Atomic

Maybe he can get his career back on track. This was a necessary depth move, and I love the two-way contract. Realistically, he and Dustin Penner were the only two legitimate left wings remaining on the market so I'm glad we made this move.

So is this like a Weird Al type of thing or....

Jason Armstead?

I do not take any delight in this. Makes the league as a whole look bad. They need to get into Tim Hortons Field as soon as they possibly can.

If it works, it's a good play call. Can't call the high-percentage play every time.

Marcus Crandell

Wondering if they stick with Goossen or throw Knapp back into the mix. Is Knapp even healthy right now? I'd really like to see them give Goossen a shot at a full game. I know they are wary of stunting his development, but it looks like he is ready. Gotta give the kid a chance.

Taking both "underdogs" tonight. MTL over TOR and BC over CGY. Like you said, I believe that Bo Levi's luck is about to run out, and BC is likely to be fired up. Also, don't underestimate the impact of Ricky Schmitt returning to the lineup... having McCallum punt and kickoff was killing them. Montreal, I believe they will ride Whitaker to victory. I have zero confidence in Toronto's defence.

The games in McMaster are hard to watch. They have to get into Tim Hortons Field ASAP.

Every RB in the league looks like **** running between the tackles this year

Saskatchewan and Toronto both made it in with 8 wins in 2002

My heart was pounding and he is cool as ice. Amazing.

Justin Medlock

Steve Morley

Grigsby vs the Ticats defence

Mulumba Today: "LOCKS: Clay Matthews, Julius Peppers, Mike Neal, Nick Perry, Andy Mulumba" - Jake Dowling, predicting the GB roster of outside linebackers. He writes: "Should Matthews and/or Peppers run into injuries of their own, the Packers need both Perry and Neal (and possibly even Andy Mulumba) to step up. If any of the three have issues with injuries too, this could turn out to be an ugly situation for the Packers -- yet again. With Matthews in and out of the lineup last season, the Packers could not rely on Perry and Neal on a weekly basis because both were dealing with injuries of their own. Despite Neal playing all 16 games, he was not always effective.Thus, the Packers had to lean on Mulumba, a rookie from the Republic of the Congo. Mulumba had a crash course in 2013, finishing with 30 tackles and one sack. However, the most infamous moment for Mulumba from last year was his ill-fated attempt to chase down San Francisco 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick on a hobbled ankle on a third-and-long play in the NFC Wild Card game." https://www.football.com/en-us/packers-positional-breakdown-the-outside-linebackers/ July 27: With Nick Perry and Mike Neal out, OLB Nate Palmer has worked alongside Andy Mulumba with the No. 2 defense ahead ofCarl Bradford, Adrian Hubbard and Jayrone Elliott. - http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/training-camp-report-sunday-at-a-glance-b99318940z1-268830021.html July 26: Holdovers Andy Mulumba and Nate Palmer combined for 543 snaps as rookies. Mulumba had the more impressive off-season and is bigger. "Mulumba's a strong kid," an NFC scout said. "Lacked rush moves. Palmer's really raw and not real strong. Has a little athletic ability." - http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/age-injuries-may-add-up-b99316575z1-268750761.html Bilukidi Bilukidi was placed on the injury list initially, but has now come back on the roster and is participating in camp. July 28: When the full pads finally came on Sunday, it was a joyous day for 11-year defensive end Robert Geathers. After missing the majority of last year with an elbow injury, Geathers is making some noise early in camp while he tries to hold off Dontay Moch and Christo Bilukidi for what likely comes down to the fifth and final DE spot. - http://www.cincyjungle.com/2014/7/28/5944227/robert-geathers-bengals-odds-dontay-moch Muamba July 30: A few other players stood out on Wednesday in getting a chance to make an impression due to injuries .... Inside linebacker Josh McNary was again held out of practice and that opened the door for Henoc Muamba. The Canadian Football League free agent signee won several one-on-one battles in blocking drills. Muamba also made a few plays during 11-on-11 drills July 27: Henoc Muamba had a red zone pass defensed, while recovering a fumble down deep forced by Josh Gordy off Josh Lenz . Lenz quickly atoned with spectacular footwork on a TD snare. - http://www.colts.com/news/article-1/Colts-Camp-Notebook-July-27/edd88d5e-6cd7-4898-9600-30b3b5143c65 On Monday, June 23, the Indianapolis Colts partnered with Special Olympics Indiana to host a PLAY 60 youth football camp at the Indiana Farm Bureau Football Center. Over 125 Special Olympics athletes participated in various fitness stations with Indiana High School Athletic Association students and Indianapolis Colts players. Colts OL DANIEL ADONGO, RB VICK BALLARD, TULRICK JOHN and LB HENOC MUAMBA all participated in the camp. Each player ran a football related drill, interacted with the Special Olympics athletes and posed for pictures.

OMG the Trivago guy in your avatar. As if we don't see him enough

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There is no such thing as an easy win in the CFL. Sure there is. We used to be the free spot on the Bingo card. You think Hamilton right now is as bad as we were last year?

Ainsworth would start? Based on what? T. Player has lost his job in BC already, no way he is on the same level as Neufeld. Ainsworth would be rotating, same as Louie Richardson. Player lost his job when Valli came back I believe... We'll just agree to disagree - I don't think Neufeld is a great guard - I think there would be more value in playing Goossen there right now. I don't think Neufeld is a great guard either but Valli is one of the worst in the league and Player lost his job to him. If Goossen was ready to play he would have been starting in Greaves' spot. Basically what you're saying is that you would have rather kept the pick and had a worse OL this year, and I can't agree.

Ainsworth would start? Based on what? T. Player has lost his job in BC already, no way he is on the same level as Neufeld.

No, but they should be getting at lest 30 000 at the games, which they are not. Based on what? Where does the number 30,000 come from? Seems rather arbitrary.

Whoopsy

It was a 2nd round draft pick, and given where the Bombers finished the season it was an early 2nd rounder... Here's the problem I still have with the trade: Walters had all the leverage in that trade. Riders wanted Hall, one of if not the best DE in the league for their playoff push, they were likely to lose Neufeld at least to the expansion draft anyway. Walters jumped the gun and paid too much. Hall and an actual late pick would have been one thing, but Hall and a high 2nd? That's an overpayment for a player the Riders were just trying to get some return on. I felt the same way at the time of the trade, but now I look at it like we got a starting OL for a second round pick... which we probably wouldn't have been able to do if we had kept the pick. We also got a fourth-rounder back in the trade. but you can't ignore Hall in the trade, he was a star player, the fact that he's not in the league now is irrelevant, he helped the Riders to win a Grey Cup, he was a huge part of the trade. Walters seems to me to pay whatever the cost to get his player which can be good or bad. At least he knows what he wants, but you can't always be paying sticker price in trades. Sticker price is sucker price. The thing is, nobody gives up starting OL. It took the first overall pick to pry Jon Gott out of Calgary... he is a good OL but definitely not the best in the league or anything. I believe that you are undervaluing Neufeld at this point. But he wasn't a starter in Saskatchewan and with the expansion draft coming up they were going to lose him anyway. It was them trading a depth player, and yes he was a depth player for them,in order to bolster their defensive line for a playoff run. No way should Walters have been adding a 2nd round pick. 4th round pick now we're talking, but not a 2nd. The only reason Neufeld lost his starting job was to injury. When they thought he was healthy, he was right back in the starting lineup. It turned out his injury was worse than they thought so he went back on the injured reserve. But he was a starting OL before he got hurt and he is a starting OL now. Trying to twist it as anything else is inaccurate. Alex Hall had zero value to us, so losing him is nothing. I believe if the trade was straight up a second round pick for Neufeld, we would be looking at it as a steal. It's more about improving the team as a whole than saying "Hall should be worth X, so we didn't get enough back for him." The end result is we gained a starting OL and didn't lose a whole lot, so it is a good trade.

It was a 2nd round draft pick, and given where the Bombers finished the season it was an early 2nd rounder... Here's the problem I still have with the trade: Walters had all the leverage in that trade. Riders wanted Hall, one of if not the best DE in the league for their playoff push, they were likely to lose Neufeld at least to the expansion draft anyway. Walters jumped the gun and paid too much. Hall and an actual late pick would have been one thing, but Hall and a high 2nd? That's an overpayment for a player the Riders were just trying to get some return on. I felt the same way at the time of the trade, but now I look at it like we got a starting OL for a second round pick... which we probably wouldn't have been able to do if we had kept the pick. We also got a fourth-rounder back in the trade. but you can't ignore Hall in the trade, he was a star player, the fact that he's not in the league now is irrelevant, he helped the Riders to win a Grey Cup, he was a huge part of the trade. Walters seems to me to pay whatever the cost to get his player which can be good or bad. At least he knows what he wants, but you can't always be paying sticker price in trades. Sticker price is sucker price. The thing is, nobody gives up starting OL. It took the first overall pick to pry Jon Gott out of Calgary... he is a good OL but definitely not the best in the league or anything. I believe that you are undervaluing Neufeld at this point.