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ICYMI After week 17 CFL Communications Last week was the highest scoring single week (65.5 points per game) since 2013, Week #1 (69.3). #CFL Blue Bombers The team has released OL John Kling & DB Keith Lewis. Arash Madani Don't expect fine for Esks QB Mike Reilly. Section 34.22 of #CFL CBA: A mic shall not be attached to a player uniform unless player consents TJ Heath Fun Fact: my first ever interception with Toronto was against B.C.and my first interception being part of the bombers was also against B.C! ?‍?Full credit on the Leggett - BC tackle Matthew Cauz CFL.ca But wait! Before we go into Leggett’s heroics, we need to back up one play. Before Maurice can get a chance to be a hero, he needed some help from his teammates on second down. On second-and-two, Anthony Allen slammed up the middle of the Bombers defence and was immediately pushed back. Ninth-year pro Keith Shologan, who was the heart and soul of the Ottawa REDBLACKS’ resurgent defence in 2015, was in the middle of this short yardage stop. If you go back and re-watch the play, you’ll also find All-Star Jamaal Westerman somewhere in the mass of bodies doing his best Gandolf ‘You shall not pass!’ impersonation as Allen is rebuffed (quick aside about Keith. I have no idea which defensive lineman currently is the active leader for most consecutive games played, but over the past eight seasons Keith has only missed five games. Think about how tough that is for that position!). ?‍?So, Marquay McDaniel and Devin Smith get tossed from the game -Argos and Stamps, yet the punch thrower, twice, Joshua Mitchell gets two unnecessary roughing penalties and stays in the game. The on field refs got that one wrong. RT .@BobIrvingCJOB $20,000 dollar fine for #Esks not enough. But $15000 for Maas is solid. Utter arrogance in refusing to be miked up. #CFL ?‍?Only 7 total penalties in the Edm.-Mont. game. The real penalties came later...to Edmonton. David William Taylor TSN Interesting Ottawa sports factoid: CFL team has sold-out all 7 home games this season. NHL team couldn't sell-out home opener vs the Leafs! Blue Bomber Alumni 60 years ago today, RB Bob McNamara scored six TD's to set a @Wpg_BlueBombers & @CFL single-game record that still stands. #BombersTBT #TBT CFL News #CFL Week 16 average TV viewership numbers are up 33% versus Week 16 last year. CFL News Sacks Allowed: In 2016, total QB Sacks allowed have averaged 4.52 per game compared to 5.27 in 2015 and to an average of 5.40 over the 2013-2015 seasons. That represents a drop of 16% in Sacks Allowed this season Kirk Penton The Lions have been in the West Division since joining the league in 1954, but they have finished second only twice. The last time it happened was in 1986. A unilateral and planned act of defiance': #CFL drops hammer on Eskimos, Maas cbc.ca/news/canada/ed… #Esks via @cbcsports - ?‍?Maas hysteria in the coach's family as the CFL fines him 15k Scott Billeck Leone is now 29-for-41 on FGs this year. Most guys would be gone by now with that percentage. ?‍?Inspector Gadget - fake the plunge up the middle, throw to Denmark....first down ?**Arcenaux 16 yards Burnham 48 yards BC Lions Den Make that four turnovers three gifts...just brutal. Nothing to do with a "ball hawking" D. #BCLions ??‍?Oh really? Nothing to do with 'ball hawking" eh? That sounds like "bawl hawking". Jonathan Bernier Rainey throws a tantrum when they don't go for it on 3rd and 1 and the #BCLions start taking all kickoffs on the 35. Coincidence? No. Buono. Milt Stegall Can the @Wpg_BlueBombers and @BCLions play again next weekend? Blue Bomber Talk Yards from scrimmage from starting RBs in WPG/BC 2-game set: Anthony Allen & Jeremiah Johnson: 81 Andrew Harris: 269 #Bombers #Lions #CFL John Hodge It’s difficult to imagine Loffler not being named the CFL’s Most Outstanding Rookie during Grey Cup week next month, a remarkable feat for a player who slid into the third round of the draft this past May. Loffler, who did not start for the Bombers until week six versus Edmonton, would become just the third Canadian player named the CFL’s Most Outstanding Rookie since 1993. The player who earned the honour that season? Retired linebacker and Blue Bomber head coach Mike O’Shea. -Credit where credit’s due: the Bombers were stellar against the run versus the Lions in the club’s back-to-back games, holding Anthony Allen and Jeremiah Johnson to 79 yards on 24 carries (3.3 yards per carry). B.C.’s rushing duo has a combined 996 rushing yards this season, averaging a combined 5.5 yards per carry. ??‍?Straight from one of the chain gang guys - on the sidelines. Live- at the game... BC side- tidbit - Buono swearing and bitching mad at the poor play, especially tackling by the Lions in the first half. Bomber side tidbit - a teaching moment. Coach O'Shea speaking to Justin Cole on a BC FG attempt. In that situation Cole was bouncing around left to right and back and forth. When returning to the sidelines Coach asked him what was going on and Cole explained to him, he was trying to draw movement from BC and create a penalty. But O'Shea calmly explained to him that in situations like that, there are far more possibilities of us making a mistake with that movement, and creating a first down, and that he should just follow what he was taught. He related this to Cole calmly. Something we never get to see or hear. Lots of oohs and awes at the double move Smith made to get so wide open on the Nichols overthrow. Impressive. Oh, and Loffler's timing was phenomenal throughout the game. Rob Vanstone ?The Roughriders played Marcel Marceau recordings during practice this week to prepare for the crowd noise. Herb Zurkowsky #Als relinquished seven sacks vs. Calgary. Offence had 11 first downs and 121 yards' net offence along with 24:19 time of possession. ?‍?Montreal had 4 sacks on Mitchell Eric M. With Moe Leggett out, Taylor Loffler played a ton of Nickel Linebacker against the Lions. Put in a lot of coverage situations, too. #Bombers ??‍?Poor Stampeders - Head coach Dave Dickenson lamented the team’s lack of focus during it’s 22-8 victory of the Montreal Alouettes. Daniel Austin Calgary Herald On playing BLM right through the game.. “I’m playing to win, we might do something later on in the next two games,” Dickenson said. “But listen, you’ve got your jersey and I want Bo to keep getting better and competing and seeing different looks. “He took some hits but he seems good to go and I’m gonna keep playing him.” ?‍?I can't say I agree with this sentiment. Looks like they just lost Mayo to injury.. FAN POLL - CFL.ca Staff WHOSE COACHING JOB HAS IMPRESSED YOU MOST IN 2016? MIKE O'SHEA 56% DAVE DICKENSON 44% Controversy of the week.... "After Burris’ pass to Ellingson, that appeared to be fumbled and recovered by Larry Dean, was challenged and the ruling on the field was changed to an incomplete pass, Milo was forced to kick a 35-yard field goal. The REDBLACKS regained the lead (30-28) with just under six minutes left in the contest." - CFL News How is this NOT a fumble? Was ruled as incompletion but in end, #CFL admits error. i1.wp.com/3downnation.co… via @CFLonTSN via @3DownNation ?‍?Yep, thought the Ticats got (r)jobbed there. BCLions ? "Those are critical mistakes that he'll learn from." @GM_Brillo on the turnovers in last night's loss to the Bombers? ? #BCLions ?‍?32 in two minutes. That's the number of times Wally Buono ^^ said "you know" in his post game interview. And you know what Wally...I don't know. Mike Beamish - The Province Lions are 1-5 this season against Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg — their main rivals in the division. And, in six career starts against the Blue Bombers and Eskimos, Lions quarterback Jonathon Jennings is 0-6. ?‍?what? Willy only sacked twice? Meanwhile the Argos got 5 sacks. Willy - 47.8 passing % CFL News -Milanovich insists it’s not fair to say what the #Argos would be had Ray been able to stay healthy - Zicarelli #CFL -Everyone #CFL, players and executives alike, are privately mocking the #Argos for acquiring Willy at such a steep price - Zicarelli -If upper management decides to clean house by firing GM Jim Barker and Milanovich, it won’t be cheap (close to $1M) - Zicarelli #CFL #Argos -.@sportsnag suggested the #Argos should be in the bidding for the services of Marc Trestman -Chris Jones said on @CKRMRiders postgame show that a "large contingent" of #Riders will be back in 2017 - @rodpedersen #CFL ?‍?My question is still - will Darian Durant be one of them? No word yet... Kirk Penton I made a mistake earlier, folks. I'm informed Carter's and Stafford's salaries are not guaranteed. #Alouettes #CFL TSN The @TorontoArgos quarterback Ricky Ray practices, and could play Friday. MORE: tsn.ca/argos-qb-ray-p… CFL News RT .@DC_CHILLIN_8 If I had a nickel for all the times I heard," you always have a home in Montreal" ? #CFL ?‍?If you had Nichols for all the times you heard that, you might still have a home in Montreal. Davis Sanchez Body language and effort was inconceivable In do or die game. @TheBEAR45 @kyhebert and others fighting like there lives depended on it . twitter.com/rickmoffat/sta… ?‍?Yeah, it would take Sanchez to appreciate the head-hunting Kyries Hebert was doing on the weekend.. CFL Willy injured. Ray back at QB for the @TorontoArgos at practice ➡ on.cfl.ca/pFRc305guYJ "I feel like physically, I don't have anything hindering me." -Ricky Ray Week 18 Bye - The Blue Bombers Remaining schedule: Week 18. Hamilton at Ottawa Frid. Toronto at Calgary Frid. Montreal at Saskatchewan Sat. Edmonton at BC Sat Week 19 Edmonton at Hamilton Frid. Ottawa at Winnipeg Sat. BC at Saskatchewan Sat. Calgary at Montreal Sun. Week 20 Winnipeg at Ottawa Frid Montreal at Hamilton Sat. Toronto at Edmonton Sat. Sask at BC Sat