After our second bye week we play the softest part of our schedule:

Ottawa Friday the 22nd

 Edmonton Saturday the 30th (there)

Hamilton Friday Oct 6

this is where we can build confidence and momentum

 

Edmonton will play Toronto, Winnipeg & Montreal

BC will play Calgary, Hamilton & Ottawa 

Calgary has BC, Regina,  Montreal & Hamilton 

That all looks quite balanced,no real schedule quarks

So in the near term we are going to make our own destiny that will set the stage for the end of thes season when we finish with BC, Toronto, BC again and Calgary for the last

I am excited going into the bye ..... relaxation comes later

20 minutes ago, Judd said:

I always thought he was starter material. Surprised he never wanted/pushed for a starting job on another team

Tells you all you need to know... 

Honestly, there is not one opponent left on this schedule other than Calgary who is not beatable for us, and even Calgary has to lose at some point.

Out of these next three, Edmonton is probably the most likely we'd lose to if anyone because they will likely have a few players back who we didn't face against last time, and we haven't swept em in years.  Also, just as their 7-game win streak couldn't last forever, they're too talented to have that losing streak continue on as well, so we might unfortunately catch them when they're due for a win.

Ottawa ... well I wouldn't take them for granted, but Tate has looked a bit rusty and doesn't nearly have the supporting cast he had around him in Calgary (other than Sinopli).

Hamilton just had a couple East teams come in and give them some easy burgers in these last 2.  Masoli has turned the ball over a lot against us though, and I think these next two games they'll be returning back to their losing ways against better west opponents.

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

So how did Tate look in relief the other night? He's no slouch either... 

I watched the game...  Tate held onto the ball long on a few plays,   tossed in double coverage,   and made a few nice plays.     I was not impressed  or scared,  he seemed to like to throw rainbows across the field.   Definitely a step down from Harris that's for sure.   Ottawa just seemed to be completely disinterested until the 2nd half started when the D stepped up and started rushing Masoli. 

Hamilton looked good in the first quarter and hot garbage for the rest of the game.   Masoli is absolutely terrible if any defenders rush him,   I'd say if we have any pressure on him and can contain him that our defense would get a tonne of ints.  

 

 

I'd certainly take Harris over Tate, but I thought Tate did well all things considered. It'll be really interesting to see how Tate does against Montreal this week after a week with starters reps in practice.

I think its 2 out of 3, win the home games, lose a tough one in Edmonton. I'd love to see a sweep though.

Whatever shakes out over the next 3 games, Im just happy that IGF looks like its starting to become more of an advantage to play there for the Bombers. Atmosphere has been great there this season. 

we win our next 5 games.

Edited September 11, 20178 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

2 minutes ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

we win our next 5 games.

Bold strategy cotton.. let's see if it pays off

The good news for the Bombers if Tate is still QB is that we will have had a couple of weeks' worth of tape on him. Too many times a new QB comes in and catches the other team off guard since he wasn't the one they scouted.

Hopefully the Bombers don't take their next 3 opponents as lightly as what seems to be the case here. Ottawa has their game back....yes they lost their starting QB but the guy who replaced him was as starter for Calgary I believe before they decided to go with Mitchel. Their D is not as bad as ours so that suggests it could be much closer than what everyone is saying. As for Edmonton well that will be tough. They are beatable but again our D will be the issue.  As for Hamilton, well that might be the one that is more of a given than any other.  BUT they too have won 2 in a row. Confidence is a big thing is sports so let's not take anything for granted.

The offense is playing well, the best I've seen them play on a consistent basis for years....the special teams are playing well....but the defense well if there is a silver lining one could say out of the 476 yards against last game, some 167 of them were on two plays. That is the scary part as well as they had 3 big plays I can think of off the top of my head and that continues to be a big concern.

So let's give them a chance to regroup and refocus and see what happens. Hopefully as some have said here three would be nice but take two and run.

Tate is allergic to contact. Extremely easy to get him off his game.

21 hours ago, Judd said:

I always thought he was starter material. Surprised he never wanted/pushed for a starting job on another team

Tate is a wingnut.  He's talented but he has even gone on record saying he prefers to be back up because that way he doesn't get hit.

I have to 100% disagree with the thread premise... Ottawa is a good football team and although they will be playing without Trevor Harris (likely) they will not be taken lightly... Edmonton is never an easy game... and Hamilton should be easily winnable, but they have been resembling an actual football team in the past two weeks...

We could easily go 3-0 over this stretch... but could just as easily go 1-2... luckily I have full faith in Mike O that he will never let these guys get complacent...

17 hours ago, Old Bomber Fan said:

Hopefully the Bombers don't take their next 3 opponents as lightly as what seems to be the case here. Ottawa has their game back....yes they lost their starting QB but the guy who replaced him was as starter for Calgary I believe before they decided to go with Mitchel. Their D is not as bad as ours so that suggests it could be much closer than what everyone is saying. As for Edmonton well that will be tough. They are beatable but again our D will be the issue.  As for Hamilton, well that might be the one that is more of a given than any other.  BUT they too have won 2 in a row. Confidence is a big thing is sports so let's not take anything for granted.

The offense is playing well, the best I've seen them play on a consistent basis for years....the special teams are playing well....but the defense well if there is a silver lining one could say out of the 476 yards against last game, some 167 of them were on two plays. That is the scary part as well as they had 3 big plays I can think of off the top of my head and that continues to be a big concern.

So let's give them a chance to regroup and refocus and see what happens. Hopefully as some have said here three would be nice but take two and run.

That's the biggest fluff job on Tate I've ever seen. The guys never really been a starter, just look up his stats,  his biggest season total is 2011 passing 101/158 for 1346 yards 8 tds 5 ints.  never before or since has he cracked 1000 yards passing.  Hell Glenn even started ahead of him (in part due to injuries iirc) in 2012 and 2013.  BLM basically took over for Glenn in 2014 while Tate continued to collect paycheques opting to be a back up instead of trying his hand as a starter elsewhere

On 9/11/2017 at 2:31 PM, Brandon said:

I watched the game...  Tate held onto the ball long on a few plays,   tossed in double coverage,   and made a few nice plays.     I was not impressed  or scared,  he seemed to like to throw rainbows across the field.   Definitely a step down from Harris that's for sure.   Ottawa just seemed to be completely disinterested until the 2nd half started when the D stepped up and started rushing Masoli. 

Hamilton looked good in the first quarter and hot garbage for the rest of the game.   Masoli is absolutely terrible if any defenders rush him,   I'd say if we have any pressure on him and can contain him that our defense would get a tonne of ints.  

 

 

See last year's late late game for evidence. Masoli was putrid, against us, and that was after shooting the lights out the week prior.

3 hours ago, bearpants said:

I have to 100% disagree with the thread premise... Ottawa is a good football team and although they will be playing without Trevor Harris (likely) they will not be taken lightly... Edmonton is never an easy game... and Hamilton should be easily winnable, but they have been resembling an actual football team in the past two weeks...

We could easily go 3-0 over this stretch... but could just as easily go 1-2... luckily I have full faith in Mike O that he will never let these guys get complacent...

All of these games are dangerous. 

We needed last-minute heroics + a kick return braincramp + OT to beat Ottawa. 

The Edmonton team we beat was depleted, tired, and crisco-handed.

We let Hamilton hang around for three quarters before burying them in the 4th. 

A couple bounces go differently and all these games come out different.  Maybe not the Hamilton one, but the other two, definitely.

(in case it sounds like I'm not giving the Bombers credit for their wins, I do  -- but for all but one quarter, these were three competitive games)

The Hamilton one was never close I wouldn't include that one, and the Edmonton one I don't believe was as close as the score, but with a team that can make big plays like they do it can always get close in a hurry. So I agree that some of them were dangerous, but not always because they were close games, just the nature of football. Couple plays here and there can change everything. 

6 minutes ago, Pete Catan's Ghost said:

See last year's late late game for evidence. Masoli was putrid, against us, and that was after shooting the lights out the week prior.

June Jones' rep was built on grooming quarterbacks, so maybe Masoli will get better.

On September 10, 2017 at 5:42 PM, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

The amazing thing is that there was no flag on the play, it sure looked like a direct helmet hit.

I thought he hit him in the chest. When his head snapped forward he hit the helmet.   So it looked clean to me. Big hit but clean.

40 minutes ago, johnzo said:

All of these games are dangerous. 

We needed last-minute heroics + a kick return braincramp + OT to beat Ottawa. 

The Edmonton team we beat was depleted, tired, and crisco-handed.

We let Hamilton hang around for three quarters before burying them in the 4th. 

A couple bounces go differently and all these games come out different.  Maybe not the Hamilton one, but the other two, definitely.

(in case it sounds like I'm not giving the Bombers credit for their wins, I do  -- but for all but one quarter, these were three competitive games)

I might be mis-remembering that game but it didn't go to OT we were down 7, kicked a FG, got a single on a kick off,  FG to tie then our D stopped the RBs and Medlock kicked the game winning FG on the last play in regulation

Edited September 13, 20178 yr by Taynted_Fayth

Yeah Winnipeg didn't need OT to beat Otterwa.

Does it really matter?  A win is a win....and we will likely find ways to win again...no matter the score.

Yup, brain cramp.

1 hour ago, 17to85 said:

The Hamilton one was never close I wouldn't include that one, and the Edmonton one I don't believe was as close as the score, but with a team that can make big plays like they do it can always get close in a hurry. So I agree that some of them were dangerous, but not always because they were close games, just the nature of football. Couple plays here and there can change everything. 

Reilly and his receivers make big plays - Bombers are prone to giving those up. 

11 hours ago, Mark H. said:

Reilly and his receivers make big plays - Bombers are prone to giving those up. 

Yeah, the score in that game really flattered the Eskimos, IMO. The defense had no answer for Harris, who basically owned that game.