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GAME 9 | OTTAWA REDBLACKS (5-3) at WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS (5-3)

Kickoff: 7:30 p.m., Friday; Investors Group Field
TV: TSN, RDS, ESPN+
Radio: CJOB
Vegas line: The Bombers are favoured by 5 ½ points.
Streaks: Ottawa: 1W: Winnipeg: 3W
Home/Road: The Bombers are 3-1 at home; Ottawa is 2-2 on the road.
Series: The Bombers lead the all-time matchup with Ottawa clubs – Rough Riders, Renegades and REDBLACKS – 44-30-1 and are 22-13-1 all-time vs. the those squads in Winnipeg.
Recent history: The Bombers have won three straight against the REDBLACKS, capturing both games last year – 29-9 on September 22 in Ottawa and 33-30 on August 4 in Winnipeg, and 33-30 in Ottawa on November 4, 2016. Since the return of football to the capital, Winnipeg is 4-4 against the REDBLACKS.

(Thanks Ed Tait)

https://www.bluebombers.com/2018/08/16/game-preview-ott-vs-wpg-2/

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 17, 20187 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

5 minutes ago, Goalie said:

So is Randle

Some bad coverage for sure but Ellingson is a premiere WR.  Total team loss, imo.  Soft D and too many 2 and outs from the O.  Nichols wasn't great but not terrible either.  Ottawa just kicked our ass today.

Edited August 18, 20187 yr by wpgallday1960

Just now, wpgallday1960 said:

Some bad coverage for sure but Ellingson is a premiere WR.  Total team loss, imo.  Soft D and too many 2 and outstanding from the O.  Nichols wasn't great but not terrible either.  Ottawa just kicked our ass today.

Randles been exposed the last several games. 

2 hours ago, wpgallday1960 said:

Some bad coverage for sure but Ellingson is a premiere WR.  Total team loss, imo.  Soft D and too many 2 and outstanding from the O.  Nichols wasn't great but not terrible either.  Ottawa just kicked our ass today.

Disagree. Nichols was terrible, particularly when blitzed and this is the third or fourth game this year when he has looked bad.

Edited August 18, 20187 yr by Tracker

2 minutes ago, wpgallday1960 said:

Some bad coverage for sure but Ellingson is a premiere WR.  Total team loss, imo.  Soft D and too many 2 and outs from the O.  Nichols wasn't great but not terrible either.  Ottawa just kicked our ass today.

The scary part is that Calgary and Edmonton are better than Ottawa. We will have problems splitting with the Riders over the Labor Day back to backs. Calgary will kill us next week.

When you give up 44... I have a tough time putting the L on Nichols. He wasn't great but... It would help if our dbs could actually make plays. 

Just now, BBRT said:

The scary part is that Calgary and Edmonton are better than Ottawa. We will have problems splitting with the Riders over the Labor Day back to backs. Calgary will kill us next week.

QFT

 

Find it hard to be critical of the DB’s with the amount we blitz Bighill/JSK/Leggett/Loffler on passing downs and play cover zero.  Any decent pro QB is going to rip that apart and there’s not much the DB’s can do.  Middle of the field is wide open because 6-7 are rushing most passing downs.  Can’t expect 5-6 guys to defend the whole field.  You’re gambling the blitz gets there, but most often it doesn’t affect the throw.

Just now, BBRT said:

The scary part is that Calgary and Edmonton are better than Ottawa. We will have problems splitting with the Riders over the Labor Day back to backs. Calgary will kill us next week.

Edmonton is not. They are a duck n chuck O feasting on the same teams we have beat. Ottawa is the 2nd best team in the league

12 minutes ago, Goalie said:

23 35 291 2 Tds 1 int. 

 

Nichols best numbers of the year. 

 

Ottawa is pretty good. Bombers biggest problem is DBs... Randle hasnt been good this year. 

Plus fumble for Ottawa TD which basically ended the game halfway through the 3rd.

I’m surprised Nichols didn’t put up 450 staring into prevent for almost a whole half.

1 minute ago, BBRT said:

The scary part is that Calgary and Edmonton are better than Ottawa. We will have problems splitting with the Riders over the Labor Day back to backs. Calgary will kill us next week.

I agree about the game v Calgary - we always lose there.  I think we will get our usual split vs the Riders.

Just now, Goalie said:

When you give up 44... I have a tough time putting the L on Nichols. He wasn't great but... It would help if our dbs could actually make plays. 

When our O can't matriculate the ball downfield ( I love that term) the defense gets tired & as the game goes on gives up more & more yards. One works hand in hand with the other

 

2 hours ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Find it hard to be critical of the DB’s with the amount we blitz Bighill/JSK/Leggett/Loffler on passing downs and play cover zero.  Any decent pro QB is going to rip that apart and there’s not much the DB’s can do.  Middle of the field is wide open because 6-7 are rushing most passing downs.  Can’t expect 5-6 guys to defend the whole field.  You’re gambling the blitz gets there, but most often it doesn’t affect the throw.

So the question is why could Ottawa blitz so effectively and we could not?

What worries me other than the Bomber defense is the balance of our schedule. We have Cal, Sask, Sask, Mtl, Edm, Ottawa , Sask again , Cal and then Edm. I see us winning  2-3 at the best of the remaining games. not going to beat Calgary or Edmonton in my opinion and with 3 games against the Riders we might win 1 or 2 at the most.

1 minute ago, BBRT said:

What worries me other than the Bomber defense is the balance of our schedule. We have Cal, Sask, Sask, Mtl, Edm, Ottawa , Sask again , Cal and then Edm. I see us winning  2-3 at the best of the remaining games. not going to beat Calgary or Edmonton in my opinion and with 3 games against the Riders we might win 1 or 2 at the most.

Yes. That's why last place in the West is a real possibility.

Bombers were picked by all the media (except for Winnipeg) to finish last in the West before the season started.

17 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

You saw what MOS did to Streveler tonite so why would he start him. Better chance Earth is destroyed by a rogue meteor tomorrow.

There is a Sharknado in the forecast for Sunday, August 19.  Close enough to a rogue meteor?

2 hours ago, BBRT said:

What worries me other than the Bomber defense is the balance of our schedule. We have Cal, Sask, Sask, Mtl, Edm, Ottawa , Sask again , Cal and then Edm. I see us winning  2-3 at the best of the remaining games. not going to beat Calgary or Edmonton in my opinion and with 3 games against the Riders we might win 1 or 2 at the most.

Given how poorly the team played tonight, I am losing confidence that we can even split with the Riders in the home and home. Jones will be desperate to keep his playoff hopes and job security alive and we've been getting worse.

3 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

When our O can't matriculate the ball downfield ( I love that term) the defense gets tired & as the game goes on gives up more & more yards. One works hand in hand with the other

 

And it happens fast.  Ottawa gets two first downs but our D stop them.  Our O comes out, two dropbacks and then punt.  Ottawa puts together a drive and they are rolling.  O gets the big play to Adams.  Then D turns it over on plus 40.  O doesn’t score.  Game turns in a big way there.  O doesn’t do anything for the rest of the half and Ottawa puts up two TD drives.  Game pretty much done there.

5 minutes ago, Tracker said:

So the question is why could Ottawa blitz so effectively and we could not?

Our quarterback couldn’t counter it.  Either not prepared by Lapo and Co or doesn’t pick it up and hit the hot route.

1 minute ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

And it happens fast.  Ottawa gets two first downs but our D stop them.  Our O comes out, two dropbacks and then punt.  Ottawa puts together a drive and they are rolling.  O gets the big play to Adams.  Then D turns it over on plus 40.  O doesn’t score.  Game turns in a big way there.  O doesn’t do anything for the rest of the half and Ottawa puts up two TD drives.  Game pretty much done there.

Yeah. My biggest beef & what pissed me off tonight was the fact MOS kept Nichols in to the very end & not giving Streveler the chance to play. I think that was a totally stupid decision.  How does he gain experience? Just a dumbass decision. MOS does **** like that all the time. 

Game turned on those 2 consecutive TDs in the 3rd Q.  Lousy coverage by Fogg on consecutive plays then the fumble for the score.  Game over at that point.  Plenty of blame on O and D for the loss.

3 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Our quarterback couldn’t counter it.  Either not prepared by Lapo and Co or doesn’t pick it up and hit the hot route.

We need hot routes. Get the ball away fast. Throw screens, slants etc. Instead Nichols was looking downfield waiting for the receivers to finish their routes. 

2 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

We need hot routes. Get the ball away fast. Throw screens, slants etc. Instead Nichols was looking downfield waiting for the receivers to finish their routes. 

Im not saying to start the guy... But when Streveler comes in its 1 2 ball out... With nichols its 1 2 3 4 5 sometimes. 

1 minute ago, Goalie said:

Im not saying to start the guy... But when Streveler comes in its 1 2 ball out... With nichols its 1 2 3 4 5 sometimes. 

I'm not saying that either as he's the starter but tonight we got our ass kicked as a team, Take Matty out & let Streveler finish the game. 

12 minutes ago, TheSource said:

Yes. That's why last place in the West is a real possibility.

Bombers were picked by all the media (except for Winnipeg) to finish last in the West before the season started.

We need a "**** off" button for this worthless sack of ****.

We are NOT a last place team. We are a one & done playoff team. just like the last 2 seasons.