26 minutes ago, gcn11 said:

I saw Brock throw a ball through the uprights from midfield in pre-game...from his knees. Not wind aided either.

That's just insane arm strength.

Can someone tell me what the hell Rios is doing on this play? Is never looking back towards the QB or the ball some new type of coverage tactic that I'm unaware of?

8 hours ago, Brandon said:

This makes me sad ....  it's also envious seeing a team attack 30 yards down the field.....

Watching this gif in a loop ,   he has 2 guys wide open to dump off.... and 2 guys open down the field.....  I dream of this. 

You can also see the fullback stay in for protection and then release late. He is also wide open.

Is this a case of Calgary scouting our D and developing and running a set of plays to beat it? Or is this a generic offensive setup designed to pressure a D by having lots of options for Bo to throw to?

In either case, it's WAY too easy. It gives the illusion of Calgary having twice as many players as we do. LOL!

But the question I'd really like answered is, at this point in the season, in a game of this significance, should this be happening?

Okay, here is one of the things I find so maddening. Calgary has the ball. We send a 3-man rush which Calgary picks up easily. They send out a handfull of receivers. All receivers are fully and completely wide open. Bo just needs to pick one. I assume we are playing some kind of zone. What kind of defense is this and why is it so pathetic?

6 minutes ago, Goalie said:

It changes game to game so not sure how you could say this

You've got a point. Streveler has been drilled many times with head shots and rarely gets them called. I've seen several occasions where he has gotten up from a head shot, absolutely furious about being drilled in the head. No call. It's one of the most disgusting things our officials do and I really don't understand it. TSN never mentions it but Bob and Doug sure do. But if it's BLM, out comes the flag.

2 hours ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

I'd trust Ottawa's offense to make 51% of 2 pt converts over a whole season...so yes.  I'd expect most to be in the range of 70-75%

O'Shea's logic is really off on this one, it's indefensible.

He said, paraphrasing, "They're trying to get us to chase the points. I'm not falling into that trap". smh

6 minutes ago, M.Silverback said:

According to Ted Wyman form the Sun. Most of the beat writers said Streveler was really limping. It borderline negligence by O’Shea. 

 

Did they say he did the same thing with Drew Willy? 

BTW, I wonder if we're going to find out that Streveler also has a fractured arm. 

7 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

You can't compare Streveler to Mitchell as it isn't even close. I've seen enough of Streveler to know things aren't going to change. He isn't improving throwing the ball. He's played enough now for me to see it ain't happening for the guy. In 13 games, he's thrown for 1,564 yards. That is 120 yards per game & stretched out over 18 games that amounts to 2,166 yards, 11 TDS & 16 INTS  in a league where qbs routinely throw for 5,000. We can't win with those passing stats. 

You're just taking it out on Streveler and throwing stats around when you know he has a crap OC and consequently no open receivers to throw to. Do you remember Nichols saying he had no open receivers to throw to last year? It wouldn't matter who was playing QB on this team the stats wouldn't be there. 

2 hours ago, do or die said:

Like the way we simplify the O in these 2nd halfs.....

But seriously.....Streveler is a warrior.....but less than 150 passing is simply not going to get it done....especially against the big boys.    Lapo is still a 30 minute OC.

On D...a couple of guys standing out and a couple of gift turnovers.   That covers the good news..

Until late...Stamps OL did a number on our Dl. 

We also used our useless blitz packages, yet again...to leave the flats/hash areas wide open. 

 Bighill must have some serious physical ailment - he can't pivot or change direction or wrap up on tackles.  Completely ineffective.

As far as defending the two pointer.....less said the better.

The Toronto and Montreal choke jobs really loom large now....as the Bombers keep failing to make it happen down the stretch.

Back to gin and Laotian massages...

Good to see you have maintained your sense of humour.

Calgary's D laid a beating on Streveler just like Dickenson told the officials they would. 

Note to Walters: Lawler, Demski, and Whitehead < Rogers, Begelton, and Mayala.

Lapo with nothing to surprise the Calgary D in the second half, as usual. 

Hall's D unable to adjust to shut down Calgary in the second half, as usual.

O'Shea with no answers, as usual, although I did like some of the questions the media had for him.

4 minutes ago, Tiny759 said:

This is a bad take.

Sure is.

1 hour ago, Goalie said:

D was not doing this earlier..they were shutting teams down. Now.. If the D needs a stop, they dont get it. 

We played the weak sisters early on with not as much on the line. That's no longer the case.

1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Because I don't believe Streveler can complete the throws we'd all like to see. That is why it's not game planned. Our dumb ass HC never gave any playing time to McGuire this season  to see what he could do under center & now we're hooped. 

So McGuire comes in today and because he's such a great thrower he overthrows Lucky on a deep shot down the sideline but last week, Streveler hits Adams in the hands on a deep shot which he drops and it's Streveler that can't throw so now we're hooped. I'm struggling with the logic in this. I saw Lawler and Whitehead each with drops today. Is that on Streveler too? 

I saw Begelton and Rogers with drops today also. I guess that means Mitchell sucks too and Calgary is hooped.

32 minutes ago, Doublezero said:

But they should. And this is just further evidence of Oshea's stubbornness becoming a consistent liability. Not saying Bombers would have won vs Stamps if they'd tried 2-pointers but ....

Is it O'Shea or Lapo?

6 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

You also need a guy who can complete passes all over the field. Which we don't have as a starter now. 

Again, how do you know? He's never been given such a game plan. Not once. 

I hope I get to see this young man play for an intelligent, creative OC that recognizes what he can do and isn't afraid to throw the ball downfield. 

42 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

J5V, the kid can't throw downfield. He's throwing curls to flats on the field for the most part under 10 yards. Yeah, that throw to Lawler was nice but he has to do much more as a qb passing than that & he's showed us nothing. other than he can run. To me, it's becoming more & more apparent that he just doesn't have it as a passer & never will. Big heart, strong, tenacious & a warrior. Switch him to slot or running back. Let those traits work for him at those positions. 

How many shots did he take downfield today? His entire play set was from -5 yards to 10 yards. He hit Lawler on one pass up the middle that surprised Calgary on second-and-one. What is he supposed to do? Turn off his headgear and start freelancing with his receivers to push the ball downfield? Yeah, that'd be a good career move.

1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Other than Nickthesizz no one hates Streveler. He has lots of heart & yes, he's a warrior. But I don't want a warrior at qb. I want a qb that can read a defense & throw the ball with success. Someone who actually gives us a chance to win. 

In the CFL a QB is only as good as the receivers he has to throw to and the offensive play calling to get those receivers the ball. 

1 hour ago, AKAChip said:

As far as Streveler goes, let’s be clear. He wasn’t great again tonight but put up the standard 220 yards of offence. If anyone thinks Nichols puts up appreciably more than that, or the result is any different, I don’t know what to tell you. 

Even Mike Reilly needs someone downfield to throw to.

1 hour ago, Tracker said:

Time for you go back under the rock where you hatched.

Um, I think he was being facetious. The timing may have been a little off.

1 hour ago, Goalie said:

5 and 27 last 32 at Mcmahon. God we suck there. Don't matter who plays Calgary is where we go to lose

Sorry, but that's the pathetic excuse of a loser, and I know you're not a loser. We have won there before and will win there again.

1 hour ago, Tracker said:

Can't possibly start Collaros. We've been told that it will take months, perhaps years for a quarterback to absorb  the playbook. Case in point: McGuire.

It takes that long to learn 6 plays? Who knew?

1 hour ago, blueingreenland said:

If Coach O Shea really thinks Streveler is our best shot in the playoffs...maybe they should rest him next week

O'Shea?  :-)

Just now, SpeedFlex27 said:

How do you know we'd be mediocre? That's just being afraid to make changes which is cowardly as an organization. 

Sorry. Did I not show the tongue-in-cheek emoticon?  

1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Mike will start Streveler as that is how he rolls. Like I've been saying, until changes in coaches is made, nothing will change. WTH would anyone want another year of this ****???

Because without this mediocrity we'd be even worse. You want that?

57 minutes ago, Zontar said:

Would MBT coming off the bench really be a worse move than leaving a clearly struggling Strevler out there? Really?

and who is MBT going to throw to? Lucky on a sweep? Harris standing still 3 yards downfield? How about a screen to Demski? How about a button hook to Lawler 7 yards downfield? That's about the entire pass play book. Do you really think it would make any difference?

46 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

He's out there competing. He played his heart out & should be commended & not insulted. This offensive mess is on O'Shea & LaPo. They're asking Streveler to do something that he can't do. Throw the ball with success. Won't happen.  Not the kid's fault. Coaches lost this game. 

I hope you're not saying he can't throw the ball. Were you saying that when he hit Lawler for the TD? I doubt it. He helped put 27 points on the board in the first half. Then what happened? Calgary adjusted to stop Lapo's game plan, Lapo didn't adjust to what Calgary was doing, and we scored 6 points from there on. Sound familiar?

BTW, 33 points should be enough to win most games. Giving up 37 is way too many points for our D to surrender. Secondary was way too soft. Bighill sucked. Jefferson was invisible. Sound familiar?