me. When was the last time a team traded a starting Canadian oline for a Canadian receiver who is injured all the time? Never? So not sure why it would start now. Are GM's dumber now a days than they were in the past? Only way you could probably trade Watson for a Canadian Olineman is if they Canadian Olineman was injured most the time too and how does that help us again? Seriously, reading some of these posts, one would almost assume some of you think we could get like Josh Bourke or some all star for Watson, NOT GONNA HAPPEN. At best we'd probably get a guy like Neufeld or Who was that guy we traded woodson for from Toronto? Parenteau? Yeah a guy like that, You ain't getting much for Watson so the best thing to do is hang on to him until you have someone who can replace him. As much as some think that guy exists, he doesn't right now. Draft Nic Demski? Sure then maybe we can think about moving Watson.

They already threw Crompton away for White, why not Nichols too? I can't imagine why Edmonton would want to help the Riders though. They won't unless SASK gives them something that will help them more. Seriously, a canadian receiver and a 1st round pick? My guess is they do it.. what's the rumor? bagg and a 1st? Edmonton be crazy not to do that.

Unamba has probably kept his spot because he is by far our best special teams player and leads the team in special teams tackles. Unless i'm mistaken but i doubt it, pretty sure he leads the team in special teams tackles and it's not even close. Unamba seems to get crapped on a bit but my guess is if you took him out of the line up, you'd notice how important he actually was to special teams. Sears? Meh he's a good player but the guy can't stay healthy, you got people wanting to trade watson a canadian because he can't stay healthy yet sears has missed as much if not more time than watson has the last couple years. Problem with sears is he's good when healthy but he's not that healthy always.

Hank hasn't had much help but in the games i've watched, Hank is playing like total crap for the most part too. I just don't see how a guy could go all out for him, he doesn't seem to like to take the blame, he's always pointing fingers at everyone but himself. I'm not gonna kid myself though, the guy has had a very good to excellent career, He is still one of the best QB's to play the game in my time watching the CFL but... once you reach that certain age, your skills seem to diminish a lot quicker, and for some reason, this season seems to be showing that for as good as Hank was in the past, maybe he's reached that point where he's not so good anymore. I also can't completely blame Henry for the poor year, I mean ottawa was kidding themselves if they thought they would do much better, but... his supporting cast ain't the greatest either. Henry has been terrible this year but he also hasn't had much help however he is the guy that touches the ball on every offensive play the ORB's have had this season so he's gotta take some/most the heat for sure.

I dunno, if it wasn't for our own mistakes the last several weeks (bc not included, due to willy being injured), we'd have probably won several of those games, the biggest issue with this team right now is they don't have the overall talent to overcome some of the mistakes they make, special teams blocked punt lead to hamiltons only TD, Willy throwing an interception vs sask, hell man, those 2 mistakes cost us those games, Sure there were other factors but... when you really break it down, we are losing because we are beating ourselves.

Harris is a huge loss, tough to deal with i'd imagine. Not only do you lose your starting running back/ mr everything, he's canadian at that. Gonna have to start a Canadian elsewhere now.

I tend to get the feeling that the TSN microphones might pick up more sound than actually is there, it really depends where those mics are placed in the stadium... I've gone to games in the past and it's been dead quiet in the stadium when the bombers are on offence, maybe you can hear 1 or 2 lets say 10 people making some sort of noise but then i go home and watch it on tv and those 1 or 2 or 10 sounds like it's half the stadium. Very sensitive mics i think. Has to be.

Too much is being made of what line combos they are using and who is playing and who isn't playing. It's pre-season. It's pretty irrelevant actually. Maurice even said it's more about evaluating then it is anything else. Not surprised to see the Jets go with a very young roster tonight. Gotta see who wants it. Tonight will be telling. Hopefully a few of the young ones step up tonight, if not, it's probably back to junior or st johns tomorrow.

why does any gm in any league leak trade rumors to the media? It's not like it's CFL specific here, it happens in every sport. The reason is quite simple, so then that GM can say he at least tried to get something done but didn't have a willing partner. This is all about Taman being able to say, well at least i tried....

Turning in to a sask based fan site here it seems, Not sure i like that too much. Way too many topics about SASK on here but regardless, Seems pretty obvious Durant is done for the year, regardless of what a rider fan or 2 thinks. Pretty obvious that the deal Sask made with Ottawa or proposed deal with Ottawa for Buriss is legit, I mean, it's been reported by more than just Madani. Doesn't make sense to even propose that trade if you think Durant will be back this season, Fact is.. He won't be and the only reason Chamblin and whoever else "believes he might be" is because they have seen that Rider team give up and fold the last 2 weeks without Durant so they are just trying to give their other players a reason for optimism, Don't give up guys, Darian will be back soon. But reality is, he won't be. Pretty obvious watching SASK the last 2 weeks that based on the other players body language and all that stuff, they are done like dinner without durant and they know it. Maybe if the coaches showed half as much faith in their backups as they do in durant "maybe returning this year", that maybe just maybe those backups could get the job done, it's not like Durant was lighting it up this year, he was just managing the game and basically letting the running game win games for them. Sask is last in the league in passing yards per game are they not? Without a passing game you can't win in this league consistently and that's just being proven now. Honestly, even if Durant wasn't hurt, i still think the riders would be struggling right now, Teams have caught on to them, take away the run and make them beat you with the pass and they can't do it.

I'm almost positive or starting to believe that the TSN announcers do influence the calls.

Yeah for once someone will have a younger team then the Oilers In reality I believe the Jets v2 have been the youngest team in the league for years now have they not? Yup, top 3 or 5 in the league in terms of youngest. Believe the maple leafs are there too with the youngest teams in the league. We don't really have many guys older than 30 on our team, i'm not sure what our average age is but it's definitely pretty young.

Yes Romby had his best game but overall I haven't been impress and I was a fan of bring him in. I just think the offense needs a spark and McGuffie might be the ticket and who else would you take out ? Or the bomber should start 2 Internationals on the Online and just add in McGuffie. We are not the same offense without Moore in the lineup so just trying to think of who else might be a spark... I'd like to see McGuffie too, from all reports he looks very good in Practice. Not sure, Think getting Moore back is huge, but.. who else? I dunno, i agree with maybe going with just 2 Americans on the oline and starting another Canadian there, could it be much worse? Who though? I dunno, Neufeld? Goossen? Hinse? Swiston? 2 are centers and our center has actually been pretty good this season, Morley has probably been our best oline this year, says something don't it when a converted guard/tackle is our best oline at center. Agree with wanting to see the "3 hour mauler" in Chad Anderson, Maybe replace January with Anderson and the oline improves? I dunno. In all honesty though, I think if we could just eliminate the mistakes, we probably win more. That's whats killing us, our offence actually moves the ball, our D, the only TD they allowed was on the blocked punt thing, they played well and have now for a few weeks, Eliminate the mistakes and the costly turnovers like the blocked punt that lead to hamiltons only td and i think we win more, maybe thats whats most frustrating about this little streak, we have played well enough to win most games(not the bc game) but the other games, man its the stupid turnovers and stupid penalties but more so the turnovers that are killing us.