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Even if all those teams got significantly better... I would still argue just making the playoffs isn't good enough....

THB I think it's a decent trade for the Riders.... BIG IF.... if Dyakowski has another good year left in him... they have an abundance of import WRs and are likely to have a cut some anyways... so there's no harm in getting value for one of them....

I was there yesterday from about 10am-11:30... nothing spectacular to note, a few of the other posters have mostly covered it... one newby that stood out to me, mostly cuz of his hard work and enthusiasm was DB # 17 Brian Walker... no idea if he's a real player or not but he certainly seems like a Mike O'Shea type guy... FWIW (not much, in my opinion) this was the "starting" line-up in the first 12-on-12 session... O: Bryant - Bond - Goossen - Chungh - Hardrick (shocking!!) Nichols - Harris (another shocker) Adams - Dressler - Denmark - Sheppard - JFG (might be slightly off of who was where) D: Westerman - Thomas - Nevis - Okp Wild - Hurl - Leggett (hoping Hurl was just there b/c he is the most experienced) Randle - Heath - Loffler - Johnson - Fredrick

I don't particularly want to join this argument but I feel like your analogy is inaccurate... more accurately it would be (assuming this was capable of being done all within the night of a social): 75% of the people at the social want Alexander Keith's beer... but this social only has Bud Light and they refuse to buy AK... so a conversation like this goes down: "man this social is OK, but I really would like some AK" "hey, I heard some people are leaving b/c another social has AK and not BL" "cool, where is this social?" "oh it's at ************* and it's for Joe ***** and Lisa ********" Note: we're also in a futuristic society where people's voices can be censored mid-conversation.... I get your point and I would agree if they were actively promoting it and posting ads on the site and such...

Don't worry, I get the joke... but here's a nice read on the current state of Ryan Leaf... https://www.theplayerstribune.com/ryan-leaf-nfl-letter-to-my-younger-self/

No one is arguing that... if he never shows up here then it is certainly a wasted pick... but you compared this pick to the Mulumba pick... and that's where you're completely wrong...

I know seems obvious, but have we actually confirmed his name is pronounced the way it's spelled?... I mean, it could be "rapper" or "ray-PAR"

Just seeing those pictures of guys warming up in pads makes me giddy!

I don't know if I can let that one slide...

I don't actually care enough about Riderfans right now to go check it out... but I was under the impression that there were at least a few people questioning some of the - shall we say - questionable decisions... unless they have now been banned...

If I'm not mistaken... I believe Murphy was directly connected to the Pacman Jones debacle...

I definitely do... just trying to have some friendly conversation!

haha, I read your post, and basically said that exact thing in my head (#15... Matt Nichols??)... then I went to the Bombers site to confirm... b/c I like to research stuff before posting to make me seem smarter...

Totally agree... but less regular season games, means less money for owners... which means that will never happen!

Can you elaborate on this?... Trouba's dad is trying to launch some kind of app??... Also, why can't Trouba's dad come to Canada? Does he can a conviction or something?...

That is exactly the point I was making... I guess, I just stop caring about hockey by time June rolls around... would be nice if the playoffs were earlier in the year...

#15... Matt Nichols??

I think every fan would agree... even if Canada won... but it's not like it was a surprise that a shootout was coming...

Nashville knocks our Anaheim without their top 2 centres... Pitt on their way there with an AHL defense*.... people will talk about needing depth and coaching etc to win... to me, it says the NHL season is way too damn long... imagine the Stanley Cup finals in April when most teams are relatively healthy... *I may be exaggerating this one a bit...

Not so sure about your math on this one...

The funny thing is if there's 2 leagues/sports that I follow as closely as CFL and NHL... it's NFL and curling... I would definitely be down for more NFL and curling discussion...

You don't recall the early STP albums where Weiland was basically doing his best Vedder impression??

I think you're bang on here... Look at the core of this team - Bautista, Martin, Tulo, Donaldson - this team is at a win-now age and if they are not winning now, why keep the status quo... I think they have a great foundation in starting pitching with Sanchez and Stroman... and those two should be the only untouchables right now... I guess they could see how this season works out... but if it ends up being .500 ball and no playoffs, it's time for the rebuild...

Don't forget about Scott Weiland...

The annual airing of grievances is vital to our success as a community... or dare I day... family... *single tear*