Leaderboard

I don't think it is an issue with the play calling...hard to determine if it is Nichol's not being able to execute on all the options, or gets jitters and just want to dump it off for fear of getting injured further..and I don't think he is 100 percent...in body and mind I see receivers open...or in a position to be thrown open or lead to a ball...and Nichols isn't pulling the trigger for whatever reason. Also...teams know he is no threat to run this year, and basically disregard that in their pass rush, and even on a play action/roll out...they know he ain't going anywhere. Tho he was no major threat or consistent runner before, the ability/threat was there...and that is huge in an offence to hum along nicely. The fact that Harris is able to accomplish what he is right now is amazing and is a tribute to his talent...and the o-line...now if we could insert a QB who can threaten a defense with the notion he may take off, as well as stand in and make intermediate passes and utilize the offence then we will be onto something...but right now..Nichols funk is affecting things big time and it is the issue we have sputtered..

I’m less about stats and more about the eye test. Streveler passes the eye test. Nichols does not.

Tell you what, when Sask. agrees to rotate the L.D.C. between the two cities as they used to, the Bombers will change the name of the Banjo Bowl. Till then, it stays the same.

Cash grab? Just slow the **** down. It's a school zone.

That's exactly how I view Streveler...football player. That's why I'm not concerned like some are that he could be damaged if the plays and doesn't dominate. He doesn't give a **** about his stat line, he's playing ball and he's going to be fully engaged in every game he plays. Reilly's first couple years in Edmonton were pretty shaky and look at him now. He threw fewer passes as a Lion than Streveler already has this season.

How well Nichols did last year or the year before doesn't really matter anymore. It's what he did last week and the week before that's more relevant.

My experience as well. The sponsors like the name banjo bowl, and if they like it, it stays. AND...There were no billboards this year taunting the fans. Even the sk fans that post here are beginning to respect that this is a blue bomber board and not an excuse to say anything about the sk squad. They have been yelled at so they are maybe getting the message through their inbred ears. The truth is and consistently, Regina still sucks, and not everyone there can play a banjo.

They usually are. These guys are getting graded on everything they do on every play in games and practice. The coaches aren’t going to go on CJOB and read this out to the fans, but I always think it’s pretty ridiculous that people think they aren’t held accountable. And BTW, this has been said about literally every coach I can recall on these forums and the others.

At least you didn’t get blocked by the Bombers Twitter for telling them it was pathetic that they were endorsing tweets calling fans “losers”, among other things, for booing Nichols.

Streveler has 8 passing touchdowns and 4 rushing. Game 1 - 3 passing Game 2 - 3 passing, 1 rushing Game 3 - 1 rushing Game 4 - 2 rushing Game 10 - 1 passing Game 11 - 1 passing

Lapo is the best OC this league has ever seen. That out of the way..... look forward to viewing his Twitter feed.

part of me has really been wondering for a few weeks now if these receivers just aren't as engaged in the game, knowing they've got a QB very limited in ability. I have to think that if the receivers knew Nichols could escape a rush, roll out to extend the play and buy a few extra seconds for them to find some space, they'd be playing harder. Maybe these guys have checked out, and don't themselves feel like O'Shea does, that "he's our QB, and he's very good". That's never going to come out in the media from anyone, because they're smarter than that. But you have to wonder if the belief is gone?

You watch BLM and Reilly and how they can move in the pocket, step up, step around the rush and get out of the pocket when it is the right play. You can't defend against that. Then watch Nichols this season, no pocket presence, basically tap dancing in place until the rush gets him, nowhere near the level of these guys.

Thinking today about where Hamilton was around this time last year... sure the Bombers aren't 0-8. But the similarities are absolutely there. A lot of talent on the field, but a coach who had clearly lost the room. The first domino to fall, was Jeff Reinebold being relieved of his duties as Defensive Co-Ordinator. The losing continued, and a month later, Kent Austin "stepped down" (although come on, no coach ever truly steps downs willingly). Zach Collaros was Kent Austin's guy, and he seemed to stick with him through thick & thin. Masoli actually started the 2016 season due to an injury to Collaros, and won his first game, and showed some real flashes that be could play. When Collaros was good to go again, back to #2 for Masoli. That's life when you're the "unproven" guy. 2017 Collaros, clearly wasn't the same QB and it was showing. Enter June Jones in late August 2017.... his first move, naming "unproven" Jerimiah Masoli his starting QB. Although Hamilton did not make the playoffs, they completely turned their team around, and finished a respectable 6-4 after the coaching and QB change. Some believed Hamilton to be the hottest team in the league as the season ended. Now does the Bomber brass have the stones to make changes like Hamilton did? I think most would believe NO. But we are trending very much like Hamilton was early last season. The talent is there... but the belief has to be slipping. O'Shea sticking with Nichols seems exactly like Austin sticking with Collaros. Something has to change, and if O'Shea wants to continue to tie his hitch to the Nichols carriage, I think he's in for a similar fate to Austin. He's proven time and time again over the last while that he's too stubborn to do the right thing, and when he does make mistakes, just arrogantly argues that he'd make the move again. If this is going to be a similar story, where the team gets turned around midway through the season... it starts with a coach getting the axe. Only we're 5 weeks behind what Hamilton did last year. So... given that, skip ahead to the QB switch. This coaching staff has nothing to lose and everything to gain trying something new.

Derogatory? It's supposed to be fun. If this was the Argos calling a visiting Riders game the Banjo Bowl, I would see youe point, but the name was meant to be a joke shared between two prairie provinces. The fact that it makes anyone angry is puzzling to me.

Oh I have no quarrel with the speed limits, what bothers me is their convoluted rules for enforcing them. What is the logic behind only having the zones in effect September - June? During summer, often there are even more kids playing on the play structures, seeing as how they are on summer break? If it were up to me, just a flat 30 KM/h school zone rate year-round, dawn till dusk.

I personally hate that the Bombers and CFL in general have followed the lead of the LA Kings and others and are trying to use their social media for laughs or to be ironic. You’re a professional football team. Don’t try to piggyback on jokes that have already been made by someone else. It was funny once now it’s just tired.

Just brutal. And from their official twitter feed no less. We pay their f****** salaries and have every right to voice our displeasure with the utter horses*** they have been spewing all over the field lately.

Neither of those are true.

Ho boy, that really takes me back. Joey 'the ego' Elliott - could only make completions against zone coverage.

Way back when I was doing a student teaching practicum...one of the children got clipped by a rear view mirror - broke her wrist. It was completely stupid and unnecessary. So yep, just slow the heck down.

I am not sold on Trevor Harris. In the Ottawa vs. Montreal game last week, he did nothing, possession after possession. Well, other than rattle off long snap counts.

One game, a season does not make.

I don't really think that would ever happen because these guys are essentially playing for their careers every week, especially the Americans. I just don't believe that we have any receiver that is very versatile, of the ones we use. They are all kind of one-dimensional and we have Dressler who is a great player but at the end of his career.

Reilly is a football player first, QB second, he can run, break tackles and take hits or dish them out. Nichols doesn't have that physical presence and doesn't expect to do any of that stuff, he's more like a golf pro playing football.

You mean like Mike Riley who coached us to a Grey Cup win? We don't need a disciplinarian, we just need a good competent coach who isn't afraid to shake things up occasionally.

The scary part is just how much worse our D would be without Bighill.

Nothing we haven't said before but I wanted to put in my 2 cents. Streveler needs to be played, and here's why. He comes into the last 2 games cold, makes the right decisions and throws 2 perfect TD strikes. He is a real threat to run which gives us an entire new dimension to the game. Nichols has been consistently bad this year. He's taken too many coverage sacks and has thrown the ball away because he was too chicken **** to make the throw on the first 1 or 2 reads. 14/26 for whopping 166 yards 1 TD 2 ints against Sask 29/44 for 258 yards 1 TD 2 ints against Calgary 25/35 for 291 yards 2 TD 1 int against Ottawa 68/105 64% for 715 4 TD 5 ints Streveler is 64/99 64% for 737 yards 8 TD's to just 2 ints. He also has a 6 yard rushing average, and considering hes doing all the 1 yard plunges, the guy can move. How many sacks has Strev given up? Nichols turtles or throws the ball away when Strev at least has the ability to make some positive yards when a play breaks down. Oshea, you need to pull Nichols when he struggles! Who says Nichols is a better passer?

next one, suspend him for the season.

This is the 15th Banjo Bowl, it's building its own history and tradition. It's going nowhere. The fact that the rider fans cry about it makes it all the better. Me and some friends are travelling to Winnipeg next year for the bb. One is a rider fan, the other a stamps fan who wants to take it in. Deal with it rider fans.

Knowing the NHL, they will offer a ridiculous agreement, the players will spout off and in the end, the players will feel lucky to kept most of the status quo. The only way to lower escrow, if I understand it (and I might not), is to lower salaries. Escrow increases because salaries cannot exeed 50% of revenue so at the end of the year, if the players' salaries are 53%, the league claws back money (keeps part of the escrow). The PA can trigger unnatural cap increases which they usually do which ofcourse, increases escrow. I think the PA does this to anger the players against the league. But unless the players want to argue they should get more than 50%, which they might do, its a tough nut to crack. And the players usually lose the public relations battle. Demanding more than 50% or agreeing to 50% but wanting to keep their escrow (meaning they get more than 50%) wont engender a lot of support from the ticket buying public.

Escrow is the big one for the players but I'm not sure how they can get away from the current formula. I think the owners push to move the 50-50 balance. They're going to try to get more revenue excluded, which moves the line. 50-50 will stay but the players will not get a piece of everything they were getting before. Imagine another lockout. SMH.

This Bob Woodward book is going to be a eye opener for some and reaffirmation to others

no kidding. Maher is probably almost as good as the other guy, and one quarter the salary. Lots of anguish from missed field goals, that should have been made, over the years. Both leagues. vikings cut ryan longwell who I think never missed under fifty, and then lost a playoff game with his cheaper replacement, who flubbed a 27 yarder that would have won it. And people say there are no former Bombers making it in the NFL! That's two now. two kickers. Were tops in finding and developing kickers.

Don't know if this has been discussed previously, but Season 7 of "NFL Hard Knocks" features Mike Sherman prominently as the O.C. of the Dolphins. He's sure a lot tougher coach than he looks. CFL note, the season premier starts out with Derrick Dennis being the very first cut of T.C., just before the first practice. Messam also cut in episode 4, never even got a chance to play in a pre-season game.

Call it whatever you want. When I lived in Vancouver, I spoke to very few people who cared about the CFL and even fewer who followed anything but the Lions.

I've been saying this for weeks now. Imagine a formation with Harris Demski Flanders Streveler that's bent on running the football with some hand-off misdirection/play option at the core. That's gotta be hard to defend.

Why bother even playing the games?!

Technically not. Edmonton and Sask have season series on Bombers. So 2nd and 3rd are currently out of reach. And riders have one more game then we do currently. So you're being to optimistic lol.

Happy to have Wheeler signed. He is your Captain. He has put up 78, 74 and 91 points in the last 3 years. High end production. Makes you wonder though if we come to regret that Little contract. Hopefully he can turn it around this season, but last season was a bit of a disappointment. Signing both these guys will cost us some of the younger talent coming in.

It was a (bad) joke.

Same here... The cops are warning they'll be out in full force with their radar guns in Calgary today. But if you choose to speed in a school zone you deserve what you get.

It occurs me that whatever Nichols is going through psychologically might be related to the horrific injury he suffered in Edmonton which came close to not only ending his career but crippling him for life. If that injury was really traumatic for him, he might be reliving it in this recent incident. However, in the end, it doesn't matter. Either he can play at a high level or not.

How many of those are with the short yardage unit?

I believe that next game you start Nichols, and any extended time of non sustained offence, and similar lost look like last game...no more than 2-3 series you insert Streveler (with a full playbook) and see what he does..can he make further throws..extend drives with his legs...hit open receivers...do the guys around him get fired up...and if this all happens...he continues playing in next games until he hits a lul and needs to be back on sidelines to observe a bit. Now, if the same ol same ol keeps occurring...then there is a problem...either a) Lapo has been figured out and needs to adjust b) Lapo become a dunce over night c) it's a personnel issue with the supposed play makers. That will be the telling tale on offence but I think there is something wrong with Matt, and from experience when your QB is flawd, or become a detriment..it trickles down and effects the whole team, and their play/drive....This is when Oshea has to step up and earn his salary. If it's playmakers...well then Walters has to step up...if you have to cut a higher priced vet, or move assets to improve...you just do it...we have both things to utilize to improve...now lets see if we have balls to do anything

Its not soo many lousy balls to catch, its his placement. The vast majority of the time you see a pass deeper then 10 yards (and of late any pass) you see our WRs having to stretch out to their furthest extent just to touch the ball. If a wr jumps up or lays out as far as they can, and extends their arms fully and the ball grazes their fingers It is NOT a drop. A pass is supposed to hit a wr in the hands with their arms bent right in front of them. It should leave them able to catch and run without breaking stride. That is an accurate pass. When you have to reach behind you, layout or jump up in a prone position it was not a good/accurate pass. Especially in an offense like ours, which expects wrs to catch a pass before first down yardage is gained then pick it up with their feet, you HAVE to hit wrs on time in stride. When you dont you freeze their feet and momentum and force them to shuck and jive to try and pick up yardage rather than run it out.

Bob Irving tweet up on the right

You're on the wrong forum if you think that's a clever response.