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Nichols got screwed by his defense and coaching in his 2 playoff games here..look at the stats and how each game went..not on him Any semblance of a defense and no coaching brain farts and most likely we are in both west finals and a good chance one of them we prob would have won

Riders issues are more than bad OC work..sure he is lousy but he is trying to devise a game plan where the QB has to get the ball out in 1 to 2 seconds..because the piss poor oline cant sustain much for blocking more than that..the coaches know it and are doing the offence they do so they can protect Bridge and avoid injury.. or him getting pounded and getting the Willy's He goes down and they are reeaally screwed..more than they are now. Factor in if u ask me other than Roosevalt a weak receiving Corp with no veteran presence to see things and recognize where to go and it just makes it worse. Getting rid of Bagg..Grant..Owen's was soooooo dumb and falls solely on coaches and GM and mismanaging a SMS system caused it. Carter might help that offence but I doubt it and his immaturity and whining and **** disturbing he would cause due to not getting balls thrown to him or ones that are being uncatchable would totally fragment that team more than it is..coaches know it too and prob why they keep him away. The fact on defense that they have to move him around on defense basically to try and hide him so not to get exposed is also telling. For all the tire pumping fans and some media give Jones he is the sole reason the team is at the point they are..and the bonus part about it is he is to egotistical to make the right changes and this will continue..and nbn is funny as heck

Listen I can understand people not being 100% sold on Nichols, but man alive, you can not possibly look at those playoff games and say that Nichols was a problem. Guy turned in 2 absolutely great performances in both of those semi finals and was let down by the other aspects of the team big time.

Nichols has been at his very best in the playoffs for this team, to even suggest that he is a problem in the playoffs with as bad as the D was in each of them means you quite likely either have a brain injury or are just dumb.

Fans like you are clueless.

1. Demski 2. JSK 3. Thompkins HH-Miller The STFU Award- Suitor

111 yards versus Montreal 101 yards versus Hamilton 165 yards versus Hamilton 147 yards versus Calgary 1 td pass in those four games. He didn't just struggle against Calgary. I don't see a guy who's a 1B, I see a guy whose not good enough and I want far away from my team.

Sums up the cryders team.

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Matt Nichols is only 24-10 (.705 winning%) as the starting QB for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers since taking over 2 years ago. Let's not forget, we were 1-4 in 2016 before he took over and at that point, 13-28 under MOS and many of us were ready to give MOS the old apple and a road map.

Imagine his record for us with an above average defense the last 3 years.. dare I say a dominant one

Sorry if this was mentioned elsewhere, but I’m curious, did Bowman see the field in Montreal’s loss the other day? Also a funny coincidence that in the two games that Adams hasn’t had a ton of catches this season he has thrown completions.

One of the best coach's and nicest guys in the history of the club.

to be fair- he had a run lane and the dlineman slid off his blocker at the last moment and arm tackled Nichols. The hole was there- the d-lineman just made a very good play.

I wonder if Rod Pederson is finally going to acknowledge Rider fans booing last night. He chastises Bomber fans for doing that and praises Rider fans for never booing the home team.

Why? What does he do as a quarterback that makes you think he's going to develop into anything beyond an athlete who can run around a bit? He's not exactly a raw rookie, yet the only passing play he has is run around and heave it hoping for the best... I said it before, I will say it again, he's like a shitty Michael Bishop.

Couple things that seem to be overlooked imo... OShea really outcoached Trestman from what I saw - a lot of credit due for keeping his team motivated through the second half as well, kept the foot on the gas Bighill getting huge credit for JSK's development but I really think its the combo of Osh/Bighill that will be the difference this year - I'd still call this a Grey Cup team Leggett back at SAM is huge. Really interested to see if he makes a difference against Masoli and throws him off his game - before Leggett was moved back, we were getting killed on the flats. JSK-Bighill-Leggett is the best LB core in the league in my opinion.

It's like saying the Moose are in direct competition even though they are owned by TN.

As the saying goes you can stop one Winnipeger but you can’t stop them all.

Jerome Messam-0 Joshua Stanford-0 Devon Bailey-0 Spencer Moore-0 Those would be the Riders National Offensive "Skill" players and the number of TDs scored. Of and the Riders leading receiver is Naaman Roosevelt, who is #25 in the CFL.

I hope they cap it off with a reenactment of the 97th Grey Cup.

Only the Riders' announcers would call faking an injury a "veteran move".

I'm sure this score is the refs fault.....

I think it's disingenuous to blame those two losses on Matt- we scored 30+ points in each of those games. the fact we can't shut down our opposition to below 30 points is indicative of a defensive breakdown and not an offensive one. You are blinded by your hate for Nichols.

Argos paid for stacking the box to stop Harris. Nichols said Argos went with 3 traditional linebackers opening up the deeper routes.

New Flight of the Conchords HBO special dropping October 6. Can't wait!! https://deadline.com/2018/07/camping-premiere-date-hbo-jennifer-garner-david-tennant-juliette-lewis-1202433229/

Clip from a Jamaal Westerman interview on CFL.ca KC: If you could be stranded on a deserted island with any teammate you’ve ever played with in the CFL, who would it be and why? JW: I would say my brother (Jabar Westerman) but he’s a vegan so we’re not going to be eating any food! It’s going to be all, ‘here’s some berries.’ So maybe not my brother. I also would want my mom to be like, ‘two of my sons are gone.’ So maybe it would be Jake Thomas. We played together in Winnipeg. He’s a really good friend of mine. He would be fun to be on a deserted island with. He’s not that fast so if anything is chasing us, I’ll probably get away. https://www.cfl.ca/2018/07/26/tmi-jamaal-westerman-creature-habit/

Beat down so far. Love it.

You keep parroting the nonsense about 0 playoff wins while ignoring the fact that of the reasons the bombers haven't won a playoff game Nichols is at the very bottom of the list.

Riders are not impressive and yet are 3-3 and still in the race. Here's to the next month changing that.

It's weird, everyone thinks the stumps are amazing- but they haven't beat anyone. They've only beaten scrub teams.

Here's to the start of an 0-13 run for the mustache Riders!

We are 4-3 right now. Let's check back in after another 5 games,

How was that not blocking from behind at goal line by Carter on the pick 6?

It's all part of the Chris Jones mega plan

did calg only get five first downs? what a goofy game.

He's coaching now.

falling behind by 24 was part of the plan, making this comeback that much more satisfying.

I would love if they ever caught one of those conversations between a trainer and a player faking an injury through the CFL's "Open mic" feature

Sask colour guy just said that a sask player is faking an injury, to help out the defence, thinks its great. what an ass. Rod going berserk 😂 calgary should just concede!

Oh god, I hope not, Suitor would lose his mind.

This is just good TV right here. Suitor is nearly in tears. Love it.

This is glorious.

What I loved to see last night was when the Argos would stand up a ball carrier and tried to strip him, out of no where a big Olineman would blow up one of the defenders.

yeah pretty much showed that this offence is balanced and has many different ways to beat you...focus your game plan on one aspect...two others step up and become the dagger..so it's a pick your poison type thing with our offence...and this is very encouraging and will eliminate any prolonged offensive dry spells. once tompkins gets more game savy and integrated we may get even better...and just love how the o-line drives everything..mean..nasty and play right from whistle to whistle..downfield punishing guys and helping the weapons all over the field. come cold weather football these guys are going to just be punishing teams left right and center

We were in the qb wilderness for a decade or more. Nichols comes in & we've been winning ever since. Yet to some fans like Northern Skunk it just isn't good enough. Which shows that the level of their understanding for the Bombers is lacking. Blaming Nichols saying we could do better with another qb is absolutely mind boggling. Our defense was the problem & may still be when we start playing western teams again. I'm being nice here because I don't want Northern Skunk to think I'm rude. But he's still clueless. We'd be a 1-6 or 2-5 team without Nichols. I'm glad he's on our side. And I ask again Northern Skunk, who out there as a backup qb & available would be better??? Can't have Ray, Manziel, Harris, Reilly, Masoli, Lulay or Mitchell. They play for other teams. So who?

Looking forward to seeing if Johnny outplays Masoli next week

Argo's were definitely keying on Andrew....they over compensated and paid the price...Lapo called a good game and it becomes a little easier when you have all of the horses to do it

That can be said about any play though. The 50 yard bomb downfield works great, when it works. The hand off up the gut is great, when it works. Yet the pass can be intercepted and the hand off fumbled. There is no safe play. The idea is to take educated risks to keep the D a little bit off balance, and from my perspective, appears to be working.

That's generally what happens when you chase the money and don't create any lasting legacy...and try and become a leader...and you get some inflated defensive stats as your crappy defense is always on the field so you rack up the tackles. Also listen to that first podcast with Andrew Harris and his comments on not getting Muamba...he basically said he was glad and that Muamba wouldn't fit in here and didn't want him on the team...more or less...we lucked out big time with him spurning us