USABomberfan

But again, the sample size of bad Nichols is as long as the sample size of good Nichols. What other QB would get away with a full season where he literally has two good games? Not to mention, he was hardly an All-Star to begin with. 

I give him all the credit for the win against Edmonton in week 17 and the BC win last year. Those were literally his two good 2018 performances. 

Answer the question, pal. What are Nichols’ strengths as a passer?

You’ve yet to make a single point that suggests you know anything about football. Tell me again, what do you think are Nichol’s strengths as a passer? And is a 46% completion percentage with 157 yards in a losing effort in the playoffs an acceptable result for you?

And Harris still had 5.5 YPC that game. Not like he was bottled up. 

Look, I don’t like Lapo any more than you do but to lay it all on him is once again letting Nichols off the hook for playing extremely poorly. 

The WSF last season was almost exclusively his fault. Lapo didn’t help but it was an all time poor playoff QB performance. 

For all the talk this offseason that there will be packages in games to get Streveler a meaningful number of reps over the course of the season, I’ll believe it when I see it. When the team was struggling on offence down the stretch, Streveler paradoxically got less and less time on the field. It’s hard to fathom why outside of Lapo being a stubborn mule and it hurting Nichols’ feelings. 

Streveler isn’t anymore reckless with the ball than Nichols. But I meant down the stretch of the season. He hardly played outside of the game he started. 

We got Nichols for a 7th round pick which is equivalent to a bag of 7 practice balls. Thanks Ed!

Whoosh.

Funny how Fenner gets no benefit of the doubt to some. Didn’t we win the game? He covered guys exactly well enough for us to win by seven. 

That’s a terrific move. 

He’s a good player. Low risk, high reward and at a position where having a young Canadian is valuable. Even if Hecht has a great season, he’s 34. 

Kavis Reed is in charge of their personnel. 
But in seriousness, he lost his starting job at the start of last season and it likely wasn’t worth the money for them to have him as the extra DB. Though I would argue he was still the best Canadian DB they had. 

Plus he was cut mid TC rather than at the end which would normally indicate you were never a PR candidate. 

The point for me is, we’ve seen this movie a million times with Nichols. He’s bad for a stretch, has a good or even great game and everyone says “he’s back to 2017!” and things largely go back to the way they were before. Bad performance are always an anomaly with him, even when they outweigh the positive ones. 
I don’t dispute that this team can win with Nichols. If any roster in the league can overcome poor QB play, it’s this one. It’s just hard to be overly optimistic when outside of the occasional great game, Nichols seems to be getting worse and not better. Is Streveler the answer? I can’t say that. I like him but I’m far from convinced he’s the long term option. I’d absolutely give him the start against Toronto with Nichols coming off concussion protocol because we could probably start you or I at QB and beat this Argos team. I also think it’s important to see what Streveler provides at this point with an offence that is actually tailored to him because ultimately, a long term and important QB decision has to be made for this team this offseason. 
I realize there is no option beyond Nichols or Streveler this season and if Nichols proves me wrong and plays like he did against Ottawa more than he plays like he did against Edmonton, I’ll  be thrilled. I’d rather be wrong about Nichols and the team is amazing than right about him and the team struggles. 

Ok. What’s your counter argument? He was abysmal last season and has one great performance, one average performance and one terrible performance this season. 

You could say the same about Streveler regarding being the victim of terrible playcalling.  Again, he was terrible against Edmonton and I’m not sure how you could argue otherwise. If he plays the way he did against Edmonton the TD:INT will level out. His game against BC was fine and I suppose even if he plays like that more than the way he played against Ottawa this team will still be fine I don’t think he deserves the benefit of the doubt until he shows it for more than two games. 

I have concerns with Streveler as well, don’t get me wrong but reading a defence is hardly Nichols strength either. If it were up to me, we’d go hard after Arbuckle in the off-season if Streveler looks mediocre in reasonable reps this season. Our record should be good enough that we can afford to give him a few starts. Again, really no downside to giving Nichols the Toronto game off. 

I’m not complaining, friend. I literally credited Nichols largely for the win on Friday. Reading comprehension is a valuable skill to learn. 

I realize my style rubs people the wrong way. I’ll tone it down. 

Nice edit

For the record, I like 95% of our roster and while I don’t have any issues making grand claims about players being good or bad, I own it when I’m wrong. Kyrie Wilson is an example of someone I got wrong. Gaitor last year as well. My stance on Nichols isn’t trolling at all. It’s very hard to criticize players when the team is largely doing well without being considered a troll around here. Not that I expect any pity. I dish it to people so I can certainly take it. It’s just very clear that positive posts are ignored and the negative (mostly Nichols-related) posts are misconstrued as some sort of horrible anti-Bombers agenda. 

Briggs was great. I’m happy to eat crow. Wouldn’t want him starting all season but no complaints from me.