Colin Unger

My only explanation outside of favouritism that Tui isn't starting right now is that he's not 100% and they are leaving him in a limited role so his injury doesn't get worse.

The data from Pro Football Focus seems to backup the sentiment about Loften. Despite giving up that sack on the first passing play of the game he was out top ranked offensive lineman last week. We don't know his actual grade but he was the only one not to make the list of lineman with failing grades among our starters. In limited action Tui was elite! Highlighted in red are the lineman who have a season average below 60 which is a failing grade. This pretty much all lines up with the general evaluation from those of us on the message board. 8. WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS (NO CHANGE) LT Stanley Bryant LG Liam Dobson C Chris Kolankowski RG Patrick Neufeld RT Eric Lofton • Despite teams' struggles above them, the Blue Bombers failed to climb the rankings. Four of their five starters failed to make a positive impact last week, with Bryant (58.5), Dobson (57.5), Kolankowski (55.0) and Neufeld (53.8) posting sub-59.0 PFF overall grades. • The Bombers' top-performing offensive lineman was sixth man Asotui Eli. He played 19 snaps last week, earning an 88.1 overall grade and an 81.7 run-blocking grade.

It looks like Jeremy Murphy is head of Kevens Clercius for this week's game. It sort of begs the question of why Clercius is the one on the roster for previous games over Murphy if Murphy is the guy who's going to get the start this week.

I remember a few years back when Calgary was still a dominant team. They had a rash of vetern receivers getting hurt but seamingly every receiver they added to the roster from their practice roster could instantly perform. Michel, Begalton, Brescasin. And guys that were role players like DaVaris Daniels did well in expanded roles. This is what you expect for a model franchise.

With the number of Canadians we are playing this week all I can say is I hope we’re playing Brazil.

Sounds like our focus this week is to lock in that extra 2nd round pick for next year.

Still 5 years old confirmed!

Im more focused now on Lawler than Scheon. How many weeks were we expecting Lawler to be out for?

Alston was with the bombers for a chunk of last season and was let go in training camp because he got hurt. Now he's healthy.

@EdTaitWFC - Nichols is back at work for the @Wpg_BlueBombers @EdTaitWFC - No sign of Dalton Schoen at @Wpg_BlueBombers practice. He was on crutches after the game Friday. Keric Wheatfall is here, but not practising

I would assume that Mitchell and Johnson would come on for Wheatfall and Scheon if they aren't in the lineup. Alston seems like a "What if" type of pickup up. A guy who already knows the offence who could potentially be in the lineup this week if we had somebody go down in practice.

Yet we just needed Zach and Demski to connect on one of the easier plays of the day. ---------------------------------------- The positives from the game for those who are ready.... After the first passing play of the game we gave up zero sacks. Zach had a normal amount of time back there to throw and he looked pretty good. Chris Smith is an upgrade over Mitchell. Had a nice return erased by a penalty but certainly has provided some hope for the return game going forward. 3. It's a long season.

There's quite a few washed up vets still out there who were on teams last season. Ellingson and Duke Williams come to mind. I'm not sure there's a lot of value out there. Let's just use this season to find young talent so we have a shot next season when we host. TSN has already awarded BC the title anyways.

Don't forget Streveler

Welll err.. Had he not overthrown Demski there.... Wheatfall i think also out long term.

I could of sworn is was our younger guys not producing. Jefferson being doubled on every down. The young guys with easy assignments needs to be taking advantage of that.

It might need to be the norm now that’s we’ve run out of receivers.

I’m not sure why we don’t challenge a face mask like that unless it’s non reviewable.

Since when is Woli a yac yards guy

@DarrinBauming 23m Sounds like Oliveira (knee) will be a game-time decision for the #Bombers. While he is there and working, he has not participated in practice in two weeks now.

I don't disagree. Just stating what I think is the real reason we haven't seen a switch yet. I think in Mike O'Shea's view he was. I believe he started a lot of games the previous year in place of the injured Couture and Couture maybe only played late in the year and the playoffs or something like that. So they very much viewed him as next in line and sort of allowed Couture to move on. I would imaging the leash for him would be shorter than the leash for Nuefeld as a result.

Agree with this. I think its more easily explained by Mike O'Shea giving incumbents several games to lose their jobs. I don't think he wants vets looking over their shoulders for having 1 or 2 bad games.

I think this is a make or break game for Wilson. He's going to have to show something or it will be next man up. Its probably a make or break game for several struggling players TBH. Going 0 and 3 and losing at home to BC is a pretty strong "change something" signal.

Generally speaking and dating back to last year. All the late NFL cuts in the world brought in by other teams have been unable to outperform BO. And they wouldn't be coming in with leadership and Canadian passport. Id be more worried about it if we had paid Ouillette more than half the money we paid BO. The only american runningback really worth spending up to get right now is James Butler. If a good all around runningback who can do it all like Butler and like BO were so easy to find why do teams spend on players like Ouillette?

I think its safe to say that Zach definitely doesn't have the mobility he had when he was younger. But i think if the offensive line play improves he will be fine. Some of that improvement will occur simply by having Brady Oliviera back in the lineup. I personally wouldn't pay much attention to JA if im an opposing defensive co-ordinator.