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I was at that game. Matty Ice was red-hot, we were up and down the field all game. Classic CFL playoff game except it ended sad for us. 100% Matty deserves recognition and fan love but he's not an all-timer.

Armchair QB certificate as a bonus?

Sadly after the past couple years everyone probably has one.

Matty Ice had a couple great showings in the playoffs. Like you said, just wasn't a team that was ready to win yet.

I can't speak for these other guys, but strippers do love me. If these guys can't buy a stripper's love then they need to rethink their banking strategy when going to the peelers.

I agree! Get Smith some reps at SLB. The Bomber's finally have a legit backup for Kramdi there.

I agree with both of you guys on the head scratchers of the past. However, I was speaking generally. MOS may have a different take, but as I mentioned earlier he LOVES NATs to a flaw. So, I think it is safe to assume that if a NAT is as good, or represents little drop off, to an IMP he will go with the NAT. We've seen that a zillion times under his coaching. NAT vs NAT, or IMP vs IMP different story. What's keeping Shay and Smith off the field right now is that we have really good IMPs ahead of them on the depth chart. JSK going down may have opened up a crap load of reps for them now though.

Only way to earn them is in live game reps and proving it...Practice isnt gonna get it for you...film study....hustling around....nope U need to earn it and gain that trust and development with live action play...And Osh is very reluctant todo it...will ride guys ride into the dirt even when they are underperforming or flat out not good enough but he likes them...to the point which we have seen and discussed here would rather play a disabled player with no business being on the roster over giving a guy a shot...hopefully that has changed and is a thing of the past and it was spoken about internally....we shall see

You are clearly jealous of me and Charity.

That makes sense with Smith and Shay but honestly I think they could take some reps on D and we'd be fine. As for you have to earn it, we started Kolo for multiple years and each week you could watch the film and see him get blown up multiple times. We played Kornelson reps last year and he was invisible. Damian Jackson got reps and he was limited at best. Ditto Corcoran. So yeah I get earning reps but don't tell me MOS applies this to everybody.

AND in all honesty...he played well in playoffs and if not for a seive defence vs..was it BC??...He would have pulled off a playoff win...we lost but not from his play. I bet his playoff stats are much better than ZC's in his time here

I see him as a rotational piece this year that could play his way into more meaningful reps if he performs well. Nuer is about our best shot at 2 IMP DTs on occasion so I think he will get regular rotation and if that drops off it's because of performance, not a love of Schmekel. I see Nuer being used more when opposing offences are more likely to run so that we can clog up the middle with Ceresna, and whichever other IMP DT makes the cut.

his get off move and speed was exceptional. We could sure use a bit of that now

if we kick/punt that many times sure. I’d love for them to get 10+ D snaps a game. Hell split 10-15 that’d be some thing. Smith is far more ready as a player, he’s fully ready to atleast platoon at lber imo. If not start. Shay is at a position where he is more likely to get reps though. normally i’d agree for smith. The problem is he’s buried on the depth chart at lber. I don’t think mos will be quick to flip ratio at lber. We’ve only done that during his time here due to injury. I would in a heart beat. I’d much rather use the starting imp at wr or ol. 100%. He’s got the best inside track of any rookie on this team by a mile. If hooper over achieves enough to back up/rotate, Or if smith/shay step up into meaningful reps, nuer could play a lot of reps at de. I think nuers biggest concern will be rookie wall especially with his size. He probably needs his reps kept down to keep him from going full devin adams.

I’m not exactly a nichols booster, but I think that’s reasonable. Def not roh guy, but bb hof qb? why not i can’t think of any one not in whose better (and retired)

Yes. There is so much movement and trade offs in our back end. And it sounds like there's going to be more of it going into this season the way guys are already lining up. The rookies are going to have to prove in the film room first, I think.

I'd put Matty Ice in the Bombers HOF but definitely not the Ring. He's one of the most underrated performers from this glory era.

Complete with Game Manager hat!

Bobblehead night!

Not necessarily formal recognition, heck maybe even just a chance to step on the field as an honored guest and get the ovation from the crowd he deserves. He never got a chance to say goodbye and we at the very least owe him that.

I think Jake was around long enough to play with Bud Grant. But yeah Jamaal was here 2015-2017 and Jake started in 2012 so they had 3 seasons together.

I think it is pretty common that if you are a defensive lineman on the roster that you are taking reps. Those guys are constantly getting after it and need to rotate. Not sure about LBs in Younger's system. They need to a bit more sound in their responsibilities.

Nuer will definitely change that just because of ratio needs.