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  2. Week 5 Takeaways

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    4 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

    Oh FFS. You're clueless. Check out his QB Rating. Then check out Nichols. As you don't know, the QB Ratings takes his entire performance into consideration. So, his passing stats & wins. You sound more & more stupid with every post you make.

    Dude chill, I'm pretty sure he was making a bit of a joke about it.  Of course Davis is not a better QB and we all know this.

  3. Week 5 Takeaways

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    2 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

    Disagree with your assessment of Arbuckle. He played well & his receivers did not. So many dropped passes & fumbles. Special teams cover teams were awful. Arbuckle played well enough to win. Other areas of concern on that team.

    Well certainly not my concern.  Let em keep tanking I say and let the Arbuckle train go off the rails.  It's the Bombers time.

  4. Week 5 Takeaways

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    1 hour ago, Tracker said:

    Davis is not a rookie. he is just flat-out baaad.

    Oh man, interesting you caught that tracker and here I missed it.

    Yeah, looks more like the Dom Davis we all knew has returned.  I think our defense kinda brought him back down the week before.

  5. Matt Nichols Discredited Too Much? Passing Yards Are Meaningless

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    2 minutes ago, J5V said:

    So do I but speaking of the WF last year, do you know what might have helped in that game against the Stamps D? A running QB. An offense better geared to run against that D (Streveler, Harris, Demski) might have fared much better than an immobile QB that sat in the pocket all game staring at blanketed receivers. Don't you think we are going to run into a similar scenario this year at some point? I'm not knocking Nichols, I'm just suggesting that a game plan should be developed where we can take better advantage of all the tools we have at our disposal and if that means playing someone other than Nichols at QB, so be it.

    Addressed a little more on scenarios in post 937 above.

  6. Matt Nichols Discredited Too Much? Passing Yards Are Meaningless

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    25 minutes ago, J5V said:

    At the risk of beating a dead horse (queue gif) there is an argument to be made for playing and developing the backup QB, especially when the #1 has been dinged and even last year when he was damned near crippled. It's not like Streveler is a complete liability out there. The kid does some good things. I just don't get that part of the QB management strategy. Last game was a golden opportunity wasted as the Argos were not coming back in that game in spite of what O'Shea suggested. 

    What I'm wondering, and no I have no proof, it's just a musing, but does Nichols get all butt-hurt if he doesn't get every single rep out there? Is he so afraid of losing his job that he'd rather play hurt than let another QB play? It sure seems that way sometimes.

    I'm pretty sure just about every QB and player on this team wants to be out there every down.  It's called competitiveness, no different than Bighill no doubt being frustrated for having to sit it out.  But Nichols is a team player and he respects his coaches' decisions, so no, I don't buy Nichols getting butt hurt.

     

    As I said, I highly disagreed with O'Shea not letting Strev take over the rest of the way.  But I don't doubt his claim that he wanted to keep his foot on the accelerator and not let the Argos get momentum.  Strev should have played more, but O'Shea is in charge of this, not Nichols.

  7. Matt Nichols Discredited Too Much? Passing Yards Are Meaningless

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    1 minute ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

    I honestly think we would have lost that game against Edmonton with Strevs. That defence required a bit more seasoned experience to defeat.

    And I also think we still lose that west final in Calgary with Strev.  He might have scrambled a little more, but that's a risky prospect going up against Alex Singleton who may have wrecked him.  He also may not have thrown the ball away, but if he gets risky and decides to throw it in tight windows, the Nichols detractors likely are railing on him for throwing picks right now.

  8. Matt Nichols Discredited Too Much? Passing Yards Are Meaningless

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    28 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:

    Folks take it personally that other fans of the team don't see Nichols as anything more than a game manager (Which he is).

     

    Here's where I think the problem with that was lying over the last year and why offense was taken to it.  It was not that he got called a game manager, it was that people seemed to get the notion that his being that or playing in the style he does cost us the West Final.  People seemed to believe that any other QB playing for us on that day would have won the game without any evidence to back that claim.  More so because:

    1. The Stamps defense got downplayed.  They made the Redblacks offense look even worse the following week and I'm willing to bet they would have wrecked Anthony Calvillo in his prime.  They were that good.

    2. People seemed to downplay the WRs getting blanket covered all day in that game and seemed to have it in their minds that just any good QB should have been able to complete passes all day there even if the throwing windows were nearly non-existent.

    3. Even more so, a couple of us were discussing why Lapolice's game plan for this game was garbage and got telegraphed by the Stamps D.  Yet when discussed, the detractors just decided to ignore it because it didn't fit their narrative.

    The problem wasn't Nichols being called a game manager, it was a narrative pumped that a game manager and specifically him could not ever get us to or win a Grey Cup.  That I believe was false when Bo Levi wasn't playing good either and could have lost that game if he didn't have the defense and special teams on his team that helped him win.

     

    Anyway, that wasn't a good game for Nichols, but it's in the past now and the toughest defense he probably has to worry about staying ahead of this year is the Esks.  Assuming we're able to stay in front of them and force them to play the West Final here in IGF come November, I like his chances of beating them.

  9. Matt Nichols Discredited Too Much? Passing Yards Are Meaningless

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    17 minutes ago, J5V said:

    It's all banter common to a discussion forum of this nature. I don't have a problem with it. It only gets really silly when the bad language, personal attacks, name calling, and insults start flying. The signal-to-noise ratio gets askew and it becomes unbearable. It's almost always the usual suspects too. 

    Maybe, but loosely throwing stuff out there without proof can make people look silly.  My position is most of the knocks on Nichols are not provable.

  14. Matt Nichols Discredited Too Much? Passing Yards Are Meaningless

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    1 hour ago, NorthernSkunk said:

    It's great Nichols is completing some of his longer passes finally,   now if we are down a score or two with the clock running out we can assume he could still put out a win for the Bombers with a few long bombs late in a game.  Lets also hope he can do it under the pressure of a playoff game if need be.  I'm still concerned about his durability,  every game he gets a scare from some type of hit or freak incident ( didn't somebody roll up on his leg last game ?) .......also his mobility is not that great which doesn't help his ability to escape those big hits.

    That's a fair point, but Streveler too also has problems not sliding.  He's big sure, but going down when you're running into the linebackers zone is still smart if you're on the field with dudes like Awe or Simoni Lawrence out there.

    Buck Pierce got a bit reckless like that and I'm worried his influence might be rubbing off on Strev

  15. Matt Nichols Discredited Too Much? Passing Yards Are Meaningless

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    1 hour ago, 17to85 said:

    I believe the point you are missing, is that some people just always gotta be finding something to ***** about with regards to Nichols. 

    Exactly, if people weren't trying to bring heat on him, us die hard supporters wouldn't be calling it out and defending him like we are.

    Point is if he's a 200 yarder week in and week out but the TDs keep going up and ints stay down, that is greatness right there.  Better way of framing my claim is TDs outweigh passing yards by 1000x.

  18. Week 5 Takeaways

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    In b4 a certain TiCats fan plagiarizes this again lol

    But let's get to it

    1. Willie Jefferson was really onto something when he brought up the smoke thing, cuz there was a ton of it this last Friday, and IGF was rocking

    2. BC has to be the most excruciating team to watch on national TV.  Man, just all around raddy and awful the way they got things on the sideline and field.  Lions fans, I'm sorry but I don't think it's going to get better any time real soon.

    3. Edmonton is the league's win but without excitement team

    4. Toronto is still in the cellar, but hey at least they finally figured out how to throw to D. Walker, they should try it more

    5. Ottawa is still 2-2, but Dom Davis and Chris Randle are headed for trouble if they don't get it straightened out.  Almost Jonathon Jennings time

    6. Montreal is the dark horse who you had better not diss.  Bombers had better be careful not to get caught in a trap game when we go to their house.  2-2 and getting better.

    7. The Nick Arbuckle train got derailed as did the Roberson one.  Stampeder fan nation in a meltdown.

    8. Despite the incompetence of Masoli and Hajrallahu, the TiCats showed why you shouldn't say they're done based on one fluke Stanback game.  Best in the East by far still.  Good thing Jamie Nye the not so science guy wasn't able to jinx this one.

    9. The Riders were off thank god

  19. CGY @ Ham - Time For The Stamps To Get Reality Checked And Have Lunch Money Stolen

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    2 hours ago, do or die said:

    Stamps receivers were total junk in that one.   Drops, fumbles and plays not made.   Cats won't win a beauty contest with that one, but the deal is finding ways to win, and collect the points.

    Hamilton and us in many respects have many similarities that cause big wins.  Playmaker WRs, defenses that force turnovers, and special teams return beasts.  Multiple ways of beating you.

    But where we do got the edge over Hamilton is ...

    Nichols >> Masoli

    A Harris > Sean Thomas-Erlington/Irons

    Money Medlock > Lunker Lirim

     

    Hence why we beat them in the Grey Cup

  20. CGY @ Ham - Time For The Stamps To Get Reality Checked And Have Lunch Money Stolen

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    12 minutes ago, White Out said:

    Some pretty funny whinging going on on a Calgary Forum right now

     

    8 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

    They just better be thankful BC tanked for them, otherwise they’d only have 1 win.

    And be thankful it was awful Masoli they were playing and not Nichols.  Give Hamilton Nichols type QBing and theyd have gotten thrashed big time.

    Oh yes, big old reality check hitting Calgary tonight

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