Jesse

That is like the exact opposite of Lawless' career.

I close my eyes and all I see is Rocky Butler stabbing us like we're Julius Caesar.  Very apprehensive today.

nails it again

Is Jim Toth still unemployed.

The dink and dunk offence leads to a drink and drunk fanbase..

I lol'd.

I lol'd.

It's the annual changing of the guards is why.

Matter of preference. For me, I love when the crowd noise is turned up. Adds to the viewing experience.

Defenses knew what to do with Willy, and pretty much every other QB we've had for years - just bring the house, watch him stand there like a deer in headlights, and then break through and sack him or watch him throw an INT.  Nichols is getting the ball out to the receivers so fast that the same defensive strategy defences have employed against Winnipeg for years just isn't working.  In the CFL, if you have an accurate QB who gets the ball out quickly, with a decent OL that can open holes for a running option, you have a good chance of success on offense, as it's a huge field and receivers get a running start off the line.  Nichols isn't getting sacked, so he's not fumbling.  He's making good decisions with the ball, that you would expect from a veteran.  Couple that with a defense that is on fire, and you get four wins in a row.  I just hope there is no mental layup in Regina.  Keep the foot on the gas guys.

Im being facetious of course but i sure remember reading a lot of pro Willy posts after losses when he was putting up lots of yards but making game crippling errors and not getting the job done when it counted. Now a lot of the same guys are negative towards Nichols when we win. Strange world we live in.

Lol, i swear some people would like to see Willy throw for 400 yards in a loss than Nichols throw for 200 in a win.

That's about it. We've too bad for too long for the fan version of PTSD to just shake off.

Perhaps a 250 base with incentives?
Either way, I think the decision to go to Ottawa came with promises to become the starter sooner rather than later.

On the issue of a Willy trade:
There's a part of me (the part that wants to see the young back up be given playing time - from Brink and Elliot all the way to Marve and now Bennett), that wants the Bombers to move on, cut Willy (or trade him if the rumours of potential suitors are true) and roll with Nichols and Davis. This was the same part of me that wanted a clean sweep of Walters and O'Shea 5 weeks ago, hoping for us to hire Steve McAdoo as head coach in the off season, who would get James Franklin as our next QB.
There's another part - somewhat removed from the fanatic side of fandom - that is glad our management is no longer making such knee jerk reactions. They retained Mike O'Shea even though his first to years were largely unsuccessful, but did not offer him an extension. They allowed him to keep going through a 1-4 start and are finally seeing some positive signs. So now, with Willy, they are again allowing things to play out a bit before, as Lawless put it, "throwing the baby out with the bathwater, even if it is a lot of bath water".

Assuming everyone continues to play as we have come to expect, we're going to have to make some cost/benefit decisions in our secondary. Johnny Adams will be an expensive second contract. Chris Randle is one of our best players but has had injuries pile up a little - do we re-sign him?
Bruce Johnson isn't going anywhere for at least a couple years. Solid HB's are hard to find. Good vet to have back there. And he previously signed an extension through the 2018 season.
But Fogg, Frederick, and Roberts are all great finds and are all under contract for at least next season, maybe also to 2018.  
DLine has a smaller window of our known starters. Cummings will be hard to resign. He's a big contract - we may need the cap room. Shologan is older, and I have no idea what contract length he signed for, but his body should still hold up for a couple more years. Westerman has one year on his contract after this one, we'll see what happens over the next year and a half. Cole looks like he's a good find, but has already been in and out of the line up with injury. Green will hopefully learn to put his athleticism to good use - he's been very hit or miss in limited time. I agree that Martin looks like an intriguing signing. Corney has slipped into the background a bit after a very loud training camp, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. 
Love our LBs. Starters and depth. Wild, Bass, and Leggett aren't going anywhere. We love them, they love us. Knox and Waggoner are exciting ST'rs. 
The fact is, "Dynastys" are built in the post-season. If they can carry our offense to the Grey Cup, and Walters can keep scouting to replenish the older vets (especially along the line, which isn't complete as is), they have some serious potential here.

Hopefully Harris rolls for 200 all purpose against them next week.

Eventually we're going to need to get better output from our offense whether it's the tough thing to say around here right now or not. Nichols got it done when it mattered, but if he had of gotten it done earlier in the game, this one might not have been even close. You shouldn't go +6 in the turnover game and win by 14. You should be stomping teams by 20, 30 points when you get that many short fields.
I like what Nichols is doing right now, but I truly don't believe it's sustainable. I'm not saying Willy is the answer, but he's going to need to get a look at some point. Then again, maybe once Dressler/Smith are back, Nichols can show us some more offense as well.

Youz guys are just jealous of transcona. Winnipeg would be nothing without Transcona. Youz guys are just jealous of flamingos. Everyone wants flamingos like transcona. In fact there's a conspiracy to steal flamingos from transcona. Your jealous of the sportscasters from transcona.

I think it's a good read. I like his assessments. Disagree about Denmark though. He struggled when our offensive system struggled.
Blown coverage is how some big plays happen and he's a great go to guy to make them pay.

Like it or leave it, the writer provides fairly in-depth rationale for his decisions. There aren't too many that do.
Also, it's the first time I've read an actual assessment of Foketi's play. I paid little attention to him during the game and thought that because we ran the ball well and gave up no sacks that he must have been decent.
I think that generally, this is a good read.

It's an interesting read because the guy clearly knows football, but there's some bias showing, for sure.

I think what he is saying is Denmark is a sell because he is out performing what his true top end is.
Not that Denmark is going to be bad in the future, just don't expect him to get 200 receiving yards every game.  You "sell" now because his value is as high as it is going to get.  (And in this case, I don't think sell means trade or anything like that)
It is a bit of an odd read in the way that he does that portion.

I can't imagine the cancer he'd be as a back up.
no thanks.

I can't imagine the cancer he'd be as a back up.
no thanks.