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I don't see this happening any time soon... but it's not a coincidence or a mistake that I didn't include Darvin Adams in my "game plan"... But I do agree with your point...

Did we have Martese Jackson?? I think this year, specifically.... the AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAF is a big reason NFL cuts are hesitant to come to the CFL...

I agree with a lot of people here... but I find it impossible to just "stop" being emotionally invested in a team... I go into watching some games thinking I don't really care... but as soon as the game gets close or any sort of adversity... I find myself very much right back into it... I was at a wedding last Saturday night and I pvr'd the Bombers/Esks game... luckily I was able to avoid the score and I watched the game sunday morning... I started thinking "we'll probably lose so I'm not that concerned"... the 4th quarter I was pacing, nervous and sweating despite having a 20 something point lead... If you're truly emotionally invested in a team, it doesn't just "go away"... and if it does, then you were never invested in the first place.... I've been a St Louis/LA Rams fan since the Kurt Warner days... and I watch the games and cheer for them... but I don't feel the same level of emotion... if they lose, they lose (I guess it helps that they're good right now and that level of emotion will ratchet up a bit come playoffs)... I don't absolutely despise the Hawks, Cards, and 49ers the way I do the Rider and Als (or whoever is playing the Bombers that week)... that level of emotional investment can only come with a lifetime of attending games and cheering for the same team...

I've wondered what our resistance to playing Flanders is... I remember about a 3 game stretch last year when we used Harris, Flanders and he who shall never be mentioned (TJ Thorpe)... and it gave the offense so much versatility and such an element of surprise when you have three guys with similar skill set... why don't we run something similar with Flanders, Harris, and Demski (when healthy)... Dressler and Wolitarski patrolling the middle of the field and Tompkins stretching the defense... I'm no offensive coordinator... but that seems like a recipe for success...

I don't love the idea of Vesa playing on the 4th line... Doesn't it make more sense for him to get top line minutes in the A?

I'm pretty disappointed to hear we weren't in on Chris matthews... he would immediately make our receivers better... and I hate to be the bearer of bad news for some people... but Darvin Adams is not a #1 receiver...

I agree... can go with Miles or Briggs as an emergency fill in for Bighill... Wild is a great teamer but Flanders adds more to the offense than Wild does ST...

You could see the Als had a clear "strategy" for tackling Harris in that game... it's called the helmet to knee strategy... not surprising from that team...

there's nothing wrong with the rule... just how it is being applied... if you saw the Clay Matthews tackle in the Packers/Vikings game... it was about as perfectly textbook as you can get...

I don;t think Nichols' ego is the problem here... it would be O'Shea's unwillingness to use his second QB more... also, there was never really a time when this was a common practice... a few teams have tinkered with it over the years, but that's about it..

I don't disagree with everything you say... but you say that you want whats best for the Bombers... while simultaneously saying that you want the Bombers to lose... realistically if you wanted what was best for the team you would be cheering for Coach O'Shea's success...

ummmm.... all of your examples made the playoffs.... @17to85 said 9 wins gets you in the playoffs... you just proved his point...

I think it's been noted that the only two people making decent money in Wpg radio are (were) named Wheeler and Burpee... but I am still surprised by the amounts... I would've guessed low 6 figures...

disagree... you're saying you would put Chris Williams in ahead of either Dressler, Adams or Thompkins??

I've never really liked this "analysis" of a QB... bceause this really applies to every QB... get pressure on them and they can't play their game... look at the history of the Pats losing big playof games with Brady at QB and I guarantee the common denominator in those games is the other team getting to Brady...

I actually agree with you... it didn't look like he was going to make it either way... but he still looked pretty goofy just stutter-stepping for no apparently reason...

this was such an ugly game... but man did it feel nice to finally get a W at the new stadium!... especially against the greenies...

He's 31 years old now... 32 in October... safe to say you don't bounce back as quickly when you reach that mark...

thanks... this time it makes sense! 😃 I'd have to think it's a little of both... while I agree with you that BC and Toronto are not exactly world beaters on offense... our defense held both teams in check in the second half of a back-to-back... which is hard to do... also of note, I'm blaming the BC loss on offense... I thought the D held us in and gave us every chance to win...

I think it goes to show you how much the talent surrounding him can affect he play of the raw QB...

this is saying the exact same thing two different ways...

This is exactly what I do... it's about a 15 minute walk from my friend's place... and a season's worth of parking only costs me a case of beer or a nice bottle of something...

Not a coincidence Sask and Edm are heavily penalized teams while Calgary and Winnipeg are not... just look at the way Maas and Jones conduct themselves versus O'Shea and Dickensen...

http://www.cjme.com/2018/08/03/jamie-nye-carter-needs-to-be-a-leader-not-a-whiner-2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+D559jamieNyeD559+(CJME-Jamie+Nye+√+) Sorry Jamie, but I don;t think Carter will stop whining now...

I don't think the LB coach should be on the hook for a loss... 😉 I'm being facetious... you must have forgot they brought in Noel Thorpe as DC this past off-season...