Search the Community

Week 14 Bye- Edmonton David William @TSNDaveNaylor - Point of comparison between CFL rosters in Ottawa and Montreal. Number of players over 30 on active rosters: Montreal 20. Ottawa 3. #CFL ?‍?Average # of QB pressures Eskimos got in 7 wins: 12.7 In 5 losses: 7.6 Rick Zamperin - What a year - The Jones suspension, the Johnny Manziel rumours, the Art Briles disaster, the coaching changes, the 60-1 debacle in Calgary, Will Hill grabbing an official, Demond Washington spitting in the face of an opponent, and the 2-9 last place record. Lowell Ullrich - Triple whammy for #bclions : Micah Awe, David Menard & Chris Rainey all fined by #CFL for hits in Calgary loss Ed Tait - Since opening in 2013, Investors Group Field has drawn 1,149,565 fans to 41 home games – an average of 28,038. ?‍?This gif and the runner, represents the Eskimos 7-0 start, and the wham! It's CFL.ca - Since 1970, seven Canadian quarterbacks have started a game: Eric Guthrie, Gerry Dattilio, Luc Tousignant, Greg Vavra, Bob Torrance, Giulio Caravatta and Brandon Bridge. West Division Streak: Calgary has won 16 games in a row versus West Division teams. it's the longest divisional win streak. Toronto won 15 consecutive games in 1996-1997. The longest pass play this season was from Mike Reilly to Vidal Hazelton for a 108-yard touchdown versus BC in Week 6. Will Kevin Glenn get his 100th win against Calgary? Answer - NOPE Roy Finch now has 1,009 punt return yards to become the first Stampeder in history to accumulate more than 1,000 punt return yards. The CFL record is 1,440 by Edmonton’s Henry ‘Gizmo’ Williams in 1991. Brad Sinopoli leads the CFL with 36 second down conversion receptions. He is on pace for 50, which would break the CFL record set by Ben Cahoon at 45 in 2004. Winnipeg is the only team this season to average more than 100 rushing yards a game (104.9). ?‍? Reportedly, this is the dance that O'Shea did for his team on his birthday... Derek Taylor - To @HenryBurris's point, CFL teams don't abandon the run when behind until the 4Q--82% pass. Winning team drops to 54% pass in 4th. ?‍? The theory of Darvinism - as in who needs a flag to get a first down? 3downnation- The Bombers have a number of pending free agents to re-up before next season — Maurice Leggett, Stanley Bryant, Justin Medlock, Chris Randle, T.J. Heath, and Jamaal Westerman, among others — and Dressler could be the odd man out. ?‍?YIKES! It's been reported (3downnation) that Ian Wild could return next week? Congratulations to former Blue Bomber and University of Manitoba product Teague Sherman on signing with Ottawa earlier today. Sherman is one of the CFL’s good guys — the league is a better place with him in it. Blue Bomber Talk - #Lions loss reinforces what I wrote here: a #Bombers win next week over #Esks would essentially guarantee a home playoff game. Drew Edwards - After missing two FG early, #Ticats Sergio Castillo took a motivational call from his girlfriend at halftime, then kicked the game winner. CFL is calling it a fumbled snap by Coates. No convert attempted, so Medlock's perfect record in Winnipeg stays intact. - That'll be a sixth consecutive first quarter in which the #Als have failed to score a point. #AlsMTL outscored 132-17 in the first half the last 6 games. This says it all. No points, no wins #CFLGameDay ?‍?It's been revealed that the real reason for the Alouettes ineptitude is their desire to get the #1 draft pick. Possibly to trade it for a QB, whom they will later just release. ? ?‍?Jones? did a swearee on National TV. The swear jar is bursting… ?‍?The concession stands and washrooms must have been busy, busy, busy during that Calgary game at Mozaic, as the crowd was announced as a sellout. Strange though, because there were always empty seats…. CFL.ca - The Argonauts offence had a productive night on first down with 270 of their 328 yards coming in first down situations. -LB Bear Woods recorded his 300th career tackle late in the second quarter and finished the game with eight tackles and a quarterback sack. Woods leads the Argos in defensive tackles with 74 on the season and has posted 6+ tackles in eight games. (?‍?This ex-Alouette guy.) - Lirim Hajrullahu connected on four field goals in the first half with a long of 39 yards. The Western product has now converted 36 field goals on the year and is on pace to break his single-season high of 40 set back in 2014 when he was a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. -The Argos defence wreaked havoc on Als Darian Durant on Saturday night, sacking the veteran QB four times and picked him off three times on the night. ?‍?Just want to remind TJ Thorpe that Timothy Flanders spent 9 weeks on the PR last year. Now look what he's doing… ?‍?So, were the Bombers right about picking up Darrin Adams when he was made available? Damned rights! I also seem to recall some were questioning his work ethics.. Matt Nichols said, in Tait’s article: “He’s a guy that I’ve been saying for a long time is the most-underrated receiver in the league,” said Nichols. “He just does so many dynamic things for us and has a big-play ability. Some of the catches he was making, very tough when it’s not raining let alone some of the conditions we had out there.” Ian Hamilton- Roughriders, who lost their 10th straight regular-season game to Calgary. The Roughriders had the ball 11 times with Glenn at the controls. Those possessions ended in eight punts, one interception, one failed third-down gamble and the halftime whistle. ?‍?Let's see, the Stamps get 5 FGs and that's good offensive power. When the Bombers do it, they were ineffective and were lucky to have a good kicker… ?‍?Everybody spewing their views on whether Calgary’s Tunde Adeleke. led with his head, and why an initial penalty wasn't flagged, and yet, I've heard many different views on that hit. So, if an official misses the helmet contact because the tackler turned his shoulder and, in a fraction of a second, the guy is down, who really is in error there? The review got it right, there was helmet contact, but was it a penalty? Bombers - “When the big boys see some rain, we think more running. We love it.” ?‍?Timothy Flanders just created a Bomber Fan for life with that little gesture of giving the ball to that little girl Carter speak - Then I get a penalty for telling them to do their damn job!!! Every time we get that crew smh... same crew from Winnipeg....?‍?Yep, hired and paid for, Duron. ?‍?Little bit of puffery from Charleston Hughes "Just to be clear, (Saskatchewan's) offence didn't struggle today,'' Hughes said. "We completely shut it down.'' "Not only do we have the most dominant front four in the league, our backup defensive linemen are making just as many plays as the starters, and we had our way with (Saskatchewan) today,'' Hughes said after a dominant defensive showing on the Riders' home turf. ?‍?BLM has not lost to Saskatchewan in 8 tries.. the Stampeders did not record a major for the first time since Nov. 1, 2013 in a 26-7 loss to the BC Lions. -Time of possession (36:10 to 23:50) and rushing attempts (28 to 12) https://www.stampeders.com/2017/09/24/stamps-leave-riders-green-with-envy/ Bob Irving - Mike O'Shea tells his daily CJOB coaches show that Dressler will be out for a "couple of weeks for sure" with injury suffered vs Ott. ?‍?I expected to see a Mulumba signing in these past days off, and an announcement of such. Do you realize how much of a jolt of excitement that would bring about? ?‍?BL Mitchell continues to hold down #1 spot in the CFL's staff version of QB rankings, and that's fine and dandy, he's a good QB. But it does bring up the point that he plays for the Stampeders, who are a prime example of how an organization should be run. I mean, he gets credit for win streaks and Western wins, and tweeting toughness, and best winning percentage, but c'mon, he plays on a pretty good team. Here's the CFL.Staff ratings: https://www.cfl.ca/2017/09/25/quarterback-index-less-mitchell-ray/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CflcaStaffCflca+(CFL.ca-+Staff++marquee%2CRead%2Cwriters%2CIndex%2CTSN) WEEK 15 Saskatchewan @ Ottawa- Friday Montreal @ Calgary - Friday Toronto @ Hamilton- Saturday Winnipeg @ Edmonton- Saturday Bye - BC

After week 14 Bye Montreal Rod Pedersen.com The fourth quarter touchdown by "rookie" Rider Armanti Edwards was his first professional touchdown despite all his years in the National Football League (including four as a receiver in Carolina). That nugget comes courtesy of the Watauga Democrat newspaper, which I happened to be reading early Monday morning. ?‍?Geez - for Pedersen and this gem A lot of things are going on that aren't apparent to the naked eye. Jones will likely be proven to be a genius yet. CFL Headlines Edwards: (Drew - not Armanti) Awkward question: are we sure the Ticats are actually good? @scratchingpost #CFL Collaros has been statistically spectacular since returning from his knee injury six games ago, throwing for an average of 350 yards while posting 16 touchdown passes against six interceptions. But he hasn’t passed the eye test the last two weeks, making questionable decisions and struggling at times with his accuracy. The team is just 3-3 since he’s been back, the same record they had under backup QB Jeremiah Masoli. ?‍?He brings up blocked punts...4 games in a row, and a questionable secondary. Or a secondary secondary, if you will. And a question mark on the O-Line. And more injuries. Courtney Stephen and Chad Owens. Shaky ground for the East's top team. http://3downnation.com/2016/09/19/awkward-question-sure-ticats-actually-good/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter ?‍?True words from riderprophet.com Simply put, a team with Reilly, Bowman and Walker should not lose to a team who does not play offense until the 4th quarter. ?‍?What's with the yo-yoing of QB BJ Daniels between Sask to Ham. and back to Saskatchewan? Mike Beamish Newest #BCLions defensive back Jeremy Harris was a seventh-round pick by Jacksonville Jaguars out of New Mexico State (2013). Arash Madani Let's hope those who came hard after @JDunk12, refuting his report that Jim Popp is done as coach, will apologize with the same vigour. #CFL Adam Scefter Seahawks fined $400,000 for excessive off-season workouts and Pete Carroll fined $200,00 for it. ?‍?Wallace Miles is a free agent..thanks to NFL-induced expanded PR rosters. Courtney Taylor (BC)..replaced by Sinkfield. ?‍?#4 Bowman sure can make plays out there, and fail on others.... -For the first time all season Trevor Harris was held under 70 and even 60 percent completion percentage in a game. Randy Turner The #Bombers just added receiver named Lonnie Outlaw to practice roster. But I'm not sure how he'll work with an OC named Paul LaPolice. Blue Bomber History Jack Jacobs joined the Bombers in 1950 for $6,000 salary and promise that he could play QB. He was a top punter with GB Packers of NFL. ?‍?Adarius bowman picked a bad time to revert with his play last weekend. The guy who can be so good, ended up looking really bad with his attitude and his drops."'nbvf ?‍?Why Edmonton kept Kenzel Doe as a kick returner for so long is beyond me.. ?‍?Everybody's talking about the possible extensions of O'Shea and Walters, but not enough attention is being given to Chris Jones extending Darian Durant. OLB Andy Mulumba and CB Corey Tindal worked out for the #Colts. - Penton CFL History In 1915, the #CFL experimented using the latest technology to keep fans in Hamilton aware of the score in the Grey Cup - The Carrier Pigeon --The experiment failed, when people in Hamilton kept shooting at the pigeons thinking they were German Biplanes invading Ontario #CFL CFL Communications The average penalties for the four games in Week 13 was 14.5 per game – the lowest average in a single week this year and the lowest since 2013. The Hamilton and Montreal game was the second-fastest game of the season, taking two hours and 37 minutes. The fastest game, at two hours and 30 minutes, occurred in Week 11 between Toronto and BC. Coaches’ challenges were also at a season low with only five plays challenged and two overturned. Between the four games a total of 232 points were scored, with an average of 58 points per game. That is the second-highest average for a week of games this season, trailing only Week 9 where the average points per game was 59.3. Week 13 also featured the most rushing yards this season with an average of 219 yards per game. Toronto and Winnipeg game had six lead changes – tied for the most this season in a single game. First-time all-year that all four home teams won in a week. In the last 10 games, road teams are 1-9, however they still own the advantage overall this season going 28-24-1 (.528) winning percentage. This is Calgary’s ninth consecutive season finishing with a record above .500. Calgary will be finishing their West Division schedule this week and play their final five games against East Division teams. Ed Tait “It’s incredible,” said Nichols. “All these guys here want to play for Coach O’Shea. He’s a guy that will go to bat for any of his players at any time. He does a great job and any one of these players would do anything for him and vice versa. I love playing for him and, for me, to have that stability would be great. I’ve bounced around with a lot of coordinators and head coaches in my career and I feel like we have a good one here.” ?‍?Perhaps, one of the biggest reason we might have lost out on acquiring Terrell Sinkfield was at the QB position. He could choose between Collaros and Jennings, and in the end, BC had more money to throw at him.. Mike Beamish - The Province ?‍?Absolute worst play of the week, the losing of the game ball award, goes to Adarius Bowman for that weak-kneed fight for the ball after a first down catch. Bowman, literally lost the game ball by allowing the DB, Gainey, to rip it out of his arms, and score a TD. Bowman, spun, and went to the bench. Shoddy effort in a close game. Cost? 7 points Ding ding ding, this just in - we have a close contender. Johnny Adams trying to half swat a moving ball and giving up a sure turnover.. Cost? 3 points. Rod Pedersen A tip I got on Wednesday morning is that two other teams are preparing contract offers for Darian Durant for this off-season. The Riders are expected to offer Durant a contract with a lower base salary, and laden with incentives (primarily based on starts) while at least one other team will try to entice Durant with a much higher base salary. Then it's going to be up to him to decide. ?‍?Huh? The Argos are 5-2 in their seven matchups against the REDBLACKS since Ottawa’s return to the league in 2014. Yet since then, Harris has played for both teams at quarterback and has never lost to either Toronto or Ottawa. - CFL Staff The potential of this team has definitely not been reached yet. - Weston Dressler The Stamps have started just four different quarterbacks in games against the Bombers dating back to 2008: Henry Burris (7 GP), Drew Tate (1 GP), Kevin Glenn (3 GP) and Mitchell (8 GP) who have combined to go 16-3 over that stretch. Over that same span the Bombers have started 14 different QBs: Drew Willy (4 GP), Joey Elliott (3 GP), Ryan Dinwiddie, Kevin Glenn, Stefan LeFors, Michael Bishop, Steven Jyles, Buck Pierce, Alex Brink, Justin Goltz, Max Hall, Brian Brohm, Robert Marve and Matt Nichols (1 GP). Tait Argonauts.ca The Argos defence allowed just one touchdown on the night, holding the opposition to just 15 points prior to Trevor Harris’ one-yard rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter. The Redblacks converted just one of four red zone opportunities on the night. The Argos offensive line held the Redblacks without a sack in Friday’s game, marking the first time this season they’ve prevented their opponents from registering a single sack. No update on OL SirVincent Rogers from Rick Campbell other than "it looks like a real injury". Not good. #RNation #CFL CFL.ca Running the ball was an issue for the Lions, who entered the night as the CFL’s number one rushing team, as BC managed only 69 yards on the ground, including 41 for Johnson on only eight attempts. ?‍?With the victory, Edmonton sets up a big, big game next Friday in Winnipeg. The game will be huge for both teams. CFL.ca Over the past 3 weeks, CFL games have taken less time to play, primarily due to many fewer penalties and coaches’ challenges. They have taken just 2:48 to play and penalties and challenges have averaged 20.15 penalties (all calls) and 2.00 challenges (an 18% drop in challenges). -After an extraordinarily high start with accepted penalties coming at 20.7 per game through Week #4, they have averaged only 18.1 per game since then, a drop of 13% across the season. Through Week #13 accepted penalties have declined to a season cumulative low of 18.9 per game, the lowest since the final week of 2014. Week #13 was a season-low 14.5 per game. ?‍?BLM - <<< he said this "They're finding out who they are and we're going to continue to show that to them." at halftime in the Bomber game.? ?‍?To which Matt Nichols answered “I don’t really care what they have to say,” Nichols said. “We’re a good football team and I look forward to playing these guys again.” Jeff Hamilton Asked if the Bombers proved anything in that second half, Mike O'Shea said nothing they didn't already know. No quitters in the room. -Lots felt they sent a message to the Stamps. Many believe they expect to see them again this year. #playoffs -Jamaal Westerman called the first half a shitshow from the top down. Said if they played bad they would have won. They played horrible. (Jamaal Westerman was the man BLM was aiming his wrath towards at halftime) "Specifically, it was a very certain player who was hitting people after the whistle, chirping, holding guys down, trying to do stuff and playing dirty like he always does." BLM Daniel Austin -Calgary Herald +1: The Bombers turnover ratio in the game, pushing their season total to +26. The club record is +27, set in 1987. Sept. 25 CFL.ca Staff “What we’ve got to do is put it all together.” "I'm a believer. I think we're going to come back and get hot" - Scott Milanovich. “I felt good,” said Willy. “Any time you get to play it’s fun to be out there. I wish we could’ve gotten the win . I thought we did some good things in the second half but obviously it wasn’t enough. “I haven’t thrown to a single one of those guys in practice. They’re very, very talented, so I just need to learn their body language and I think we’ll do some good things.” Rob Vanstone re-tweeted: Old habits... John Chick started running towards home tunnel at half time. #Riders #Ticats #CFLGameDay ?‍?This point cannot be hammered in enough.. Bomber Buzz Stamps’ returner Roy Finch averaged 34.2 yards-per-return on kickoffs and 11.5 yards-per-return on punt returns, as the Stamps only ever had to drive half the field for the entire first half. The Bombers don’t need to score 27 points in the second half if their special-teams aren’t a garbage fire for the opening 40 minutes. -Coach Hall is going to have to re-evaluate his approach to stopping the Stamps in future games. BC Lions re-tweeted Baron Von Awesome Seems #CFL fans have digressed. We no longer give credit to winning teams. We either beat ourselves, or blame referees for our team losses. ?‍?Drew Edwards tweets Edwards: Depleted Ticats lose to Riders on last-second field goal bit.ly/2cWtn6R @scratchingpost #CFL ?‍?But Drew, weren't the Riders depleted also? ?‍? Have to ask. What's up with Johnny Adams this year? Head not into it yet? ?‍?"It’s been a while since we lost and so it’s a bad feeling right now. It’s a bad taste I want to get out of my mouth right now. I’m ready to play Edmonton." - Jermarcus Hardrick ?‍? By the way, now I can say it. Back in Feb. 2016 the Bombers announced the signing of Jermarcus Hardrick. A 6'6" 320 Nebraska product. He started with BC in 2014 - 12 games, then in 2015, went to Saskatchewan, 10 starts in 12 games. I had to wonder...what was wrong with this guy, and why did we sign him. 3 teams in 3 years. I'm not wondering anymore. Great team guy, and seems to be the answer at R. tackle. Whoever is responsible for this scouting..thank you. Blue Bombers.com "We’ve got to find a way to start faster,” said Bombers head coach Mike O’Shea. “I’ve got to do a better job of making sure that practice week is conducted in a manner that allows us to start faster." Ed Tait's Numbers Game 8.6: Yards per carry by Bombers RB Timothy Flanders, who finished the afternoon with 95 yards on 11 carries, including a 50-yard touchdown run. +1: The Bombers turnover ratio in the game, pushing their season total to +26. The club record is +27, set in 1987. 1-14: Winnipeg’s record at McMahon in their last 15 starts. The Bombers are now 3-23 in Calgary dating back to 1992. 6-95: Ryan Smith’s receiving totals, his best as a Bomber. ?‍? I might add 60. As Mike O'Shea said: "Play 60 minutes and have a smile on your face." Marquay McDaniel Just saw the replay. If the tip of the ball hit the ground then you would've seen black pebbles pop up. Dez caught it and I caught it. Derek Taylor It's not much, but there has to be zero tolerance for hitting an official. Zero. #Ticats #CFL ?‍? Did It deserve an ejection? How many actually saw it? CFL Headlines @CFLHistory Do you have a website or blog page? @CFL_Headlines We do not, this way we can recycle tweets from years ago, without anyone knowing. Josh Smith -3downnation Brett Maher did not have a punt blocked against Saskatchewan. So the ignominious streak ends at four games. That’s worth at least a Bronx cheer. ?‍? Another reminder to Chris Jones: Chick, who is now tied for the league lead in sacks with Shawn Lemon, Alex Bazzie and Charleston Hughes with 10, has been a force on defense for the Ticats in almost every game. - Josh Smith Ed Tait -lost in the Bombers’ recent run was an accomplishment by Denmark we need to point out here. Denmark has quietly moved into the club’s Top 10 receiving-yardage list, passing Bomber hall of famers Ken ‘Doc’ Nielsen, who played from 1965-70, and Gerald Wilcox, who starred from 1992-97, to move into ninth place. Next bye - Week 15 Saskatchewan