Official Game Day Thread - Winnipeg @ Montreal November 7, 2026

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

I don't know... look back at 15 years until today: have tandem-back teams done any better than single-back teams??  Cornish and Messam and Sheets and AH33 were all single backs teams.

Recent GC winners and back-set type:

2025 SSK single
TOR single?
MTL single?
TOR single?
WPG single
WPG single
CGY single
TOR single
OTT single
EDM single?
CGY single
2013 SSK single

Feel free to change any of my singles to tandem if your memory is better than mine.  I count a single-back as a Brady or Oullette or Mills style O where one RB does 80-90% or more of the duty.  A tandem style would be EDM this year, and MTL (but for some/most games, but not all), and also the Horvath/Butler BC.  Teams that have a token backup NAT RB come in for a couple of snaps (Choquette, Bertand-Hudon, Ike, etc) do NOT count as a tandem back team.

Ya, so even if someone changes a couple of my entries above, it's clear the winning solution in the CFL is the single-back paradigm.  I don't mind the idea of Peterson dressing and taking a couple of snaps, but I'm not keen on blowing up ST performance because we want to get Peterson 30% of the snaps...

Sask, would qualify as a dual back system IMO, they spell Oullette every game with Bertand-Hudon or some rookie they're trying out, never sure if he plays ST the rest of the time.

As for the Stamps, Mills has only remained healthy for one season in 5, so maybe they should consider mixing it up a bit to spare him. They had a dynamic running game a few years ago when they combined Ka'Deem Carey, Mills and Peyton Logan occasionally, unfortunately Maier was their QB during those years and they went nowhere.

Point is the Bombers can be leaders not followers, that's what they did from 2018 onward when they re-established the power running game that most teams have now copied. Time for an alteration on the theme.

[dd]

Brady plays a ground n pound game and takes and gives out punishment, that takes its toll on the body, you've absolutely have to spell him off or you're going to wear him out and we're going to loose him long term to injury.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Brady plays a ground n pound game and takes and gives out punishment, that takes its toll on the body, you've absolutely have to spell him off or you're going to wear him out and we're going to loose him long term to injury.

It's amazing how durable Brady has been, but that can change in a heartbeat, they shouldn't assume he can stay healthy for another 2 or 3 seasons. Injuries took their toll on Harris and Cornish and pushed them towards the door.