TBURGESS

Threw 3 picks. Wasn't seeing the field properly. Was taking big chances like throwing into double coverage. Played his worst game since last years Banjo bowl. I don't hate Nichols but even you have to admit that was his worst game of the season. If you don't it's your bias showing, not mine. Yah. I'd have pulled him after the 3rd pick because he wasn't playing well. The perfect record and MOP don't trump the fact that he wasn't playing well in the game.

That Nichols 'didn't have it' in the game so he wasn't going to get the big comeback. That's the perfect time to give Streveler a chance, especially against a defence that doesn't defend the run consistently.

The old there's no guarantee 'argument'. Of course there's no guarantee. There never is. If Nichols was lost for the season... Yes, I think Streveler is good enough to take the team as far as it can go. All we need is a QB who can throw for 200 yards and rarely turn the ball over. Last game we had the perfect opportunity to give Streveler experience. We chose to keep Nichols in even tho he was having a terrible game. The backup isn't going to get experience unless Nichols is injured.

I think Nichols is a streaky QB. When things are going good, he can be lights out. When 1 thing goes bad it tends to snowball. In the Hamilton game, Nichols badly wanted to continue his completion streak and they called the easiest ball to complete, the sweep dressed up as a pass. That one was dropped. Next play Nichols overthrows his receiver big time for a pick, almost a pick 6. Once he threw his 3rd pick, it was time to give Streveler a chance while we still had time to win the game.

I doubt a pro athlete ever pulls himself for not having it. That's the coaches job.

At least if we cannibalize our young, I'm OK. 😂

No one is going to complain if we win by 20. Folks will if we win by less than a TD.

If we lose to the Argos then something's terribly wrong with the team.

Bullshit.

I can't see the Lions cutting Reilly. I'm sure he got a big portion of his salary as bonus money up front so there's little SMS gain for BC. I can't see any other team trading for Reilly. They'd get good value this year, but they'd have to renegotiate in the off season or pay the huge salary.

My whole point is Masoli v Evans. I didn't suggest that the D wouldn't make adjustments, that's on you. I said the hugely superior Masoli would have played better than the greatly inferior Evans. You trying to extrapolate from a single data point (A pick) and you're not even doing that properly. 1 pick in 10 min = 6 picks in 60 min. I'm using the 2 QB's entire CFL careers to reach my conclusion. It's also common knowledge that backup QB's with little experience don't play as well as top ranked starters. You may get tired of what you consider my gloom and doom, but I get equally tired of people making stuff up that I never typed then getting upset about it.

What the heck are you even talking about? I didn't ignore either Masoli's or Evans Int and what does Rose have to do with Masoli vs Evans anyway? I'm sure I'm not the only fan who thought that we'd surely win when Masoli went down.

And then there were 3... Nichols, Harris and Reilly are the only starting QB's left standing this year and Reilly's been taking a beating.

Masoli is a top QB. Evans isn't even close to being a starter, let alone a top CFL QB. It's ridiculous to ignore the change of QB as a reason our defence suddenly looked better. I'll go even further.... If Masoli stayed healthy, we'd have lost the game big time considering the number of times we gave the ball away.

Masoli was 4 of 4 then ran 20+ yards for a TD. He owned our defence on the first drive. He completed an 11 yard pass on the second set of downs before he got injured. 6 out of 7 with 1 int, 87% completion, 59 yards in 1 drive + 1 play. Evans played like the young backup QB he is. Barely 50% passing for under 100 yards and a pick. The defence didn't change. The QB did.

It's no surprise that the defence started playing a lot better once Masoli went out.

If you want to get your confidence back, the Argos are the team to play.

I'd have pulled Nichols after his 3rd int. Streveler may not have won it for us, but he'd get some great experience and his running ability might have made some difference.

Harris Sayles Woli HH - Adams

I honestly don't worry at all about O'Shea leaving. He's got it pretty good in Winnipeg. We stuck by him when most other organizations wouldn't have and he's a loyal guy. I could see PLAP leaving for an HC job this off season tho.

IIRC we're staying in Ontario for the week. With Matthews not making the flight does that mean he isn't practising this week and not playing again next week or is he flying out after the game?

Streveler

Is is better if I say we've won 4 out of our 5 games against 3 of the bottom 4 teams in the league to take into account that folks think Regina is worse than Ottawa? As for never admitting when I'm wrong... Not true. I grossly over estimated how good BC would be this year and I changed my mind once I saw them play. For a Bomber reference.. I didn't think Nichols would get back to 2017 form and he has.

https://globalnews.ca/news/5667393/winnipeg-blue-bombers-chris-matthews-stabbed-at-downtown-restaurant/ "Matthews has been placed on the one-game injured list. When an athlete is on an injured list, he is not obligated to talk to media."

25 out of 25 people in this weeks poll are picking Ottawa to lose to Calgary and I haven't voted yet. It looks like everyone thinks that Ottawa is bad.