JohnnyAbonny

Right now yeah, we absolutely are

Oh cool, a **** punt

Now they’ll throw a 2 yard hitch where the receiver gets tackled right away

May as well pull the whole front out at this point and run 12 in cover.

Pathetic all around

No pass rush

A good representation of the first offensive series as well

Or in the last game just read like a book by a DB because we don’t deviate from anything already shown on film.

That’s just it. I’m sure we can bring in a few top end Americans in FA if we choose to, but QB, OL and Canadians are really big question marks. You can maybe fix one of those in an offseason but to have to deal with all 3 at once is damn near impossible.

Unless they majorly retool in FA (and even that might not be enough) 2026 will be a 2-4 win season. I don’t see any way out of a full rebuild at this point tbh. Major 2004 vibes.

Yeah from the top this year feels like the organization really dropped the ball and are content with just getting the stadium filled. I think a lot of us were imagining the home Grey Cup being the pinnacle of the last decade spent building up the club at the box office and on the field. Especially after 3 years of close but no cigar. It seemed a given that they would go all out coming into this past offseason, and they just..didn’t do anything.

Co-ordinator maybe but would the DL coach have that much of a say in changing things? I know Patterson is pretty respected and has been here since before the front went to ****.

I feel like they’d be elite with another piece or 2 and far as this season goes, they’re about as top notch as anybody. I just don’t see why they’d risk giving up a younger but experienced backup given BLM’s age.

While unproven, I’d say Powell is the best of the backups. Good luck getting him out of Hamilton this season though. Stamps may be SOL, no one’s out of the race and putting on a fire sale this year.

“Years ago” lol. Let’s just take a look at Doug Brown’s film from 2001 and bring him out of the booth to replace JT

This game is winnable if the Offence can win TOP and play ball control with no turnovers. Ottawa’s defence isn’t great. Something similar to the game in Montreal could get a W. Can’t keep up with a shootout. If Ottawa wins TOP our front will get eroded as they have been the last 3 weeks.

O gets a few FGs, maybe a TD in the first. D will start off okayish and we’ll be up 3 at the half. DL gets gassed and ineffective and we give up a bunch of points which our vanilla O can’t keep up with. End up losing by 10 or less. Basically the same story in every loss this season.

Agreed. No stunts or twists, nothing. We don’t rotate in guys with different skill sets for opposing o-linemen to worry about. Just gas out the same three guys (all in their mid-30s) so by the 3rd quarter they’re useless. The way we use our D front is the worst aspect of generally bad roster management across the board.

They finally put Nichols in during garbage time of a home game against Calgary iirc. They looked better and drove for a TD. Nichols then started the next game in Edmonton.

Yeah regardless of the QBs not playing well and the interior OL sucking, Ibtjink we can all agree our scheme on O varies between being basic and absolute piss

Uh, did we not all see him get smoked in the head?

Who made that diagnosis? The Easter Bunny? No f’n way it’s anything but a concussion, we all saw that play.

I hope it’s this, I’d hate to think his pass rushing skill and/or effort fell off that fast. Like look how he played in the 19 and 24 GC’s. Either he doesn’t want to do that all the time or it’s what you said and it’s schemed that way. The 19 GC is one of my all time favourite sequences in a Bomber game. Where for some reason Ticats have Brandon Banks of all people try to chip him. WJ knocks Banks spinning into next week, kills Evans, takes a RTP, then next play kills Evans again for a strip sack. The game was ours from then on Also yes RIP Craig Roh. From what I heard just an all around great person. Tragic.

I’m not sure we can win any more games this year the way it’s looked lately. Maybe Ottawa, maybe Montreal here. I don’t see them beating Saskatchewan, Edmonton or Hamilton regardless of where the game is.

Do any of our DL have the ability to bend and get under a tackle besides Person? Willie just backpedals or shifts over and goes for the knockdown most of the time, Vaughters doesn’t get much pressure at all and everyone else pretty much bull rushes with not much success.