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I don't think Nichols needs to prove anything to a bunch of keyboard warriors. A win is a win.

That's "business casual" in Regina.

Welp, this will be my go-to ammunition for any 'Riders fan that brings up Durant's antics when retiring as a Bomber. Sure, he screwed us out of $70,000 but they paid Collaros $200,000 in 2019 willingly for the following stat line: 1 rush - 7 yards.

I may be in the minority but when the Blue Bombers play I want them to win every game by 30+ points where it's so far out of reach that the back ups are getting play time. I gladly will watch Streveler hand off to Augustine and then throw it to Bailey for even more scores....

Next year will be yr 3 for Strev...and if we keep him will be in same system with relatively the same supporting cast. I think if we win the Cup..we either trade Nichols if there is a taker..a team like Toronto could be a suitor considering they just traded for Collaros. We roll with Strevler..tweek and reconfigure the offense a bit to maximize his strengths but still build and develop his passing. He can pass more than adequately and as the main man..getting first team reps and not having to run gimmick and special schemes he will do just fine. As of now he is put in to run plays with limited options for him..so if the main read isnt there he basically has not much else to go to and relies on his legs It's not a matter of him just always taking off after one read as many think..its basically be design/circumstance.. next time you are at a game live watch what's going on around him on the field with options and receivers...you dont get the full picture on the tsn feed

Let the other teams have competitive games, I've seen enough tight Bomber games, I could comfortably live with stomping teams the rest of the time.

yeah this is a no win scenario. Win and who cares its Toronto, lose and it's feces all over the walls here. So.. yeah lets win and take the lesser of 2 not incredible scenarios.

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I will take a win in any form if it helps the Bombers get a home game in the Western Final.

At the end of the day, I just want a win so that we can feel like we're back on track and to put us one win closer to the total we need to host the WF.

I found it very insightful that everyone calls Vernon Adams Jr "VAJ" ….

I would like to see the Riders lose in similar fashion on how they lost to Calgary.

Unfortunately over the last few year's that #1 overall pick is about as valuable as stock in Blockbuster video.

I have never seen anyone on this board say he's crap.....some don't think he's ready to start right now......but that's a long way from "he's crap.....

Convincingly. That’s how I want the Bombers to win tonight. Way less miscues. Way more control. From start to finish. Let the Argos make a game of it with somebody else..

anybody listening to the OB pre-game show? MBT is straight up cray-cray.....Doug Brown said "he sounds like if Tom Canada played QB...."

Never mind the QB. BC is currently playing the worst football

The deal is to get Bull Streveler more reps, with expanded O package, down the stretch and know more about what we have here.....

Go.wash.your.mouth.out.with.soap.

This is gonna be a tough choice for the Bombers. Nichols has shown that he can win, albeit inconsistently. Streveler has shown that he has the tools but lacks the experience and under O'Shea and LaPolice, he may not get it in Winnipeg. We cannot expect Streveler to bide his time endlessly waiting for his opportunity, so the most likely scenario is that the Bombers will trade one or the other, and I am personally leaning towards keeping Streveler.

Should also be noted, that Nichols did that exact thing last year vs CGY....so they are basically just wrong. He hasn't done it this year, but he only needed to once (Even though the run game was working it was just ignored for some odd reason) but had a few of his big time receivers out due to injury. So while I think you're just a troll Northernskunk, you're also horribly wrong in this case along with Burris and Stegall. This basically just comes down to people wanting Nichols to do something, just for shits and giggles. If there's no need, there's no need.

I had a buddy who made a fuckton of money on Nortel... After the big crash he basically gambled call options from the bottom of the dip in 2002 until it skyrocketed in 2004... decided that was probably the end of the good times and starting buying puts all the way to 2008 when the premiums started getting too expensive (because everyone and their dog were expecting the company to go bankrupt) All in he took 1000$ and turned it into something like 300,000$ buying nothing but Nortel over 6 years...

Most of the time its politics and image. If a draft pick is battling with a CFL guy and even not as good..they will be elevated above the CFL guy..its just how it works...not right but picks have to be justified.

Wait, what? We win the GC and you let O'Shea walk? No thanks! Never. Absurd. Nichols is far different because of the lifespan of the QB, which he's clearly on the backside of the the career curve.

Spoilers assholes.

I just want to get the 2 points and leave without injuries- everything else is gravy. Also- I totally expect Cleyon Laing to try and tattoo our QB's face with the crown of his head at least twice this game. **** i hate that guy.

So much of this. Make fajardo look like the terrible qb he is. Far too much **** talk from that province after picking on the handicap kids.

Duke would be an awesome addition for any CFL team. I have a feeling though that he may stick around the NFL this year, even if it's on a practice roster. Zylstra I think is on his last chance in the NFL. He's talented enough, I just think that if he can't crack the roster this year and actually play (he only had one reception last season, and played special teams), I think the Vikings will move on from him and keep one of the players they drafted low in his place. Related to that, I highly recommend listening to Adam Bighill on the 3downnation podcast talking about CFL players trying to make NFL teams. In short, it's an uphill battle for so many reasons that don't necessarily have to do with talent.

I think an argument could be made that they are probably one of the top three teams in Ontario.

Those guys are taller than the crossbar! They're freaking enormous!!!!

The other teams good plays aren't always because we made a crap play. A couple of great throws under pressure and a couple of great catches while covered could easily mean that the Argos make a game out of it without us playing like crap.

I don't think this game goes the same way the last Argo game went. I see the Argos making a better game of it. Bombers win, maybe by only 1 or 2 scores though. I also don't buy into the "Bombers better win by 1000 or else!" narrative. That's for people who have never played the game.

I reluctantly agree. You can't blame losing on one person but it would be hard to go forward with Nichols if he doesn't play well in the playoffs and we lose.

Ultimately the way the rest of the season plays out will determine what happens. Does Nichols stay healthy? Does Streveler get significant playing time? Do we have playoff success? How? These things all matter.

We could get a first round, first overall for him from the Argos. And probably a bunch more.

Not sure where this goes, but here's some interesting stuff from Naylor on next year's FA class, with a focus on Streveler...... https://www.tsn.ca/naylor-s-kickoff-desperate-argos-turn-to-collaros-1.1345309 The 2020 Free Agent Class Their star power isn’t as bright as last off-season but there is an intriguing trio of quarterbacks potentially headed to free agency this coming off-season. None of them is proven, but all have made an impression on the rest of the league. Given how the market inflated among the league’s top-paid quarterbacks heading into this season, one has to believe the market for promising, still-unproven quarterbacks may be up as well. At the front of that class is Winnipeg’s Chris Streveler, the second-year player for whom the Bombers design weekly packages, which he has been executing with calmness and precision. Streveler is a physical freak, a former receiver whose testing scores coming out of college were better than the quarterbacks at the top of his NFL draft class. Streveler became the first CFL quarterback in 24 years last season to start his team’s season-opening game, stepping straight out of college. He didn’t look overwhelmed and immediately grabbed attention from around the league. Can Winnipeg really afford to keep him and Matt Nichols beyond this season? Many GMs around the CFL believe that Streveler could start right now. And, if he goes to free agency, at least one of them is presumably going to be willing to pay him more than Winnipeg can in a backup role. The fact he’s hired agent Dan Vertlieb, who has excelled at increasing salaries for his quarterback clients, is another sign Streveler is looking to maximize his worth this coming off-season. Calgary’s Nick Arbuckle also comes up for free agency this off-season. And while the wow factor hasn’t been quite as large with the 25-year-old quarterback, it’s been impossible to ignore how composed and efficient he’s been, completing nearly 74 per cent of his passes while filling in for the injured Bo Levi Mitchell this season. Cody Fajardo signed a one-year deal with Saskatchewan this past off-season, coming off consecutive seasons in Toronto and B.C. where he finished as the No. 3 quarterback. Neither of those teams saw him as having starter potential in the short term, but in Saskatchewan he’s run away with the No. 1 job, throwing 12 touchdowns against five interceptions and passing for more than four times as many yards as he did during his first three years in the league. At 27, the he and the Riders would be smart to get something done before the season ends.

I don't care HOW they do it, but I want the TiCats to win big and let all the air out of that ridiculous mirage of a balloon in The Gap. Kick that anthill but good...

Weird how that never happened. You started trolling the Jets subsection during last year's playoffs. Everyone there saw through your BS and you couldn't handle it - so you ran away and joined this forum. Much to the chagrin of many.

A couple weeks back they pulled Nichols out of the game with 295 passing yards with quite a bit of time left.

You'd rather the Bombers struggle to put on a big lead against the crap Argos?

Powell is a good back... I assume they will run like crazy against the Ti-Cats.

I bet they hand it off to Powell tons, like we should have last week to Harris, and this game is darn close. I'm picking against the Riders but I always do.

They don't know what zest is as soap has yet to enter their universe in Regina...

Milt was a SB and he had lots of deep success, tho he did a lot of intermediate crossers as well...

Playing and having to live there prob takes the zest outta a guy

I don't know Western has a pretty good squad.

Nope...that's what curling is for, damn it!!

Zylstra and duke are guys who would improve every team in the league.