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Something no one has mentioned so far was I thought Hogan called a hell of a game. We’re going to score a lot of points this season whether it’s number 17 or number 8, I really enjoyed some of the X’s and O’s He drew up. I think you’re going to see an opportunity for good receivers to make plays often in this offense.

1 strevy almost 250 3 tds, did every thing he needed to for us to win 2 Peterson stepped in for Brady, over 130 yards on 23 carries. didn’t miss a beat 3 wheatfall 5 127 and 1td with 69 yac hh the first td pass to Demski really set a high tone for the offence and game crunch of the game mci with the pop forcing a fumble and turn over on kick cover block of the game big Stan way down field blocking for the screen pass to wheatfall awe that’s dirty. Strevs throw away in the 4th he was hit late and hit in the head and with no call while bc chirped him. honorable mentions Demski jones bonds adams Lawson wj schoen vaval

Vanterpool in for Dobson is a major upgrade up front too. Vanterpool would be my player of the game. Here's a stat for you: Peterson averaged 130 yards per game in his last 2 years of U Sports. 130 yards rushing in his first CFL game. Took a few more carries to get there than it did in U Sports...but still.

Give some love to wheatfall too who looked like a legit threat out there.

This game showed me why I'm glad Buck Pierce is the hell & gone as OC. Stev's best game of his pro career. He showed he can play qb. Changed up his fundamentals this off season. He showed that if you give him the entire playbook & not just make him a one dimensional raging ground warrior or gimmicky qb he can make the throws. For that we can thank LaPo & his protege Buck Pierce. Lapo had at least a bit of imagination with Streveler in 2018 & 19. He actually used him the best at the time considering back then his limitations as an actual qb plus his inability to read a CFL defense. Pierce OTOH was just sadistic expecting him to go out there & take the punishment that he did. I'm excited for Jarious Jackson as his position coach.

9 defensive tackles. 1 TFL, 7 other tackles within 5 yards of LOS. Not going to see many better games from a MAC LB in the league.

Strev - **** you to anyone who says he can't play QB Rookie RB - To not be overwhelmed in the moment is almost unbelievable, given the circumstances. Vaval - Not even our best returner and looked fantastic.. HH - The Trinity for walking around with a 2 footer and a wheelbarrow. Dear CFL, We just did that you your golden child without our QB, our MOP RB, our Returner, and not close to our best possible defense. Watch. The ****. Out.

There’s no way the OL changes aside from injury. Take out Sterns, play one less American on D, drop Ayers or the returner….all things that happen before the OL changes. Just had 450 yards of offense with basically one half of Streveler in rhythm (never affected by rush on a drop back) and all but one drive with a guy who was playing against the Bisons 8 months ago at tailback. We can live without edge rush. OL is priority 1000%.

Bottom line is there were a hell of a lot of guys with standout games tonight and that is an amazing things IMO. What a statement to open the season.

HH to Hogan who had a team put up 34 points and 450 yards without Zach and Brady. How many OCs have a team do that without their starting QB and RB?

Oh yeah one more thing. Why don't the Lions ever play Betts when they come to town? They could have really used him last night! Lolololol

Strev looked just fine on rhat drive...from his goaline

HH award goes to @lyin' guy crying about the Bombers over on RF.com lol what a little baby that guy turned out to be

Bit of hyperbole there - nobody was saying it was the end of the world, just expressing their displeasure with the line-up. The coaches may have been right but they were also fortunate. They rolled the dice & fielded a team that was very thin in certain positions (DL, WR) but luckily they made it through with no injuries at those spots.

Jake Thomas coming out party. Big breakout coming up. They say it takes at least a decade to get comfortable so now we’re seeing the payoff

I understand what you’re saying, but the win doesn’t mean people were wrong about their roster concerns. We fortunately didn’t have any injuries at WR or on the D line. Injuries there would’ve been tough to overcome, given how thin the lineup was. I still think the roster could’ve been constructed better, but that was a fun game to be at and a hell of a win.

That’s why we put Dave Donaldson and Markus Howell out there. Elite defenders.

Peterson was a 4th round pick by the Ti-Cats last year. He attended training camp with the Cats then went back to school.

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!. Srev, proved to the idiots who say he cant read a defense and throw the deep ball, Up yours. 2. Peterson. Nuff said. 3. This Vaval kid ,hes a keeper. HH. Griffin had himself a game.

I really like the play call by hogan. Some great passing concepts really putting Strev in a great position.

Glad Streveler qb'd this drive for a TD. Good for him.

Rourke getting pourked

Has anybody done a welfare check at TSN? Suitor and Farhan have to be devestated at the underperformances of Betts and Rourke. Kate has to be questioning everything she holds to be true having now seen what an actual sellout crowd looks and sounds like.

JT to the NFL - you heard it here first! 😂

He’s very legit. What I really liked from his running last night was that out side of his big run, he still gained great yardage consistently. He wasn’t busting 10+ or getting stuffed. He fought for yards was able to push forward a bit on some tough plays too. Good blocker, great effort guy. Much better speed than you’d expect. The fact we started out the year soo well with strong execution on both sides of the ball from the first bell, despite missing our qb1 and mop rb, after the mess of a month and a half to start last year is a real testament to the value they got out of camp this year. We even lost a bunch of coaches and front office guys. But despite all that this was the hungriest and most prepared team breaking camp we’ve seen since 21.

Yesterday is the perfect example of a before and after moment, jumped from end of the world discussions over roster management, to immense jubilation that everybody was wrong, except the Bomber coaching staff.

4 yrs yunger than ZC is now Vaughters helped a lot...Lawson did as well...Adams was huge....he should never have been parked as much as he was last yr....

Yeah lapo in year 2 made him a gimmick and then Pierce had his head up his ass last year and didn't let streveler throw for some stupid reason. Last night is basically the qb he was in year one.

It's that feeling you get when you realize AI was a mistake.

Watching the 1 minute of highlights today and my god Dustin Nielsen is a clown. You'd think Nathan Rourke won the Grey Cup with his pass to make it a one score game. Then they gloss over the fact the Lions got worked. They are trying so hard to make Rourke some sort of legend.

I go down picking a QB.

Couple of points. Peterson was a Ti Cat draft pick this year but somehow he ended up here, thankfully. McInnis & Hatcher are elite receivers. They're going to make catches that other receivers won't so no surprise that they had a couple of big catches even though for the most part we bottled up the BC passing attack. For Bigblue204: https://3downnation.com/2025/04/29/winnipeg-blue-bombers-acquire-canadian-rb-matthew-peterson-in-trade-with-ticats/

Lions started 4 Americans on their OL.....and still got caved in, by the Bomber OL

I like that Strev is looking to pass and not run immediately...his big runs will come

From the shadows of your goal line to a TD

The only way to shut Suitor up about Rourke is doing what our defense is doing.

******* O'Shea blocking Peterson with Oliviera. Finally guy gets to shine.

Kid can juke and go!@

Pretty nice toss for a QB who can't throw.

Perfect start for offence...precise...and confidence

See adams on that play...opposite side of the play DT how came down and crashed on the runner...blew right by JT who was doing diddly

Adams made a great play in his gap there to kill that run.

Do you think Suitor will call Peterson Kid Canada?

I like this kid Peterson.

Holy Crap, nice F N run

Peterson ain't Brady but looks good enough for now.

Griffin is just plain good

We have a returner!

Exactly what we need...run effective immediately