blueandgoldguy

lol listening to the post-game show and the person who moderates with Walby and Westwood (can't think of his name) was defending Nichols and using his past history, in particular the playoff game against Edmonton which he referred to as probably Nichols best game as a Bomber. I remember this game as one in which Nichols racked up a lot of garbage time stats after not being particularly impressive for the majority of the game. I looked back and checked and nichols final stats were 370 yards passing with 3 TDs and no INTs. Sounds impressive...until you look at the game log and realize that in the final 11 minutes Nichols passed for 190 yards with the Bombers down by 3 scores. Loads of garbage time stats with Nichols gaining 90 yards in the final 1.5 minutes alone dinking and dunking down the field to bring the Bombers to back within a TD with 0 time left on the clock. Best game indeed!

I'm not sure these are big play receivers that can consistently stretch the field as those on teams like Calgary and Edmonton.

What led to the problem with the receiving core was the bust Bowman turned out to be. Instead of having scouts capable of finding a big impact receiver from down south, the Bombers had to rely on free agency to give them a complimentary receiver to Adams. Bowman disappointed (or Nichols can't make a 20+ yard pass on a consistent basis, or both) and the Bombers once again lack depth at receiver.

I can't see an OC getting fired with one-third of the season left. They will stick it out with him. Plus who would replace him?

What was this that final throw?! Throwing it across the field for what would have been an 8-yard gain with a minute left. Nichols needs to be far more aggressive in that instance throwing it down the field 15 - 20 yards. I guess he isn't capable of it.

Title says it all. Underwhelming performance after underwhelming performance this year. He has not had one good performance, let alone a great one, this season. Playcalling could have been better but Nichols was terrible when it mattered most. His final passes of the game ....2 completions out of 10 with 1 pick to end the game. Totals for the game 14/26 53.8% completion rate 1 TD 2 INT This is not a hot take. He has been below average all season. I'm not sure if he can find his 2016/early 2017 self again.

That might be Nichols choice not to throw downfield as he should have.

Six years for this franchise without a playoff victory. Longest streak in the league. Even Montreal has a playoff victory in that time span. Sigh.

Masoli suffered from a couple of drops by his receivers and he ended up getting a TD and field goal in the final minutes of the game to win it. If Hamilton is able to overcome some questionable drops why can't the Bombers? Is the talent on the Bombers inferior to that of hamilton's?

So Nichols said he went through 4 or 5 reads and receivers were not open. On the post game show they were going over the stats. Nichols was 16-23 on passes of 5 yards or less and 4 of 11 on passes of 10 yards or more. I think it is safe to say it isn't on lapo that the team is incapable of stringing together first downs thanks to the conservative passing. Nichols is not capable at this point of finding an open receiver 10 yards down the field

Every team faces drops from their receivers yet they are still able to battle through it and post respectable numbers and win the game. Look at Masoli the other day. there were two times late in the game that a well-thrown pass went off the receivers facemask. The receivers misjudged the throws. The second one with the wide open receiver has particularly egregious. Yet, on the very next play Masoli found another receiver for the TD. Shortly after he marched his team down the field for the winning field goal. When the receivers didn't come through in the clutch, he still managed to drive his team down the field. At this point, nichols is playing so poorly that a few dropped balls breaks the offense.

I think it was opened when Matt criticized the fans for booing him.

Damn. Your mind is made up about Matt Nichols. No return to 2016/first half of 2017 form, huh?

Following Chris Walby's line of reasoning, putting in Streveler is opening Pandora's box.

O-line is not as good and Nichols has zero escapability. The poor passes are mostly on Nichols, not Lapo....never had a great long ball but it is worse this year. Nichols has options on every play...it's not a set play to throw the ball 5 or 6 yards when the team needs 9. He has options out there beyond the first down marker, but he either doesn't want to make those passes or he is incapable of it.

Why? Because he is so sensitive? His play this year warrants being pulled and if he can't handle it he is not mentally tough. We have probably already seen the best of Nichols thanks to a dominant O-line in 2016-17.

Funny reading that article a few days ago in which Hall said the defense was heading in the right direction. Anytime the Bombers face a good QB it seems like an automatic 350+ passing yards given up by the defense. Mitchell just set a personal record with over 450 passing yards. Sure doesn't seem like it's heading in the right direction.

Walby says putting in Streveler is opening up Pandora's box.

Nichols was struggling for many games in the second half of last season. It's been over a year of average to below-average QB play. I suspect his days as a good quarterback are over. Lapo getting as much as he did out of Nichols in 2016/17 is a testament to his play-calling.

Reilly gets the ball there a lot faster than Nichols. That's what a strong arm will do.

It would have been interesting to find out what he wanted per year vs. what Cal offered. Why didn't he sign with another team eventually?

Nichols drop off in performance goes back to the last third or so of the 2017 season. We are talking nearly a year at this point. It's not the case of a QB having one or two average/poor games. Let's see what happens over the next month. If the poor performances continue, I suspect we have missed an opportunity in 2018 for a legit Grey Cup run.

They did bring in that scout this year who is highly regarded. Can't remember his name... Maybe it will take another year before his work makes hay.

Someone in the other Bomber forum said Mike O'shea stated in the post-game show the reason Nichols stayed in the game is that there was still a lot to learn lol.

Apparently Nichols is crying about the fans booing him on social media.