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LOL - smoke and mirrors?  A win is a win, a loss is a loss. I did not think the Bombers would be 7 - 3 at this point. Could the Bombers be 3 - 7? Sure, the Bombers could be 10 - 0 or 0 - 10 .  This, by far, is the most entertaining CFL season I've seen in probably 10 years. Maybe more.  Other than the Tigercats, every team is capable of winning any week (one only need look at Mtrls' over Calgary earlier this year). 
And as already stated - bombers almost always 'stink' at the LDC - Saskatchewan almost always comes out on fire and the Bombers come out flat. The fact that they (Riders) were held to only 4 points (I think) in the second half shows that . 
Matt Nichols has been outstanding this year, and if Andrew Harris isn't already a shoe-in for Outstanding Canadian and possibly player, then the 'fix' is in lol.
Just enjoy the season - no team is going to win every game and really looking forward to the rematch (thought gotta PVR it - off to Rogers and UFC on Saturday)

LOL - smoke and mirrors?  A win is a win, a loss is a loss. I did not think the Bombers would be 7 - 3 at this point. Could the Bombers be 3 - 7? Sure, the Bombers could be 10 - 0 or 0 - 10 .  This, by far, is the most entertaining CFL season I've seen in probably 10 years. Maybe more.  Other than the Tigercats, every team is capable of winning any week (one only need look at Mtrls' over Calgary earlier this year). 
And as already stated - bombers almost always 'stink' at the LDC - Saskatchewan almost always comes out on fire and the Bombers come out flat. The fact that they (Riders) were held to only 4 points (I think) in the second half shows that . 
Matt Nichols has been outstanding this year, and if Andrew Harris isn't already a shoe-in for Outstanding Canadian and possibly player, then the 'fix' is in lol.
Just enjoy the season - no team is going to win every game and really looking forward to the rematch (thought gotta PVR it - off to Rogers and UFC on Saturday)

LOL - smoke and mirrors?  A win is a win, a loss is a loss. I did not think the Bombers would be 7 - 3 at this point. Could the Bombers be 3 - 7? Sure, the Bombers could be 10 - 0 or 0 - 10 .  This, by far, is the most entertaining CFL season I've seen in probably 10 years. Maybe more.  Other than the Tigercats, every team is capable of winning any week (one only need look at Mtrls' over Calgary earlier this year). 
And as already stated - bombers almost always 'stink' at the LDC - Saskatchewan almost always comes out on fire and the Bombers come out flat. The fact that they (Riders) were held to only 4 points (I think) in the second half shows that . 
Matt Nichols has been outstanding this year, and if Andrew Harris isn't already a shoe-in for Outstanding Canadian and possibly player, then the 'fix' is in lol.
Just enjoy the season - no team is going to win every game and really looking forward to the rematch (thought gotta PVR it - off to Rogers and UFC on Saturday)

LOL - smoke and mirrors?  A win is a win, a loss is a loss. I did not think the Bombers would be 7 - 3 at this point. Could the Bombers be 3 - 7? Sure, the Bombers could be 10 - 0 or 0 - 10 .  This, by far, is the most entertaining CFL season I've seen in probably 10 years. Maybe more.  Other than the Tigercats, every team is capable of winning any week (one only need look at Mtrls' over Calgary earlier this year). 
And as already stated - bombers almost always 'stink' at the LDC - Saskatchewan almost always comes out on fire and the Bombers come out flat. The fact that they (Riders) were held to only 4 points (I think) in the second half shows that . 
Matt Nichols has been outstanding this year, and if Andrew Harris isn't already a shoe-in for Outstanding Canadian and possibly player, then the 'fix' is in lol.
Just enjoy the season - no team is going to win every game and really looking forward to the rematch (thought gotta PVR it - off to Rogers and UFC on Saturday)

LOL - smoke and mirrors?  A win is a win, a loss is a loss. I did not think the Bombers would be 7 - 3 at this point. Could the Bombers be 3 - 7? Sure, the Bombers could be 10 - 0 or 0 - 10 .  This, by far, is the most entertaining CFL season I've seen in probably 10 years. Maybe more.  Other than the Tigercats, every team is capable of winning any week (one only need look at Mtrls' over Calgary earlier this year). 
And as already stated - bombers almost always 'stink' at the LDC - Saskatchewan almost always comes out on fire and the Bombers come out flat. The fact that they (Riders) were held to only 4 points (I think) in the second half shows that . 
Matt Nichols has been outstanding this year, and if Andrew Harris isn't already a shoe-in for Outstanding Canadian and possibly player, then the 'fix' is in lol.
Just enjoy the season - no team is going to win every game and really looking forward to the rematch (thought gotta PVR it - off to Rogers and UFC on Saturday)

LOL - smoke and mirrors?  A win is a win, a loss is a loss. I did not think the Bombers would be 7 - 3 at this point. Could the Bombers be 3 - 7? Sure, the Bombers could be 10 - 0 or 0 - 10 .  This, by far, is the most entertaining CFL season I've seen in probably 10 years. Maybe more.  Other than the Tigercats, every team is capable of winning any week (one only need look at Mtrls' over Calgary earlier this year). 
And as already stated - bombers almost always 'stink' at the LDC - Saskatchewan almost always comes out on fire and the Bombers come out flat. The fact that they (Riders) were held to only 4 points (I think) in the second half shows that . 
Matt Nichols has been outstanding this year, and if Andrew Harris isn't already a shoe-in for Outstanding Canadian and possibly player, then the 'fix' is in lol.
Just enjoy the season - no team is going to win every game and really looking forward to the rematch (thought gotta PVR it - off to Rogers and UFC on Saturday)

LOL - smoke and mirrors?  A win is a win, a loss is a loss. I did not think the Bombers would be 7 - 3 at this point. Could the Bombers be 3 - 7? Sure, the Bombers could be 10 - 0 or 0 - 10 .  This, by far, is the most entertaining CFL season I've seen in probably 10 years. Maybe more.  Other than the Tigercats, every team is capable of winning any week (one only need look at Mtrls' over Calgary earlier this year). 
And as already stated - bombers almost always 'stink' at the LDC - Saskatchewan almost always comes out on fire and the Bombers come out flat. The fact that they (Riders) were held to only 4 points (I think) in the second half shows that . 
Matt Nichols has been outstanding this year, and if Andrew Harris isn't already a shoe-in for Outstanding Canadian and possibly player, then the 'fix' is in lol.
Just enjoy the season - no team is going to win every game and really looking forward to the rematch (thought gotta PVR it - off to Rogers and UFC on Saturday)

LOL - smoke and mirrors?  A win is a win, a loss is a loss. I did not think the Bombers would be 7 - 3 at this point. Could the Bombers be 3 - 7? Sure, the Bombers could be 10 - 0 or 0 - 10 .  This, by far, is the most entertaining CFL season I've seen in probably 10 years. Maybe more.  Other than the Tigercats, every team is capable of winning any week (one only need look at Mtrls' over Calgary earlier this year). 
And as already stated - bombers almost always 'stink' at the LDC - Saskatchewan almost always comes out on fire and the Bombers come out flat. The fact that they (Riders) were held to only 4 points (I think) in the second half shows that . 
Matt Nichols has been outstanding this year, and if Andrew Harris isn't already a shoe-in for Outstanding Canadian and possibly player, then the 'fix' is in lol.
Just enjoy the season - no team is going to win every game and really looking forward to the rematch (thought gotta PVR it - off to Rogers and UFC on Saturday)

Well, like I said on my first post on this thread, it's hard to beat a team (a good team - and B.C. is a good team) three games in a row, especially twice in their own building. I was just hoping for a good game, I was worried B.C. would blow the bombers out. Last year the bombers (though they had Drew Willy - worst QB this side of Tee Martin) were easily the worst team in the league. 
Nichols showed he's a bonafide #1 QB in this game. O'Shea definitely blew it with a 61 yard attempt. You don't do that unless you only have enough time to run one play, of you're in Hamilton and that gale force wind is at your back. Not to mention Vcr and the 'thick' damp air there. I too couldnt' believe it when Medlock trotted out. But also, the folks arguing the D lost the game are absolutely right. The only thing the bomber D did right in the 2nd half was they let B.C get their TD with over a minute left on the clock. But it was too easy for B.C. - receivers wide open all over the field. Pretty sad

Well, like I said on my first post on this thread, it's hard to beat a team (a good team - and B.C. is a good team) three games in a row, especially twice in their own building. I was just hoping for a good game, I was worried B.C. would blow the bombers out. Last year the bombers (though they had Drew Willy - worst QB this side of Tee Martin) were easily the worst team in the league. 
Nichols showed he's a bonafide #1 QB in this game. O'Shea definitely blew it with a 61 yard attempt. You don't do that unless you only have enough time to run one play, of you're in Hamilton and that gale force wind is at your back. Not to mention Vcr and the 'thick' damp air there. I too couldnt' believe it when Medlock trotted out. But also, the folks arguing the D lost the game are absolutely right. The only thing the bomber D did right in the 2nd half was they let B.C get their TD with over a minute left on the clock. But it was too easy for B.C. - receivers wide open all over the field. Pretty sad

I'm thinking Darnell Nurse. My bet - if Wpg was in the eastern conference a Nurse for Trouba trade may have already occurred. Just a tough call to make when you're talking about two players with such high potential. To me though makes sense. They're almost mirror images of each other and what each team needs. That's why it probably won't happen lol

To weigh in on Dressler and Smith - they're too small IMO - how many games have they played so far this season? Though I do like Smith - I think once healthy he'll be a real threat - Dresslers' best days are long behind him though. He needs the ball a lot to be really effective and every time he gets hit now I think to myself "is he going to get up". I believe it was his second game for the bombers too where Willy had him deep, and threw a very nice pass. Problem was the DB was 6'0 and Dressler is 5' 7" - no contest DB easily knocked the ball away. Dressler is more of a 'wide open' guy he won't win many battles. I'd like to see Smith back of course but IMO I'd rather see Denmark in there over Dressler. 
As for the thread topic - yup - Eskie's defense is getting better but are still a shadow of the old one. Nice comment on Willis though.  Willis and his stupid, shelfish 'swaggerville' in Wpg. How embarrassing. Nice to see he's grown up - and ADMITTED IT  (he's even embarrarssed by that schtick as he should be). Never liked 'swaggerville'. But I find Willis this year seems to be a step behind. In the first half he had Durant and Durant outran him then overpowered another Esk for a first down (Durant is a monster no doubt about it) - Willis probably catches him even last year. I think this could be Willis' last year in the league unless he has a nagging undisclosed injury

Not sure what you mean about that '4 quarter' stretch. And I've seen Willy with his helmet on on the sidelines all the time. In Edmonton he never had it off. Not sure what you are talking about there either unless you think he was moments away from filling in for Nichols here in Edmonton. 
 
But that's what a true 'starter' does. Everyone has bad games and bad stretches. You think John Elway was lights out the whole game in that classic AFC Final against the Browns? There was a reason why he had to make 'the drive' at the end of the game to win it. I haven't seen Willy do that - at least not since his first year in Wpg. He's been getting progressively worse the longer he's been there. This year Willy has nice numbers but about 70% of them have come after the game was well out of reach. If you look at Willy's last start prior to the switch to Nichols (against Calgary) the Wpg D and special teams were keeping the bombers so the Calgary defense stayed tough and Willy couldn't do anything. I was actually hoping Willy was going to do well. He seems like a good kid. But right now it doesn't look like he's cut out to be a starter.
IMO - the dumbest thing the bombers ever did was sign him and immediately proclaim him as their starter. The Eskimos signed Reilly to give competition to Nichols (and vice versa) when they traded Ray. They did not want to annoit either as 'the' starter and Nichols was looking like he was going to win the job (though the media had given it to Reilly prior to camp opening) but he blew his knee in the home preseason game and the rest is/was history. 
The bombers should never have tied their wagon to guy with what - four starts (did he even have that much)? Things might of even turned out different (in a good way) for Willy if he was forced to compete. The good news is he is now. He's no longer the #1 guy in Wpg that's pretty obvious. The bad news - no CFL team can afford a 400k a year backup QB. For this year he may stay on but he'll be released at season's end if things remain the same (Nichols stays healthy and stays as a starter). Willy's only hope is if Nichols either gets hurt or becomes extremely innaffective (Willy like) and Willy steps in and plays like he did in his first three games as the bomber starter. I still think he ends up in Montreal. 

Wow wbbfan - really? On the verge of being pulled. Tell you what I saw - I saw Nichols throw an INT - I saw Toronto march it down then I saw the Wpg Defense (which I chose in fantasy football this week ) intercept him. Then I saw Nichols smartly march the ball downfield to get a field goal. After than, after every Argo turnover - I saw Nichols march it in the end zone. 
I've also seen this story before, with the bomber d getting turnovers, and I saw Drew Willy do absolutely NOTHING with the ball except a two and out (if you were lucky) or turn it right back over to them.
Even though he has been hurt a lot, when healthy, Willy has been given every opportunity to prove himself. More than enough. He has been given enough to hang himself with about 5 times already, and he unfortunately he has. 
Nichols being pulled - LMAO - WBBFAN - only way Nichols is going to be pulled from a game is if he carried out on a stretcher. It's not even a discussion, he's the Bomber #1 QB now. And it gets better I'm afraid (for all Willy fans) as next up after a bye is Montreal - bombers most likely win that game (would have won the home opener if Nichols started) then it's very conceivable the bombers sweep the mess that is the Sk Roughriders.
The question I have is will Willy even be on the team? If I were O'Shea, and if for whatever reason Nichols has to be 'pulled' from the game - I'm putting Davis in. No way no how I'm paying 400 grand to a 'backup' and at that salary Willy is untradeable. You can't give him away at that salary. He will be released if things stay the same. Willy is a terrible starting QB - he's a backup at best and should be paid as one. If he has any decency, he'll re-sign in Wpg at a backup rate - if not - he'll move on to the east (maybe Toronto or Montreal). I can't see him back in Sk either - Jones would have no interest in him.

Not picking on Noeller here. Just interesting  to go back and read the comments about the roster decisions by our coaches and the comments from the peanut gallery. 
I'd say that the coaches seemed to have a pretty good grasp of the roster and talent evaluation.

Aw look, you did the same thing I did the other day and quoted him. Now we all see his post. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!!!  

Krunch is 50 plus years old? Wow. He posts like a teenager 

Go to sleep old men. Jesus and here I thought the douches were the young guys but apparently it's the old guys 

J5V I appreciate your comment however if there was a loyal Bomber fan, I believe I can be counted in that group. I am 70yrs old and have been an avid fan since I was 8, think that makes it 62 years. I have had season tickets for many years and when not employed in Winnipeg watched and listened to them on radio and cheered in every town, city I was in. It isn't that I am not loyal but when you have followed them as long as I have and have witnessed the worst run in perhaps the history of the team, save for the few short years Reinbolt was here, there comes a time when you just can't see the logic in continually beating your head against the wall. I still watch and cheer on TV but my time and money are better spent doing something else like not wasting 3 hours of the day commuting to IGF to watch a less than entertaining event with a very stubborn coach who in my humble opinion believes loyalty to his players take precedent over loyalty to those who pay their and his salary. I'm sorry if you feel I jumped ship before it sank but I would rather swim than get taken down by the undertow. That is if I read your post correctly.

Good point Do - Bomber receivers have not been making plays at all for their QB's. I don't think the bombers even have a legit downfield threat - so that's will help the porous Esk Defence big time, just like it did when they played in Wpg. 
Good call on Nichols though - he'll be fired up which is why I mentioned it in the chat. I know you think it's a 'trap' game tracker but IMO it's the exact opposite. Willy does not inspire the offense whatsoever, and as soon as he faces any kind of adversity in a game, he folds like a cheap tent.
But the real issue on Thursday will be the bomber secondary. They'd be shredded if they were healthy - three guys out (if that's the case  - including Randle) spells 500 yards passing for Reilly

What game do the Bombers have a high chance of winning right now?   Hamilton the week after?   Toronto the week after that?   Then we are into our bye and that is the most likely week O'Shea gets fired.

Darvin Adams exemplified that big time. It's what I've been saying. WATCH the other teams, I watch the Eskimo's all the time. Anyone here think Reilly is perfect? Not even close. He usually just throws the ball to an 'area' when he goes deep, it's his 'receivers' that make a play on it. You all saw Bowman do it last week. Not to mention his 8 yard route when he needed 10 yards (and that was the game btw - that's where the bombers lost it). 
That being said, Willy is NOT a 400k QB- bombers hitched their wagon to the wrong guy - AGAIN!
I'm a broken record, but I'll say it again. Until the bombers find their OWN QB - they are not doing anything. They might have some limited success here and there, but if they can't find a QB (and there's more out there than people think btw) the Bombers will never be significant in the CFL. The bombers are the new 'Riders, like it or not. Perennial doormats. The free space on the bingo card. 
And now its what - 37 games since we scored 30 points in a game. 17to85 thinks that's no big deal. Really. So if the Winnipeg Jets failed to score 4 goals or more in hockey for two seasons - that would be 'no big deal'??? 17 - that's a HUGE deal. It's a scoring league. 30 points - teams get that by accident - Calgary got over 30 yesterday and they only played half a game (well 2 and 1/2 quarters). That stat by itself tells you how effective Willy (though he probably only started about 22 or 23 of those games - but still even that's not acceptable for a 400k a year guy) and MOS are as a team. 
 

Darvin Adams exemplified that big time. It's what I've been saying. WATCH the other teams, I watch the Eskimo's all the time. Anyone here think Reilly is perfect? Not even close. He usually just throws the ball to an 'area' when he goes deep, it's his 'receivers' that make a play on it. You all saw Bowman do it last week. Not to mention his 8 yard route when he needed 10 yards (and that was the game btw - that's where the bombers lost it). 
That being said, Willy is NOT a 400k QB- bombers hitched their wagon to the wrong guy - AGAIN!
I'm a broken record, but I'll say it again. Until the bombers find their OWN QB - they are not doing anything. They might have some limited success here and there, but if they can't find a QB (and there's more out there than people think btw) the Bombers will never be significant in the CFL. The bombers are the new 'Riders, like it or not. Perennial doormats. The free space on the bingo card. 
And now its what - 37 games since we scored 30 points in a game. 17to85 thinks that's no big deal. Really. So if the Winnipeg Jets failed to score 4 goals or more in hockey for two seasons - that would be 'no big deal'??? 17 - that's a HUGE deal. It's a scoring league. 30 points - teams get that by accident - Calgary got over 30 yesterday and they only played half a game (well 2 and 1/2 quarters). That stat by itself tells you how effective Willy (though he probably only started about 22 or 23 of those games - but still even that's not acceptable for a 400k a year guy) and MOS are as a team.