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I’m just tired of him as our punter period. 
Has he ever actually one time kicked us out of trouble? 
 

My Bomber keys to the game;
 
Zach- was it rust....whatever it was the ball goes through his hands and he needs to better with it
JA- he is not Brady, but my eyes said Brady was worse than we were led into believing health wise last game, can JA be better than injured Brady
O-line-Kola probably had his worst game as a Bomber, looking for redemption this week
Receiver-Lawler out hurts us, Woli played with fantastic intensity last week, that needs to spread and guys don't need to be Kenny, but guys need to get open and block
D-line- is 6 guys enough.....humidity is supposed to be very high with damn near tornado weather...six is a slim number
Biggie-is he going to play like biggie we all love....or biggie in last years GC?
Ford- I may be overly harsh in my criticism, but he was one of the worst DB's last week.....league wide....he needs to bounce back
Castillo-no chip no issues.....
Sheehan- I am REALLY tired of punts out of bounds...
Mitchel- doesn't need to break one, but secure and go forward
Coaching-Woli had "it" last week, coaches need to make sure everyone has the intensity we should have
 

I believe he also fumbled in the 2nd preseason game (after a catch not on a return). So I am concerned about his ball security.

Yep. Good times. 

He isn’t, but he isn’t worse than Lofton either. I’d go Eli at guard and neuf at T rather than Lofton at guard. 
 But really we need to get rid of atleast one pr ol and bring in a real T. 

Or the ol Alan Boyko return, catch the ball and fall down. 

Or the ol Alan Boyko return, catch the ball and fall down. 

Or the ol Alan Boyko return, catch the ball and fall down. 

It's one of the things that made Marvin Coleman great back in the day.  He was never going to be a dynamic returner in the mold of Janarion Grant but he was SUPER dependable and never lost you field position.

Just watched the video from Lapo. I focused on Lofton and damn he got really owned. Kolo wasn't great, but like some of the other posters have mentioned...glad we've got a couple of guys on the PR that can play tackle. Well hopefully play tackle. Our most important player has got to be protected, and Lofton needs to step up his game.

Mine are just way more explosive than me. I'll get em over distance but little buggers get away before I can react. Though I did get the big 3rd down stuff the other day, kid was trying to go over top the pile from one couch to the other and I timed that **** right and got him midair before he crossed the plane.

I'm seeing double. FOUR Grey Cup appearances!

Twice in a row=4, right?

He had a sick streak that year for games with out any turn overs too. 
Haha yep, I never thought that would be a useful life skill. One day he's going to learn a double move and put me on my ass though I know it. Need to start holding new dad mini camps. Help guys round out the skill set. 

Right? I use those DB fundamentals to chase my 2 year old all the time haha
Agree 100%. Strev can sling it as well as any QB in the league if he gets the chance. 
Anyone who doesn’t think so, go watch his first 2 starts when the actually let him play QB. 
Yeah he can put it together, just don’t let him call the game 

I wanna see Strev throw the freakin ball when he's in. Running all the time lets the D focus on it. 

it is my belief that I think Gray wanted to step away from football...longterm...not sure, but also a reason why he hadn't signed elsewhere.
Lofton is good at some stuff....deficient in others, and tho I can appreciate the want with going with some experience, not sure thats the right decision...hopefully the 2 guys they kept are being coached up and seriously looked at to step in at some point.....I also think that if we could run Bryant..Dobson...Eli...Neuf and for now Lofton we would be so much btter and could do some different things to compensate for Lofton's short comings in the short term.
I wanna see ZC this game above anything be more assertive and take the thigs there, as opposed tohis penchant of late to try and always hit the big strike, or force things. The one plus...and there is only one with Lawler being out is that it will force ZC to actually go withhis looks and reads...and not focus on the one guy....
With BO out today too...I hope Buck cooks up a bunch of 2 QB looks...and ones where if it is flipped to Strev...it's with the pass a first scheme....with option to run if the primary guy is not there 
 

I was one of the biggest Neuf haters early on in his career here (health) but he's been a pretty steady part of that line for a long while and can play multiple positions in a pinch.   Hell, at this point, I'd kick him outside as he's an upgrade over Lofton.
As long as the center of our offensive line continues to routinely struggle, Zach and the offense will struggle.  

The one spend that I wish Kyle would have made was to re-sign Desjarlais when he came back from the NFL (I know the decision came down to more than just money).   Imagine a line right now of:
Bryant  Desjarlais  Eli  Dobson  (insert right tackle here)
That would be all sorts of nasty.

hey....how bout let hium go back to his first few games where he threw for 6 td's and no int's....over 400 yards.....rushed for 130 yards and a TD......as a raw rookie....bet he can do better than that now....heck....let him play total QB like last yr at SD where he threw over 4100 yards...and 32 TD's and also rushed for over 700 yards and 11 more TD's....theres a thought

Especially that, the best qb runs come from delay plays while the wrs run off the dbs. 
 
100% the hurry up after the short yardage play was always a huge advantage. 

Lol! I saw that too, he’s got a sick backpedal 

So after watching that video, Kolo starting over Eli is even more perplexingly ridiculous. 
 

He was very gentle with lofton, but lofton got it even worse. he's on the wrong side of pressure in all but 1 of those plays, when kola gets pancaked. One of the last plays he gets beat by 2 guys and gets no one. At times he was kick stepping way too far and giving up inside position, other times hes dropping back with out contact like he's a damn DB trying to get deep and just walking back into the pocket. We have 2 big holes on our OL right now. I don't know what is more frustrating, That we don't seem to have the answer at imp T, or that we have the answer at C and refuse to use it. 
Love the content from lapo, hope he keeps it up. YT is a hard grind and even harder for the CFL market I'm sure. The play to woli is clearly quarters cover though, the play at 7:57 problem isn't zach missing the guy with a seam buster, which he didn't likely have time for, the problem is the confusion on coverage left both guys on that side open. Zach didn't miss 1 possible throw because of timing of progression, he missed the side of the field because he never looked. Even the play to woli that lapo loves, that's a very risky throw when he had an easy target about 5 yards shorter to the side line that wasn't surrounded with guys.