JohnnyAbonny

When I was 8, Ken Ploen sat in front of me and my Dad at a game. I had a huge Pepsi with a bad lid, and I spilled it down the bench and all over Ken and his wife. I apologized and he smiled and said “don’t worry about it” but they went to clean up and never came back.. Dad was mortified. Sorry about that again Mr. Ploen. Rest easy.

BC to me got a bit better again. Robertson is a solid replacement for Betts, and I’m a little nervous at the prospect of the Lions figuring out how to run the ball tbh. Edmonton improved at QB and ST. Not enough to be a contender. Worst HC in the league. Bad lines. Calgary made a mess of their offence last year and didn’t do anything to clean it up. Going all in on McCheese has got to be the dumbest decision in the last decade, from any team. I can’t see them winning more than 5 games this year as everything stands right now.

I actually think the Riders will be relatively decent IE not total garbage like last year. They’ll win some games in the summer again before the wheels fall off. 9-9 is probably the ceiling with a QB like Harris, but I don’t see them being worse than Calgary or Edmonton.

That other punter on last years PR might be around too. Name escapes me, he was a bit older. By all accounts he can boom them, and has a more traditional style. I thought Jake Kelly was very good in his limited reps last year. I’d be very surprised if he doesn’t take over a larger ST role.

Yeah, at this point in their careers I’ll concede that. Still feel strongly the Bombers have the better overall group.

I wouldn’t. Judge and Bighill are a wash. Teitz isn’t anything special. Awe racks up tackles but a cheap shot artist. Herdman-Reid and Konar are meh, rather have Kramdi than either of those guys. I’d take Wilson and Cole over anyone over there.

Yeah things can change but right now the Stamps are shaping up to be the worst team in the league by a country mile.

Right. Montreal were putting Walby on and off the PR without telling him. The first couple times, he cleared waivers and they re-added him to the AR. Someone from the Bombers caught wind of it and swooped in to sign him.

Overpaying for Nic Moore that offseason was a big deal for the turnaround too. He wasn’t the greatest or anything but it showed the club had changed mentality and was willing to open the wallet. It was the first time in like a decade a sought-after FA didn’t turn them down.

Haven’t heard one way or the other about Clements, but he’s another guy I’d like to see them bring back. He’s been steadily improving.

I recall him and Weicek sitting at like 5 TCs in a row not watching a single thing before writing sensationalistic anti-Bomber drivel twice a week.

I was mostly kidding. Hypothetically though the chain reaction of better roster use could have had someone more game ready/developed ready to come in.

Could have had another receiver rostered all year if a certain fullback wasn’t around. Name and rank escape me.

Just saying @Booch and @GCn20 Rehash or not, agreeing or not, hell of a job having a considerate conversation. That’s how it’s done. A football debate between 2 guys that played and coached the game at a higher level than me? I’m here for it.

That was his brother(?) Ranthony. This is Raleigh Texada. With those names they must be bothers right?

I’d love to see us go after Demarcus Christmas, could be a sneaky great signing. Gotta be a rookie I’d think. That Texada they signed yesterday has some pedigree.

No particular reason. I’m a football nerd, and I’ve thought about these things far more than I’d care to admit. For example in my head, star DBs should wear 21 or single digits. Nasty interior OL should be in the 60s. Tall WR’s= 88 or teen numbers. No reason why, it’s just an aesthetic thing for me. When I played minor football as a kid (Safety/DB), they gave me 46. Drove me nuts. That’s a fullback’s number lol. John Madden actually had a whole chapter on it in one of his books, he had the same system in his head. Probably the same reason I care about uniforms, turf, stadiums more than the average fan.

Not that it matters but I was hoping strev would take #16. It’s just such a perfect QB number, I can’t explain why. Same reason fast RB’s should be #22 and power backs #32. It used to drive me nuts that Freddy Reid wore 32 lol

I think Raleigh Texada’s brother Ranthony was in camp here last year, maybe the year before.

What’s your take on losing those interior DL? Is there enough depth there to replace 2 studs + possibly Oakman as well? l see Ouelette as a huge loss as well, The announcers talked about Kelly but I saw the Argos running game as the harder aspect to deal with. No one was able to pin their ears back on the QB until the EF. I was actually really hoping to see him in blue & gold when it looked like Brady was gone.

Joel Gasson doesn’t strike me as the type of person who has friends

I’m risking hyperbole but I think Kyle Walters is a top 5 GM in the history of the league, arguably the greatest.

This offence is going to be ******* killer boys

Very unexpected, but always glad to see a guy like Brady playing here. I think Schoen goes west now

Brandon Barlow to the Ticats. Low-key great signing by them. Speaking of Ticats DL, we’ve talked Kongbo/Bennett to death, Malik Carney is a name I’d be interested in if he makes it to FA. A 3 DE rotation of Willie/Carney/Haba would be cool.