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No necessarily. Thye handled Bighill's injury the exact same way last week.  Bighill said he was good to go but didn't play.  Matthews says he good to go but won't play. 
Just the way MOS does things.

Because he knows it would blow up Morning Big Blue?

Since last year? 😁
Jefferson was pretty monstrous 

It smells like Matthews wants to play, but the trainer told the head coach that more rest for a receiver's dislocated finger is the most prudent move.  I'm kind of surprised that Westwood and Walby have their shorts bunched up so tightly over this.
But it wouldn't be the first time I was wrong.

Matthews is our biggest FA signing since Bighill. 
He's a CFL vet signed to a 3 year contract and brought in to be a leader 
The guy is not going anywhere. Its game 5, team's 4-0 and he broke a finger 3 weeks ago.
Step away from the ledge, people!

His pinky finger was broken/dislocated so badly, it required stitches.  That was 2 weeks ago.  The Bombers are favoured by 10.5 and are playing at home.  
Also from Wednesday's Free Press:
"Still, O’Shea wouldn’t confirm whether Matthews was going to play or not. That could be simply because he doesn’t have to. Rosters aren’t submitted until the day before the game and O’Shea has never been one to show his hand ahead of time."
Further to O'Shea in media reports this week - he never ever says anyone is going to play for sure.  He answers reporters queries with "he looks good".  How we interpret that quote is on us.
I think they can afford to rest him one more game.
 

If Mathews is NOT among them ....where the hell is he???Something ain't right.....Cripes even Bo Levi with his injured wing is on the sidelines cheer leading his team.....Is he a part of this club or not...I don't like what I'm hearing or seeing.....

mountain out of a mole hill
how about instead,
"glad we have so many good receivers to plug in when needed"

basically said that about bighill too...and others

It’s also important to note that a player is almost always going to err on the side of saying he’s healthy. 

Honestly, what does Walby know about anything inside the team at this point? I don't recall O'Shea proclaiming Matthews healed and good to go, I remember Matthews saying it, but Bighill said the same thing last week too. 
People are trying awfully hard to create a controversy out of nothing. 

On the radio they said O'Shea was asked and said Matthews was healed up and ready to go but that he will be a healthy scratch.    Why wouldn't O'Shea say we just want to give him another week to heal up.   Very fishy stuff.  
I assume since Walby thinks something is going outside of the injury that you would want him to get his head out of his ass?

They are sitting him as a healthy scratch.  That greatly concerns me. 
Everything from Bauming and Matthews made it seem like he was good to go.   O'Shea even says he's healthy but they are going to still sit him.  
This concerns me greatly. 

So what's the deal with Matthews,  why do I have a feeling that he'll be cut after this week with zero explanations?

The dude ****** up his hand, why are we calling him a healthy scratch? They're giving him time to be fully healed before putting him in cause they got another crappy eastern opponent. 
Jesus. He is a healthy scratch the way Bighill was a healthy scratch last week. 
Get your heads outta your asses folks. 

Completely disagree with the sentiment that this is a last chance game for Lawler. I don't think he's seen the same way by the team as he's seen around here. O'Shea is always looking at the full body of work and the big picture. Lawler is in this week because he has shown a lot in practice and in the games. He just seems a bit snakebitten to me.
By my eye test he has all the tools to be a great all around receiver. And if you listen to some of the comments made about him in interviews it sounds like the team feels the same way.

I don't. Play to the whistle for one. Don't hot dog a first down for 2. Had he stood up and had the Argo reach in and grab the ball I could have even lived with it more. But to hold the ball out to signal first down (and do a jaunty flip with it, which he was on his way to doing before it got slapped from his hand) is just arrogance.
But credit where credit is due, he made a great effort later on that non-TD pass attempt in dragging his feet. And it didn't cost us the game or anything. So forgiven, but not forgotten......yet.

Mathews=Adarius Bowman 2.....says he's ready to go and .....nada...wtf  How much are we paying this guy

Bighill could very likely be scratched.....but I'd expect Wilson to stay at MACK and Miles to be at WIL...

Agreed, not to mention he laid out for a pass over the middle later in the game and got throttled. Effort level is there, he seems to be a serviceable extra import WR at this point with some room to grow.

He honest to God thought he was down. I will give him slack for that once.

That's not fair.... He did make that great catch across the middle....  Then celebrated too early, got tackled and fumbled the ball.  That was "making a play".

Except of course for the fact that the problem in the west final was more the game plan than Nichols.

Just wait till our first loss. Some posters here will implode.