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I think we have opposite problems on each side of the ball. D I wholeheartedly agree. Opponents are snapping the ball and we aren't even ready to play, especially in the secondary. Our guys on the field don't know how they are supposed to adjust their alignment to what the offense is showing, don't know what their responsibilities are. The reality of those positions on the field is you don't have even a half second to stop your feet and think. You need to know what you are doing even before the snap, can't figure it out as the play evolves. You can have all the best ideas as a coach and if the players can't execute it it's worth zero. Need to trust the players ability to make plays and give them a chance. Offense is way over simplified and can almost feel the players chafing under Condell. Our run game is the same inside zone play right or left, cross formation from whichever side of the QB Brady is lined up on. We come out and run that play successfully for a drive, and then don't see it for 2 quarters. We run a whole drive of jet sweeps and then never use that motion again. We run a nice screen, and then we run the exact same play 3 of our next 4 snaps. We have no vertical routes on most of our plays. So when we keep hitting those screens they work less and less because all of the defenders are waiting within 10 yards of the line of scrimmage. 2 of our 4 biggest pass plays (not including jet sweeps counted as passes, forward laterals) were just Brown firing the ball out to the field WR when BC forgot about them, Cobb and Clercius. Why aren't we passing off the jet motion? Why aren't we using playaction? We can't pass protect 5 and 7 step drops, so you have to scheme to make a passing game work. If we have a strength it's Brady. And we need to build from that. I don't really know if there's a method to Condell's bundling of the same playcalls but it certainly isn't effective at all.

https://3downnation.com/2026/07/31/edmonton-elks-open-upper-bowl-for-first-time-since-2023-over-30k-fans-expected-against-riders Good for the L's. Who would have thought a winning product attracts fans...

We've had less talented teams than this put up more fight.

I can take a lot of crap going on with the club regarding execution and roster management.....what I can't abide with is seeing a club QUIT...Those last minutes of last nights fiaco showed we have a group of players who literally 'gave up'.....Having said that and witnessing it was an afront to every Bomber fan and it's supporters....Who wants to watch a bunch of quitters...This head coach has a huge problem if he can't inspire a team to play to the last whistle...The booing from the stands was warranted...they paid to watch that junk....Beaten by a bunch of newbies and first time starters is not only an insult to most fans but a total embarrassment ...There needs to be MAJOR changes or disaster at the gate will soon follow....Time for a rebuild and that's tough to say in the middle of a season

rookie qb comes into our field slaps us around and swags it up in a laugher. Some one in the front office needs to grow a set since the coaching staff refuses to.

about this leadership group... Mike O'Shea used to be angry at every loss... we'd lose a pre-season game by 2 and he'd be pissed in post game... the only thing he cared about w3as winning... these last few years, seems like just doesn't seem to care anymore Kyle Walters was the underdog GM... people felt he didn't deserve the job, and once he got it, no one worked harder... he unturned every stone possible, brought in every player available to try and find more wins... now, he seems content with the average group we have Wade Miller was the ultimate underdog... he had no business on the football field, yet played 10+ years in the league... he had no business acumen, yet built one of them most successful recruiting businesses in the province... he had no football management experience, yet built the best game day experience and marketing in the league... no one used to care about this team and winning more than Miller... now, is he content with this? WTF happened??

I said this game will set the tone for the season. And it has. I definitely enjoyed the past decade of hard nose always fighting Blue Bomber football. That is officially over. They'll be lucky to get to 8 wins....hell im ot sure they will win another game. Condell should be fired for tonight's game plan. Im not sure ive ever seen an OC use the run game to set up absolutely nothing at all. I have so many complaints about the offense that it makes me forget how brutal the defense was. At least Hogan had the excuse that he was a rookie OC. Condell doesn't seem to have any kind of feel for how games are unfolding. Its pathetic MOS doesn't believe in any of his players. The proof is in the pudding. Inside the 5 twice and you walk away with 6...no belief the O can get 7, and no belief that if your O fails the D will hold a rookie qb. Just straight up chicken **** football. Im not even angry, im sad. The golden years are done.

O’Shea (like several people here) tends to just look at the result rather than the process. It’s flawed and it’s how you wind up leading this franchise to this position. Anyone who has been observing the process over the past few years has seen this coming a mile away. Applying the blame to 377 rushing yards tonight is a symptom of only being willing to look at the result. How do you arrive at 377 rushing yards? The same way you arrive at a lot of the unfortunate circumstances surrounding this franchise right now. It doesn’t “just happen”. This happens because you have allowed complacency. There’s no accountability because there’s no consequence. There’s no building new pros because our role models have been allowed to behave in a way that doesn’t breed professionalism. What kind of respect do you think a guy like Stanley Bryant commands from a new player in the locker room right now? I guarantee you there’s a small part of them that respects the hell out of the fact that he’s a no-doubt first ballot hall of famer but there’s a much bigger part of them that resents the fact that they have to scratch and claw to get a sniff of an opportunity while he’s allowed to coast without being questioned. Make no mistake. Every player in that locker room knows Stan sucks right now. What do you think that does for morale? What do you think it does for the morale of a player like Connor Shay or Michael Ayers to see Kyrie Wilson get handed a spot and give up on major play after major play throughout the course of a game? If those players aren’t bothered by it, they shouldn’t be here either. This is all the process. The staff let it get this far and they don’t seem to want to recognize it. Film study isn’t going to correct those issues. We need far more than that.

Let those boos rain down this conservative play calling is ****.

Not quick, but the biggest ones aren't to the roster. It is said that familiarity breeds contempt. But not nearly as much as success breeds contempt. Mos came to enjoy winning moderately and not mind losing. If you watch the doc on Jordan's Bulls (or see the memes from it) Jordan hated losing far more than he loved winning. Loving winning wears thin; hating losing never stops or slows down. Walters, I don't think, was such a reach, but he used to look so haggard in every presser or interview. He hasn't in a long time. Football is extremely hard on quality of life, especially with a family. Walters has taken a Danny Mac approach and is prioritizing quality of life, family, and sleep. No one in the organization is hungry enough, especially those with a boss's title of some sort or another. They want comfort and convenience, not bleeding-edge sacrifices to be the best possible. Walters used to run the Canadian side scouting, but more and more he's brought in others to support him and take pieces of the job up here away. Whereas those positions used to be more focused on scouting in the CFL and down south. To Wade's level, the team is still the success story of the league. When the attendance drops, that changes. But the staff owns the product on the field. Will he get grumpy when attendance drops off, or would he be content to ride off into the sunset? I don't think he wants the president of the team to be his life's work. He's a guy who does a lot; this job has narrowed him down a lot. I've said it before, and it won't happen, but travel home during the bye should be cancelled. We got blown out by 2 of the worst teams in the league at home back-to-back. Though it might be far more prudent to let the players go home and re-shuffle the deck in-house this week. We need the coaching staff and front office to be shaped up first. Their equivalent of going back to 2 a days mid season for an underperforming team back in the day. Tear down and rebuild the playbooks and install packages, redistribute power and play-calling duties, reassess positionally, and prepare to make moves to improve. Otherwise, we might as well plan the fire sale before the trade deadline.

unfortunately this is just a bad football team now... there's a million examples from last night's game that could highlight that... but the one that keeps me up is the fourth quarter defensive performance... we were facing a one-dimensional team, playing their their back up RB and 3rd string QB who had clearly shown zero ability to pass the ball... basically we knew their only hope of coming back was running... and we let them run for close to 200 yards in the quarter to cruise to an easy victory... this is probably the most embarrassing loss in the Mike O'Shea era... this is the kind of loss that should lead to a full scale house cleaning this bye week... but thanks to coaching cap and "loyalty" we know that's not going to happen

Its almost like we have no pass pro, and the worst playcalling on O in the league.... He and Ceresna are tied for the league lead in sacks. Both are on track to put up a number range we haven't seen in years.

It’s very relevant, I would say. Our identity as a successful team was built on imposing our will on teams and being mentally strong but even stronger with our backs against the wall. Now we prepare, adjust, coach and play like a team with no brains, no guts and no balls. The young players are learning this from the veterans because it’s been accepted by the coaches. **** rolls downhill.

we have a bye week. no excuse to stay the same now. have the time to install a new play caller on O, reorganize the D with hall, or make bigger changes. Gotta do some thing.

when the hc doesn’t believe in the offence enough to go for tds inside the 5, or go for it on 3rd and 2 or less, it’s hard to have heart

******* finally Look what happens when you get some variation in your play calling Fair enough lol

trash ass play call

nice to see us get it into the hands of the speedster Daniels

Narrator: The Bombers did not string together some first downs.

yep, and very reliable and gap sound. We have 3 incredible talented canadian back ups in the front. and yet we plug away with a junk 2nd canadian in the secondary

And here is where osh shows no balls..and keeps foot down on neck...show trust in your unit for God's sake..especially with a raw rookie needing to go 108 yards if u fail. Way to suck the momentum out of everything..this early in game..take your shot..set the tone

The lack of having a lead and with the terrible home record is massive red flags. We used to cream teams at home...

Bombers played not to lose right up until they lost

Defend with no heart. Attack with no courage. Coach with no brain. Where the **** are Dorothy and Toto when you need them?

Man with no answers...even less of a clue

Team just going thru motions..no heart...changes need to happen...like cut head off the snake for starters

See Buck has balls

The way Dru clutched his back, it looked more than a little owie. Vaval is fearless.

thats why you have to play to win.

tsn doesn’t get the difference between us not understanding that’s how mos is and being ******* sick of it.

man neuf and brady turned that bad call into a good situation. bad spot though

TE better have his head on a swivel wallace and eli road grading

Fortunate it was a missed call by the ref

but hey i’ll take that and you get away with it plenty in the cfl. if you’re a tackle, you don’t lose. take a penalty if you must but if you can prevent a hit in the pocket do it by any means. Love vanterpools motor and edge. he’s a scrapper

He would of taken the pop vending machine out of the room weeks ago

Why do we keep running all these terrible screens? Not to mention to Daniels of all people? Just bizarre plays that shouldn’t exist…

It’s almost over compensating for last week. The coaching is a problem man. OC DC HC.

TC is just going to forget the deeper balls and just keep giving it to Brady and if we lose he can offer it as justification for not using him more previously. "You wanted more Brady? Well there ya go. How did that work out for us?"

Guarantee if the situation was reversed...osh woulda kicked the 3 to go into half "only" down by 3..

How the f*** do you not call the hold on Willie Jefferson there?????

This is a really lousy offense

At the game. Holy hell is this boring

2nd and 11, 5 yard toss pop gun offence

If we can't score TDs, we aren't going to win, even against these scrubs. Did I mention that I'm not impressed with Condell's red zone play calling?

Our offense is so bloody boring

Gatkuoth really coming along

WHY IS JAYLEN SMITH NOT STARTING

Whispering sweet nothings

defensive holding if any thing don’t kick the fg ffs