WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS (1-1) at HAMILTON TIGER-CATS (1-1)

Kickoff: 6 p.m. CT Friday; Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton
TV: TSN, RDS, ESPN2
Radio: CJOB
Vegas line: The Ticats are favoured by 4 1/2 points.

 

Coming off a shellacking of the lowly Als, the Bombers face a tough test against the very potent offence of June Jones piloted by the OG J.M. and a defensive scheme drawn up by Jerry Glanville, overseen by Orlondo Steinauer.  

How will Hall's defense fare? More Mtl and less Eskies, or more of what we've seen these past few years? 

Are Coach Lapo and "The Strevelation"  going to continue their stellar progression or will we see things come back to Earth? What ever the outcome- this promises to be a great game! 

 

 

 

 

GO BLUE!!

 

 

Edited June 29, 20187 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

is Streveler's arm broken? Why do they refuse to pass?

Is the team to scared to throw deep?

Weve got guys like Bowman and Adams who are as good as any in the league. Let them go up and get one already. Mike Reilly has made a career out of jump balls.

Edited June 30, 20187 yr by Bubba Zanetti

Ok maybe thats why lol. Underthrown

Why are the Hamilton receivers so wide open all game ?......I don't know if I seen one defensive knockdown of a pass for the Bombers tonight...

Just now, NorthernSkunk said:

Why are the Hamilton receivers so wide open all game ?......I don't know if I seen one defensive knockdown of a pass for the Bombers tonight...

Staple of the Hall defense...  it is painful to watch.     I do miss the aggressiveness of the Nelson defense we had way back when....

2 minutes ago, NorthernSkunk said:

Why are the Hamilton receivers so wide open all game ?......I don't know if I seen one defensive knockdown of a pass for the Bombers tonight...

Its the Richie Hall Bend But Dont Break garbage soft zone that breaks more than it bends

Cant pass defend, cant defend against the run. So much for our revamped defense.

3 minutes ago, Brandon said:

Staple of the Hall defense...  it is painful to watch.     I do miss the aggressiveness of the Nelson defense we had way back when....

 

2 minutes ago, Bubba Zanetti said:

Its the Richie Hall Bend But Dont Break garbage soft zone that breaks more than it bends

I am stunned that after the first half of it they don't try something a bit different .....

20 minutes ago, Bubba Zanetti said:

is Streveler's arm broken? Why do they refuse to pass?

Lapolice has at times gone a bit too conservative when dealing with young QBs.  He hasn't had his best masterpiece tonight.

 

But still... Our defensive problems are all Richie Hall's fault.  If it takes Wade Miller and the Bomber BOD to order his firing at the end of the season ... Then so be it.

Just now, NorthernSkunk said:

 

I am stunned that after the first half of it they don't try something a bit different .....

They never seem to make half time adjustments. Its truly mind boggling. I cant imagine Kyle Walters is ok with this garbage D year after year. I sure hope MOS isnt either.

Just now, USABomberfan said:

Lapolice has at times gone a bit too conservative when dealing with young QBs.  He hasn't had his best masterpiece tonight.

 

But still... Our defensive problems are all Richie Hall's fault.  If it takes Wade Miller and the Bomber BOD to order his firing at the end of the season ... Then so be it.

If this continues i sure hope its before that.

When will they need Manziel? 

Bowman sure wrapped himself in glory on that last series. He quit on the play where Streveler threw it to him.

11 minutes ago, Bubba Zanetti said:

If this continues i sure hope its before that.

Well, knowing the way we're run now and the lack of current options able to step in and fix it, I'm afraid it won't be till the end.

But there is absolutely no more excuses for Hall.  None whatsoever.

I can forgive Lapolice when we have a rookie QB who was also victimized by OLmen committing drive killing penalties and WRs dropping balls.  But when you got a DC whose been given 4 years with several different player switches and nothing gets fixed on defense, that's a fireable offense if I ever saw one.

Just now, sweep the leg said:

Bowman sure wrapped himself in glory on that last series. He quit on the play where Streveler threw it to him.

It was pretty brutal PI.  Unamba literally just wrapped him up.  Unless you mean the one early in the drive that was a touch behind him that he didn't even make an attempt on.

Feel like the refs wanted to get back into AC on that last Bomber drive, two brutal PI's uncalled 1st and 2nd down plus the whole clock issue on Bowman's "offside" when the ref didn't whistle play in and 7 seconds ran off.  We were going to lose anyway but this is a professional game.

48 minutes ago, Bubba Zanetti said:

Matt Nichols get well soon

Makes no difference this game. The D got shredded. How is this on our QB? The D let Ham march at will 6 series in a row pretty much.. Same damn thing with no adjustments the whole damn game. The D gave up 15 yards on a 2nd and 12 run. The D sucks.. Nichols makes no difference tonight.

 

What might have is if they let Streveler run the ball more earlier since he seems to get quite fired up when he does. Our D sucked tho. Badly. 

Edited June 30, 20187 yr by Goalie

If the d can't make stops you wont win the game doesn't matter who the qb is.

36 minutes ago, Brandon said:

Staple of the Hall defense...  it is painful to watch.     I do miss the aggressiveness of the Nelson defense we had way back when....

Most aggressive D we ever had was 2016, literally set a record for turnovers.  Not sure what the hell happened.

Hall must have found Jim Daly's old playbook, what am embarrassing game Hall called tonight and Lapo wasn't much better. Just a very disappointing job of play calling from those two. 

10 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Makes no difference this game. The D got shredded. How is this on our QB? The D let Ham march at will 6 series in a row pretty much.. Same damn thing with no adjustments the whole damn game. The D gave up 15 yards on a 2nd and 12 run. The D sucks.. Nichols makes no difference tonight.

 

What might have is if they let Streveler run the ball more earlier since he seems to get quite fired up when he does. Our D sucked tho. Badly. 

You're telling me Nichols would have had the same brutal ultra conservative game plan and his 7 years in the league compared to 6 weeks would not have made a difference? Dont be dim.

One first down in the 3rd quarter isn’t the defences fault. #16 bites and gets beat like a drum....Hall’s fault?, #16 ducks his head and closes his eyes and gets hurdled over...Hall’s fault.....the corner bites and gets lit up....Hall’s fault?   Hamilton plays max pro and the stats says he has a 129 efficiency rating.  Hamilton looks pretty good....Teams have had a chance to see the rookie QB and watch tape on him so they are starting to know him. It’s a complicated game and a long season.

Hamilton D looked great because they werent tested at all and very well rested all game due to the ridiculous TOP discrepancy.

Just now, Bubba Zanetti said:

You're telling me Nichols would have had the same brutal ultra conservative game plan and his 7 years in the league compared to 6 weeks would not have made a difference? Dont be dim.

The only phase that didn't stink tonight was special teams.  Everyone's on the D, and they weren't great, but the TOP disadvantage is a 2 way street.  That's a long stretch of a game, over a quarter, where the Bombers did not gain a single first down.  That's nearly 3 consecutive quarters of play after the first two drives in the 1st where the Bombers didn't throw a pass longer than 8 yards.

1 minute ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

The only phase that didn't stink tonight was special teams.  Everyone's on the D, and they weren't great, but the TOP disadvantage is a 2 way street.  That's a long stretch of a game, over a quarter, where the Bombers did not gain a single first down.  That's nearly 3 consecutive quarters of play after the first two drives in the 1st where the Bombers didn't throw a pass longer than 8 yards.

Exactly. This game would have been much closer with Nichols.