Around the League - Training Camp Discussion

[Mr Dee]

Kluckers gotta kluck..

[17to85]

You know what, I would agree that the Riders probably aren't the worst team in the league, trouble is they don't play in the east so getting their wins is harder when you're still looking like the worst western team on paper. 

[Mike]

8 hours ago, Kluchk said:

This is exactly what I don't understand. I get this is a Bombers forum and all, and every fan base likes to bash one another. But the Bombers showed a small glimpse of hope last year. Their record was mediocre at best. Its been so long since the Bombers fan base has won a Grey Cup that you fans believe you have the best team in the west. But in reality all it takes is for Matt N to go down and the Bombers are a bottom feeder team.

Every year the discussion is up for debate on who is the worst team in the league is and frankly I don't think it's the Bombers or the Riders. I've attended alot of the riders training camps this year and theee are alot of puzzle pieces that were found this year. It's a much better Riders team than last season, much better. I know Glenn is old but he still looks better than Durant. I think that Bennett could be an exciting kid to watch. Im shocked the Bombers didnt even consider him at 3. I'm sure the Bombers have also gotten better this year.

Neither one of these things are true.

[Rod Black]

8 hours ago, Kluchk said:

This is exactly what I don't understand. I get this is a Bombers forum and all, and every fan base likes to bash one another. But the Bombers showed a small glimpse of hope last year. Their record was mediocre at best. Its been so long since the Bombers fan base has won a Grey Cup that you fans believe you have the best team in the west. But in reality all it takes is for Matt N to go down and the Bombers are a bottom feeder team.

Every year the discussion is up for debate on who is the worst team in the league is and frankly I don't think it's the Bombers or the Riders. I've attended alot of the riders training camps this year and theee are alot of puzzle pieces that were found this year. It's a much better Riders team than last season, much better. I know Glenn is old but he still looks better than Durant. I think that Bennett could be an exciting kid to watch. Im shocked the Bombers didnt even consider him at 3. I'm sure the Bombers have also gotten better this year.

Another #bummyprimate joins the bomber discussion and talks about...you guessed it. 

[blue_gold_84]

11 hours ago, Kluchk said:

This is exactly what I don't understand. I get this is a Bombers forum and all, and every fan base likes to bash one another. But the Bombers showed a small glimpse of hope last year. Their record was mediocre at best. Its been so long since the Bombers fan base has won a Grey Cup that you fans believe you have the best team in the west. But in reality all it takes is for Matt N to go down and the Bombers are a bottom feeder team.

Every year the discussion is up for debate on who is the worst team in the league is and frankly I don't think it's the Bombers or the Riders. I've attended alot of the riders training camps this year and theee are alot of puzzle pieces that were found this year. It's a much better Riders team than last season, much better. I know Glenn is old but he still looks better than Durant. I think that Bennett could be an exciting kid to watch. Im shocked the Bombers didnt even consider him at 3. I'm sure the Bombers have also gotten better this year.

A small glimpse of hope...? 11-7 is a "mediocre" record...? Who here has said the Bombers are the best team in the west?

The reality is the same for pretty much every team in the CFL: lose your starting QB and your chances of being successful decrease dramatically. I'll refrain from taking childish digs at your precious team, because then I'd be no better than you.

You keep using your training camp to justify your homer bias. To suggest the Riders are better than last season despite having not even played a single game yet is hilarious. And then you follow it up by saying Glenn looks better than Durant. Comical.

FTR: the Riders were the worst team in the CFL last year. And the year before. There is no debate on that.

[JCon]

Can't wait for the season to start, when the Rider-Snowflakes melt into Rider-Tears.

 

[mbrg]

19 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said:

and pre-season wins don't count.

You didn't say anything about the inter-squad game.

Riders win total now up to 1!

Your move, rest of the CFL.

[Bigblue204]

33 minutes ago, mbrg said:

You didn't say anything about the inter-squad game.

Riders win total now up to 1!

Your move, rest of the CFL.

to be fair, they're 1-1

[BigBlue]

In spite of losing both Glenn & Bennett to the roughies I like our QBing better this year than what we ended with last year ... I guess we will see

[SpeedFlex27]

13 hours ago, blue_gold_84 said:

Because the Bombers prior to last season haven't suffered...? Last season was the Bombers first season over .500 in five years. At least the Riders have won a championship in that time.

What does that have to do with the Riders? I'm well aware of our problems.

[17to85]

Hey I'll bet Glenn looks great in training camp, no fear of getting hit in camp, but once people start getting some licks on him he'll do his usual KG5 panic move. 

[Noeller]

2 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Hey I'll bet Glenn looks great in training camp, no fear of getting hit in camp, but once people start getting some licks on him he'll do his usual KG5 panic move. 

Everyone knows exactly what you'll get with Glenn....I'm more curious what Bennett looks like with the lights on...

[kelownabomberfan]

17 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Hey I'll bet Glenn looks great in training camp, no fear of getting hit in camp, but once people start getting some licks on him he'll do his usual KG5 panic move. 

yup already can't wait for July 1st to watch Glenn crumple and turn into a dish-rag as he is steam-rolled by Nevis a few times, and then turned into sandwich meat by Ogopogo and Westerman coming around both ends.

[Fatty Liver]

9 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Everyone knows exactly what you'll get with Glenn....I'm more curious what Bennett looks like with the lights on...

Who cares about Bennett now???  I want to see if Davis and Apodaca can take the next step up the ladder.  The concept of QB progression in Wpg. has been lost in the wilderness for so many years now, I want to see if it still exists....kind of like Bigfoot.  Hopefully Nichols is deadly this year and O'Shea can relax enough to give Davis some serious show-time.

[blue_gold_84]

31 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

What does that have to do with the Riders? I'm well aware of our problems.

Nevermind. I was trying to say a championship can ease the pain of down years. You know, instead of winning nothing and still being a perennial loser.

[Fan Boy]

4 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Who cares about Bennett now???  I want to see if Davis and Apodaca can take the next step up the ladder.  The concept of QB progression in Wpg. has been lost in the wilderness for so many years now, I want to see if it still exists....kind of like Bigfoot.  Hopefully Nichols is deadly this year and O'Shea can relax enough to give Davis some serious show-time.

Bigfoot and Ogopogo in consecutive posts!! Something cryptobiloigical is going on here. Let me guess the Riders signed the chupocabra.

[blue_gold_84]

3 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Who cares about Bennett now???  I want to see if Davis and Apodaca can take the next step up the ladder.  The concept of QB progression in Wpg. has been lost in the wilderness for so many years now, I want to see if it still exists....kind of like Bigfoot.  Hopefully Nichols is deadly this year and O'Shea can relax enough to give Davis some serious show-time.

It'd be nice to see the team take the next and find ways to give the backups time to play in live games. We haven't seen the Bombers be on the good end of garbage time in ages.

[kelownabomberfan]

Just now, Fan Boy said:

Bigfoot and Ogopogo in consecutive posts!! Something cryptobiloigical is going on here. Let me guess the Riders signed the chupocabra.

hey man, Ogopogo is real.  I've seen him a few times.  Or it was a log.  But I'm sure it was him.

[Tracker]

1 hour ago, mbrg said:

You didn't say anything about the inter-squad game.

Riders win total now up to 1!

Your move, rest of the CFL.

That will probably count for two wins in Rider thinking according to their math.

[Fatty Liver]

3 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

hey man, Ogopogo is real.  I've seen him a few times.  Or it was a log.  But I'm sure it was him.

That's one of those Viking submarines.  If you see it again run!!!

[Fred C Dobbs]

17 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

yup already can't wait for July 1st to watch Glenn crumple and turn into a dish-rag as he is steam-rolled by Nevis a few times, and then turned into sandwich meat by Ogopogo and Westerman coming around both ends.

Check out this cfl article about the league's most dangerous pass rushers:

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The usual suspects are present when we talk about the CFL’s most dangerous pass rushers. Charleston Hughes and John Bowman are the CFL’s active career sack-leaders and moving up the charts fast following successful 2016 campaigns, while John Chick and Jamaal Westerman are sure to be in the discussion.

But this off-season, when CFL.ca polled some of the league’s top stars on the topic, new names have emerged. Shawn Lemon, Willie Jefferson and Gabriel Knapton earned plenty of accolades from their peers and all three should contend for the sack title this season. Meanwhile, Tristan Okpalaugo is also back in the picture after signing with the Bombers this off-season from the NFL.

https://www.cfl.ca/2017/06/04/qbs-beware-new-contenders-ready-chase-sack-title/

Only two teams have both their def ends chosen: Montreal (Bowman and Knapton) and us.

[kelownabomberfan]

4 minutes ago, tracker said:

That will probably count for two wins in Rider thinking according to their math.

Wow you used Riders and "thinking" and "math" in the same sentence.  That's kind of pushing it.

[Ripper]

20 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said:

and pre-season wins don't count.

Making excuses a week early.  good call

[Ripper]

18 hours ago, Zontar said:

Gainey was an average db and was a liability when put at corner. Dyakowski was getting routinely beat last year. Yes the passport is handy but doesnt he still have to actually perform when he plays ? And Riders gave up a starting receiver for that?

A starter on your team probably but not ours

[LeBird]

We won't know how good the Riders will be until Jones sets the team:

The guy in the middle goes to the left

The guy on the left goes to the back

The guy in the back goes to the right

And the guy at the right just got fired.