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It would be sad to see Demski’s streak end tonight 😬

Either you trust him and his ability to get your team back into it or you let someone else play. Doing neither of those things is a recipe for losing every single time.

If Streveler is trotted out for the 3rd quarter, that’s 100% on O’Shea. It really can’t get any worse than Streveler at this point.

At least try to draw a PI or something. It doesn’t do any good to be ultra conservative in that situation, down 10.

Why are we running the ball over and over with 30 secs left on the clock? I understand that Streveler throws about as well as a potato but you have to try to get into field goal position there.

That’s gotta be it for Streveler tonight right?

Wow Streveler has completely lost any ability to throw, and much of his ability to run. What’s the harm in giving Wilson a try?

I’m stoked to see Wilson back in the lineup today. I think getting our top receiver back from last year is a bigger deal than people are making it seem!

I’m usually the first one to defend the officiating but I agree. What happened to “Eligible receivers of both teams have an equal right to the ball”?

You have to admit Streveler has pretty wacky throwing mechanics. Have you ever seen him feather a nice screen pass over a defender’s hands? He seems completely incapable of making certain basic throws. Even the one deep ball he threw last night was completely embarrassing. He didn’t give Wheatfall the slightest chance to catch it.

Why does it look like Streveler side-arms every throw? Dude has the weirdest throwing motion ever. If he could get a little more air on his throws, I think it would help with the interceptions.

I don’t disagree, but i think the turnovers are a big reason why Argos dominated TOP.

Yeah I don’t doubt that we could improve on Thomas but the defence is solid regardless, and it is designed as to prioritize coverage over backfield pressure.

Last year’s Grey Cup was a turnover fest, can’t blame the defence on that one. The offence has to give the defence a chance to succeed, and that was simply a dreadful performance. The stats throughout the year suggest that the coverage defence strategy works, and again, early on this year, the defence looks promising.

More pressure up the middle typically means more defenders at the line and less coverage downfield. That’s not how Jordan Younger operates. Last year too, they ranked last in sacks but still managed to finish first in offensive points given up, net offensive yards given up, first downs given up and passing yards given up. If the Bombers can replicate that this year I think we should be thrilled!

I do think that is by design. Paul Lapolice touched on it in his Bombers season preview. Since last year, they have adopted a coverage defence rather than a pressure defence. Last year, it resulted in the defence ranking first in offensive points given up, net offensive yards given up, first downs given up and passing yards given up despite ranking last in sacks and second-last in interceptions. If they can reproduce that this year I won’t complain!

Unfortunately, I think more sports teams fall under that category than we would like to think. See Artemi Panarin's recent sexual assault case for example. Superstars seem to be able to get away with that kind of behaviour consistently.

I always said over the course of the regular season that the only thing Lucky brings to the table is ball security. His speed appears to be gone, he doesn’t see the field well… and in the Grey Cup you can’t even count on his ball security. I really hope it is the last we see of him in a Bombers jersey.

Collaros, the receivers and Lucky are the biggest reasons for this loss

I appreciate his analysis too, generally speaking, but the constant whining in GDTs completely ruins these threads. Expertise and bias are not mutually exclusive.

Offense was brutal, Lucky was brutal. That’s not a recipe for success.

He’s extremely biased in his observations to the point where it is embarrassing

Wah wah wah quit the whining omg and I say that as a Bombers fan

Didn’t six of nine panelists pick the Bombers to win?

The o-line is looking great so far.