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It's not a math question! It's a fact that outside of one long kick the guy still only hits the short field goals and as discussed the long one is a symptom of his problem... that he only knows how to kick the ball straight. He had a short one from the had he shanked atrociously trying to compensate for his miss. So forget the numbers, we still have a kicker who can only kick the ball straight and hitting a few short ones (as he did in a previous game) doesn't change that. His super kick offs even had one out of bounds as well so that part of his game is not bulletproof anymore either. Mourtada is a project and at 31 years old we shouldn't even be entertaining that. Go to the pound and find an American who doesn't have massive flaws in his game at 31 years old.

Just because he won't cut him doesn't mean he doesn't deserve to be cut. And it certainly doesn't mean he is improving. If anything he is getting worse because he is having to make changes due to the misses and it is throwing things off. That last miss was the worse ball he has kicked here and it is a direct result of his inability to kick from an angle.

When the coach is choosing to not even try a field goal that should be in your range that says everything about how a kicker is performing. Anyone here truly believe that if we need a 45 yard field goal to win and the ball is on the hash mark mourtada is going to make it?

I don't mean he wasn't great, just that as a pure runner there were and are always guys in the league better at that particular aspect.

Yeah Harris was never the best runner if you ask me, his true greatness is that he is so versatile and good at everything. Blocking, catching, running. No weaknesses.

Rider fans are slowly coming to the realization that it was the riders and not the Bombers who are the smoke and mirrors team. It is glorious.

I liked the adjustments they made in the 2nd half to take some pressure off collaros. Edmonton was selling out pretty hard to get pressure. Neufeld had a very rough go in pass protection. Think he is a tad slow to be playing tackle.

so you think the bombers offense was just fine and dandy the last 2 weeks? That's a testament to this team that the offense can misfire like that and still win handily.

Oh come on, the long one he made was placed in the middle of the field, short one on the hash marks at the end was a god awful shank. This is what we have been saying about the guy, he can't figure out the kicks from the hash marks. yes he was 4/5 and good for him but they weren't exactly challenging kicks and o'shea still opted to punt in what should be field goal range once. Mourtada is a flawed kicker and nothing he did tonight changes his weaknesses. Hell he had a kick off out of bounds tonight too.

Oliveira is just such a tough guy to tackle. He drops the shoulders and just keeps churning out yards. He's not Harris, but he is a good running back.

Those things aren't poor plays? Truth is the Bombers offense has been kinda poor in the pass game vs. Edmonton these last 2 weeks. Sloppy. So yeah, they won, and won big last week, but shoulda been bigger both weeks but for some sloppy and poor play. Maybe Edmonton's secondary is just a poor matchup but the O definitely had some room to improve.

The only thing cornholio was able to get were broken plays. This D is so good.

It arguably improves the interior of the line... which could mean more Harris which slows down a pass rush bigtime anyway.

So the way to look at the rules is not in terms of # of minimum Canadian starters, the rules are laid out essentially as follows: you get x number of Americans on the roster and x number of designated imports who can only replace other Americans in the starting line up. The math works out that it means you need at least 7 Canadians to start. You start 8 though you have that extra American who can be on the roster without having to be a designated import.

But if we are starting more than the minimum number of Canadians we get an American on the roster as a backup who isn't a DI correct?

So your plan is to **** talk the defence that is making a mockery of the league?

Hey you are the only one revising history in this post. Mourtada is 31 years old and we gotta fix mechanics? 31 year olds aren't project they are firmly in the perform or go away category. This isn't a case of oh he has had a few misses either. This is a case of he has only been able to hit short kicks.

He kicks it straight from where he lined up. On the left hash? Gonna miss left. On the right? Gonna miss right. Dude just doesn't get how angles work. If he was kicking from the middle of the field all the time no problem but the cfl that doesn't happen.

He wins a second cup he can have whatever the **** he wants.

young canadian vs. old assed american with no resume to speak of... yeah totally the same. I got lots of patience with Legghio for the reasons you listed. Not for an american on the wrong side of 30 with no proven ability to kick the ball at any appreciable level. A guy missing because he just misses some kicks and has consistency issues is one thing, a guy missing because he isn't able to figure out how to kick from the hash marks is quite another.

They said it was an alignment thing after game one.... how many games are we supposed to wait for this guy to get it right? Season is winding down and we got a 40% kicker who can't figure out angles yet... Sorry for not having patience.

I don't think I would see Collaros leaving Winnipeg easily. The place that rejuvenated his career, got a championship (maybe more than one?) and let's him play behind a top OL... Lotta reasons to stay here.

Jason kenney came to lower based on people wanting oil and gas jobs nothing more.

Which is fine, I have no problem if they don't want him doing it all at this point, but christ, a 3q year old 40% kicker who only hit short field goals.... you can't keep letting that guy keep trying field goals. He is too flawed at that aspect.

Because kenney knows he needs them to win. You can't win alberta just with the rural ridings and Edmonton leans pretty left so you gotta get rural plus calgary to get your majority and kenney can't seem to find the tightrope to walk to keep both sides happy.