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Think he's actually doing a pretty good job of making chicken salad out of chicken ****. Oliviera looks like he's about 70%. Have one go-to guy in Demski. Sterns seems somewhat reliable. Everyone else is a basketcase. So his best receivers are the two guys under 5'10. OL is not assignment sound. Wallace is physical, but can be easily tricked to chase a block and give up the most direct route to the QB/ball carrier. Discipline and awareness not there yet. Kolankowski and Neufeld get beat straight up more often than not. Randolph has been the only consistent piece.

Bonfire postgame re Bombers’ 30-27 victory Ottawa. As always, available on all your podcast apps. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0o9qXD6r0tM&t=7s&pp=ygUXYm9uZmlyZSBzcG9ydHMgd2lubmlwZWc%3D

Farside comics are coming to life.

BBs QB situation is a mess. As bad as Collaros is he gives us a better chance to win than with Streveler. Here,s hoping we can get some young QB that has potential to be a legit and competent CFL starter in 2026.

Argos vs. Elks was an entertaining game. Fajardo takes an absolute pounding...not sure how many more downs he'll be playing.

We have a lot of the worsts in the CFL right now but the big one is that we have the worst starting QB

Even the TSN commentstors are starting to mention it.

I'd say the Bombers get the rental of the stadium but all concessions, merch & ticket sales will go to the Argos. If the game is sold out then that would be the equivalent of THREE Argo home games. This is a cash grab by MLSE. They don't care about the Argos or their fans.

I think it's safe to say this will be his final season. By far the worst starting Center in the CFL. Osh sure plays his favourites.

You can't compare this year's team with last year. Last year, we had a run & passing game as well as a secondary that made plays. This year, all our dbs do is frantically chase the receivers that beat their pants off.

Serviceable when healthy, I am speaking only of this season.

But Big Stan is a rapidly depreciating asset.

On a rare positive note: we now seem to have a solid safety and Tony Jones had his best game as a Bomber- he seems to be getting better.

The centre is terrible, but if Big Stan is healthy the OL is decent.

Yes, on that second and 3, I would have left Collaros in and called a "regular" play, one with a couple of options. Putting all the big guys in and giving Streveler no option other than try to find a hole to whatever side the play called for. (Can he audible to change it? Is he even allowed that?) And, with his not totally healed body, he hasn't looked good on these short yardage plays. Wilson, imo, has looked better (more yards gained per attempt, I think). So if a play like that is the (dumb)call, get in your better player for that situation. It still ticks me off.

Yep, it is disappointing. I would have considered opening the bank (darn any penalties) for another FA or two or different FAs. I have to wonder what Miller/Walters were thinking. (The extension for Collaros is one of many head-scratchers.) Having said that, I believe they'll be playoff bound (probably without a home game) and if the D continues to grow and the currently cringe worthy O can at least become more consistent, we have a shot.

Yeah and I've said both qbs have to deal with a pile of **** around them... all I'm doing is pointing out the hypocrisy of some people who simply write off streveler as sucking meanwhile do all sorts of excuse making for collaros when he is throwing too many picks (2 more last night let's not forget), getting sacked when he holds the ball too long, having long periods of offensive ineptitude etc etc etc.

I not overly concerned with the defense...injuries and all...we have pieces to be successful and it's a matter more of how we use them, and some we shouldn't use.....A couple more small yweeks and allowing a few guys to grow as they go and we should be alright...scheme at times is still a bit questionable but we have the athletes for the most part to be real good Offense.....yikes.....Oline isnt the issue many make it out to be...we just need to stick with the same 5 guys......and try a different center if not for anything to show we are actually trying to be better OC is an issue.....and when you don't have really any offensive weapons that scare anyone...and a running back who is definitely not 100 percent, your in for some tough sledding...why we haven't been bringing in legit wr guys constantly thru this first 8 weeks is a bit concerning....big bodied types....burners...and ones also who have return skills too For a yr we have chance to play in the Cup in our own back yard, the way we have gone about everything since January is disappointing to say the least...and sadly, not shocking

Holy cow, that sounds like an incredible amount of work. Super curious about the tools and data sources you use -- do you have your own play-by-play database?

last I looked ZC has thrown more picks than TD's as well....and if not for that one big game last yr would have in 2024....he ended up at 17-15 Streveler isnt at 100 percent so hard to judge him based on that as well as the mess the whole offence is right now....Sort of can say same with ZC but he has also been trending don since 2023 too, and really in all our playoff games since 2019....he really hasn't been the key cog as to why we won...has been average at very best right thru the 5 yrs, and can easily be said he was a significant reason for the losses tho But I do chalk a lot of that up to piss poor rostering....coaching....and in-game decisions more than anything....so it's not all on ZC but his decline is real and thinking otherwise (hello Osh and some fans) is just sticking head in the sand Is Strev the answer?...who knows....is ZC...who knows....but he isnt the future thats for sure....if anything we need to design a system to fit what we have, and in some ways what we dont have and also give Strev lots of use...try and develop some things suited to him and actually do some coaching, cause we gonna need him in some capacity this yr for sure, and looking at the QB landscape next yr is slim pickens for a savior...nobody is gonna trade us their starter...no rookie is gonna come in and be a bonafide starter, and salivating about some rando backup elsewhere who cant start where he is, isn't the best avenue either. So we likely need him next too....so start the actual process of putting in the work with him now We know it's gonna be ZC here as we tied our wagon to him already, Strev deserves to be back totally healed from surgery to fight it out and hopefully both have actual legit weapons to work with, and a mind leading them to create something

Here's what I have for makes from 2005 to Week 10 of this year, 4 singles and 21 misses for no points: Year Game Kicker Distance 2010 45 Prefontaine 57 2011 47 Medlock 57 2015 67 Medlock 57 2016 11 Medlock 58 2016 68 Maher 58 2017 41 Medlock 57 2017 54 Castillo 57 2018 94 Medlock 57 2019 14 Lauther 57 2022 24 Lauther 57 2022 54 Small 58 2022 80 Small 57 2024 24 Castillo 60 2024 31 Castillo 57 2024 42 Castillo 60 2024 61 Paredes 57 2025 34 Castillo 58 2025 37 Maltos 58 2025 48 Castillo 63

It's all from data I've collected over the years for this kind of situation. The CFL does have a database but I'm not sure what's in the current version (Genius Sports).

To be fair Streveler threw 3 picks in his second victory. I'm not sure how many games you are gonna win when your starter throws 3 picks and no TDs, so I really wouldn't chock that up to him too much. People have been making all kinds of excuses for Streveler as well. Throwing more INTs than TDs and having a 7.6 YPA isn't going to win you many football games. The only qualified starter that his YPA is better than is MBT and... yeah

Absolutely they were. Which is why I always push back on the idea that collaros did anything special in that run.