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Yeah but I feel like the amount of times we defer at coin toss and then also choose to kick in the third quarter is higher with O'Sh than previous coaches, or perhaps than other current CFL coaches. That's the only point I'm trying to make.

I agree about the wanting the wind, but it is an extra possession in that we could have had the ball to start either the 1st or the 3rd but we chose to kick off to them instead. As it turns out, I'm pretty sure Saskatchewan had one or two more possessions than we did (as they started with the ball each half and, I believe, ended with the ball for a tiny possession each half). I'm not saying it's a bad decision, but it's a curious one that O'Shea continues to make. He must value having the wind in the long quarters much more than the ball in the short quarters.

O'Shea has done that often, and I've always found it strange. I guess he values the wind more than the extra possession, but from my seats up high, I don't think the wind was much of a factor yesterday and especially with the score as it was. Or to copy @DTonOB, perhaps O'Sh just wanted to give Jeffcoat a chance to crush Riders' souls

Evidently you're a pessimist 😝

I'm miffed thinking about all the TDs Burtenshaw could have had on FB dives

Agreed. He showed like he belonged. I was thinking of him too

1. Brady -- he's absolutely the Most Outstanding Canadian and perhaps the Most Outstanding Player in the league. 200 yards in 3 quarters and change. Unreal. 2. Zach -- efficient, 5 TDs, using his legs to extend a drive, that shovel pass to Brady. Wow 3. Kenny and Dalton -- Lawler earning his current paycheque and Schoen his future one. HH. Jackson (of the Jeffcoat not Damian varietal) -- a disruptive force and that strip sack. Wow. Good luck charm -- My 6 year old who went to her first game today and got to see us hang half a hundred on them. The second most special Bomber game I've attended after the 2019 Cup

McRae going to the PR makes it more likely that Jackson stays on the AR, unfortunately. I would hope that the new returner and Haba come on instead of McRae and Jackson

Thanks JBR. And yeah the next frame I added is even worse

Trapped? Or does this look like control with his hands on either side? Edit: adding one more frame

Without seeing the all 24 -- do you think they were doubling him tonight or was he just not beating Marshall?

Lawler was invisible for much of the night until OT. Couldn't seem to get open even though it looked to my untrained eyes like it was mostly single coverage on him. Not playing like a #1 right now at all

My TSN Shaw feed is always behind, when watching on the set top box

Taller than the tallest building in Saskatchewan

The play he got his head jumped on was un-Zach like as well

Depth chart is out. Parker and Burtenshaw in. Gauthier and Darby out. Looks like Kramdi is still listed as the starting SAM and McRae as the punt returner. But Parker over Darby is a start. With Burtenshaw in though it's another sad week of two fullbacks instead of bringing in a DL over Jackson.

All the deserved love to Lucky Whitehead aside, Bailey coming in for him was another key cog in making us a tougher team in 2019 (along with the obvious Zach factor and BA taking over at safety). Also wild that we had Chris Matthews starting earlier that year until he was replaced by one Kenny Lawler.

I went to the 2019 Cup not expecting a win (I had more hope going into the 2011 Cup, the other time I went to the game), but feeling like I needed to be there just in case we beat what turned out to be paper Tigercats. Suffice to say I'm very glad I went. Hope for the best, expect the worst, and sometimes you get to see the first Grey Cup win since you were 8 years old.

This is interesting. I'd love to learn more... Was Augustine the contain man and Calgary's blockers were walling him off allowing the returner to break contain and get to the boundary or open field?

Houston may also be due for a raise but I think he's more replaceable if need be with ADS and others able to take on a corner spot. The other players that come to mind are Dobson and Eli, depending on contract status.

Apologies if I missed it above, but it looks like the Royal Rourke got waived by the Jaguars. https://www.sportsnet.ca/nfl/article/report-jaguars-waive-canadian-qb-nathan-rourke/ I'm guessing a PR spot is soon to follow. I wonder if he got a signing bonus on his three year deal Edit: Just saw it's covered in CFL Discussion

The second pick six was a great play by the safety but the other two picks seemed more questionable to me. Throwing across his body for the first pick six and underthrowing into what ended up being double coverage on the Lawler pick, not really letting him high point it. It seemed to me that he was having difficulty climbing the pocket in the first half, even on situations where we had it locked down (Brady had a phenomenal multiple second block on one of Zach's rollouts). But then in the second half, I was so impressed by how Zach settled into the pocket for several throws in addition to his classic rollout to the right.

Yeah I wish we had a QB4 on the practice roster just in case, but I guess there are only so many reps to go around at practice

Yeah I'm curious if Darby is even getting reps at this point. Are we bringing him in on second and long? Is he playing specials? I'd much rather have Parker in his place Also bemused / confused that they keep listing Parker on the injury report when it's "Not Injury Related"

Zach is back...up