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Havent seen it mentioned else where, but appearently Schoen has blown out the same ACL again. Same one he re injured, and then tried to play through in the LDC.
Guy was clearly not even close to ready all year. Yet we've kept trying to hammer him back into the roster. And now, we've very, very likely ruined him and his career. Clearly, the guy will play through any level of pain and try to help his team out. The staff, and especially Mos have failed to protect him as a player, and the teams investment in him. It's a series of unforgiveable, unconscionable mistakes. They just ruined a generational talent, and who knows what his quality of life will end up like down the road. 

With you on the wtf for the refs on ripping off Kolo's helmet. Shoulda been a penalty. And while i'm complaining about the refs...the hit on Demski looked like he had him by the jersey up by his throat and drove his head into the turf.

With you on the wtf for the refs on ripping off Kolo's helmet. Shoulda been a penalty. And while i'm complaining about the refs...the hit on Demski looked like he had him by the jersey up by his throat and drove his head into the turf.

With you on the wtf for the refs on ripping off Kolo's helmet. Shoulda been a penalty. And while i'm complaining about the refs...the hit on Demski looked like he had him by the jersey up by his throat and drove his head into the turf.

With you on the wtf for the refs on ripping off Kolo's helmet. Shoulda been a penalty. And while i'm complaining about the refs...the hit on Demski looked like he had him by the jersey up by his throat and drove his head into the turf.

A few comments about the game.
Glad the Bombers won but there were still a few WTF moments starting with the coaching staff. There was some questionable play calling on both sides of the ball and O’Shea’s time-management skills leave a lot to be desired. Do these guys talk to each other?
The O-line played pretty well especially when run-blocking. Kolankowski deserves a lot of the barbs thrown his way but on Oliveira's initial big run (28 yards?), Kolankowski opened it up for him by blocking one defender and then bouncing back to get a second guy. It actually looked like he knew what he was doing. Oliveira was immediately in open ground. I was pleasantly surprised.
Lawson, the DB, was terrible at least to begin with. There's a reason the Bombers brought back Houston. The sooner he's inserted into the lineup the better. 
Why is Kramdi starting at S when Allen is a keeper. Don't we already start more than the minimum required Canucks?
Kudos to our Special Teams (good coaching). The kicking game is solid. Castillo always was and it has taken several years but Sheehan is coming around. I like Vaval over Logan as a returner but it's probably too early to judge Logan.
Good to see Wilson out there for the 3rd and short plays although he might have been out there because Streveler was lining up as a receiver.  Do the coaches not see (what seems pretty obvious to me) that Wilson for whatever reasons is at this point the better option. I’m still convinced that the recent game in Calgary was lost because they used Streveler instead of Wilson on that 3rd and 1 on the Calgary 10. Had we scored on that drive, it would have been a dagger in the Stamps.
Collaros played well. Was that his best game in a long while? Oliveira is looking stronger which points to a full recovery from his injury.
The next two games will be interesting. Objectively, the Riders are the best team in the league so it will be challenging for the Bombers.
Go Bombers Go!

1. Zach. I mean that might have been his best game in years. Dude had 13 straight completions at one point. Montreal has a good D and play us hard since we were in the east. 
 
2. Brady. Over 200 yards. Dude stepped up. 
 
3. Sergio. Was perfect on the night. 
 
HH to sterns and Demski. Both had great first halfs. 
 
another HH to person who seems to make a difference when he plays. 
 
Houston or Dandy. Whoever. Just no more Lawson Jr. 
 
I gotta give a wTF to the refs who didn’t call a penalty eventho our OL (think it was Kolo) had his helmet torn off. 
 
and lastly a hhh and that means it’s all about the game and how you play it… give me Logan here. Did he stand out? No but he’s a weapon and it was nice seeing him out there finally. 

I'm kind of amused I called Streveler for another return to the receiving corps... But there HAS to be a better solution for emergency receiver than the Back Up QB 11 months removed from ACL surgery right?!? A DB? A returner? Someone who only plays special teams?

I caught that too. “Pop-A-Lawski” lol

1. Brady, obviously. No elaboration needed. 
2. Demski, even though he played less than a half. The best year of his career, especially relative to what he does compared to the rest of the WR corps. 

3.  Collaros for some gritty play. Ran for a few first downs on pure effort. Evasiveness in the pocket was pretty damn good. No wild throws into coverage. Escaped the rush a number of times to get it out to Brady. Great job behind mediocre at best pass pro. 
HH- Wilson for the big gain in SY. 
 
Dunce 1- Whoever was responsible for that Chinese fire drill where they took a time count. 
Dunce 2- The officials for not shutting down the **** with the sirens. 

1 brady. ofc carried the team today. 25-210 yards 
2 zach. protected the ball, got it out fast and made good decisions couple tough throws 
3 cam allen. some good cover, couple great hits separated wrs from balls which changes how teams can attack you. 
hh sterns bone jarring catch over the middle 
block of the game to strevy as a wr lead blocking for brady had a good edge seal 
crappy honker to that stupid ass siren 
dunce caps to lawson jr, form tackling on d, hogan 
honorable mention to strevy for doing a lot in light of injuries, wallace, wilson in short yardage, jones, and wj 
Unsung hero award to Person. he didn’t record a stat, but he tipped holms pick and had atleast 5 key pressures plus a couple hits. 
bonus points to having lapo in the booth. he’s soo damn good and improves the quality of life watching games by a ton  

I'm in the camp of the guys wanting changes to the O'line. There hasn't been any talk about Wallace because the kid is a keeper. I like the versatility that Eli brings, and IMO he's also a keeper. I also agree with the guys wanting to move on from Kola, and I suspect that young Vibert is here as a replacement. Sadly I think big Stan's career is coming to an end.

Unless you gonna go 3 Americans on the oline there really is nothing that can be done. That’s an off season gm thing. Guess when your gm takes the off season off, this is what happens but sure the lack of depth is on O’Shea. 

I think it’s probably true that they really like Eli as our 6th ol. If they don’t see him as a significant upgrade at C, which appears to be the case, it wouldn't make sense to make that change. To 17to85’s comment, we don’t have to cut him if he can’t take the starting C spot. A good 6th ol is still important.
I’ve been an offensive coach at the high school level, and in my experience I’d rather play a centre I trust to make every snap rather than a guy who might be better physically but whose snaps can be an adventure. I don’t know for sure that’s the case here (trust), just a possibility.

I have to admit I know next to nothing about O-line technique but I've watched every Bomber game for the last few years (including TSN replays)  and Kolankowski does, at least to my untrained eye, get overwhelmed a lot. Maybe he's got a high football IQ as the centre is supposed to call blocking assignments. Right? However, imo, he's too small to begin with. Is he one of those "gud in the room, glue guys?" Who the heck knows? It's frustrating watching him getting beaten regularly. 

He would have to try very hard for that to happen.
Kolankowski's blocking technique consists of trying to get in the way of someone other than one of his guards.

Lst in the Eli/Kolo debate is the value and how good Eli is in Jumbo...Short yardage and TE packages. We don't really have a big man who can do that, and have the athleticism to do what he does consistantly. Save for Adams on defence who could, but we dont wanna be doing that, only other guy is Randolph but you can't be moving piece's like that all the time to facilitate what...8...10 smaps a game....thats just plain dumb
Eli is assignment sound in that role, is an excellent tandem blocker (but you would expect that from a center....especially a top ranked on in the Nation going into his senior yr) great at switches and different types of trap blocks.
And is especially good in second level and lead blocking down the field, and finding guys
Kolo is not....If he isnt squared up with a guy struggles to get a block, and even if he does, loses his guy way too easily....More times than not as well he gets lost...especially if asked to do a 50 or a chip and gets spun right around looking back at the play....huge no no and just plan bad, and is basically rendered useless in trying to re-engage and get in the play and is just a penalty waiting to happen....
I guess since we have such poor depth we suck, cause Kolo would be the worst 6th oline to roster, as he can only slot in at center, would get eaten alive and bullied at guard even more than he does at center, at could never take a snap at tackle....so really best thing to do is try eli there, and roster Vibert as 6th...kid plays with mean streak and attitude, needs reps.....And like you ay....Can't be worse and if it is....You can always go back to a bit less shitty lol
you just touched on what I was saying before I said it

What if he whiffs on blocks! What if the pocket collapses with him in there, what if the back gets stuffed! Of course how would we tell the difference because that **** is already happening. Guaranteed though that if Eli was in at centre he would be able to now and then move a ***** out of the way and help a play happen. Best we hope for with kolankowski is that he doesn't get flat out embarrassed. 
 
And if it is worse then we stop wasting time on 2 players who shouldn't be there.
 
What I actually think it is, because they so regularly use 6 OL Eli isn't seen as a real option at centee because he's good as the extra OL whereas Kolankowski is useless at everything except snapping the ball.

Jones was dropped to get Logan in. Logan is backup rb for Petersen.
We did need an additional dlineman, most teams run with 8-9 Last game we had 6

I guess because Logan is now the backup RB they must feel like Weitz helps more on ST than Peterson

https://static.cfl.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/WINNIPEG-at-MONTREAL_AUGUST-21-1.pdf
Depth Chart

He may have been rusty or out of position, but I didn't see Vanterpool as exceptionally good at LT, and with an aging Big Stan, plus an increasingly brittle Collaros, that has to be a concern.

Osh ain't taking Thomas off the roster unless he was dead and even then it's 50/50

Montreal will have a short week of practice.
Evans is a question mark and it looks like the Als will be dealing with a few other injuries.

I have dumped on Schmekel but he was great last game. Thus I withdraw my previous comments.