Looks like Father Time has apprehended a number of CFL players. Including:
Even though he’s come out of the chute, McLeod Bethel Thompson isn’t a victim of Father Time. Yet.
Bo is in the same category as his buddy Zach Collaros. Both no look no good as they say in Jim land.
Ryan Neufeld, Jake Thomas
So far Bo has had a solid game, a great game, and a bad game. He’s far from done. If Tim White gets out of his own head and makes the catches your no. 1 receiver is expected to make, Bo will be fine.
I’ve never heard of RYAN Neufeld. Is he possibly related to PATRICK Neufeld ?
If its Paddy Neufeld (Bomber RG) he’s still serviceable, perhaps the best of a bad lot of current Bomber o-linemen. Super Stanley Bryant (39 yr old blind-side OT) has fallen on hard times. No Geoff Gray to stabilize a deteriorating line.
Jake Thomas is still a slightly under-sized fire hydrant. Jake enjoys the line battles and engaging in physical tussles with opposition linemen. Only problem, like one of his predecessors Doug “Bubba” Brown, the joy on winning a tussle plays distant second to ripping the QBs head off. Thomas is as successful a rotational Canuck DT as the Bombers have had. He’s just not an all-reps starter who can penetrate QBs’ cone of silence.
Bighill looks recovered from his pre-season injury. Only problem is Father Time has slowed him to a near crawl and he spends much of his game hiding in piles, not being near as dominant as he was during his peak years.
Bomber special teams under Mike Miller don’t seem much better than they were under the inconclusive Paul Boudreau.
If anything has caught up to KL, it’s injuries, not Father Time. If he comes back healthy from this broken bone, he will still be number one on my list of leagues best receivers until unthroned
Father time has gotten to Neufeld. Time to put Wallace at RG and Eli at C.
One thing I noticed when Lawler started the season. He was wary. Far more wary of getting hit or accidentally run into on a blocking assignment. When a man gets wary - he loses effectiveness. Lawler, at 29 may be physically able (after healing his latest injury) but that wariness makes him a slightly diminished player.
Neufeld is weak against anyone with speed & power. Almost helpless. But there’s only a handful of such guys in the league. Neufeld can hold his own with most rookies, sophmores and guys without a ton of miles on them, I think he’ll finish out the season with Wpg., as their 2nd best OL (doesn’t say much) and then play one more year with another team, perhaps as a spot-starter, more likely a 6th OL
Hey, Lawler is…er…was a great receiver, but I never considered him to number one in the league.
Gotta agree with the whole list. And, could add a few more, but will leave that for another day so you can bask in the glory of a very good post!
Not so sure…Lyle Style is in lock-step with so many who agree that Bo is in lost step.
Differences of opinion make horse races. I always felt he was too good for this league; should be playing Sunday football.
Lawler is a fairly lanky guy who runs great routes and has way above average hands. His downfall is that he’s not a burner, doesn’t possess burner speed and now that he’s well past his mid 20s, he’s no longer seen as even a project player.
Same thing with Milt Stegall way back when. Had a Cup o Coffee in Cincinnati and then appeared on CFL radar. Now generally regarded as CFL’s greatest receiver.
Bo is also so wary of getting whacked or smashed by a rough, 6’3", 280 lb. DT with malicious intentions. When Bo was destroying other teams in his heyday he took routine hits, well routinely. And he held onto the ball to the last micro-second before tossing it, even if it meant talking a late hit or bad headshot.
Now, he’s about as wary as they come. Right up there with Ricky Ray, Smilin’ Hank, AC, etc. Also think Collaros is now entering territory of the wary.
Can’t be the greatest receiver while anyone still retains a memory of Hal Patterson. 
Greatest player convos across wildly different generations and eras of football are completely pointless IMO.
I have memories of some great old WRs of their time. George McGowan, Donny Davis (Mtl, best catch of all-time), Ernie Pitts, Prince Hal (for sure), Garney Henley, plus I remember a fabulous old WR from Ottawa, circa 1960s who had incredible speed but didn’t last that long due to injuries.
Milt is statistically the greatest but suffers from his allergy to championship rings. Hugh Campbell (SK) & Ken Neilsen (WPG) were two of the greatest WRs in CFL history but both men were ponderously slow. Its a beautiful world.
Injuries are part of the aging. The wear and tear of all players will diminish their playing. Coaches over use players, and can not afford to manage their work load. Old guys do not recover the same as a youngster. Eventually it all ends, no exceptions, some last longer such as Damon Allen, Henry Burris. And kickers.
Good observation. For sure, he is not the same…the guy who would almost defy defenders to hit him.