ShyGuy

Arbuckle putting up some pretty gaudy stats on that Toronto team that is going no where fast. Is he going to replicate Mitchell's performance from last year as 'QB his team doesn't actually want playing while missing the playoffs but somehow becomes the East nominee for MOP'?

Fun fact, despite being 3 games back of the Riders right now, the Bombers actually control their own destiny for a home playoff game. They also have a game and a half cushion over the Lions right now.

Nice drive for Ottawa after that turnover.

The amount they spent on that defense in the offseason you would expect it to have been better than it has so far, although it looks to be rounding into shape. As I type this the Faj giveth and he takes away, nice looking 30 yard scramble and then he gets smoked and turned it over.

At that point just give Streveler #87 or something and have him in the Rasheed Bailey role in the offense

So Brady is at 900 Yards from Scrimmage which as of today puts him 2nd in the league behind only James Butler who has 1030. Brady has only played 8 games to Butlers 10 (well really 7 games and 1 drive for Brady). With 8 games left, Brady needs to average about 138 yards/game to make it to 2000... he's gone over 100 yards from scrimmage in 5 out of the 7 complete games he's played

I'm kind of amused I called Streveler for another return to the receiving corps... But there HAS to be a better solution for emergency receiver than the Back Up QB 11 months removed from ACL surgery right?!? A DB? A returner? Someone who only plays special teams?

Streveler and then Jefferson next mans up Also where did all the safeties go?

They still have to pay the dude, it just hides the cap so they can pay other dudes as well... and if he comes back they'd have to pay both of them. I'd be curious if someone like MBT who was so outspoken about players well-being last year in regards to quick turnarounds for games would be quiet about landing on an extended IR with a phantom ailment.

Thanks I hate it

To be fair Streveler threw 3 picks in his second victory. I'm not sure how many games you are gonna win when your starter throws 3 picks and no TDs, so I really wouldn't chock that up to him too much. People have been making all kinds of excuses for Streveler as well. Throwing more INTs than TDs and having a 7.6 YPA isn't going to win you many football games. The only qualified starter that his YPA is better than is MBT and... yeah

Is this math mathing? 2025 Guide Book has 15 Field Goals made past 57 yards up to 2025, and then 16 at 57. So 31 made up to this year. I know Maltos and Castillo are the only ones to hit from that this year, but if there are 25 missed and you hit at 61% that says you should have 39 makes.... that is for all of CFL History... if you are talking JUST SINCE 2005... I only count 5 > 57 in the guide book, and then in the 57 bucket most of those guys haven't played since 2005 anyways. It would be interesting to see the context of some of those kicks as well, because I feel as though when you are kicking a 57 yard field goal, the other team might not be inclined to try to house it.... the example everyone here is probably familiar with is the 2016 West Semi Final when O'Shea tried to get Medlock to hit a 61 yarder, but he came up short and the Lions just downed it to run down the clock. So small sample bias aside... you need to apply a similar criteria to the TD drive one you used, so its what percent of field goals from 57+ yards are returned for a TD, with >30 seconds (we'll use this as the time limit the victory formation could be used for) on the clock and the other team tied or down any number of points

I think he only played in 15 last year. He picked up an ankle injury week 16 against Montreal and didn't play weeks 17 and 18.. Got a concussion Week 5 against the Bombers but played the next week. He had a foot injury against the Riders in week 10 and then missed week 11 before playing against the Lions week 12. So in a season and a half as a starter hes: Exited a game due to a concussion (Week 5 2024) Exited a game due to a foot injury and missed a game (Week 10 and Week 11 2024) Exited a game due to an ankle injury and missed 2 extra games (Week 16 through Week 19 2024) Got injured at the end of a game and then missed 3 games with a hip injury (Week 1 through Week 4 2025) Exited a game due to a concussion (Week 7 2025) Exited a game due to a knee injury (Week 11 2025) So out of 28 possible games, by my count he's only played 17 complete games.

Ah that makes sense because it is against the Bombers. I was thinking they would keep the Road/Home split at 9, but because they are playing the Bombers they essentially have 10 home games. Would have been neat to see the Argos play another team.

I will absolutely try to make it to those games. I wonder if they will do a deal for Season Ticket Holders

Did they elaborate on what Brown's injury was last night? I thought I heard it was a knee?

I predict: The Bombers will play their most complete 3 quarters of the year, Collaros will be consistent but not remarkable. The game will be out of reach at the start of the 4th and the Bombers will let their foot off the gas. They will still win convincingly but Brown will put up super gaudy numbers which will fuel the Brown vs Collaros debate for weeks to come.

There is a time line where Dru Brown is still slingin' passes to Kenny in a Bombers Jersey but that diverged after 2023 when Brown left, not in 2024 when the Bombers let Kenny walk. There were also posters on here who wanted to let Collaros walk after 2019 instead of conveying that first round pick to the Argos. I guess that one also opens up a fun what-if where a QB needy Bombers take Nathan Rourke at the tail end of the 1st round. Collaros' decline was predictable, but going from 33 TDs against 15 INT while exiting a few games early and even missing a couple of games, to throwing 14 picks before finally hitting double digit TDs on the season in week 17 is a tad more abrupt than most people expected.

It's pretty easy to figure out what they were thinking... They were just wrong. Dru Brown - they had him in the building for 3 years. Either they figured he didn't have what it took to be a consistent starter or the timelines didn't match. I don't think anyone really expected Collaros to free fall as he did so immediately Janarian Grant - Too old. Picked up a injury prone designation because Buck decided to run him up the middle. The adage "better to let them go one year too early than one year too late" might apply here if it had ever been applied to anyone else. Kenny Lawler - Very expensive and kind of mercurial. The bet was between him and Schoen staying healthy and using the money you'd spend on Kenny on the rest of the roster... But the Bombers two big gets got to hang out on the 1-game until recently. Besides... Even if Kenny were here who would get the ball to him? He is looking good in part of all the deep balls he is grabbing and the Bombers are near-last in that aspect of the offense.

It's a fair comment to make... you have the MOP on the team who is a running back and some QBs who seem unable to push the ball down the field yet there have been long stretches in games where you aren't getting him the ball. Probably doubly frustrating for Brady because I don't think he expected to be rolling near Labour Day with a goose egg in TDs again this year.

I'm choosing to believe that the only reason they don't have 6 Safeties on the depth chart is because it doesn't fit the formatting.

How long do you give him to adapt though? Dickenson started out losing 2 straight grey cups, won 1, then then didn't make it to the conference finals for 4 straight years before bottoming out and missing the playoffs last year. That is ALOT of rope.

I'm not sure what the point is with Streveler anymore. Guy is barely getting forward on sneaks and obviously isn't or can't be trusted passing the ball. It would be neat if the Bombers had someone they could put in as a change of pace when Collaros is stuck doing check-downs or too busy having to pick the grass out of his face mask and no-one would have to worry about them being more than likely to pass to the other team instead of a Bomber.

That Montreal player sliding into the van at about the minute mark looks like it would have hurt.

Did something happen to Lofton for him to end back on the 6 game or is that a misprint?