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Are people complaining about the reffing again? Really? After that dreadful performance by the Bombers? Give that argument a rest.

Honestly, just way too many mistakes. 
 
Castillo with 2 misses = 5 points
Stopped on third and goal from the 1 = 7 points
Collaros fumbles in field goal range = 3 points
 
Minimum 15 points missed from mistakes. 

Show me someone in the CFL thay would rather be here than the NFL. The entire league is here because they have nowhere else to go. 

The problem seems to be that he’s not getting open. You can tell Collaros wants to throw his way and is trying to force it to him, but he’s just not getting open, and as a result he’s having to try to make impossible catches.
With Lawler injured it was Demski that they tried to force the ball to constantly.

It’s like a swimmer saying the only want to get a gold medal at the commonwealth games and not the Olympics

I'm sure 99% of the Americans who come up to play feel the same way.   What football player growing up in the States wouldn't want to play in the NFL making ten times as much money?  I don't understand why people hate on Rourke wanting to play in the NFL?

Defense played decently...would have liked Younger to throw in some more blitzes to put some hits on Bo. Rattle him a bit and then drop 8 or 9. That's what broke him in 2019 and the same is true today. Hit him early and often then drop back and watch him panic for nothing.
Lucky isn't it at ST. Though he didn't get a lot of help either. And whoever that first guy is down field, stay on your damn feet!!!
Buck...what the buck? Was Lucky banged up in the 2nd half? What happened to the quick strikes we've been seeing? Why tf would you take #8 out when he's rolling in the red zone? That really killed the Os momentum. Streveler is eventually going to throw (is what I keep telling myself) they're just setting it up....? Please add some imagination to the offense and stick with it. 
Complain about Lawler all you like, but teams will continually take him away. They know where Collaros wants to go and will double him up for the remainder of the season. Collaros can't keep forcing him the ball. Got lucky today on some absolutely dumb reads.
Speaking of #8...take what's there!!!! For Christ sake, crossing routes where open all day. Quick throws were open all day. Stop holding on to it looking for the big splash. 
Side note, you don't swap out your Starting RT and switch him to LT during a game. That's a lot of change for an Online that was already in shambles. 
Finally, I was all for getting Streveler in early in the 4th. Hindsight....it was the right call to Zach in. He battled through all that ****, he knows he played liked ****. But he marched it down the field for the go ahead score. Hopefully that planted a seed in all the players that this offense CAN get it done when they play with some urgency. Overcoming adversity like that can be a huge boost. Hopefully it is!

On the first pic Zach threw (where he “threw” to Brady), Lawler was 1-on-1 and ran a corner in end zone, wide open…but Z was locked in on Brady. Being at the game allows you to watch the play develop and my son and I both noticed this was constant with Zach: guys wide open but Z having tunnel vision locked in on a guy who’s covered, often in double coverage.

The problem seems to be that he’s not getting open. You can tell Collaros wants to throw his way and is trying to force it to him, but he’s just not getting open, and as a result he’s having to try to make impossible catches.
With Lawler injured it was Demski that they tried to force the ball to constantly.

Demski needs to be released. Not only does he fumble more than anyone in history, but the Bombers are also obsessed with getting him the ball whether he’s open or not. It’s just terrible.

Yet another game with more interceptions than touchdowns for Collaros. We can criticize the offensive line all we want but his turnovers are completely inexcusable. The sad truth is that he is continuing his downward trend that essentially started in the 2022 playoffs. Time to start thinking about moving on from him.

Yet another game with more interceptions than touchdowns for Collaros. We can criticize the offensive line all we want but his turnovers are completely inexcusable. The sad truth is that he is continuing his downward trend that essentially started in the 2022 playoffs. Time to start thinking about moving on from him.

I'm ok not blaming Castillo 

I legitimately used Demski as an example of what not to do when  running with a ball to the kids I coached earlier this week

Demski just hasn't learned the lesson and everyone knows.

Forcing the ball to Demski has cost us many turnovers this year.

How does the command center not step in on that phantom PI call

I'm definitely cheering for Ottawa in the East. Against everyone but us... Would love nothing more than for DB6 to light it up. The kid has the potential to be very exciting!

Chris Garrett was my favourite "post-Charlie" back prior to Harris and now Brady.

Zach Collaros’s decline was predictable and is sure to continue, but I still think he’s a good QB, and certainly a more proven commodity than Brown. He has sucked in the big games the last couple of years though, which is very frustrating.

Ok, now I think people are going too hard in the other direction here.
Last year Brady was absolute crap for the first half of the season and clearly made changes to be the incredible back he was for the last half of 2022 and all of 2023. It is not all the OL and not every back will have close to his success. Augustine had a high average at the end of blow out games. It's not an equal comparison.  

It didn’t look like Lawler and Collaros were on the same page on that play. A throw further to the corner of the end zone would have been a TD 100%. The play looked especially bad since Demski was so wide open for an easy pitch-and-catch on the same side of the field.

I was losing my mind on the final td pass when I saw them show full blitz again. Normally hall wakes up at half and knocks the stupid stuff off. This time he gave us one of the worst clutch moment calls on D since edm went cover 0 and gave up a game winning 100 yard td to milt. 
9 starts 6 tds 8 ints 1854 yards(206 yards per game) 144/209 (68.89%, 8.87 ypa) in a full season of his play off games he’d be on track for 12 tds 16 picks 3707 yards. 
 
2019 
 11/21 193 1 td
 17/25 267 1 td
 17/23 170
2021
 17/21 229 1td 3 ints
 21/32 240 2tds 2 ints
2022
 14/20 178 1td 1int
 14/23 183      1int
2023
 14/21 158
 19/23 236.    1int

What’s really sad is cf played a better game against us in the gc than Zach has played for us in all his play off games here. 

What’s with all the hate for Sheahan lol? Is it his weird technique that throws people off? His average distance of 47.2 was not far off the 47. 9 that led the league among full-time punters and I am willing to bet his net yardage ranks even higher (anyone know where I can find that stat?). 

edit: found some in-depth punting stats. Looks like Sheahan ranks about the same in that category: https://d3ham790trbkqy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2023_CFL_League_Stats_Report_Week_21.pdf
 
I think the biggest issue on special teams this year was Castillo’s distance on kickoffs.
I would personally like to see what Dru Brown can do as the starter in this offence. Not sure I trust Collaros anymore.  Overall I think the roster is still strong, but I wouldn’t mind seeing guys like Thomas and Houston let go.