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'Lapo has to start thinking outside the box for this offence'
TSN once again... thank you... hahaaa
 

It is maddening that we will never resolve the Lapo or MattyIce debate
Prevent time...  Matty and Lapo will now dink and dunk their way to respectability and a loss

It is maddening that we will never resolve the Lapo or MattyIce debate
Prevent time...  Matty and Lapo will now dink and dunk their way to respectability and a loss

If only Nichols had a better OL, he wouldn't have thrown that pic...

If only Nichols had a better OL, he wouldn't have thrown that pic...

When Glen Suitor is politely suggesting Dom Davis...
Can we trade for RJ Harris

Toronto outplayed us today. The end.

Oh look - Ottawa's OL sucks... just like our OL sucked... 
If only Lapo and Matt could find a decent OL

The pick was actual a Defensive PI - he pushed off...
There were two catch and fumbles - one with Adams and one with White - both would have gone the bombers way... but it was tight - not the worst call I've seen.
Refs didn't cost us this game - Dinwiddie and his team coached a really really nice game.

Also the Argos are a good team. 

Reffing always gets blamed on a loss, and it almost never is the factor fans say it is. 
 
I will say this much, the Alexander roughing penalty was for a violent but not dirty hit. Caught him high with a forearm because he was going down. Should it be a penalty? I would say no, but the refs are going to call it because of the result and to avoid things spiralling out of control with players looking for retribution. May not be the letter of the law, but in the spirit of keeping the game clean, it is going to get called. And just a hunch, if Darvin Adams got crushed like that some here will call the same hit dirty. Uniform colour affects perceptions. Beyond that I think the refs have been directed to call the game tighter. The rough play on the Argos for the late hit out of bounds was pretty chintzy in its own right. And the late hit on the QB in last night’s Stamp-Als game was weak as well. I’d prefer a “let them play” approach but I sense that’s not the directive from the league office right now. 
 
The only weird call was the spearing. Rolled over the player on the tackle, but hardly led with the helmet like an arrow. Only one yard on the penalty so not a killer.
The pick was a push-off by Alford  the receiver went down pretty easy, but with how PI is called on today’s game, it was a penalty  
As for the “catch/no catch” plays, on Darvin Adams’ one, it looked like when he went down he rolled over top of the DB rather than hitting the ground, so in real time it looked like he did not survive contact. Might have been worth a challenge since the ground can’t cause a fumble. On the Argo RB non-catch, he caught it and was hit as he spun, so another bang-bang play. Refs were being consistent by calling both incomplete, but both hurt the Bombers since their catch/fumble went out of bounds and the Argo one would have been likely recovered by the Bombers (although a quick whistle negated that presumptive ruling). 

'Ottawa trailing by three... and no one knows more about that than Matt Nichols...'
Don't ever change, TSN hahaa

You can't have both because you NEED Dom Davis for short yardage haha

Good Argo KR, sets them up in Bomber territory...
Bede with 48 yd FG......3-0 Argos..
ZC takes blindside pop on first pass attempt..
Adams already scrapping/yapping with the DB'sf
Tor runs fake flea filcker off screen pass for big gain
Arbuckle showing pass for 13...slant pass for 10....
Foster runs draw right up the middle for the TD
Bombers in the hole, early.  10-0
Hope that is the TD against, for the day, as usual
Argos giving the Bomber D some trouble.....
....with split back formations and lots of movement
ZC throws into heavy traffic, with 2 Bombers, 2 feet apart.
.....and of course the ball is picked off.
Great knockdown by Nichols on 2nd down.....
Bede with the short FG to make it 13 -0 Argos
Are the Blue having a time zone problem here, or what?
Baily drops pass + incomplete pass = another 2 and out
Both Bomber units slow out of the gate, here....
Miller misses tackle on short pass for 25 yards ...to Blue 20
Arbuckle rolls out...stripped of the ball, by Jeffrcoat....
....Briggs picks it up....rolls down the sideline for 80 yard TD!!
Just what the doctor ordered, to wake these guys up.  13-7
Arbuckle good gain to Rogers, then another screen to Collins
Bomber D having problems with play action and screen dumps.
2nd and short....Argos run right up the gut for 7.  Bad sign.
Bede 37 yard FG has the Argos with 16-7 lead....
Oliveria with 2nd down carry for FIRST DOWN.
....and it only took 22 minutes.    Pathetic....
Zac misses Adams....and is throwing the ball erratically
Lawler drops 2nd down pass.  Nothing right on O, so far...
Nelson running back kicks....like tiptoeing through the tulips
ZC  has time, and fires it up long...to Adams...
...........who has freshly toasted his man by 10 yards...
...and hauls in the 50 yd TD pass!!  Huge play.  16-14 now.
Two plays has turned this thing right around....
Jefferson downs Nick for -2.  Thomas sacks Arbuckle
Blue D line really picking it up now...
Adams can't haul in 2nd down pass.  More 2 and out..
Alford called for interference on pretty close call to Blue 35
Arbuckle play action and has Daniels a mile behind Miller
.....35 yd TD, with 9 seconds left in the half.  Inexcusable.
22-14 Argos....and it actually could of been worse
...as Toronto had possession for most of that half....
Bombers need to reload:  I need to refill......
Alexander smokes McDaniel on attempt over the middle
Alex gets a 15 yarder,   McD finally gets up and off the field
Jeffcoat strips Arbuckle again....but Argos recover
Zac pressured on 2nd down and incomplete
Offense starts off this half with more 2 and outs....
Could really use Harris, right now....
Alexander blitzes up the middle, crashes attempted handoff
......Bombers recover the ball on Argo 30.  Now is the time.
ZC  2nd down deep pass to Adams who can't hold on at the 5
Our FG kicker misses the short FG by a couple of yards.   Crap.
22-15.   One point on that series is pretty deflating.....
Foster pops through the A gap for 35 yards....TO set up again
Arbuckle has wide open guy and hits him inside the 5.....
Spearing penalty on the play has it on the 1.  QB sneak.  TD.
29-15.  Huge TOP differential may have worn down Blue D
...as they do not look like a top unit, right now....
On the bright side:  M. Miller is now the all-time CFL ST tackler!
Oliveria struggles for 5...2nd down pass knocked down...
Bomber O looking just as useless, in this 2nd half....
Foster runs for another FD, but high snap kills the drive
Zac has pass knocked down, another to Oliveria short of marker
2 and out.....wash and repeat.....2 and out.....film at 11....
Zac to Oliveria and Lawler for a couple of first downs!
ZC is sacked, then 2nd down pass, through Bailey's hands
Receivers not helping things out there, today....
Crapinga out for the 48 yd attempt....ha....kick is nah
Arbuckle throws short...Miller misses ANOTHER tackle for 20
Bombers get it back......but down to 3 and a half minutes left
Zac off back foot.....throws deep into double coverage...
.....but Lawler makes a circus catch at the Argo 30
ZC to Wolt for 10...and Bailey to the 7.....
Bailey is wide open on slant pattern in end zone
.....and Zac puts in there.  TD Bombers.   30-23
Blue kickoff deep.  Need the D to stand, here...
Collins catches short ball....Miller is there....
....and misses tackle yet again, huge gain to Wpg 47
This guy should get a map of the 400/401....and left there.
Arbuckle over 300 yards.   White runs for 9
Argos convert 3rd down.   Game.
We miss Harris, but we also have problems at CB, DT, LB etc...
Injury list catching up with this team.
Gin drinking catching up to Do or Die

 

Lapo is the biggest idiot in the league - dumping Arbuckle for Nichols...
As bad as our game was today, it would have been a lot worse with MattyIce

Lapo is the biggest idiot in the league - dumping Arbuckle for Nichols...
As bad as our game was today, it would have been a lot worse with MattyIce

Lapo is the biggest idiot in the league - dumping Arbuckle for Nichols...
As bad as our game was today, it would have been a lot worse with MattyIce

Demski has been playing great...
Spelling off Harris/Oli solves a ton of problems

wow dom davis... Lapo gonna Lapo

The pick was actual a Defensive PI - he pushed off...
There were two catch and fumbles - one with Adams and one with White - both would have gone the bombers way... but it was tight - not the worst call I've seen.
Refs didn't cost us this game - Dinwiddie and his team coached a really really nice game.

My autocorrect must wish that Richard Harris was our DC... I do too.
The adjustment last year was that Kyrie Wilson or Bighill were the one's spying...  Hall sends an LB with an option to blitz but he needs top notch game sense to decide what option to take. A split second makes a huge difference in gap coverage.
Anyway, I really like Briggs but he's just not a starting WIL.

This is my point - Harris sends the LBs in pressure almost every down when the talent level is lower... and they get eaten up in the line
When Wilson is in and has the option to rush, Bighill drops back - I don't know if its the players choice or Hall's but there's a noticeable difference
 

'Ottawa trailing by three... and no one knows more about that than Matt Nichols...'
Don't ever change, TSN hahaa

I'll take a wait and see with our secondary - there was good and bad... I mean its still Richie Hall - when he doesn't dominate the line, its a 300+ yard game - we've seen it for years...
I wasn't sold on Josh Johnson but we need a SAM and we need a WIL desperately - the talent gap at those positions changes the way Hall calls the game and not in a good way...

I'll take a wait and see with our secondary - there was good and bad... I mean its still Richie Hall - when he doesn't dominate the line, its a 300+ yard game - we've seen it for years...
I wasn't sold on Josh Johnson but we need a SAM and we need a WIL desperately - the talent gap at those positions changes the way Hall calls the game and not in a good way...