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5 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:
Saying Arbuckle is one of the top QB's in the league is silly at this point in time. So is not being able to disconnect a QB's performance from winning or losing. Reilly had an almost perfect game last night and lost. The loss wasn't his fault and it doesn't diminish how well he played.
Reilly did play very well, but he also threw a pick 6 that was called back because of something that had nothing to do with the throw, and two plays prior had another one almost picked. He also failed to get his team in the end zone to end the first half and had a couple redzone opportunities turn into field goals. Team game obviously, but despite the numbers there was plenty to criticize. BC let Calgary hang around (much like we did with Edmonton the other night) and Calgary took advantage of it.
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22 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:
The old 'I remember a game back in 2017 when Nichols played well at the very end and we won... he's obviously a great QB' argument. 😎 Followed by the old '300+ yards passing doesn't mean a guaranteed win' argument. Classic Gerry. Classic.
My point more has to do with some anointing Arbuckle as one of the top QBs in the league based on two drives in one game against a terrible defence. To your point, in two years if Arbuckle has done nothing (or won a TON of games but not thrown for the requisite amount of yardage to make fans happy) then we’ll look back on this game as not being proof that he’s a star, but simply a flash in the pan.
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24 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:
I was at that game. We were down 12 with around 1:20 left in the game.
Yeah I was there too, amazing game. You’re right about us being down by 12, but I just checked, we’ll under a min left. 0:44 when Nichols throws the first TD.
https://www.cfl.ca/2017/07/28/recap-winnipeg-41-montreal-40/
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3 minutes ago, Stickem said:
The stumps must have a horseshoe from their galloping nag planted squarely up their arse....That game was in the bag for the leo's (at least that's what they thought) till that onside kick, that worked perfectly...with a lot of luck.......Give the stamps credit ...they never quit.....Fatty Arbuckle ....the next great one lol
It’s pretty much what happened in the Bombers/Als game in 2017, although we were down by 13 with 58 seconds left I believe. Can’t remember who our QB was, obviously wasn’t Nichols cause from everything I’ve read he’s not a QB that can win games in those situations. Oh I remember, it was Arbuckle!
Congrats on the Lions for their 300+ passing yards last night! Second win of the season for them!
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3 hours ago, Booch said:
I watched Exume on all the coverage plays and he is good...he may not got the stats, but he was being watched...and he help his lanes and forced returners into the teeth of the coverage...mission accomplished on teams and whats supposed to happen
But how many yards did he pass for?
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Just now, davidjh141 said:
2-0 is great, but there's no way we shouldn't have some concerns about a complete inability to move the ball offensively.
A repeat of the 2018 West Final written all over our offense again. Were going to have to be more productive than that to win a Grey Cup.
For sure there’s concerns. Luckily the Grey Cup is in November so there’s plenty of time to work those kinks out. I’ve watched every game played by every team this season and my takeaway is that ALL of the teams have things to be concerned about. I would argue that every other team actually has more to be concerned about than the Bombers.
The great thing is that we seem to be able to win while still working on those concerns, something that only Ottawa and Hamilton can also say now.
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Well, after two weeks, here we are sitting at 0-2 as many predicted. Once again the other team had more passing yards which is how we measure wins.
So crazy that we lost when we had the lead for literally the entire game. It’s really a shame we didn’t spread those TDs out across four quarters instead of two, that also matters. TDs scored on long drives (like we did in game one, mind you) are the ones that really count, dontcha know?
It’s almost like we played a team that held their opponent to -2 total offensive yards after the midway point of the second quarter last week.
I just wish scoring more points than your opponent, an opponent who right now seems to be one of the top teams in the league, counted for something. Ah well, if only points mattered more than stats.
Shame on Nichols for telling Harris to fumble twice! Shame on him for calling a weird sweep on second and short! Shame on him for the o-line opening no holes for Harris and us constantly being stuffed, putting us in second and long! Shame on Nichols not forcing plays when we’re leading on the scoreboard and our punting and defence are playing very well! Considering there’s no salary cap, it’s so odd that we don’t have Mitchell, Reilly, and Harris as our three QBs, not to mention upgrading all of our weakest positions with the top players in the league! Walters is clearly an idiot. No wait, NICHOLS is an idiot for that one too! Phew, almost forgot there.
Well, back to the drawing board. See you guys next year, this one is already a write-off.
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49 minutes ago, jazzsax said:
Harris will rush for 130+ yards with 1 TD.
Adams will have over 100 yards receiving and 1 TD.
Demski will have 1 TD
Big boy streveler will have a breakout package off a 2nd and short or 3rd and short and set us up in the Red Zone.
The defense will have 3 sacks, and 2 interceptions.
Do-or-die will be pretty wasted on Gin.
And the boys in blue will add 2 points to the standings and send a message to those shitbags in SSK.
Pretty sure Chris Matthews and Drew Wolitarsky are on the roster tonight. I think they’ll have a bone to pick with your post, in the best possible way. GO BLUE!
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17 hours ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:
"Starsky and Hecht" better than "Starsky and Hurl".
I was thinking “Jacked Galifianakis” for Hecht. Watch an interview with him on the Bombers site, the resemblance is uncanny aside from the build.
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41 minutes ago, 17to85 said:
I would suggest rewatching the game against BC. An uncharacteristic kick return td and some iffy pass interference penalties made it seem closer than it really was.
This. Our defence held them to one touchdown and 4 rushing yards. 100 of Reilly’s passing yards happened on two plays and that drive resulted in a whopping three points.
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2 minutes ago, AKAChip said:
The Lions are real bad, folks.
It feels like almost all the teams are. Who is actually good? Us and Edmonton and...Toronto?
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10 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:
Dude Montreal’s season is doomed already. Kevin doesn’t need that crap.
Sure would be odd to have Kevin Glen’s head coach be the guy whose starting job he took back in the day. Imagine if Ricky Ray hasn’t retired and was playing for Jason Maas and the Esks right now.
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You guys focus way too much on points. What really matters is which QB will throw for 300+ yards, that’s how wins are determined, dontcha know?
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11 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:
Kylie Wilson update..
He got caught unaware, hit in the chin, but he will be fine. - Coach’s show, Mike O’Shea
Great news!
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6 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:
His golf back spin punt near the centre of the field was not exactly good timing.
I was afraid that’d turn into a typical Bomber “are you effing kidding me?” moment with Castillo recovering the punt. So happy that wasn’t the case.
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2 hours ago, Booch said:
and that first year we took over we sucked and he had games where he put up over 30 points but we lost due to an atrocious defense...so his record could be even better..as well as his obvious playing hurt season last year where it really affected his play..
In his presser today the media got him talking about passing yards and he said something to the effect of, “I’m not sure why people are so obsessed with 300 yards passing. I care about winning and I’m pretty good at that.” I enjoyed the little bit of confidence/arrogance there. He’s 100% correct.
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6 hours ago, TrueBlue4ever said:
Scapegoat update after game 1:
Nichols - Low yardage, high QB rating, and showed nice touch on a couple of long passes. But the best part of his game was his escapability in the red zone. Looks like the knee problems from last year are not a factor, and his scrambling led to the Adams and Wolitarsky (#2) TDs. Will always be on the list due to the nature of the position, but slides down the depth chart with a solid game (management).
Hecht - Another serving of crow, anyone? Even if you take away the 2 INTs, his chicken dance to Duron Carter should remove him from any scapegoat consideration for a while.
Demski - Fairly uninvolved game for one of our key Canadian offensive weapons. And ball security reared its ugly head again with a fumble that luckily rolled out of bounds. But wins gloss over many flaws, so he is off the hook for now.
Couture - Some good protection, but even better run blocking from the interior of the line. Whole o-line is in the good books for now.
Wilson - 3 tackles, no glaring mistakes, only the injury seems notable from this game for him, although I wasn't tracking him specifically to make a full analysis.
Any new candidates? Fenner got beaten badly on a TD pass, but redeemed himself immediately with the blocked convert return.. Cover teams may need some work, not sure who missed their assignment on the kick return TD. Whitehead did very little offensively to show off his speed and was not out on the return team.
Also Wilson is the one that ran down Burnham on his second big catch (in a row) to save a TD that became a field goal.
6 hours ago, Floyd said:Jefferson because he didn’t get three sacks and a pick six
Fixed that for you.
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45 minutes ago, blueingreenland said:
Yes, but couldn't you say that about any player after any game? Football is played with 24 (or 22 NFL) players on the field who make plays and who make mistakes. I'd argue Nichols had the best game of any QB this week (maybe Harris in conversation too).
Nichols played great. Bombers played great. But Harris 100% had the best game of any QB this week. Pretty hard to argue that.
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Reilly also missed a wide open Carter on the first play of the final drive of the game, possibly a go ahead touchdown. Instead he underthrew it giving the defender time to catch up, something that Nichols would’ve been ripped apart for on here. I think Reilly is a great QB, but it seems that some here put on blinders to the mistakes that other teams make. I watch every single one of these games, and I’m confident in saying that the Bombers, with Nichols at the helm, would’ve beaten both of those teams last night.
On Thursday, Nichols had three deep passes. One to Matthews was called back because of a penalty. One to Adams resulted in PI so we got the yards, but they didn’t count on Nichols’ stat sheet. And the one to Lucky we all celebrated. That’s another 100 yards in passing that wasn’t counted on his statsheet, as no fault to him, that people just choose to ignore, much like people ignore Reilly’s mistakes last night. Let’s not even get started on Bo Levi and his unbelievable contract. You’d really rather have that guy for $900k or whatever the hell it is?
Would our team be better with Reilly or Mirchell as QB? NO, because we would have to lose several of our best players to make it happen. Reilly’s team missed the playoffs last year and is 0-3 this year. Until the salary cap is lifted, you can’t just build a team with one player. I’ll take our team, the team that beat the second best team in the west on Thursday, and the team that almost beat Calgary last night.
And in terms of the last two times both Nichols and Streveler played Edmonton last year? Nichols won in a blowout, Streveler lost. I 100% thinks streveler is our future QB, but Nichols is the present and I’m more than ok with that since we’re the only team not willing to mortgage our future on one guy. Thank god Walters is our GM.