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There were also 3 flat out drops in the first 12 throws. One of which was a sure TD.

Call it positive spin all you want. Youre 'Unrealistic take' turned out to be wrong. I wish I could say I was surprised that you think positivity for positivity's sake is what a fan is, but sadly, I'm not.

Which is exactly what I meant when I said possible sure, probable no.

I say it before the game and you accuse me of 20-20 hindsight? Na... that's 20-20 foresight.

IMO What we are seeing is growing pains with Streveler. Young QB's make more mistakes. More risk. More reward. More picks. More runs. Nichols didn't throw a good deep ball until this year. It's going to take time for Streveler to get there too.

That didn't age well!

Had is the operative word in your first sentence. Were is the operative word in you second paragraph. The fact is we are currently in 3rd and we need to win our last 2 games to get a home playoff game. Possible? Sure. Probable? I don't think so.

I will if he gets us to the Grey Cup this year and that's win or lose. Sounds like MOS's biggest flaw too.

'17 we're you the last Mack supporter? As long as MOS is around, you'll support him.

I understand your excuse. You've used it hundreds of times before. 6 years isn't 'drop of a hat', neither is 4 years for that matter. Just making the playoffs doesn't really do much good. When was the last time a 3rd place western team even made it to the Grey Cup, let alone won it? 2nd place teams have a better chance and 1st place teams have the best chance. That's what we need to be doing.

'17 seems to have convinced almost everyone that PLAP is the only real problem. I remain unconvinced.

Patience my ass. We're antsy after 6 years, not 4 years. We not only don't have a cup, we only have 1 playoff win and 1 home playoff game so far. One and done in the playoffs this year should mean changes and no, I don't mean just PLAP.

Calgary has 12 home playoff games in the past 14 seasons. They likely have another this year too. We've had 1 home playoff game in 5 seasons. We likely don't get another one this year. Calgary won 12 playoff games in the last 14 seasons, including 3 Grey Cups. We've won 1 playoff game in 5 seasons and no Grey Cups. We aren't Calgary.

The fact of the matter is your statement is pure conjecture. More of a dream than a fact. Calgary is the juggernaught in the West. In 2016 we lost in the playoffs to BC. In 2017 we lost in the playoffs to Edmonton. In 2018, we beat Saskatchewan with their backup QB, then lost to Calgary. That's 1 time in 5 seasons that we lost to the juggernaught team in the playoffs.

Toronto and Ottawa are bad teams. We've played both twice and so have the Als. No advantage until the Als play them a 3rd time. MOS year 6 and Khari year 1 are both good teams. I'm comparing year 1 vs year 1. At 8-7 the Als are ahead of the Eskimos (8-8). That's the cross over and MOS didn't even get a cross over team in his first 2 years. I don't discount the first 2 years of the MOS regime. Yes he inherited a bad team, but so did Khari and he made chicken salad out of chicken ****.

Not twisting anything. Just facts, that some folks don't like. Hamilton is the best team in the league this year and they are in the east. Als would make the playoffs year 1 even if they were in the west. It took MOS 3 seasons to win more than 8 games, which is where the Als are right now. Two of the Als last 3 games are against the Argos and the Redblacks, so not much of an advantage to being in the east until they play those two teams again. Als have beaten the Stamps, the Bombers and the Ticats this year.

It took MOS 3 years to get a playoff game. 4 years to get to 2nd place. 5 years to win a playoff game. Khari inherited a mess this year. Late in the off season. No chance to hire his own coaching staff. Lost his GM too. He got his team in 2nd place year 1. A home playoff game. If he wins it, he's tied with MOS for playoff wins and he has a home playoff win, something that MOS most likely won't do in year 6.

I wonder if the resurgence of our defence is because Hall hasn't been calling it and other teams know Hall's tendency's?

You know it's not just this thread and the title of threads often has very little to do with their content, right?

More Rider than Bomber banter around here these days. The Rider fans are living rent free in a bunch of poster's heads. Might as well change the name of the site to Morning Green Haters. How 'bout that Calgary game this week eh?

Yes, Edmonton will be easier to beat when they don't have anything to play for and they don't have their starting QB. Yes, I think the Riders would have beaten Edmonton anyway. You gotta look at both sides of the equation. If we'd already played Calgary twice, like Regina has, instead of Edmonton, I'd bet we'd have 1 less win than we currently have.

Sure, and the Riders most likely would have too.

This game is like most before it. The formula is, stop our running game and force Streveler to beat us with his arm. Montreal failed miserably at it an lost. I wouldn't try to confuse BLM. He's seen everything before and will find holes very quickly. He'll beat the blitz more often than not, so I'd use it sparingly. Beating Calgary is the opposite of beating us. Force them to run the ball or BLM will beat you with his arm.

I'm not sure what you're reading into my post. I said that beating bad teams early in the season, like we did, is the same as beating bad teams at the end of the season like the Riders most likely will.

IMO the most likely scenario is: Wpg and Calgary split giving both teams 11 wins. Riders beat BC and Edm to get 12 wins. Calgary beats BC to get 12 wins. The 2nd Skn/Edm game decides first/second place. Wpg gets 3rd.