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Streveler's first big mistake of the night. Game over.
That'll get all the press and not the multitude of other errors by everyone else.
- Deiter Fan and Tracker
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Whitehead is useless at receiver. Just a fast guy.
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1 minute ago, JuranBoldenRules said:
Lapo needs to trust the passing game a bit, Streveler isn't giving him a reason to be this conservative.
Literally been passing the ball fine all night but the answer is definitely to call more QB draws!
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They need to replace Hecht mid game.
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Running is so much more inefficient than passing. Emphasizing it way too much right now. Get the pass game going again.
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3 minutes ago, Mark F said:
been hearing this explanation for years.
doesn't work anymore.
This has to be his last year.
Defense carried this team most of last year and a good chunk of this year early on.
People made up their mind on Hall many years ago and never bothered to update their opinions when they were legit good.
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Said it before and will say it again: I feel awful for Matt Nichols both on a professional and personal level. This is an absolutely terrible break for the guy.
As it relates to the Bombers though, I think the bigger loss is Nichols as a backup. I would have loved to have him backup Strev the rest of the way. It sucks being one Strev injury away from going to our third stringer.
Even before the injury, I thought Streveler gave us the best chance to win each week. Ultimately I think its best for the Bombers to continue to build the offense around him, hope LaPolice doesn't make him a glorified running back, and see where it leads us. I think we are still very much a Grey Cup contender.
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11 minutes ago, Floyd said:
This is classic Hall though... his schemes allow or call for his DBs to drop 25-30 yards back - this tendency picks up later in the game for sure
His blitz packages ALWAYS are out-adjusted by the opposing DC... its just so bizarre the pressure we were getting and how it dried up in the 4th Q...
Hate on Hall all you want, but he didn't call the "let the guy run free 50 yards down field" play. It was a breakdown, a mistake, whatever you want to call it. Somebody in that secondary blew it.
- wpgallday1960, Goalie and DR. CFL
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1 hour ago, Tracker said:
Streveler was good, but it came down to the Als stopping the running plays and the passing game was so poor that it wasn't a threat, so the offence died out. And then the "defensive backs" in general and Hecht in particular started into their Keystone Kops coverage routine. To make it short: the Bombers got out-coached again. Yes, it was Hall and LaPolice but this steaming pile lies at the feet of O'Shea.
Thing is, Montreal never really did end up stopping our offense that much. It wasn't like they shut down Streveler at all. We could throw and run mostly successfully, except at the end of the game when it was far too obvious.
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Watching the game again, it doesn't feel nearly as bad as I thought.
Streveler was really good. This is someone we can really build around. He made one mistake all day and it cost us big time. LaPolice needs to let him throw more though. Once the aerial attack is going then you sprinkle in his running and he can't be stopped. LaPo called a QB run on 2nd and long when the Als desperately needed a stop and brought a blitz. Classic LaPo.
Defense was also mostly really good, until about halfway through the fourth. The secondary had way too many breakdowns. Blitzes couldn't get anywhere on the last few drives so combine that with the secondary falling apart you get the quick scores from Montreal.
I have concerns with the late game management, but ultimately we let them score a TD when they started at their own 16 with 1:03 left on the clock. Then we still had them on their own 30 with 30 seconds left. Secondary blew it on the chunk play again, which was really the only way to let them in it.
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LaPo continually gets less out of the players he has. Inexcusable.
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Just now, Geebrr said:
Ed Gainey would get his ass kicked by Mike O'Shea 😂
Gainey and the Riders sure do love to talk and get into faces despite getting absolutely destroyed.
- SpeedFlex27, The Classic, AB BomberFan and 3 others
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He continues to get better and continues to reinforce that the Bombers should really try to stick with him and see where this goes. Completely changes the offensive potential.
- Blueandgold, Bigblue204, the watcher and 1 other
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Learned a lot about this team today. Very, very impressed.
Streveler played well. Finally gave him an offensive design that helped. He isn't JUST a runner - we let him play QB today and it worked. You can have him on designed runs and still let him air it out a bit more. Inches away from a few more big plays too. If he can continue to build on this we'll be just fine going forward. This team is so much more dangerous when the offense doesn't completely stall for large parts of the game.
I think we also learned today that we need to do a better job involving the talent we have on offense. Petermann steps in and looks fantastic. He just gets open and catches the ball - he needs more snaps even when Demski is healthy. Bailey steps in and makes a couple plays. Augustine is great in space. Maybe we need to spread the ball around more in the future.
Defense and special teams remain championship calibre. Not much more to say about them. Jefferson continues to be dominant. Richie Hall has his group on fire.
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I think Streveler is so far coming along just fine. We knew there were going to be more ups and downs than with Nichols. Whereas Nichols is consistently mediocre, Streveler right now fluctuates more between good and bad. I think when he's given time in the pocket, he does just fine passing the ball - we need to give him a better chance to succeed. Our protection has become a major issue lately. I honestly think if Nichols had played we would have been blown out. Sure he won't throw the interceptions, but he will also take way more sacks.
Streveler is easily the best chance we have right now of developing a good QB. I'm more than willing to see how this plays out.
Also: LaPo gotta go. Watching literally every other CFL team have more pass success despite worse talent, its hard not to think we could sub in Generic CFL Playbook and get more production than from LaPolice's gameplan.
- rebusrankin and Deiter Fan
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1 hour ago, AKAChip said:
I actually thought Streveler was pretty good, all things considered. They moved the ball fairly well when Lapo started calling intermediate crossers and calling designed QB runs. It was the vile runs up the gut for 2 yards on every first down that killed the team’s momentum.
First down, run up the middle with a RB that is better in space...short gain. Killed me every time (though they did get some nice gains). Follow that up with a Streveler rollout that cuts the field, giving him 1-2 reads only, leading to a throwaway or QB pressure. Classic.
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Just now, JuranBoldenRules said:
Both offenses made the drive they needed to make to win the game, ours was too early and we ran out of time.
Our coaches realized too late that Saskatchewan was (a) gaining yards easily and (b) running enough clock out to kill us.
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1 minute ago, Blueandgold said:
Yup another huge play we missed out on. A terrible first down play to counter the blitz and then the awful draw play on second and a ton.
I need some strong alcohol to forget about Lapo’s playcalling..
We treat first down plays like they're free downs, like they're not concerned with making plays. Happy for a few yards and 2nd and 6 each time.
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I never expect us to win this game any season, but after this week its even harder to predict a Bombers' win. Hope I'm wrong and we get a surprise W.
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I wouldn't believe his excuse if any other player said it, so I don't believe Harris.
Sucks for the Bombers, especially going into Labour Day. Lot more pressure on Streveler and that Sunday match up looks pretty bleak.
Harris deserves his suspension.
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25 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:
They really need to move on from Suitor. Celebrating headshots, late hits....finding no issue with guys spearing other guys in the head.
My favourite Suitor moment from last night was listening to him go on about how Maas will be sure to speak to his team about discipline. I figured Maas was much more likely to just whine and complain after the game.
This morning I woke up and saw his post game interview. Nailed it.
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Two biggest concerns for me tonight remain the same from last week - defensive secondary is falling apart and the offensive play calling is garbage.