Mr. Perfect

Passing yards is the most overrated stat that there is. Right, because all you need to do is go through your progressions, make the correct read, deliver a good ball, all the while having upwards of four or more people trying to take your head off every single play, and in the process hoping your receiver does his job properly by running the correct route and catching the ball while someone else is trying to take his head off as well or deflect the ball to prevent the completion....Unbelievable.

Lets be honest, it was still crap though. We've gone from a moist pile of crap with a few chunks in it to full on diarrhea this season.

Actually what Lawless said was that Walters should sign Heenan, which we all know (the intelligent ones anyway) the chances of that happening are slim and none. If Heenan does test free agency, he'll be there about as long as Josh Bourke was before Montreal re-signed him.

Not true in the least. Last year his completion percentage was under 60 percent, and he nearly threw 20 picks (18 to be exact). Yes he did finish second in yards passing with just over 4,200 yards, but when you consider that Drew Willy is just shy of 3,800 yards, coupled with the fact that he's missed a full game, plus halves against Edmonton and B.C., and that we still have a game to play, Willy would have thrown for more yards than Reilly last year. Bottom line: Willy is exactly where he should be as a first year starter.

I've said in a number of conversations with friends that starting 5-1 was the worst thing that could have happened to this team because of the fanbase. People were saying in May they'd be happy with 6 wins which is exactly what we have but because of our start, the overwhelming majority of the fan base got unrealistic expectations about the remainder of the season.

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If anyone thinks that by having Marve start this week, it means anything for next year, they're sorely mistaken. Marve could throw for 400 yards and 5 touchdowns and all it means is that the media will have some ammunition for when they conjure up their articles this offseason about a QB controversy. Willy is still QB1 going into next year, he's earned the reps, he deserves the reps and even if he's dinged up, beaten down and it ends up in a big loss for us, it's still all part of the process we need to be prepared to go through as fans. Because the end result will be a properly developed star QB. Period. You have to be Kidding ? Ryan Dinwiddie says hi. How did things work out for him and us after that Calgary game? One good game does not make a great quarterback.

Aside from the fact that Willy is in his first year as a starter and needs all the reps he can get, and has just shy of seven months to completely recover from whatever ailments he may currently be dealing with after Saturday....agreed completely...

The idiocy of this fan base sometimes...

Better chance he gets cut in the off-season when some bonus or another is due. Do you have a copy of his contract?

Yup.. Threats of violence always make your point more valid.. Smh. No - thats more frustration I get what he's saying. It can be infuriating when a 'fan' only see's what they want to see. Willy had all kinds of time to throw, he had receivers open. It was hilarious, on the telecast, Suitor tried to make a point that all the receivers were covered. The 'short' receiver was about 6 yards underneath the coverage, but of course Suits was on a roll so he said he was 'covered'. About 10 minutes of game time after that, Beck got the snap, turned, and fired a dart to Gore I believe it was, who was 'wide open' just like the bomber receiver was above, only the bomber defender was about 3 yards off him. It's amazing all the apologists there are for Drew 'freakin' Willy. At least more fans are finally starting to see what I've been seeing since mid-August. He hasn't nearly been good enough, and tonight was his worst start yet (but low an behold he finally threw another TD pass). But yeah, I get his frustration. Unless you know what the read progression is on the play that is called, it is impossible to say "he had receivers open." Probably the biggest fallacy in football from a fans point of view, when everyone goes "hey, that guy is open!" Ya, but it's the QB's 6th read, and the by the time the ball gets to him the DB or LB is going to completely fill in the "opening" most of the time. About as dumb as the people who yell "shoot" all the time on the powerplay at a hockey game. Perfectly explained. It's really not that difficult of a concept for people to grasp.

Doubt he gets invited to training camp, nevermind surviving it.

Maybe I'm not to lunch but considering the statue is at the Blue Bombers home stadium, I think it's rather safe to assume the very large majority of those who visit Investors Group Field may know a thing or two about the history of the organization and Bud Grant.

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Walters made a big mistake in letting Ford go. What an idiot...

And that's what it's all about - Progress. Whether the absent minded want to believe it or not, we made great strides this year considering where we were at this time last year. No reason to believe we won't do the same again next season.

The Oilers problems has to do with completely ignoring the blue line and goaltending as part of the rebuilding process. MacTavish, Lowe and Katz are all fools.

You didn't mention the Willy trade. Walters has done something that other GMs couldn't - get us a QB. That alone gives him an A in my books. Any of Collaros, Willy or Burris would have been a huge upgrade over last year. Walters couldn't make a bad choice at QB unless he decided he didn't want any of them. Sure he could have. Collaros is useless if kept inside the pocket, and Burris will be out of the league likely after his current contract ends and we'd be back to square one.

But if he has a great game and the Bombers win, does he start again next week, even if Willy is healthy? If Willy is healthy, no. Easy decision.

Anyone can have one good game at any given time. Just ask Ryan Dinwiddie. Brohm is a B- quarterback at best.

Not sure how accurate this is considering it's Friesen, but admittedly an interesting read if true.... BY PAUL FRIESEN, WINNIPEG SUN FIRST POSTED: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014 09:19 PM CDT | UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014 09:46 PM CDT Running back Nic Grigsby hadn’t done anything significant in weeks. As impressed as I was with the CFL rookie’s elusiveness early in the season, he’d become easier to tackle than a Grade 2 math problem by the time he walked out on his team, Wednesday. Apparently, he also carries the attitude of a Grade 2 student. To recap, here’s what happened at school on Wednesday morning, as related by the principal. “I brought him into the office to explain to him what his role was going to be this week,” head coach Mike O’Shea said. “And he asked to be released.” Grigsby’s role, for the second straight week, was to study and work his tail off during the week, then sharpen pencils at the back of the class while everybody else got to go out and play on Saturday. Not pleasant, no. But it’s one of the realities of pro sport. You don’t perform, you don’t play. Of course, the way the Bombers have been performing, nobody should be playing when the Calgary Stampeders come to town, Saturday, other than maybe the entire practice roster and the ball boys. Maybe Grigsby feels he’s been unfairly singled out. I’m not sure Earl Campbell could gain 50 yards behind the O-line the Bombers are fielding these days. Grigsby’s replacement, Paris Cotton, managed just 31 in Monday’s slaughter in Edmonton, continuing the same old trend for the worst running team in the CFL. Yet, O’Shea wants to see Cotton again. So Grigsby took his league-leading nine touchdowns and went home, leaving only some rag-tag tweets rife with spelling errors in response. The Bombers won’t miss Grigsby that much on the field. Hell, they lost five in a row with him in the lineup, a streak that grew by one in Edmonton. They’ll miss him even less in the locker-room. I’m told the 25-year-old was a cancer, someone whose attitude has been a problem for a while. An outsider from the start of training camp whose personality didn’t fit with the team. Grigsby shot out of the blocks this season, with 100-plus yards rushing in his debut. But over the last several weeks his performance went into the tank — where it joined his attitude. Word out of the locker-room is Grigsby questioned the coaching and debated game plans. Good for him, you might say. But that’s a game for fans and media to play. I’m told Grigsby also took to blaming his teammates, particularly his offensive line, for his decline in production. While there may be more than a shred of truth in that, Grigsby’s inability to take any responsibility is what had teammates fed up with him, despite what many said publicly upon his release, Wednesday. A message he posted on Twitter earlier this week says it all: “It takes 11 other players for a RB to be successful... let me know if you can find one RB that can run 1 vs 12?” Grigsby (@Nic_Grigsby5) tweeted on Monday, a message he’s since deleted The guy had averaged just 40 yards per game over his last three. More often than not, the first player to hit him brought him down, one of the true tests of a running back, who’s supposed to make people miss. I don’t know that Grigsby quit on plays, but he certainly quit on his teammates, Wednesday. “The word quit can be a harsh word,” O’Shea said. “Blame, quit — all those words I tend to stay away from. But he was given an option and he chose to leave.” What does this say about the Bombers? The optics aren’t good: a team is outscored 37-0 in one of the worst halves of football in its history and its starting running back for the majority of the season walks out two days later. Put those two together and it spells Q-U-I-T. “I guarantee you this team hasn’t thrown in the towel,”Johnny Sears said. “One person’s situation or decision doesn’t reflect on the whole team. We expect to win Saturday... and (I’m) not saying it to be politically correct. “But you go in there and ask some guys right now: we plan on winning, because we have to.” Actually, that was last week’s lesson plan. School is all but over for this bunch. There’s only the math left to be done. And one other thing. We’ll find out if Nic Grigsby, the quitter, is alone. paul.friesen@sunmedia.ca Twitter: @friesensunmedia

Agreed completely. Ability to have a big game now and again, but underwhelming overall IMO.

Totally forgot I was following this guy, but this made me laugh... Chad Simpson ‏@Givechaddaball 2m2 minutes ago I'm nice and healthy to.

Alex Suber ‏@2ndSeven777 16m16 minutes ago Glad the homie got out of a Bad situation, ain't no quit in that man!

I saw that tweet. I recall a tweet he made earlier in the season saying there was no o-line he'd rather run behind than ours. Funny how things change.