Fatty Liver

Apparently the thrill of gambling on statistics is more interesting than the sport itself, who knew?

Could also explain why Lauther missed so many consecutive FG's in pre-season, which was uncharacteristic.

Apparently the thrill of gambling on statistics is more interesting than the sport itself, who knew?

Pretty disappointed in what Streveler showed last night, cause it was just the same old thing. He demonstrated no sign he's advanced beyond a super-charged version of Prukop pigeon-holed into executing 3 different options of running plays.  His crashing and bashing in 2019 almost ended on the 6 game then and the same thing will happen if he plays that way now, 4 years older.  It may have been nostalgic folly to bring him back especially in a year Zach may decline,  they need to be fully invested in identifying his future replacement.  Delaying that process by another year with Strev. taking up 2nd QB reps could be a critical mistake .  
 

He certainly looked his advanced age the couple of times he scrambled and the one time he ran. Even going back to last year he will start to scramble or run and it looks like he expects to hit another gear or two that just aren't there. I don't think he has any more of that famous escape roll out double back end zone td pass to darvin adams, not in live fire games. 
 I worry some of what we've seen goes deeper than age, or rust. Zach locking into one target, not checking down missing wide open guys, especially when he's under pressure of any sort. Big game, ol struggles, blitzes, great game plan by the other DC etc. I worry that zach has always been the same guy we saw in ssk, and in the end at Hamilton. but the team around him was soo good especially in end 19/ 21 etc that we could cover. We didnt need him to throw us to wins, every game. 
The underthrown balls, especially short to medium range, the missed reads, not picking up guys dropping, not checking down all that stuff isn't age. That's where the big struggle is. We've seen qb who have been far more reliant on their athleticism play to old age before. 
It also happens frequently that the HCF zone would be covered by a lber in cover 3. Montreal seemed to pick up on this mistake on our end and roll the 3rd slot over to fords side leaving the sam there, which likely is supposed to adjust that call. Could be clarified with a re watch, but honestly I have no appetite to rewatch that game. Holm missing some cover 3 deep assignments tells me it's communication and implementation. BA seemed to be trying to straighten it out a couple times, but we was being pulled to the box on some of those plays as well. JY has some work to do, but I think we have the right guys. We should not be playing 2 canadian dbs at the same time nearly soo much though. Wish they worked bridges in more. 
 
I wouldn't be surprised if we see atleast 1 of the imp lbers from this camp brought back at some point. 
 
The chips been around a while in the nfl for sure. I haven't heard of any issues on their end in a long time. Is the Optical tracking the NFL did in the preseason and that will likely replace the chain gang at some point, capable of collecting the same data? 
I know price wise the CFL will be a good bit away from having that installed in every stadium, but I think we will benefit in a HUGE way when that tech becomes standard up here. Spots up here are insanely bad with sickening consistency. And I will admit, getting an accurate spot on some plays is insanely hard, especially in short yardage. 
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I think both are right, and that we won't really know how much is skill degradation, how much is rust, and how much is league adjustments/closing of the talent gap between us and the rest of the league, for a couple more weeks.  Edit; or the wind factor like JBR said. 
Things did improve a bit in the 2nd half, but still was far from pretty. 

Unprepared 
Poor execution
Questionable coaching 
Turnovers
Bad special teams
Yes, a grand evening for the big crowd at home.....playing the team that took away another cup win.   
One thing to lose...but to look that inept, especially on a vet filled O....is inexcusable. 
 
 

We came in fat and happy. Practice? We don't need no stinking practice. Then the rust showed. The timing was off. The throws were off. The kicks were off. The fans were pissed off. 
It might be exactly what we needed to force the team to refocus and get down to business. 

Not a good look at any level of football. Can't be a spectator.

They were 100% attacking zone at some points.  On several plays that went for first downs Ford just dropped into his deep third and watched the rest of the play happen in front of him.  We don't know what their keys are, but I assume they don't want guys to drop right out like that when the route from the slot is in breaking in a 3 man route.  At that point in any Cover 3 I've been a part of the corner is reading deep outside breaking route (none) and down to the wideout, not keep giving up depth for no reason.  The half has to cover that route to the safety and the SAM would trail the inside slot/tight end either way.
It was basically a free first down once they ran it a couple times and realized Ford was lost.  Then they just played with his eyes all night, short and deep.  Get him worried about smoke screens, run the setup to give that look and go over top of him.
Hopefully comes back with lessons learned from this experience because he hasn't played much actual football since he left U Sports.

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Last year against bc bro

Only with good RECEPTION.

Julien-Grant, Snead (Dressler clone), Philpot, Spieker, some guy named Rambo....seems like a pretty good group of receivers.
You still seem angry, the Bombers not so much.

Lol. Dammit!

Only with good RECEPTION.

Agree there will be rust and obvious rookie questions for Game 1. But I don't get all the Gauthier hate around here. Guy is a stud, knows the system, and has good lateral quickness - plenty fast enough to cover receivers coming out of the backfield. Who remembers Gauthier running all the way across the field to chase down Marcus Thigpen to stop a Riders TD on a trick play couple years ago? Gauthier also has no trouble stopping the run. Besides it's a rotation.

It was a weird time, don't know who did it first Reinbold or Stockwell.

Honestly people forget, i went to a Bomber game with Reinbold coaching ( i think it was against BC) and we actually WON the game and people swarmed the field like we won the Grey Cup! Now this season if we don't win 15 games AND the Cup it is a disaster...😄🤯

We have really gone through the looking glass here with some borderline "Fire O'Shea!" posts... Jesus.

FAJARDO BACK TO PASS! JAKE THOMAS WITH THE PRESSURE! FAJARDO FUMBLES, OH NO! GAUTHIER PICKS UP THE FOOTBALL, HES GOING TO TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE! 60-3 BOMBERS LEAD! The crowd goes wild, Booch’s head explodes and we go 1-0 to start the season. 

What everyone has been calling for years.

Very good interview by Bauming..  Evan Holm…. Gives the impression of being Top notch young man.
 

Maybe we wait to see the snap count of these extra NATs before we label MOS as anti-American.

Bartender is Garrett Marino, Mazoli is scared to leave his bar stool even to go to the washroom, people call him a lush but it's really not his fault, poor guy.

Bartender is Garrett Marino, Mazoli is scared to leave his bar stool even to go to the washroom, people call him a lush but it's really not his fault, poor guy.