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This is is quite remarkable, and we get to see it every week.. Bravo Harris, Bravo!

I for one hope that they give the Walby burger the coverage it deserves and they don't get distracted by the football game.

Just curious, what does everyone think of Nichols play lately?

Hey! Nice T-Shirt

well, first and foremost, I'm a football fan and because I followed the Bombers so intently the first year I was vested... even though I wasn't crazy about Nichols, I thought as a team overall there were solid... then I got to know people like Poop and a few others thru L'Damian so it was natural to root for them... not to mention the Bombers have the coolest name and uniforms in the league... that never hurts, lol... needless to say I get a lot of looks from people when I'm out in my Bomber swag, lol... as far as football in general? I'm a lot bigger and more avid fan of the CFL than I am the NFL... NCAA is still my go to though, love my Tigers... but I live about 90 minutes from Arrowhead, a 2 hour car ride and 4 hour flight, with layover, from Winnipeg but I've been to more Bomber games than I have Chief games, lol... I love the small size of the league, though it would be cool if they could support 12 or so teams, but, they're easy to follow, to know all of the players, and you can watch every game every week with a small commitment of time... then the whole "CFL happens when my other football isn't" which makes it a home run too!

Jeff Hamilton @jeffkhamilton #Bombers released linebacker and Winnipeg native DJ Lalama late Tuesday. Lalama was being re-assigned to the practice roster but respectfully refused, resulting in his release. Good guy with a strong work ethic. Hopefully see him on another CFL roster.

Speaking of Smilin Hank from this weeks Insiders from Penton's Column

The Walby Burger & Winnipeg Women - an elite viewing experience

If we had a 3rd speedster, would that be enough for a Flash mob? ... ... ... Ok, I'll see myself out.

Bought mine yesterday😀 Also, after seeing that Walby burger on Twitter I am so glad I have tickets to the game tomorrow. Not because I want to eat it, but so I don't have to hear Rod ramble on about it ad nauseum for 4 quarters.

There you go!

If eli dresses he will be in on short yardage..I sure he up to game speed and knows his position requirements now. Even in camp he showed why he was regarded as one of the top centers in the NCAA..just was a bit rusty and aerobically not where he should be..and also was his first time playing Canadian ball so had to learn the technique for that..

He will get snaps in the jumbo packages

Clearly overrated.

Not surprising. He was going bat-**** crazy at points during the game to the point of shoving his own teammates when they tried to calm him down.

Of course we simply outsmarted them.....by throwing the ball 50 times.

They should have Reilly laying on the ground and the O-line spread out with open lanes between them. It would be more apt.

I've heard Harris carries him.

Any truth to the rumor that he dinks and dunks his way across the country instead of taking one long flight?

Probably stating the obvious here, but the next 4 games are critical for our playoff push. Win all and we will stand at 10-2 after Banjo Bowl - with season-series against Leos, Esks and Riders all wrap up. Of course, the mantra is 1 game at a time, but as a fan, it's not easy not to look ahead on this glorious opportunity.

Well, let me be the first to welcome you into the fold here as a Bomber fan!

Make no mistake, Nichols hasn't gotten any better or any worse skill wise game to game... however, his performance/success is effected by play calling... and it works both ways... so, in essence Nichols and Lapo are each other's 'ride or die'... the difference is, Nichols can only be as good as the game plan Lapo gives him... Lapo tries to manage Nichols thru play calling instead of managing the game in front of him... Lapo gets spooked of Nichols abilities and or his weaknesses, because lets be honest here, everyone knows that Nichols' 'pros'; he generally makes good decisions with the ball and has good short range accuracy, 'cons'; decent arm strength, at least good enough to make all of the throws, inconsistent with the deep throws, and not very mobile. This is no secret and everyone has been saying it all the way back to his 2010 NFL draft profile... this assessment is my own personal opinion but I think it tends to prove itself out... Nichols tends to be a momentum type QB, meaning, if he gets off to a hot start he tends to stay hot, conversely, if he starts out cold/bad it tends to follow him thru the game as well... I think it's pretty obvious that it gets to his head, when hot; quick. decisive, and good throw... when not; gets happy feet, bails on the pocket, makes quick, check down throws... this next one is one that Nichols freely admits, at least this first part... he's so worried about throwing a pic and turning over the ball... it's really gets to him... to me, it's one of the reasons why we either see him not make a throw, check down all of the time, or throw it 20 yards out of bounds... Now Lapo knows all of these issues, abilities, lack there of, etc. and comes up with these game plans that we've labeled the 'dink and dunk' because it hits high marks on a lot of traditional stats, like, completion % and low interception numbers... this type of game plan plays into Nichols' strengths, but what it doesn't do is take into consideration the other play makers strength or yield a lot of production... So sure, Nichols can go 22/28, 200 yds, 2 TDs, and 0 INTs... and everyone is screaming 'look how good he is!' but that offense is full of screens, check downs, all of the receivers trying to run routes 'in the box', and running routes that basically have the receivers finding a spot to sit down in the defense to present a target or the slant or out... yeah, we do have 'success' in this offense, because the defense has no issue allowing these type of plays, ones that are in front of them and under the chains... they'll give you that all night long because it generates a lot of 2 and outs, or 3 and outs, few yards allowed, and a bunch of punts... but in doing so, where basically throwing away receiver attributes that you can't coach; height and speed... in a league where most DBs or 6' or less, we're not exploiting Matthew's 6'5" advantage over a much shorter DB, or, Whitehead's 4.3 speed against DB that are trying to guess which direction he may go and keep up with him... or Darvin's combination of both... or physical build of players like Demski and Woli... every receiver gets dumbed down to Nichols' strengths... Lapo gets so worked up over this 'ball control' thing and his fear of Nichols accuracy or possible INTs he thinks he's doing everyone a favor with this game plan and can't seem to see that the more aggressive and dynamic game plan that has receivers playing to their strengths instead of Nichols' weaknesses is a lot more productive overall. Sure maybe Nichols' completion percentage goes down some and he probably throws a few more INTS, but when having receivers running routes at varied depths, using receivers to move defenders we create more space, especially for YAC, larger throwing windows, favorable match up that maximizes receivers opportunities, more even ball distribution among play makers, and lessens Nichols weaknesses. when you have success in this manner it only opens up the running game that much more and is even more successful than the dink and dunk... in the end you can have results like 300+ yards passing, 80+ yards of rushing. same or more TDs, many a lower percentage rate of completions and a few more INTs... in the end he may not string together 19 in a row, but, we'll have a more balanced attack and include more play makers and don't get bogged down into these 2 and outs with a ton of check downs... Nichols won't be a better passer, but, the better game plan doesn't exploit his weaknesses either, so he appears to be better than he actually is... we become a whole lots less predictable and a lot harder to actually stop... you can still win the TOP battle at least break even on turn overs but be able to move the ball when you need to and win more games...

Great answer , I was really impressed by all the facts and numbers that show that I'm wrong.

Yes it was close at the half. We've got the better team. We:re playing at home. They're playing on a shorter week....still...I hope we don't flub this one and take them lightly. Reilly is getting more time to throw. And we haven't exactly been lighting it up the last 3 games. I'd like to see Nichols open up the passing attack and the offense score early and often.

No loss..never even noticed him when dressed. Now that Kongbo is back this was inevitable

Sure. We have 9 touchdowns/drives that started inside the opponent 20 from special teams or D too. Best thing we can say about the O is in the first five games of the season their redzone numbers were great and they didn't turn it over. The last three have been a pretty big struggle.

Every week in the Insiders they have someone complaining about the TSN panel. Pretty sure it's the same guy every week.

First time. It's more likely it's because Neufeld isn't able to even practice yet.

He sadly was (is) a much better QB then Nichols =\

awesome....100% backs up what I thought was common knowledge, that Burris was massively overrated and regularly choked in big games and especially when it was cold.

I'm hoping to see a few more of these popping up as we get closer to game day... I got mine up this evening. St. Vital for where I am and Central MB for where I'm from. https://imgur.com/a/FMY24BH I can't seem to figure out how to embed the picture, so the link will have to do for now.

Sad but true.

Rod "ABF" Black. (Anything But Football)

I hope & pray that Forde doesn't do our game. Last thing I want to see is him chowing down. But somehow, you just know Rod Black will be there talking about it constantly for the entire game.

However it is done. Require a win for the 500th home game.....

Gotta throw it 55 times next game - they’ll never know what hit them.

Looks like BC has finally given up on starting excess Canadians and are going with only the required seven. Probably makes sense considering their Canadian depth is pretty poor overall.

Mmmmmm..... Cake.

Pretty sure Humes got hurt pretty early and he played most of the game. Edit: Did I mention that Humes went down and Maston played from then on?

Is Speller a classic O'Shea "game time decision"?

I will have my interlake flag flying 8 feet high from my golf cart this weekend at my work golf tourney....our team name is even the blue bombers and my buddy on my team will be flying his st boniface flag from his cart.

Whoever informs Rod Black about the existence of the Walby burger - has no soul.

I was very happy to see them sending 3 on 2nd down last week. Seemed to get similar pressure but better coverage downfield.

well, thank you very much... I like it here... it's funny though as I'm on the 'other' Bomber forum as well, and there were a lot of people that told me I'd be gone as soon as L'Damian got cut... not so much, lol... but honestly, I didn't have a clue how the CFL worked and all of the intricate moving parts with quota, cap, etc.... you never hear about the CFL in the states and ESPN does an absolute crap job of promoting it even though they are the provider of content... pisses me off too... they'll show crap like 'spike ball' and 'corn hole championships' on their cable channels in prime time and then push the CFL off to their streaming platform where you have to pay now to watch... cornhole? really? like that's even a sport...

This thread reeks of PTSD...

I grew up in Riverview. I should get a flag for the neighbourhood even though I live in Calgary.

Bighill's thing is all about trapping blood in the neck/brain. It's like a **** ring for the neck.

Thus spake Zarathustra.