trueBlue83

A qb. with Strevelers talent and potential do not come around often...In this town we know that quite well...He has to be played to keep him sharp and happy...I know he'll get his shot but not at the expense of Nichols and his playing time....Streve will have to be patient and wait until we have someone hanging on the ropes and on the verge of defeat to get game time...Whatever happens this kid is a valued member of the club....and any notion of letting him slip away in a trade or otherwise should be dispelled in a hurry...Diamonds don't fall into your lap very often...This kid is going to shine big time for someone and I prefer it be with us

this isn't meant to be an ignorant comment, but I didn't even know the CFL draft went 8 rounds deep!  

How was the ToP break down by each quarter? I'm betting the lions had the ball for MOST of the second half and gassed the Bombers D in the 4th quarter.  

also tough to play shut down D when you're on the field for more than 20 minutes in a half of football.   the offence didn't do anything to give them a breather!

I think they're in for another tough game Saturday afternoon.... if LaPo doesn't call a balanced game, and whoever said it prior, get Harris 20 touches, we're going to be in trouble.   Nichols won't put up much more than 220 yds, which will be adequate if Harris can put up 100+ and we get a few FGs from Medlock.    When Nichols struggled last year, the kicking game bailed the team out.
If it's really stale.... can't be scared to change things up and put Streveler in for a different look.  We've seen that he can spark the offence.  If we're just going to use him in short yardage, they could have just kept LeFevour.

also tough to play shut down D when you're on the field for more than 20 minutes in a half of football.   the offence didn't do anything to give them a breather!

How is this different than any other game the last two years??

could this be the last game of the Richie Hall era??   I have to think that the Bomber brass has got a backup plan in mind.   If they're struggling this badly against middle of the road teams, it's time to move on.   Getting a new D coordinator in place early in the season, and not "after labour day" like so many other teams have done in the past, gives us the best chance to get things turned around with lots of time left in the season!
I obviously want the Bombers to win, but if it's another beatdown of our secondary, I just think it's time to go in another direction, which is what they should have done in the offseason anyways!

Depends on if not turning the ball over means a boatload of 2 and outs.

agree. Like the guy as a person and all, but the last couple years post injury he was a real dud. 
Really thin era for WRs long term no doubt. Though in the short term we saw the likes of geroy, AJ3, arland bruce3 etc. Id a put mike sellers in  before flash gordon. Its a thing crop of wrs, I just wouldnt put in a wr from that era. Tom europe, elfred peyton, harold nash (all time leader in PKDs when he retired) Juran bolden is debatable (parts of 4 seasons here two stints that saw him return to the nfl) etc.
Also at some point we either have to dig really deep to try and put some one into the BB HOF, or we have to skip a year or a few. Id rather us skip and hold the honors for truly elite players. 

nice find!   1 thousand yard season, and 20 TD's over parts of 5 seasons.  Nice guy, but that's setting the bar pretty low!

nice find!   1 thousand yard season, and 20 TD's over parts of 5 seasons.  Nice guy, but that's setting the bar pretty low!

nice find!   1 thousand yard season, and 20 TD's over parts of 5 seasons.  Nice guy, but that's setting the bar pretty low!

I really liked him as a player, and he was good for a couple of seasons.... not sure about HOF worthy though?   is Romby Bryant on an upcoming ballot??

Swap Rod for Rod - in goes Smith and out (forever) goes Black. Who says no?

You're missing the point I was making.... failure in that they haven't given the other QB's more playing time when they've had the chance.  There were lots of games last year where the game was totally in hand, where they could have thrown in Davis to get him some seasoning, but they'd keep rolling out Nichols right to the bitter end.  That doesn't help development.
By no means was last year a failure at all... I'm talking about one facet, sorry you misunderstood what I was saying...

hey... he earned it.

even 4 opportunities on an 18 game schedule is substantial.  I'm not going to go back to previous season any further, but if I did, I guarantee in 2016 & 2015, you'd see similar results, even when we're losing games.   O'Shea has proven to be very stubborn about deviating from using his starting QB regardless of the score.
It's no secret that I don't think Nichols is the stellar QB a lot of Bomber fans seem to think he is, and that's simply my opinion.  I'd love for him to put up 40 TD's and 5000 yds this season and prove me wrong! 

WEEK 8 vs Hamilton.  Bombers 39 Hamilton 12.   No stats for backup QB.
Banjo Bowl  Bombers 48  Riders 28.  No stats for backup QB
WEEK 14 vs Ottawa.  Bombers 29 Ottawa 9.  Davis gets 3 reps, probably on the last drive of the game, even though the Bombers were up 22-3 going into the 4th.
WEEK 17 vs BC.  Bombers 26 BC 20.  Nichols throws for 176 yds and 0 TDs and looked awful.  No backup time.
WEEK 19 vs BC.  Nichols gets injured and our QBs combined have thrown a handful of passes, and subsequently look awful.
All I'm saying is, get the backups some time when you have the opportunity.   There are 4 scenarios listed above where they could have confidently put in a backup because the game was in hand... but didn't.    So do they have these opportunities often, maybe not... but when they do, take advantage of them.

WEEK 8 vs Hamilton.  Bombers 39 Hamilton 12.   No stats for backup QB.
Banjo Bowl  Bombers 48  Riders 28.  No stats for backup QB
WEEK 14 vs Ottawa.  Bombers 29 Ottawa 9.  Davis gets 3 reps, probably on the last drive of the game, even though the Bombers were up 22-3 going into the 4th.
WEEK 17 vs BC.  Bombers 26 BC 20.  Nichols throws for 176 yds and 0 TDs and looked awful.  No backup time.
WEEK 19 vs BC.  Nichols gets injured and our QBs combined have thrown a handful of passes, and subsequently look awful.
All I'm saying is, get the backups some time when you have the opportunity.   There are 4 scenarios listed above where they could have confidently put in a backup because the game was in hand... but didn't.    So do they have these opportunities often, maybe not... but when they do, take advantage of them.

You're missing the point I was making.... failure in that they haven't given the other QB's more playing time when they've had the chance.  There were lots of games last year where the game was totally in hand, where they could have thrown in Davis to get him some seasoning, but they'd keep rolling out Nichols right to the bitter end.  That doesn't help development.
By no means was last year a failure at all... I'm talking about one facet, sorry you misunderstood what I was saying...

You're missing the point I was making.... failure in that they haven't given the other QB's more playing time when they've had the chance.  There were lots of games last year where the game was totally in hand, where they could have thrown in Davis to get him some seasoning, but they'd keep rolling out Nichols right to the bitter end.  That doesn't help development.
By no means was last year a failure at all... I'm talking about one facet, sorry you misunderstood what I was saying...

I hope you're right... I've just been disappointed more often than not when we've had a promising young QB in camp who plays well but ends up not being given an opportunity to advance.  

Our WR corps was troubled after Thorpe got cut plus Adams being gone in the second half of the season and Dressler also missing time.  I expect we'll have a lot more options down the field this season with Bowman in our lineup, and I'd bet Lapolice has a plan not to wear Harris out too much.

hey... he earned it.