Opening drive.....Harris running sweep...gets the edge..
….and cruises down the sideline for 50 yd TD
Nobody touched him, either...
BC moving....until Lulay shot puts pass, into the end zone
Fogg has easy INT and pretty good return...,.
Nichols play action, then 50 yarder to wide open to Woltarsky
Medlock hits 41 yd FG attempt...uh, off the post..
Bomber 2nd down D, still needs work
But O has 130 yds in the quarter...
Nichols hits Adams for 30, down the sideline.....
...but then telegraphs sideline out, for easy INT
Bombers not spreading pass game around, yet...
With Johnson out, Rainey stuffed on 3rd and 1....
Harris runs for 10, Demski for 20....
Demski looks pretty good in North/South mode
BC called on IC.....then Harris pounds it in 14-0.
Medlock hits perfect short kickoff..nice recover by Briggs..
...and hits on 50 yds FG....off the bar....17-0 Bombers
Harris breaks 3 more tackles on screen....beast mode...
Adams kills that drive with dropped slant pass.....
Fogg good PR....called back on "holding"
Rainey has better luck on his good PR...
Lulay is getting some time to throw the ball
Wild called for "roughing" Lulay....
Time running out in half....BC skips FG....
...to throw last play pass to Burnham...who drops it.
17-0 at half, but Bombers left some points on the field, there...
Another good kick return from Rainey...guy scares me....
3rd and I....Farjardo strings it down the line, Bighill with the stop
Adams with nice catch....Harris bulls his way down to the 10...
Streveler runs to the 2.  Bombers go for it on 3rd down....
Streveler takes ball deep in backfield, but cannot crash it in...
Moral booster for Lions....more points left on field for Blue....
Bomber D still cannot cover the wide flat passes.....
Jeffcoat called for "horse collar" tackle...…
Rainey catch and run for 35, another pass to Collins...
Tonight's crew having some difficulty with "officiating"
Lulay dives into the end zone….17-7 Bombers...
What looked like a laugher....is now not looking very funny...…
Harris bulls through a bunch of Lions for good gain.....
Nichols double pumps.....then terrible overthrow INT
Now C. Johnson tagged for roughing on Lulay.....
Penalties off the ball... are really stinging the Blue.....
Opo plants Lulay in the backfield...Long makes its 17-10.
O now features bad passing, instead of Harris
Lulay puts up jump ball....Manny A....jumps over Cooper...
After 9 month layoff....Lulay hits 300 passing yards....
Long makes it 17-10.  DOD makes it, another gin...
Bombers another 2 and out on O....which has been terrible, this half.
Bighill smacks Rainey for loss....D gives up ANOTHER 2nd down pass.
2nd and long again....Lulay gets out of pocket and hits Burnham...
Johnson takes sideline pass...no tackling....TD BC.  Tie game.
Bomber D now imploding....Bomber O has already imploded.. 
1:50 left...time to pull this one out.  Nichols sacked...
Nichols rolls out, throw across his body for ANOTHER BAD INT.
The idea was to pull this game out.....not toss it away..
Naturally, Lulay goes after Cooper, 40 yds to Burnham....
BC runs clock down.  Long hits 15 yd FG...on last play of game.
20-17.  Abject and utter collapse on both sides of the ball.
Worst game by Nichols in a Bomber uniform.....
0 points in 2nd half, against a Mark Washington D
Defense can't make a stop in crunch time….again 
Well, after some more gin...I am sure that this game.....
…...will simply look...just as bad.   
 

 

 

 

 

My memory of Bowman was that he disappeared from games when they had him going deep. He thrived in Edmonton on quick passes that were 5-8 yards out I'm which he then tacked on an extra 10-15 yac.

Yup, thought that Bowman would be a real good fit - catching the slants and hooks and flats in a Lapo O.   But he is either not getting open, or we don't look for him at all....or....or....

53 minutes ago, voodoochylde said:

 

I was as well .. and I *LIKE* the instinct here .. to go for it .. that's playing to win and I can appreciate that decision.  It was poor execution. When you're down on the one .. with the defense one yard off the ball .. don't get fancy .. get a hat on a hat and move straight ahead.

With two of the best interior OL in Goossen and Chungh, very slim chance Harris doesn’t get a first down behind them. 

Bowman needs to be targeted a lot to keep his head in the game and we have to put up with a few drops. We are only targeting him 2 or 3 times a game, which isn't enough.

On 2018-07-15 at 9:43 AM, do or die said:

Bighill smacks Rainey for loss....D gives up ANOTHER 2nd down pass.
2nd and long again....Lulay gets out of pocket and hits Burnham...
Johnson takes sideline pass...no tackling....TD BC.  Tie game.

On the tying touchdown play, the defenders looked confused, they left a receiver uncovered seven yards from their own goal line, then 3 players couldn't tackle him. He's not Andrew Harris.

This is the part that is discouraging. Same stuff on defence. game after game. 

La Police, Nichols and the offence will bounce back.

But this defence, has been, is, and looks like it always will be, not good enough.

 

Edited July 16, 20187 yr by Mark F

One more question:

Why is Demski suddenly a go-to guy on O?  

14 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:

Bowman needs to be targeted a lot to keep his head in the game and we have to put up with a few drops. We are only targeting him 2 or 3 times a game, which isn't enough.

This is it, he's the Bombers version of Duron Carter without the nasty twirks, Reilly knew they had to go to him early and often or he loses focus and becomes a non-factor, get him involved and he becomes almost unstoppable.  LaPo and Nichols can take it either way, but right now he's on the straight path to following Clarence out the door.

27 minutes ago, do or die said:

One more question:

Why is Demski suddenly a go-to guy on O?  

Good question but he has been pretty effective running the ball. It’s nice to see him contributing but at this point he should be used more sporadically in my humble opinion.

 

51 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:

Bowman needs to be targeted a lot to keep his head in the game and we have to put up with a few drops. We are only targeting him 2 or 3 times a game, which isn't enough.

I also found this to be a pretty good point. It still may be a little early to decide what’s going on with him right now though. Nichols was clearly off his game saturday night, and so I can’t help but wonder if it will just take a little time to develop their chemistry again. That is assuming Nichols finds his game, of course.

 

but to be fair bowman hasn’t exactly been sure handed thus far into the season. I remember being at the home opener and having flash backs or what was it...2009.

 

2 hours ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

Lankford in for Bowman please. And yes, I'm serious.

I’d rather see Simonise and Petermann.  Use the import spot on D right now, go all import D.

Yup, I think these guys could do a job, and improve the ratio

1 hour ago, TBURGESS said:

Bowman needs to be targeted a lot to keep his head in the game and we have to put up with a few drops. We are only targeting him 2 or 3 times a game, which isn't enough.

He can’t get open anymore. With his hands the same as they’ve always been, he’s got nothing left to offer. Targeting him is a lost cause. Walters somehow found the one guy worse than Denmark as his replacement.