Winnipeg @ BC the Rematch

[Pigskin]

Heading down to BC for this one. Strev. had a nice game, but it will be nice to get ZC8 back. The injury report should come out on Monday for both teams.

[Blue In BC]

I'm not expecting practice until Tuesday so we may not get IR reports on Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday with walk through Thursday, travel on Friday.

OTOH, it might be a 3 practice week and Collaros will need to get up to game speed.

Just a guess but Rourke probably can't play this week. He'd have difficulty throwing and we're in his head.

Are you in town for more than game day? Maybe we hook up for lunch?

[Pigskin]

I'm not expecting practice until Tuesday so we may not get IR reports on Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday with walk through Thursday, travel on Friday.

OTOH, it might be a 3 practice week and Collaros will need to get up to game speed.

Just a guess but Rourke probably can't play this week. He'd have difficulty throwing and we're in his head.

Are you in town for more than game day? Maybe we hook up for lunch?

Flying in on Friday afternoon. Myself and the 3 grandkids, so my hands are pretty full. But, thanks for the offer.

[TecnoGenius]

Just a guess but Rourke probably can't play this week. He'd have difficulty throwing and we're in his head.

What's his injury?  The only thing I saw was limping after an awkward on-leg tackle on one of his scrambles (proving a running QB gets injured more! Stats be darned).

They have to start Rourke unless he's dying.  Masoli won't beat us, clearly.  And they won't sell seats if Rourke is out.

[TecnoGenius]

I think we should keep up the pressure and weirdness.  We fooled their D (and O!) a whack ton.  Peterson clearly threw them for a loop.

Find a way to start Cooley.  BC will have no idea what to do with that.  If Cooley isn't as good as Peterson, then Peterson steps in.

This would mean no Ayers or we put Wallace @ LG.

I might also look at trying someone else in Sterns' spot.  It's early days, why not see what Reggie can do?

[Blue In BC]

What's his injury?  The only thing I saw was limping after an awkward on-leg tackle on one of his scrambles (proving a running QB gets injured more! Stats be darned).

They have to start Rourke unless he's dying.  Masoli won't beat us, clearly.  And they won't sell seats if Rourke is out.

Oblique injury which is going to impact his throwing. Fans won't know until game day so it won't impact sales.

[Blue In BC]

I think we should keep up the pressure and weirdness.  We fooled their D (and O!) a whack ton.  Peterson clearly threw them for a loop.

Find a way to start Cooley.  BC will have no idea what to do with that.  If Cooley isn't as good as Peterson, then Peterson steps in.

This would mean no Ayers or we put Wallace @ LG.

I might also look at trying someone else in Sterns' spot.  It's early days, why not see what Reggie can do?

You don't seem to understand the context of ratio. Taking Ayers out doesn't help maintaining 7 Canadian starters. Taking out Vanterpool would work if we choose to add Cooley to maintain ratio and starting Canadians. 

OTOH, you want to start Cooley instead of Peterson after he rushed for 130 yards in his 1st game? I like Cooley but he just has the wrong passport.

Ayers had 3 ST's and is a very good player.

Aside from all of that, we'd have to 1 game IR either of those choices since neither would be willing to go back to PR.

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If Brady can't go, Peterson starts at RB and we don't miss a beat.

[The Zipp]

according to the roster on the website this is what we have for RB/FB:

brady o
matt peterson
chris ike-smith
cooley
logan

that is it.

let's assume BO goes to the one game, logan is already hurt (no timeline on return)

i am thinking somehow cooley has to get activated.  we use the FB as a unique position and they largely contribute to blocking and extra protection. 

going into a game with one Rb and one FB seems risky, you could play Demski at RB and play Corcoran in his spot as a plan B if injuries happen, but having to do this type of maneuvering on game 2 kinda smacks of roster mismanagement. 

maybe there is someone out there they will bring in or they know BO is good to go.   

[Blue In BC]

It's a normal issue for starting Canadians. If either Demski or Clercius get injured, then we're starting Corcoran. If Kramdi gets injured we probably have to replace him with Griffin which creates a domino effect.

Oliveria is the best RB in the league and he's a Canadian. It will always be an issue if he can't play. All that said Peterson looked very good. Yes he could get injured in warm ups but he could also play injury free for at least the next game.

Question # 1 is can Oliveria play this week?

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

You don't seem to understand the context of ratio. Taking Ayers out doesn't help maintaining 7 Canadian starters. Taking out Vanterpool would work if we choose to add Cooley to maintain ratio and starting Canadians. 

OTOH, you want to start Cooley instead of Peterson after he rushed for 130 yards in his 1st game? I like Cooley but he just has the wrong passport.

Ayers had 3 ST's and is a very good player.

Aside from all of that, we'd have to 1 game IR either of those choices since neither would be willing to go back to PR.

The one way to make room for Cooley is to replace Sterns with Corcoran and bring Cobb on as a backup, not fair to Sterns or Petersen but minor disruption elsewhere. I don't think they'll consider this option, unless Brady is out for 3-4 games they're not likely to move Cooley off the PR. He chose the wrong planet to crash his rocket ship into.

[The Zipp]

if rourke isn't playing do we adjust our roster different if playing Masoli ?

i think Rourke will play - if it's just pain management there are things for that.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

if rourke isn't playing do we adjust our roster different if playing Masoli ?

i think Rourke will play - if it's just pain management there are things for that.

Sad sack Masoli better shape up and demonstrate he still has some of the old magic left in his back pocket or he's not long for this world.  Doman not likely to tolerate pathetic performance for long, Cameron Dukes would be a better option.

[Blue In BC]

The one way to make room for Cooley is to replace Sterns with Corcoran and bring Cobb on as a backup, not fair to Sterns or Petersen but minor disruption elsewhere. I don't think they'll consider this option, unless Brady is out for 3-4 games they're not likely to move Cooley off the PR. He chose the wrong planet to crash his rocket ship into.

If Oliveria is out longer term we might be scanning TC cuts for Canadian RB's as depth. It might depend on how well Peterson performs. Obviously he could get injured on the 1st play of the next game. OTOH did we expect Oliveria to only play 4 plays before he got hurt?

We do have Chris-Ike as in game depth.

Depth is a tough road to hoe.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Good interview with Petersen starts 1:50 in, bit long but you get a good sense of who this kid is within the first 20 minutes, very motivated and focused on playing football.  Born in the US, moved to Brooks at 4 and bounced back and forth between Canada and US a few times, most of his football training happened in Canada, so he's a legitimate Natl.