Dodge and Burn

Until Strev wins like Matty has, I will remain on the fence. Im not blinded by how fast he runs or how many guys he runs over. Or how he looks in his inform. Can he protect the ball? Complete passes throughout the tree? Can he win? The only metric that really matters is wins. Right now hes just the shinny new sports car thats fast, whats under the hood remains to be seen...

Last year in regina. Against us when Buck was our QB. Fyi

Yeah ok? Harris didnt absolutely own the riders last year in the semi.... And hes won a cup... You're wrong.

"Work in progress" is cute... Its brutal, so far we can work around it...

Strev looked like **** in the passing game. Thats the only way to view it...

So far in this game... Its pretty bloody obvious that this team is not built for ANY qb to carry it. What a half by our D. WJ is a monster

I think Edm will run blitz and spy Harris all night until Strev makes them change. OR they rush 5 with thier dominate front and play zone and bait Strev into making reads... Either way we are gonna get a good gauge on where or QB is at.

Good recap and preview? Not sure what you're saying here... Nichols may not have single handedly won any games this year, he sure hasn't done alot to lose games with turnovers on the other hand. The Bombers success in the last half of the season will depend heavily on Strev protecting the ball and making teams not stack the box in attempting to stop Harris. I see teams blitzing the **** out of us until Strev can prove he can beat it.

Weather is gonna be nice for the game, I have my fantasy draft during the game, cant wait for Friday! Im expecting the Esks to load up with people in the box and sending people from the edge. Strev...here's hoping he can beat the blitz. Hope we attack the seem and second level over the middle. I think we do enough on D and specials to win. Bombers 24 Empire 19

Just wait and see for yourself....

Making decisions as a QB is fundamental, making the body do what it has to do to make those decisions a completed pass are different. He cant make every pass in the tree at the pro level. At least to this point. What im saying is, he may make the right reads on given plays, but he does not have the goods to complete passes on a regular basis to be successful. Point being , last game, the roll out left pass to lucky where he looked liked an interpretive dancer.

That only works when the QB can make the throws when called on, and when he can, make the reads and make the throws. Because Strevs mechanics are so bad he cant make the various throws a successful pro QB needs to. Strevs running abilty may offset the pass yards ratio by maybe 30 yards per game. Pretty much nothing. His int last game rolling left was horrid mechanic wise. Did not point his left shoulder, he fliped his hips in the wrong direction, he basically jumped, flipped his upper body left and used his throwing arm to huck it. He has not shown he can complete passes in the tree at a pro level. Sure he has some sucesss in bit moments. But through a 4 quarter battle where you need a QB to adapt and make completions throughout the passing tree, Strev just aint there yet. EDIT: After a Qb is passed 18 years of age its very difficult to change thier base mechanics....

If Nichols passes say around 225-250 ypg in this offense. Im preparing to see that drop by an average of 75-100 ypg with Strev in there. I dont see him being able to consistently complete passes yet.

Willie was an absolute beast last night. Good sign that Bighill was noticable. He must have a lingering injury, he has been invisible to this point. Oline played a good game. That play by Couture in the open field on the Lucky screen was a beauty.

This thread reeks of PTSD...

We dont have any qb that is gonna stomp on any defenses throat, or consistently throw down field and convert on second and long. We can smash the ball as good as anyone though. We have won cups with shitty production on offense in the past. Why not this year?

Well, #17s mechanics are horid, does not set his feet when he throws, throws off his back foot, and as far as reading a defense, that is up to debate. Aint really starting material if you ask me. Anyways im gonna enjoy another TEAM win. Peace.

Strev had very much shown he cant step back and deliver the ball consistently down field.

Winning aint enough for some people I guess?

Sorry to tell you but Strev has the same playbook as Matty. Sure he has his bit plays in certain situations but you cant rely on that for 4 quarters. What has Strev shown that he can huck it 20 plus times a game and be successful? Something beyond it being "insane"

How exactly do you see Strev succeeding beyond what Matty is doing? Yards passing? Points scored? TOP? First downs? Will he change what Lapo calls?

Nichols and his situation reminds of Denzel Washington's character in Remember The Titans, one loss and hes fired. The anti Nichols fans at this point are rabid. Matt did not shoot the lights out, not even close. But hes still our best option. Strevs aint even close to being ready to lead our offense through a whole game. Hes a bit player, any who think he s ready for prime time are dreaming instead of seeing.

Blitzing is fine, and preferred in my books. But, if you do that, you have to have the guys behine the front 7 than can play man up, and win the one-one battles. Not sure, that anyone not named Rose, can do that for us. Either our players are not playing to expectations set but the coaches, or, the coaches are putting players in positions where they wont succeed on a consistent basis.

Raspberry haha

I was talking about coaches...