Mark H.

Just as an aside - ending back up here is still a good deal. The money guys like Chungh and Goossen will be able to make is significant. Not to mention travel and connection building opportunities.

Tell me about your mother...

Insane shriek from TSN: “but Manziel has the tools!”

Reminds me of someone who played here - wore number 85.

We actually have the point differential right now. Whoever wins the last game will have the season series.

Right. Both teams would be 9 - 9 and Edmonton would have the season series. But if we beat Calgary and go to 10-7, Edmonton is out, because BC has already clinched and Edmonton can finish 9-9 at best.

Beyond comprehension.

Not surprised. It’s a not so secret secret that people in rural areas assume they won’t be caught on the back roads.

There could be room for Canadians on the OL - if some could move over to tackle.

You have to account for all current trends, in this case the big play and the conservative gameplan in the second half. As an aside, the best team in the league is right behind us with points off turnovers, only 11 less than we have.

Like, people clearly don’t read your posts.

Well, they go to other threads and ‘poke the bear’ there as well.

No flaming needed, it serves no purpose whatsoever. Just some clarification: With the conservative second half, Harris on the sidelines, etc. I doubt Nichols gets even 200 yards. Which is why I extrapolated his first half numbers and conclude 250 - 300 yards. For Streveler, this game was experience and playing time, no more, no less. The coaches can take the game plan into account when they evaluate him, we can’t.

They played conservative the entire second half.

He came here to continue doing that, 31 - 0 wins and a 4 game win streak included. People got annoyed and began to react.

About Matt Nichols: 1. Management has not exactly done the best job of recruiting import receivers - that’s not on him. His favourite target is Dressler, who is older and injury prone. 2. He has the best all around runnning back in the league, so of course that will naturally lead to him playing a lesser role. 3. Has he played better? Of course he has - I have not read any post anywhere that denied that. 4. He’s clearly been battling an injury, but appears to be trending up at just the right time. 5. Streveler this past game: 3 of 5 for 47 yards - I’m beginning to wonder which game some of you were watching. 6. Around 250 yards passing with an outstanding OL & RB, added to the way the D has been playing of late, looks very good right now.

And in the Edm and SK games, they showed the ability to IMPOSE THEIR WILL on an offence.

True, but we don’t know how much of that was scheme related. There was no reason to run an aggressive O in the second half. Safe throws, feed the backs, etc.

Gotta love obscure references to the past.

His numbers were mostly from the first half, because in the second half they were using the running game and playing very conservative. For the fourth quarter, he wasn’t even playing. So, for his 155 passing yards to be meaningful, you have to extrapolate them over the entire game. 155 x 2 = 310

That’s pretty funny, considering where he works...

Agreed - all around improvement has allowed some of the young talent to emerge. I suppose people will still knock the team’s scouting and often rightfully so, but they certainly find some good DBs.

I would say better play from the secondary has allowed the blitzes to be more effective. Two guys in particular have got their A game back: Loffler is looking more like he did two years ago, and Randall is back to being a shut down corner. Then you add a monster named Bighill and you get what we saw yesterday.

Well, apparently even suggesting it is idiotic.

So it’s not that Lapo doesn’t want solid deep threats in his O - thank you.