Official Game Day Thread - Winnipeg at Saskatchewan - July 19, 2024

GOLDMEMBER · July 24, 2024, 02:25:28 PM

Quote from: Sir Blue and Gold on July 24, 2024, 02:19:42 PMHe took the route that the majority of Canadian players do. They need time. No one was hiding him. Here's some conjecture for you, since you like him so much.

Justin McInnis
From: Pierrefonds, Quebec
6 foot 5, 210 lbs
Played at Arkansas State and was largely a depth player (1,548 yards, 10 TDs)
Played his first game in the CFL at age 24.
Had 149 receiving yards in his rookie CFL season; no TDs

Kevens Clercius
From: Montreal, Quebec
6 foot 2, 217 lbs
Played at UConn and was largely a depth player (604 yards, 5 TDs)
Played his first game in the CFL at age of 24.
Currently has 113 yards in his rookie CFL season (7 games); no TDs

Are we hiding Clercius? Do our coaches not appreciate him enough? Note: I think McInnis was the better prospect coming into the league but the situations are incredibly similar.

He could be an amazing future weapon.

Blue In BC · July 24, 2024, 02:51:56 PM

Quote from: GOLDMEMBER on July 24, 2024, 02:25:28 PMHe could be an amazing future weapon.

Yes, he's looked good and could well become a full time starter. I realize he's starting now but that is due to Bomber injury issues at the moment. It does give him the chance to seize this opportunity.

But I would think when Lawler returns he may get bumped to back up.

ichabod_crane · July 24, 2024, 04:52:59 PM

Quote from: Blue In BC on July 24, 2024, 02:51:56 PMBut I would think when Lawler returns he may get bumped to back up.

You think the obvious my friend!

TecnoGenius · July 25, 2024, 06:07:50 AM

Quote from: Sir Blue and Gold on July 24, 2024, 02:19:42 PMHe took the route that the majority of Canadian players do. They need time. No one was hiding him. Here's some conjecture for you, since you like him so much.
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Are we hiding Clercius? Do our coaches not appreciate him enough?
Note: I think McInnis was the better prospect coming into the league but the situations are incredibly similar.

I don't like McInnis so much... I just play fantasy and for a few weeks he blew the entire league out of the water on fantasy points. That makes me take notice. A couple of weeks if you had McInnis and you made him your "captain" you were getting almost 100 points just from 1 player. To put that in perspective, you're often lucky to get 100 points off of your entire roster!

As for the other parts... you know the answers as well as I do. 10% of NAT Rs turn into a Demski or McInnis or Philpot The Great. 20% turn into Woli. (Rough numbers.) Many more turn into Petermann (who is now gone?). Even more don't even last 1 season, or even TC.

So Clercius may look a lot like McInnis on paper, sure. But it's anyone's guess whether in 3-4 seasons he's McInnis or Petermann. If he does turn into McInnis then we may be striking gold!

However, like often happens with QBs, sometimes the team that suffers through the "dev time" with an R is not the team that reaps the all-star rewards. Demski in SSK vs WPG. McInnis in SSK vs WPG. (Wait, I'm sensing a theme... NAT Rs suck in SSK then flower with "real" teams, LOL.)

jayrock · July 25, 2024, 09:11:05 PM

https://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/25/three-players-fined-after-week-7-games/

GOLDMEMBER · July 25, 2024, 09:14:28 PM

Quote from: jayrock on July 25, 2024, 09:11:05 PMhttps://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/25/three-players-fined-after-week-7-games/

Biggie fined on a flagless play. Lol. What a joke.

MBT can go home and never come back.

Big Daddy · July 25, 2024, 10:11:59 PM

Quote from: GOLDMEMBER on July 25, 2024, 09:14:28 PMBiggie fined on a flagless play. Lol. What a joke.

MBT can go home and never come back.

Ridiculous that Biggie got fined. Total joke.

What did MBT say? I missed that.

GOLDMEMBER · July 25, 2024, 10:13:05 PM

Quote from: Big Daddy on July 25, 2024, 10:11:59 PMRidiculous that Biggie got fined. Total joke.

What did MBT say? I missed that.

google it,it is must see TV. drama Queen BS. lol

dd · July 25, 2024, 10:43:44 PM

I see both sides of the biggie hit. Ya, Patterson shouldn't have run around Teasing the bombers and rubbing the lose in-should have thrown it away, but I can see the leagues side of things as if they let that slide, what happens on the next last play of the game. I think biggies fine was all about putting out future fires associated with last play of the game

J5V · July 25, 2024, 10:52:43 PM

Quote from: jayrock on July 25, 2024, 09:11:05 PMhttps://www.cfl.ca/2024/07/25/three-players-fined-after-week-7-games/

And the screwing from Regina just continues to roll. I always preferred Saskatoon anyway. :-)

Pete · July 25, 2024, 10:58:34 PM

Did they fine any officials for unfair calls?

theaardvark · July 26, 2024, 03:46:14 AM

I hope the fine was $1

J5V · July 26, 2024, 03:57:48 AM

Biggie's teammates will gladly chip in as would most Bomber fans. When we beat the Riders in the playoffs we can look back on the "Travesty in Regina" and Adam Bighill's response to it as the turning point of our season.

Jesse · July 26, 2024, 04:55:40 AM

It is not surprising or inflammatory that he was fined.

TecnoGenius · July 26, 2024, 09:10:17 AM

Quote from: Big Daddy on July 25, 2024, 10:11:59 PMRidiculous that Biggie got fined. Total joke.

"driving Saskatchewan quarterback Shea Patterson into the ground"

That's fair(ish). They are making it clear Biggie had every right to tackle or push him, he just should have eased up a bit with the follow-through. I can live with that.

However, I'm pretty sure our rule book doesn't have a "full weight" RTP rule, does it? If so, where is the league pulling this "driving into the ground" rule from? Their butt? They can't just make stuff up and fine players. (Can Biggie appeal?)

My question, as always, is: If this is the middle of the 3rd Q and Biggie does it, does he get a penalty/fine then? No? Then this is BS. 0's on the clock doesn't mean you play any differently if the QB is trying to make a play.

My biggest disappointment is no comment on the 2 horrifically bad DPI calls that may have cost us the game? ...