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Toronto's OL has been good relative to the rest of the league. Teams will get pressure when they send one more than the blockers available, and that's a staple of Nelson's scheme. The important thing is to pass protect from the inside out, which IMO watching the game tonight they did pretty well, making a pocket for Ray. Also doesn't help when the offence doesn't run the ball at all.

Cuthbert and Suitor must have had a really bad game in Ottawa if you're thinking that.

he didn't hook slide but only because he was a bit off balance... he kind of fell sideways, but he was clearly trying his best to slide and give himself up. Yup, he was giving himself up. All the defense had to do was touch him, but they didn't for some unexplainable reason. That's their fault, not the refs or Reilly's. Why would they think they had to touch him when they were thinking he gave himself up and the whistle should go?....you're theory doesn't hold water. God good folks. I was taught in 6 man football in the 60's to tag the ball carrier on the ground. It's not something that's new. If the whistle hasn't gone, tag the guy. No questions. It doesn't matter if it's the QB or not. Just touch him down to make sure. Tough to tag him when he barrel rolls and pops back up in the space of about a 1/4 of a second. The only Bomber in position to was coming in to tackle/hit him and purposefully went over him to avoid a penalty that almost surely would have been called if he hit him full speed while he was on the turf.

5 passes for Coombs in 2 possessions.

BOOM! POW! CRASH! Arash Madani @ArashMadani Oh, #Redblacks, I love you and all, but the four-mile line-ups at concessions on opening night aren't a good look. #CFL

If you're Ottawa, cover Coombs? Maybe?

Most of that column is barely coherent. The nonsensical thesis of the piece. There's one veteran import on the offensive line, that's January. They are testing out new US talent. Knapp, Jones and Howard don't even have a CFL season between them. The OL is being rebuilt. Decision has been made.

Nearly the exact same play happened in the 4th quarter and the official blew the play dead immediately after Reilly hit the turf, before he was contacted on a headfirst roll/slide. The inconsistency is what ruins the game and leaves the defense guessing as to when they can make the hit and when they can't. It's at the point where they need to adopt the amateur rule of having a player down once he hits the turf regardless of whether it involved contact with an opponent, just for the sake of consistency.

The only good thing the Eskimos did was run option for basically the entire 2nd half and quit trying to have Reilly pass the ball against the blitz, which was a turnover (or more) waiting to happen. Otherwise both teams were absolute self-destructing garbage on offense. The only reason for Woods to not be on the game roster next week is if he is injured. We got killed on special teams, mostly by our returners, outside of the handing of 7 free points to Edmonton by Grigsby, that's the huge difference in the game. How many drives did we start inside our own 20, even when we were receiving a kickoff!

Drew Edwards is the Ticats equivalent of Bob Irving. He basically works for the team. No, he really doesn't. He's often quite critical and not afraid to push Austin's buttons. He's just a little more pragmatic than the columnists with their hair (or bald heads) on fire in Winnipeg. Easily the best CFL beat reporter right now, doesn't pretend to know what he doesn't, actually studies the game, reports what he knows. Others have him beat in terms of sources, but they also have many more years covering the league.

Do the Bombers have another Bomber Store location? They really should look into it, the stadium is pretty far flung. Even if they just operated a kiosk at St Vital or Polo Park.

No, Burke is an idiot with a scheme that relies on players playing out of their mind to be successful.

Washington on punts again? The Russian roulette punt returner.

Can you explain? Guys on the 2 man inactive roster still get paid their full salary. Put him on 1 game IR, add player from PR to 46 = 2 game cheques. Leave Kelly on 46, make him one of the 2 inactive players= 1 game cheque.

It really does open up a can of worms. I predict Hail Mary throws will become a regular occurrence this season, flood a small area with receivers and there is bound to be a P.I. call almost every time. They showed in our game last week that they aren't calling it by the book though on the replays. Montreal's challenge would have been pass interference quite easily by any interpretation. I think the huge problem (what else is new?) will be the consistency of what is and isn't pass interference when reviewed, and the timing. Will the standard be higher on a hail mary with 0:00 on the clock vs a 20 yard pass halfway through the second quarter? The PI reviews just leave them in such a position to impact the outcome even more than the on-field officials do.

Not a bad idea, Willis is as averse to making an actual tackle as Grigsby is to fighting through contract.

The sneaks are a big problem. I mean we aren't even sneaking anymore, we're always going off guard or even off tackle. When you need a full yard, those types of QB runs take way too long to develop and give the quicker guys on the edge a chance to make a play. I'm not seeing our line getting blown up on QB sneaks when we've tried them, Marve is just really inexperienced with it, and that's not a surprise because the QB sneak doesn't exist in American football without the yard off the ball. He's not getting low enough, and not following his centre while driving his legs to take what his line gives him plus a yard or two. Goltz was just as bad at this, so they put in the option package. Not sure if Portis acquisition is a response to this, he'd likely be similarly inexperienced with sneaking.

Wonder if Jermese Jones would consider a comeback:? Or convert retired Doug Brown DT to retired Doug Brown OG? Nate, I'm your biggest supporter here. I'll have your back against some of the haters here but seriously your act is wearing a little thin. Come on. Have a take but don't suck. I was actually trying to get in on the joke against me, Al...didn't you notice the emoticons? So, Dyakowski, Hage and Obby Khan were actually serious suggestions....? This whole thread confuses me. Even the other suggestions on here don't make sense... Dyakowski (who's currently injured) and Hage (semi-retired) were fairly serious. Unless you think our current troops are gonna be able to protect Willy.... I think January-Neufeld-Morely-Knapp-Jones is our best option... without signing anyone. Dyakowski is in major knee rehab, Walters already brought in an injured NI OL in Hinse... He would be an upgrade to Howard or Neufeld... As long as we don't abandon the run game, I think we're in decent shape Hinse? What are you basing this on? Passport for Howard and experience for Neufeld. Hinse 'should' be able to recognize stunts, blitzes a bit better... Neufeld has never been a great guard, I really wanted to see what he could do at tackle. How does his passport upgrade our offensive line vs playing Howard? That makes zero sense. Hinse has only really started as a centre, and couldn't take that gig from a pretty average player. Hinse was released by Edmonton, beat out by Brian Ramsey, Adam Baboulas, Andrew Jones and Justin Sorensen. A whole crew of below average offensive linemen. Even if you're just reading the tea leaves of this guy's career, your expectations should be ridiculously low, not ridiculously high.

Wonder if Jermese Jones would consider a comeback:? Or convert retired Doug Brown DT to retired Doug Brown OG? Nate, I'm your biggest supporter here. I'll have your back against some of the haters here but seriously your act is wearing a little thin. Come on. Have a take but don't suck. I was actually trying to get in on the joke against me, Al...didn't you notice the emoticons? So, Dyakowski, Hage and Obby Khan were actually serious suggestions....? This whole thread confuses me. Even the other suggestions on here don't make sense... Dyakowski (who's currently injured) and Hage (semi-retired) were fairly serious. Unless you think our current troops are gonna be able to protect Willy.... I think January-Neufeld-Morely-Knapp-Jones is our best option... without signing anyone. Dyakowski is in major knee rehab, Walters already brought in an injured NI OL in Hinse... He would be an upgrade to Howard or Neufeld... As long as we don't abandon the run game, I think we're in decent shape Hinse? What are you basing this on?

Wouldn't consider it unless we had a mess of injuries to RB's. Obviously they see something in Bolton too cause he's here while Ford and Meggett are not.

I could be wrong, but TBH I thought he lost his place on the field. I think he thought he was in the end zone, so he automatically dropped to one knee as I'm sure that was the instruction. Yes, you give up a single point to do down two points but you are still able to, from the 35 yard line with over a minute left - easily move into field goal range. So anyway, he dropped to one knee and then realized (official maybe said something?) that he wasn't in the endzone, he was on his 7 yard line (I think, can't recall exactly where he was but it was deep). OOOOOPPPPPPPPS - i better bet up and get my ass in gear cause I don't think coach would want to start this deep. You are right though, when he kneeled he's giving himself up. In the end zone they usually blow it dead right away once he does it but I've seen the official blow the whistle only after the kneeler is touched. But that could be a coincidence as usually they run around bit - even when they are behind on the score board... which I never understood. I think Montreal figured the Bombers would squib kick and told their returners to hit the deck to save time and not fight for a few yards. Lumbala took that instruction extremely literally and gave himself up at the 5 after the Bombers kicked deep.

I think Walters needs to upgrade the o-line, receivers, running backs, quarterback, kicking positions, defensive line, linebackers, defensive backs and coaching staff. The feasibility of being able to make moves that make the team better in-season is what is in doubt.

Surprising. Can't believe they are trying so hard to replace Allen, guy looks like a player, couple fumbles by a RB he's done?

If not for Wattman... we can try send him (Watson) back to Montreal for any of their young interior OL? You mean the ones who are starting for them? They have zero depth. They have 7 NI OL active, nobody behind them, the 7th OL being a mid-round pick from this season. Baillageron is out for the season. Good luck trading for a Canadian OL this season.

I'd expect a guy like Clifton Smith to resurface before Will Ford. Stamps already have Martell Mallett on the PR. Didn't have any trouble with Walter and Sanders in Toronto.