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This might get spicy as the game goes on. Sookram’s dropped some Double Desert Island and I am indulging.

Good tackle by Lawson

Lofton got 6 gamed.

The easier throw would have been to Demski in the middle of the field but can’t split hairs when we move the chains.

Him, Bridges and a myriad number of other guys on this roster are guys you should be looking to push and move on from if possible. Their upside is capped. Their limitations are known. These are guys that "we're comfortable with" and we've kept them for no other reason but that. Lofton was terrible in Saskatchewan and he wasn't much better here. Randolph taking over for him was addition by subtraction

You mean aside from him being terrible?

Bridges has been released from the practice roster. Not shocked by that at all.

It’s actually one of the first times (that I can recall) that a coach on this team has publicly thrown a player under the bus.

Tait was definitely playing defense during a few segments.

Look, I don’t care about Mitchell one way or another but when your starting receivers (even with injuries) are: Demski, Clecius, Wheatfall, Sterns and Corcoran you’ve screwed up in how you’ve managed that position group. Demski, by default, is your number one guy and as versatile as he is, he’s not THAT guy. Excellent secondary receiver who can be exciting at times but that’s it and with nobody on the field capable of stepping up and forcing defenses to respect them, they take him away for the most part. Sure, he’ll bust the odd run or find a seam (and hopefully) the QB will take advantage of it but teams will gladly give up that if it means they can take away take away our bread and butter (Brady).

One reason why they brought him onto the roster in favour of Mitchell was because “he did the dirty stuff” and blocks on run plays. My immediate reaction watching that and a number of other plays unfold was: Would help if he did that **** well.

And has nowhere to go when he does touch the ball. Tough sledding behind that line.

Playing complimentary ball tonight but the offense is still a hot mess.

A couple pre-game thoughts: This is the 4th (or 5th) different line combination this year .. how well are these guys going to play as a unit and how is Lofton going to hold up on Streveler’s blind side. If we have any chance of gutting out a win, this group has to stand up - it’s that simple. We (rightfully) got a bit of pressure against a beat up Toronto offensive line last week but gave up too many plays on the back end. Every one of those guys in the secondary need to be better. Bridges, Parker and Bonds have not been good all season. Bridges is out and Parker slides down next to Holm (who he’s played beside before). Is this the change we need or is this just shuffling the chairs on the deck of the titanic? I don’t think Kramdi has the range to be an effective safety and I think we can do better than Parker (and Bonds, who played really well at times last year) but will hold off forming an opinion until I see them play. And .. for the love of God .. go out and smack Toronto in the mouth and DON’T LET UP.

Had some Echo Bike intervals on deck in the garage this morning and while I didn’t notice a smell heading out there, I’m certainly feeling it now - it’s not pleasant. Hopefully things improve significantly because I couldn’t imagine playing in that right now.

That’s great and all but your roster, its makeup and how they’re deployed on game day go a long way to making that happen. Next man up is a great idea until that next man is nothing more than a career pylon.

The problem is that there isn’t a single receiver on the field that forces a defense be honest and our offense, in general, does a terrible job of creating space for these receivers to operate. Couple that with another change on the offensive line and Lofton being terrible in general (he struggled as a right tackle last year, there’s no indication he’ll excel as a blind side blocker) I’m not expecting a lot from our offense. There is NOTHING on that side of the ball that forces a team to respect what we might plan to do. We saw what that looked like against Calgary.

Yikes! Vanterpool with the DNP and an ankle injury. I’d hate to see what our o-line would look like if he was out (not that their play has been overly hot to begin with).

1. Vaughters. His most visible game this season and easily our most steady DL this season. 2. Person / Adams. Both with sacks. Both brought much needed energy to a line that’s been lack lustre all season. The defensive line in general played a lot better tonight. Who’d have guessed that a solid rotation could make a positive impact. 3. Stearns. Seemed to be the only receiver willing to lay it on the line to make a play for his QB (regardless of who it was). HH. Jordan Younger for finally taking Bridges off the field.

Quit on each other at the very least. Can’t go out, put in that kind of effort and say you’re accountable to one another.

These last three games the Bombers have looked like a team that just doesn’t give a **** one way or another. Zero heart. Zero effort. Folding at the slightest bit of adversity. Vets checking out and going through the motions.

That was a half assed attempt by Demski.

Shout out to Darkangelo for having a GREAT football name. That’s all I’ve got at this stage.

Dude .. I FEEL you.