Edmonton at Winnipeg

[gobombersgo]

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Elks ranked #4, Bombers ranked #6, can't argue with that.

https://3downnation.com/2026/06/22/3downnation-cfl-power-rankings-b-c-lions-turned-upside-down/

[Tecno]

Elsbury took an extra day on bye week to get married, seems like bad planning on his part, maybe he never expected to make the team?  Hope he's at least bringing his poor wife back to Wpg. with him, not much of a honeymoon for her.

No better honeymoon than joining your new hubby at PAS and watching them get a dominant win!  Plenty of time for the hotel post-game!

[Tecno]

Justin Rankin is a feast or famine type of back. He has explosive speed and can break away for huge gains. He also gets dropped for a loss more than any other RB. Reminds me of Fred Reid in that regard.

Rankin was tackled for a loss 41 times in 2025 and 8 times in 2026.

By comparison, Oliveira was tackled for a loss 12 times in 2025 & 0 times this far in 2026.

Misleading stat, IMHO.  Is Rankin getting -3 because he's dancing looking for the home run any worse than Brady getting 1-2 on most runs?  Because when Brady finally gets lucky he gets 8 instead of 2.  Woopee.  When Rankin busts it he gets 50Y and 2-3 TDs a game.

I'm pretty sure a ton of WPG and SSK and CGY fans are looking at Rankin right about now and drooling.  Doesn't mean it can't change... but for now there's only 1 back that's winning games all on his own.  And it ain't the power backs.

The saving grace is ours is the only NAT.  Everyone else has to screw with the ratio to get an IMP RB and often a DI backup.

[Tecno]

I was still in last seasons AR mode.  You are 100% about Peterson.  Great point.  Agree on Chris-Ike.

Holy smokes, for some reason I didn't realize/remember we PR'd Peterson to go with our 2 FB/TE set.  Changes things a bit; but makes sense.

[Tecno]

OTOH Chris-Ike is faster and possibly a choice to be used in this fashion 2 or 3 times a game even if it's not totally successful.

Is Ike really faster than Peterson?  Peterson looks more like a Rankin than a Brady to me.  High burst and top-end.  Ike is taller/bigger so shouldn't he be slower??

[Tecno]

Elks ranked #4, Bombers ranked #6, can't argue with that.

LOL, that will NOT last.  Beating EDM is easy if you shut Rankin down.  We've done it several times.  Cody is not going to beat you only with his arm, without any splash run game opening things up for the RECs.

EDM #4.            Oh my sides!

[dd]

ya, Edmonton has the upset of the season and now all of a sudden is unbeatable, whatever. Teams will key in on rankin, meaning fajardo will hit the odd play to Mack, as he's a stud receiver, but other than that, what does Edmonton really have?? It's good the elks are 2-0, but heck they played Ottawa, th free spot on the bingo card, and upset Montreal in the rain. They ll still be 4th or 5th in the west when the season ends

[Blueforlife]

Holy smokes, for some reason I didn't realize/remember we PR'd Peterson to go with our 2 FB/TE set.  Changes things a bit; but makes sense.

Makes two of us lol

Is Ike really faster than Peterson?  Peterson looks more like a Rankin than a Brady to me.  High burst and top-end.  Ike is taller/bigger so shouldn't he be slower??

My money on Peterson, someone needs to pull their sprint speeds

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

ya, Edmonton has the upset of the season and now all of a sudden is unbeatable, whatever. Teams will key in on rankin, meaning fajardo will hit the odd play to Mack, as he's a stud receiver, but other than that, what does Edmonton really have?? It's good the elks are 2-0, but heck they played Ottawa, th free spot on the bingo card, and upset Montreal in the rain. They ll still be 4th or 5th in the west when the season ends

The Bombers have had problems covering Julien-Grant at times, he's had some significant games against them.

[bunker]

Makes two of us lolMy money on Peterson, someone needs to pull their sprint speeds

40 yard dash: 4.51 vs 4.64
20 yard shuttel: 4.19 vs 4,46
3 cone drill : 6.71 vs 7.47
You just lost your money

[Blue In BC]

40 yard dash: 4.51 vs 4.64
20 yard shuttel: 4.19 vs 4,46
3 cone drill : 6.71 vs 7.47
You just lost your money

Not much of a difference but I think Peterson is a downhill runner like Oliveria. Chris-Ike is a little slipperier I think.

I could be wrong about that but a feeling I have.

[bunker]

Not much of a difference but I think Peterson is a downhill runner like Oliveria. Chris-Ike is a little slipperier I think.

I could be wrong about that but a feeling I have.

Those are actually significant differences in times. Whether it actually translates to quickness as a running back is a whole other discussion.

[Tecno]

Wow, then why aren't we running sweeps & outside runs with Ike?  He can more easily be the "forgotten man" in formations.

[Tecno]

The Bombers have had problems covering Julien-Grant at times, he's had some significant games against them.

That's because our D always leaves half (or more!) of the flat wide open, especially on longer developing pass plays.

And we're really bad about the sneak out 5th/6th read, the crossing FB or TE, etc.  That means the FB/TE/5th read REC will often have great stats and TDs against us.  It's a serious problem we need to solve.

It's like any little wrinkle or trick and our D has no response, and no one is using their brains to spot the danger.  Sad.

That's why Meng destroyed us last game.  Pitiful.