Riders at Als GDT

[GOLDMEMBER]

Go Als Go

How about a win for the EAST eh?!?!?

Harris needs to rise up and win a friggin game for my man Khari!

Riders D overrated! lol

[GOLDMEMBER]

I am tape delayed by about 30 mins

Great start. Worthy is Worthy lol

2 and out Regina on first drive. Should of had a pick six on Fajardo.

[GOLDMEMBER]

Regina OL sucks Fajardo running for his life.

[GOLDMEMBER]

Impressive bomb connect by Harris

Cody sacked 2 more times since last post lol

[GOLDMEMBER]

Oh ya and famous Andre Proulx is an expert at dual language penalty announcing.    

[GOLDMEMBER]

After Cote messed up the game winning kick last week. He looks great tonight. 4/4 PAT FG bravo!

[GOLDMEMBER]

Boom the danger of having your QB1 sneaking Farjardo injuring his hand. Dude is getting beat up in This game.

[The Zipp]

Cofaj is taking a beating tonight.  Somehow I wouldn't be surprised if Montreal chokes this away though. 

[GOLDMEMBER]

You guys are missing a hell of Football game here! Regina wilting always fun to bare witness.

[GOLDMEMBER]

Cofaj is taking a beating tonight.  Somehow I wouldn't be surprised if Montreal chokes this away though. 

Well if they do it is all Zipps fault. That we know! 

[GOLDMEMBER]

LMAO Duke Williams hands to the ball to Al secondary. Als TD. Duke still playing volleyball LOL

[The Zipp]

Duke - hahahahahahah. 

[The Zipp]

Oh boy fajardo is gonna have a bruise after that one

[The Zipp]

Could you always challenge an illegal block penalty?

[The Zipp]

Cofaj is taking a beating tonight.  Somehow I wouldn't be surprised if Montreal chokes this away though. 

I don't think that is happening...this is awesome !!

[jdrattops]

Dickenson keeps Fajardo in any longer and he will be joining some boys on the 6 game.  Sweet way to start week 3!

[The Zipp]

What  rhymes with Duke....that is what the riders look like and it's beautiful. 

[GOLDMEMBER]

I don't think that is happening...this is awesome !!

this is friggin awesome!. Regina indulging in Montreal night life? lol

[GOLDMEMBER]

What  rhymes with Duke....that is what the riders look like and it's beautiful. 

Puke!

[GOLDMEMBER]

Dickenson keeps Fajardo in any longer and he will be joining some boys on the 6 game.  Sweet way to start week 3!

CoJo getting beat to a pulp. Music to my ears.

Regina interior guard play has been terrible with a capital T. Sewell and Wakefield having a whale of a game.

[GOLDMEMBER]

Picton gets whacked on the knee. Ouch

Als Secondary looking to destroy people. 

[Knocker42]

This is F U N !!!
Thanks, Kahari.

[barbk]

At least 15 people picked Montreal to win tonight's game for pickems.....out of 49, good game to get 1 point

[GOLDMEMBER]

At least 15 people picked Montreal to win tonight's game for pickems.....out of 49, good game to get 1 point

darn did not believe in Als. Darn should have. It is barbks fault   

[GOLDMEMBER]

Nice pick by good ol Mike Jones to pretty much seal it.

[GOLDMEMBER]

CoFaJo is out. Darn I wanted to see him get pounded more.

[GOLDMEMBER]

OL Regina is as Swiss cheese as it gets.

[GOLDMEMBER]

My word either Worthy is amazing or the Regina cover team is beyond horrid. How is that Rider forum looking right now? 

[ichabod_crane]

What  a rout! Those Rider o-line injuries have really messed them up. Just garbage time now late. Believe I picked Montreal in the weekly pool.

[GOLDMEMBER]

What  a rout! Those Rider o-line injuries have really messed them up. Just garbage time now late. Believe I picked Montreal in the weekly pool.

nice pick Itchy

[GOLDMEMBER]

Puke Williams destroys his Rider helmet with massive ground spike. portrait worthy.

[GOLDMEMBER]

Fine needs to sit on the Pine! lol

[GOLDMEMBER]

Nice to see Cote bounce back with a perfect night kicking PAT and FG. Only if Leggs can have a night like that.

[GOLDMEMBER]

Get your tickets Rider priders for the rematch. Will they show up?

[GOLDMEMBER]

MR STERN gets his big win as owner. Must be killing covid cells with a hefty dose of fine scotch and whiskey.

[blue_or_die]

What a tremendous #nutting!

Amazing start to Week 3. Now the Bombers need to play to their ability and make a statement tomorrow night.

[GOLDMEMBER]

What a tremendous #nutting!

Amazing start to Week 3. Now the Bombers need to play to their ability and make a statement tomorrow night.

HERE HERE.

[dd]

Montreal is night and day difference with Harris at Qb. They will make some serious noise with him taking the snaps.

[GOLDMEMBER]

Montreal is night and day difference with Harris at Qb. They will make some serious noise with him taking the snaps.

agreed but Montreal as a team just played way better and Harris happened to be in there.

[Blue In BC]

It looks like the Als lost their starting C with a knee injury. Unfortunate but it looked serious.

Always good to see the Riders get smoked.

[PurpleReign]

It looks like the Als lost their starting C with a knee injury. Unfortunate but it looked serious.

Always good to see the Riders get smoked.

My friend Sean Jamieson went down with a knee injury.  Too bad will be a big blow to Montreal.

[TecnoGenius]

Could you always challenge an illegal block penalty?

Pretty sure yes, but only a called one.  You can't challenge a missed one.

My word either Worthy is amazing or the Regina cover team is beyond horrid. How is that Rider forum looking right now? 

Maybe SSK was coached not to hold on ST this year??  Dunno.  Goes against their nature.  Maybe too many NAT rookies?  I expect they'll improve.

[TecnoGenius]

It looks like the Als lost their starting C with a knee injury. Unfortunate but it looked serious.

Always good to see the Riders get smoked.

That's the 3rd C out in the league.  SSK, WPG and now MTL.  Not good.  Mafia get on the darn phone to Eli & Speller!!  At worst you can use them as trade-bait as teams get desperate.  Look at what TOR did the last 3 seasons... learn from that GM.  Load up & rake in the DPs.

Also, I worry that what we just saw happen to MTL will happen to WPG in a few hours... Zach was already running for his life even before Couture went boom.  What's it going to be like now??  I hope and pray Buck is focussing on the quick game for this one.

[DM83]

What?s with the constant horns?
I am not going to watch those games with those moron ******** and their horns..  what a stupid tradition? That?s ignorant and has nothing to do with cheering the hometown favorite, or dissing the opponent. It?s annoying

[GOLDMEMBER]

What?s with the constant horns?
I am not going to watch those games with those moron ******** and their horns..  what a stupid tradition? That?s ignorant and has nothing to do with cheering the hometown favorite, or dissing the opponent. It?s annoying

what are you talking about? People bring boating emergency horns and in your ear all game. What are we complaining about now uncle fester?

[wpg#1]

So some on the rider forum are saying, well this was predictable because of the short week and travel. Ha Ha Ha Ha.
Predictable ? That?s a hilarious way of putting lipstick on that mess !

[GOLDMEMBER]

So some on the rider forum are saying, well this was predictable because of the short week and travel. Ha Ha Ha Ha.
Predictable ? That?s a hilarious way of putting lipstick on that mess !

In other words the Riders are a soft team.

[blue_gold_84]

Riders got destroyed last night.

[The Zipp]

So some on the rider forum are saying, well this was predictable because of the short week and travel. Ha Ha Ha Ha.
Predictable ? That?s a hilarious way of putting lipstick on that mess !

nothing better than riderfans' bitter tears....

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Well, the Riders are a lot better team than they showed last night. The schedule was a contributing factor without question. However, the protection issues are a real concern as was Fajardo's decision making (likely because of pressure to some extent).

[PurpleReign]

Well, the Riders are a lot better team than they showed last night. The schedule was a contributing factor without question. However, the protection issues are a real concern as was Fajardo's decision making (likely because of pressure to some extent).

Disagree, they are not as good as advertised. Played 2 very week teams prior to last night. That Defense is overrated and was exploited last night. Their Oline is atrocious and Farjardo will not last the season. That D better hold up as their offense is weak and won?t be scoring many points. I would bet if they had played Ottawa like us they would have been shredded.

[VictorRomano]

The Stubblejumper's OL is brutal, and Dookie Williams dropped a couple of easy balls.  I think Rogers has literally half of his team's penalties on Offense.  The Rider's GM needs to airlift in an entire OL or Fajardo is gonna be on the 6-game sooner than later.

[3rdand1.5]

Mtrl contained Fajardo in the pocket and also got pressure to collapse the pocket. Fajardo is a really good QB when he can move around, but making him a pure pocket passer he struggles. Couple Mtrl's very good game plan and pressure on him with Evans getting hurt and taking away his best deep target led to what we saw a mediocre QB performance from him.

Duke also had a poor game by Duke's standards, he is still a very good receiver so I expect he will bounce back next week.

Sask yet again killed themselves with penalties, if the theme continues then they will struggle all year, how many D-line offsides did the have 7ish...that is completely unacceptable

I still think Sask. is a very good team, but IF you can contain Fajardo and collapse the pocket on him he is average at best, and the penalties are killing them. IF they clean up the penalties and Mass can get a game plan that works for Fajardo when he can't move the pocket, they will be a contender. (I am still waiting for D-lineman to be purposefully patient waiting outside the pocket for when he does his patented fake right roll left move to light him up)

The question for Sask. is can those improvements happen?

And yes Mtrl. looks way better with Harris in....at least so far

[theaardvark]

Nothing like watching the Riders get whomped...

Good on the Als, they are doing good work promoting the league and deserved better last week.  This doesn't "make up for it", but it does move them up the power rankings...

[Pete]

In the Als game as well as when they played the Elks  :Fajardo is getting hit regularly ,,even more so than last year, reminds me of Riley in BC.
I also don't thinks hes moving as well ty ...a bad combination. If that oline doesnt get any better or they don't given him added block protection from the rb he won't last the season.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

In the Als game as well as when they played the Elks  :Fajardo is getting hit regularly ,,even more so than last year, reminds me of Riley in BC.
I also don't thinks hes moving as well ty ...a bad combination. If that oline doesnt get any better or they don't given him added block protection from the rb he won't last the season.

O'Day has had 3 years to rebuild the O-line and the results are evident, I think his biggest mistake was sticking with Dan Clark and using him as the keystone to build the O-line around.

[theaardvark]

O'Day has had 3 years to rebuild the O-line and the results are evident, I think his biggest mistake was sticking with Dan Clark and using him as the keystone to build the O-line around.

Have to wonder how much they were expecting LaBatte to return. 

They have drafted a lot of NAT Oline... at least one or two a year...

[3rdand1.5]

Have to wonder how much they were expecting LaBatte to return. 

They have drafted a lot of NAT Oline... at least one or two a year...

Looking across the league and even at our own..O-line play has not been great. O-lineman seem to be in short supply league wide, and in 10 days three starting centers are now out compounding it.

[bluebeard]

Well, the Riders are a lot better team than they showed last night. The schedule was a contributing factor without question. However, the protection issues are a real concern as was Fajardo's decision making (likely because of pressure to some extent).

When you get sacked six times in the first half you know that the Swiss cheese Oline stinks more then ever.  I thought that they would end up in 3rd place but now with the emergence of the BC Lions I am not certain that the Riders will make the playoffs.

Remember that it took the Riders, in their first games, Last minute wins even though they controlled the play with their defense.  I do not think we have much to worry about here when we play them.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

When you get sacked six times in the first half you know that the Swiss cheese Oline stinks more then ever.  I thought that they would end up in 3rd place but now with the emergence of the BC Lions I am not certain that the Riders will make the playoffs.

Remember that it took the Riders, in their first games, Last minute wins even though they controlled the play with their defense.  I do not think we have much to worry about here when we play them.

Agree and I won't be upset if they aren't good but you also shouldn't really judge a team too much on one practice and the shortest rest week of the year on their calendar.

They looked terrible but there are mitigating circumstances.

[M.O.A.B.]

Looking across the league and even at our own..O-line play has not been great. O-lineman seem to be in short supply league wide, and in 10 days three starting centers are now out compounding it.

Pier-Olivier Lestage is available for the Als if they can get him back north.

Brett Jones is available for any CFL team willing to pay big $$$.

I think Eli has moved on.

[TecnoGenius]

What?s with the constant horns?
I am not going to watch those games with those moron ******** and their horns..

Ya, MTL & Molson are really bad for those air horns.  Really annoying as they seem to be situated right outside the booth box.  Maybe make a no-horn space around where the booth is?

Some stadiums don't allow them; some allow them but fan bases don't use them; then there's Molson.  As many air horns as sea gulls.

Goldie: we're not talking mouth-blown Bomber horns here.  We're talking compressed-air horns and/or those little hand-pumped air horns.  No other stadium in the league has that annoyance like that.

[Blue In BC]

Shaq Evans has a fractured ankle and will be placed on 6 game IR.

[3rdand1.5]

Shaq Evans has a fractured ankle and will be placed on 6 game IR.

This really hurts them..too bad for Evans tough break

Duke is now going to be tested...his helmet break down last game isn't a good sign of his mental fortitude when things don't go well!

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

This really hurts them..too bad for Evans tough break

Duke is now going to be tested...his helmet break down last game isn't a good sign of his mental fortitude when things don't go well!

I didn't see where the helmet ended up but he threw it with such force that it must have exploded or bounced into the group of players around him, not good. I wonder if his anger was directed at Fajardo, the coaches, the refs. or himself?  Regardless, the Riders won't be getting any leadership out of that guy.

[bluebeard]

It's a wonder that Maas didn't join him in his tirade!!  He used to like to throw or kick things.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

It's a wonder that Maas didn't join him in his tirade!!  He used to like to throw or kick things.

LOL Maas was probably frothing like a salty dog.