Elks @ Bombers

[Pigskin]

Very short week. Not much time for practice. Didn't see to many injuries against BC. KC86, ND10 both banged up a bit during the game. Can't see BO20 returning on a short week.

[The Zipp]

no need to rush BO back.  keep the momentum going and light them up at home on a Thursday night!!

[Blueforlife]

What happened to Demski?

[The Zipp]

What happened to Demski?

looked like an ankle.  i think he will be fine. 

[peg_city]

Corcoran time?

[Blueforlife]

Corcoran time?

I was wondering about the same even for last game.  Did he get any regular season action yet?

I liked him preseason.

[markf]

I can see this Bomber defence making life quite miserable for Qb Ford.

We Might see Fajardo.

[dd]

I can't see Ford having any success passing vs our secondary, so I am thinking Elks game plan will be to run the ball with their RB's and Ford. That said, I don't think they have much success on that either, our team speed on defense is impressive.

[DM83]

Bombers as a team look well organized.  Lots of new guys getting opportunities, and performing.
The little guy they picked up from Sask looks super fast.  The worst players on offense are Collaros and Bryant. The new guard looked very good.

Defense looks really good.

[Blueforlife]

I can see this Bomber defence making life quite miserable for Qb Ford.

We Might see Fajardo.

I think Fajardo will play but not yet.  I think Ford gets a long leash.  Could be wrong.

[dd]

I think the bombers lay a lickin on the elks at home and if they do, the elks should put farjardo in in garbage time on the road  to give him some semi game reps as if they continue to lose the home crowd , the little that show up, will be in an ugly mood and won't give a roaring rip that they have twin nats on their roster

[TecnoGenius]

I was wondering about the same even for last game.  Did he get any regular season action yet?

I liked him preseason.

No Corcoran targets yet.  Not sure he even saw the field.

Amazing stab in PS: awesome for us if he can repeat that in reg season!

[TecnoGenius]

The worst players on offense are Collaros and Bryant. The new guard looked very good.

You're always really hard on OL.  You pick a new guy to hate every year!  First it was Yoshi, then Dobson, now Big Stan?

You do realize the pedigree of Big Stan, right?  I think he let 1, maybe 2, guys past him in the last game.  No worse than Randolph.  Yes, he seems to be more vulnerable to the long way 'round pass rush than years ago.  But there's still no other LT I'd want blocking for Zach.

[TecnoGenius]

I can't see Ford having any success passing vs our secondary, so I am thinking Elks game plan will be to run the ball with their RB's and Ford. That said, I don't think they have much success on that either, our team speed on defense is impressive.

The key will be have a spy or semi-spy (we've done this before for him) and contain.  A contain strategy may give him more time in the pocket though.

No Brown this season?  And Rankin maybe injured?  That leaves only Leake, right?  That really puts a damper on their run game plans.  But we can't get cocky.  Last time we did that Brown ripped like 200Y on us.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

As good as I feel going into this game short weeks are the worst and the week after this we've got Calgary coming off a bye.

That's two weeks of playing rested and prepared teams and the margin for error will be smaller.

The only way Edmonton beats us is if they can out physical us and run the ball effectively, unlocking just enough for Ford to make some plays. If they can't? No chance. The short week makes that a bit easier for them but I think being that we're still early in the season and at home we should be able to stem the tide.

Edmonton is a big physical football team though and I don't think it's a particularly good short week draw for us.