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I could see the Als making it close as I believe they got some better things going than the hapless Argos. But I don't think they quite finish it.
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4 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:
He's good because the D held repeatedly, even when the O couldn't get 1-2 first downs to kill the clock at the end of each half and turned the ball over at the end of each half handing Edmonton the ball in our territory.
Half those FG's go for TD's and we're just a team with a QB who can't make enough plays to win, or more likely we should fire the DC and cut all the DB's. Funny how that works.
And Nichols throws TDs. Nuff said
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28 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:
We don't.
We celebrate wins.
It’s a sports thing and we’re continuing to do it again this year.
Yes, plus how does being 2-0 and 1st in the West make us mediocre I wonder?
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It might be just a select few posters I'm seeing do this, but man some of these criticisms just get so old. Sure it's all warranted and good to rip the guy when he throws bad passes or makes a bad decision, but now it's rip him even when he completes a deep ball to Matthews that was called back, or the one to Whitehead that stood? I mean, what is this? Some Nichols witch hunt where he can do no right or something?
I'm not going to pretend that Nichols was all good, but on series's where our offense was off he wasn't the only one who made the errors. Andrew Harris was not good either outside his TD catch and had as much to do with the struggles, as did Fenner on defense, Adams and some of Lapo's play calls that 17to85 talks about.
Nichols isn't above criticism and he doesn't necessarily deserve heaps of praise on his head. But it's absolutely ridiculous to assume that he single-handedly wins or loses games. That's not how Mike O'Shea's team works.
And his passing yards are meaningless. You can rack up yards all day against bend but don't break defenses, but if you don't get TDs out of them, you are overrated. Yup, I said it. Passing yards are completely meaningless.
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1 minute ago, Goalie said:
Bombers D and 2 huge plays by Whitehead.
Both throws from Nichols
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6 minutes ago, AKAChip said:
It. is. not. about. Steveler. being. the. saviour.
It's that Nichols is clearly beyond any reasonable doubt NOT the answer. He's resting on the laurels of ONE season. I've never in my life seen a guy get praised for 200 yard passing games in the CFL more than him.
No, you guys just constantly obsess with passing yard numbers when they can be absolutely meaningless.
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38 minutes ago, B-F-F-C said:
Once again the fans have this unqualified infatuation with the unproven back up QB.
This, and it gets so old that Nichols gets scapegoated for all the offense's problems. Now I'll concede a few things:
Did the offense put together a complete game? No, we hit some big play TDs but had a lot of stalls and 2 and outs as well, so there is room for improvement. But Edmonton does have a pretty good defense, so I'll take it anyway.
Did Nichols make a few bad decisions? Sure, I thought he probably should have held off on that overthrow to Matthews. But there were many other mistakes on offensive players.
Harris didn't have a good game either, Darvin Adams was criticized by Dunnigan, and Chandler Fenner almost looks like another Roc Carmichael. And Lapolice had a lot of brain fart play calls.
But at the end of the day, being 2-0 and number one in the West with a favorable stretch of games coming up, this game was about as good as I could have hoped.
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My top guy for this one ...
Lucky Whitehead hands down, 2 TD says all
2. Winston Rose - replaced Chris Randle already
3. Jackson Jeffcoat, best job upfront by far
Goats:
Chandler Fenner - awful
Andrew Harris - while he scored one TD, he had a bad game with those two fumbles
Lapolice - called some good plays with Whitehead and Demski, but called his old play not to lose ones again too
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Fenner is ... Struggling
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Nelson trying to get too lateral there
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Just now, bustamente said:
Nichols stat line gets a boost but that was all Whitehead
Well, I still noticed Mr Chip got quiet though
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Or I'll take that lol
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Play action to Matthews please
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Just now, bustamente said:
......................and Lapo has forgotten about the run
And the draw and play action
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Winston Rose is quickly making Chris Randle forgotten here.
I suspect Lapolice will go after Randle a lot next week btw
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1 minute ago, AKAChip said:
Criticizing terrible play is part of being on a message board. I’m tired of him singlehandedly blowing games. Or keeping games far closer than they need to be. There are plenty of things to love about this team that aren’t him.
Well and I'm saying you're wrong about that, but whatever.
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4 minutes ago, AKAChip said:
I’m not a professional QB. Quality argument.
Well, arm chair QBing is though
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1 minute ago, Goalie said:
Nobody cares about this. This is not football music. WTF. Going to smoke a bowl
Hey at least the lead singer put on the Bomber colors.
Course now ... Would she do that in Regina I wonder?
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2 minutes ago, AKAChip said:
Nichols wouldn’t have hit Matthews with that throw if Matthews were 10 feet tall.
And you think you could?
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1 minute ago, Mike said:
I mean, a bad play call isn’t an excuse for not being able to hit wide open receivers
Not at all, that's no excuse for Matt's last interception. But killing momentum and rhythm certainly plays a roll in the offense overall getting out of sync and losing energy.
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Just now, Goalie said:
When u overthrow A wide open Chris Matthews... Yeah Nichols struggling
He tried to fit in a window, a throw he shouldn't have attempted. But I still say our beloved OC started taking us out of rhythm.
Matt Nichols Discredited Too Much? Passing Yards Are Meaningless
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