Eternal optimist

Yep. As awful as that team was, I'll always remember him throwing Demond Washington under the bus for missing what would've been a game-winning interception. If he hadn't lost the room before then, anything he said thereafter definitely fell on deaf ears.

End of the day, it's entertainment. As my wife always said during that horrendous 2013 season: "At least it's an outing." Which, as I age, I am realizing is very wise advice. Whether you fret over the the ebbs and flows of the regular season get to your or let it slide, it really doesn't matter. Everyone here wants to see them win including myself, I'll always attend games and will always cheer for them, will I lose sleep over it? Probably not. To each his own.

Nobody wins in war.

It's easy to look back on this with hindsight and see things that way, fact of the matter was that Hitler was hellbent on causing as much destruction as possible, even in retreat. Their K2 missiles were still within range of many allied civilian cities, and Britain as a whole. I agree a parachute jump seems the wrong approach now, air superiority by the Allies at that point made such parachute deployments possible. Hitler always seemed crazy but at that point in the war had completely lost his mind, sacking the few generals he had left, and implementing a blanket "no retreat" policy for all German defensive positions made it very tough going advancing troops along the ground.

Guy was also a war hero, and the trophy for MVP for the Western Conference is named after him (Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy): https://www.bluebombers.com/2016/11/11/lest-we-forget-the-jeff-nicklin-story/ It's a shame Fajardo won it this year - would've been a nice tribute if a Blue Bomber (Harris?) would've won it to go along with the Grey Cup.

Agree on Masoli. I think Nichols will re-sign here, loves Winnipeg and the team, whether that is a good omen remains to be seen though. Can't see ZC re-signing with us as it sounds like TO wants him back, we'd have to overpay for him which isn't something I would be doing on a whim.

I agree he's a bit over-hyped, but man, dude played a month on a broken foot and absolutely laid it all on the line for this organization. You can't tell me he wasn't an instrumental part of our O this year. Even when his game was off, defenses had to plan and play around him, he completely changed the dynamic when he subbed in for our starter - whether it was Nichols or Collaros. If nothing else, he's the best QB sneaker in the league and that alone is worth something.

Absolutely, I agree the team should mitigate risks. The problem is Collaros has suffered 3 concussions (Week 2 2018 season, Week 20 2018 season, Week 1 2019 season) in a 2-year span. He played great for us as a rental when we needed a quick fix, but I just don't think he's a long-term solution at QB. I'd argue re-signing Collaros is increasing our risk, more injury-prone, smaller sample size working within our O, ZC also likely fetches a higher $ than Nichols (due to his Zach's playoff run this year), so the extra $$$ spent re-signing him means less to go around to the rest of the team, we also forfeit a draft pick. If anything, this increases ZC risk of injury. Idiots like Lawrence look at that injury and realize they can impact the opposing teams' offensive game plan by taking a guy out, all for the bargain price of a 15 yard penalty (and a suspension). Pity it boils down to that.

Aw crap he's trying out for the Dolphins he might actually make their team lol.

Short-term, Collaros was the right fit for the Grey Cup run... but I just can't see this organization kicking Nichols to the curb for a guy that filled Nichols shoes adequately.

We're talking about the same Zach Collaros that suffered his most recent concussion whilst hook sliding, right?

Obviously the proper workplace solution would've been to continue drinking whiskey at your desk out of your 107th Grey Cup replica mug.

With this new 2-QB rule looks like McGuire is gonna have to learn a new position lol. He'll be our spare defensive back that can also throw - Kenny Ploen style lol.

Man, if this is true that is a coach I would want to play for.

Turnovers. He takes better care of the ball. Matt Nichols only has 8 more INTs thrown during his career, but he's played 22 more games than Zach. Yes, he's boring, yes, he doesn't push the ball deep as often, but Nichols also takes care of it. Passive? Absolutely! However, you can't argue that as a quarterback having more turnovers is a good thing.

I don't care how good Collaros played, players that do this stuff get benched. It undermines the coaches, and undermines the rest of the team if you don't all buy into the system/game plan. ZC definitely had leverage you speak of for the short stint he was here, but to say without merit (or proof) that he was that defiant to his OC is just laughable.

To me, this was very apparent during the parade.

He was on the roster, so he already has won a Grey Cup.

Beers chugged during Grey Cup Parade - Re-sign Streveler NOW!!!

So much this. The fact that in the 3 playoff games Collaros didn't throw a single pick is nothing short of luck, each of those games there was definitely some passes that should've been snagged by the D, but weren't. Even in the Grey Cup game, Adeleke had a glorious opportunity and did undercut the ball - he just didn't catch it. If he just picks that off, could've been a completely different game (at the time, it was 8-6 Winnipeg, they ended up hitting a field goal on the drive). As for Nichols - my heart says give him another chance, but a bum knee and now a massive shoulder injury... might be time to hang'em up.

I think we need to try and keep that guy Grey Cup in Winnipeg for at least a few more years. Fits in so well with our system.

Well this has aged spectacularly. Enjoy being right up there with the 16-3-1 Stamps from 2016!

Wait... you slept with him???

Man, I don't want a dime of the money they gave Durant back, I consider it payment to him not to play for us.

See, I knew I needed you guys to proofread this first. Also, where's Ripper? Maybe he'll know Durant's mailing address. Maybe I should just send it to the 'Riders head office and hope that they can pass it on lol.