MC

They just don't issue the numbers to players in the regular season.  When was the last time you saw numbers 11, 28, 63, or 85 on an active Bomber player?  
It is a whole lot easier to get into the ring of honour than to have your number unofficially retired.  The one that will never ever be reassigned will be 28.  You have to be one of the first to jump out of a plane on D-day for that to get that number.

They just don't issue the numbers to players in the regular season.  When was the last time you saw numbers 11, 28, 63, or 85 on an active Bomber player?  
It is a whole lot easier to get into the ring of honour than to have your number unofficially retired.  The one that will never ever be reassigned will be 28.  You have to be one of the first to jump out of a plane on D-day for that to get that number.

They just don't issue the numbers to players in the regular season.  When was the last time you saw numbers 11, 28, 63, or 85 on an active Bomber player?  
It is a whole lot easier to get into the ring of honour than to have your number unofficially retired.  The one that will never ever be reassigned will be 28.  You have to be one of the first to jump out of a plane on D-day for that to get that number.

Hank Illesic and Bob Cameron- hard to pick between those two.

If it would make you angry then I am sure they won't do it.  After all, appeasement of the fan base has been the key to the Bombers' success over the last 25 years.

well it did take Jefferson a few games to really get going, remember we all left the first couple weeks thinking yeah he was OK, but we should get more, well now safe to say he's got it down and is flat out dominating. 

If it would make you angry then I am sure they won't do it.  After all, appeasement of the fan base has been the key to the Bombers' success over the last 25 years.

Hecht is often late getting to a play, so he definitely doesn't have big time speed, but I think more often than not he's in the right place and gets the job done. Serviceable is right....

Agreed. I wasn't expecting much from him this year but I think he's been a pleasant surprise. Serviceable atleast. I haven't noticed him in a bad way nearly as much as I did Loffler over the last couple of years. He's had quite a few nice pass break-ups and a handful of sacks. Cant really complain.

I don't think Hecht deserves the heat he's taking on here, but I would absolutely be in for taking a good safety if there is one...

Well, he's certainly no punter, but he's doing his best to be a leader.

I think by now, there have been enough examples of vets being cut to dispel this fan-created rumour....

I've seen this a couple times lately......it's actually "Tongue-IN-Cheek".....
....Okay, I'm good now....

I think it's pretty sad when we have our fans just assassinating Nichols character & toughness with a first place team. So much for team loyalty. No matter what he does they'll never give the guy the credit he deserves. Just constant criticism. If we were 1-10 like BC I could understand it. But we're in first place. Like I said, it's just sad. I think at times this fanbase is worse than the Riders.

I don't know how we can reasonably compare two quarterbacks on one series of plays. Had Nichols been the QB on the fist series we don't know what his first play would have been. How can we compare his situation to Streveler. Nichols might not have gotten sacked on the first play and could have been 1 and 10, 2 and 5  or with his propensity for throwing the ball away 2 and 10.
Also, Nichols might have completed the two passes to Wolitarsky.  Sometimes I get the feeling our good fortune is not good enough for some. Why go to so much trouble to equate  a raw rookie with an experienced pro? 

I think someone thought Chris Matthews needed a steak knife (or fork) and look where that got him.

When he was here as a young kicker he improved greatly on his punting with and against the wind and his placement.  He had really good mentors.  The NFL is a different animal though. It is about hang time so you can force the fair catch.  The narrow field lessens the need for placement.  The hashes are so close together that you are always kicking from near the middle of the field and the angle to get it to the numbers in the NFL isn't even getting it past the other hash marks in the CFL.  There are so many adjustments going from one league to the other.  Ryan is finding out it extends to kickers too.
 

he's had one or maybe 2 "poor" passing games this year, and then 7 pretty good ones. His QB efficiency still leads the league at 107+. Just because the offense runs through Harris, doesn't mean Nichols is a bad passer. He's actually had a really good year till getting hurt. Listen, we can all cheer for Strevs and hope for the best without shitting on Nichols or just making stuff up...

Unless someone offers significantly more money.  That's football...and life.

Unless someone offers significantly more money.  That's football...and life.

Strev has had a pile of bad INTs this year....that's the biggest thing for me. Plus the intentional grounding penalties which I don't think I've ever seen Nichols take. It's frustrating, but hopefully Strev grows out of it all. Only 24......

Unless someone offers significantly more money.  That's football...and life.

Count me as someone hoping he gets another look from the CFL. Guy was classy here, a good bomber on and off the field.
 
best of luck to you Mr.Legget

I didn't like it when Nate Davis did it and I don't particularly like it when our own guys do it. Just a weird and honestly kinda gross celly... 

I’ll just agree to disagree with you.