It might be just a select few posters I'm seeing do this, but man some of these criticisms just get so old.  Sure it's all warranted and good to rip the guy when he throws bad passes or makes a bad decision, but now it's rip him even when he completes a deep ball to Matthews that was called back, or the one to Whitehead that stood?  I mean, what is this?  Some Nichols witch hunt where he can do no right or something?

I'm not going to pretend that Nichols was all good, but on series's where our offense was off he wasn't the only one who made the errors.  Andrew Harris was not good either outside his TD catch and had as much to do with the struggles, as did Fenner on defense, Adams and some of Lapo's play calls that 17to85 talks about.

Nichols isn't above criticism and he doesn't necessarily deserve heaps of praise on his head.  But it's absolutely ridiculous to assume that he single-handedly wins or loses games.  That's not how Mike O'Shea's team works.

And his passing yards are meaningless.  You can rack up yards all day against bend but don't break defenses, but if you don't get TDs out of them, you are overrated.  Yup, I said it.  Passing yards are completely meaningless.

Edited June 29, 20196 yr by USABomberfan

11 minutes ago, Pete Catan's Ghost said:

Unfortunately, he lacks the warmth and depth.

Not only that but one slip of the tongue and you're in deep **** 

to get this back on track.... it's interesting that much of the talk around Streveler's lack of experience as the big reason for not throwing him into a game, yet, in Calgary & Saskatchewan, you have 2 very green QBs who are learning on the fly, and doing quite well at it.   Just saying.

3 minutes ago, trueBlue83 said:

to get this back on track.... it's interesting that much of the talk around Streveler's lack of experience as the big reason for not throwing him into a game, yet, in Calgary & Saskatchewan, you have 2 very green QBs who are learning on the fly, and doing quite well at it.   Just saying.

you can add Ham. to that list as well.....the replacement there beat us.... He did have a little help from the game we played however...BUT he didn't cave  under pressure that's for sure

4 minutes ago, trueBlue83 said:

to get this back on track.... it's interesting that much of the talk around Streveler's lack of experience as the big reason for not throwing him into a game, yet, in Calgary & Saskatchewan, you have 2 very green QBs who are learning on the fly, and doing quite well at it.   Just saying.

Good point. Fajardo threw for 430 yards against the Argos. What can we expect from the veteran QB Matt Nichols tonight?

4 hours ago, J5V said:

Good point. Fajardo threw for 430 yards against the Argos. What can we expect from the veteran QB Matt Nichols tonight?

Not much

How about we trade Nichols and a 1st rounder and whatever else it takes to BC For Reilly...   dear lord go all in this season.     

Just now, Brandon said:

How about we trade Nichols and a 1st rounder and whatever else it takes to BC For Reilly...   dear lord go all in this season.     

Nichols and the two other star players it’ll take make up for the salary difference? 

No thanks. 

I had a feeling Nichols was going to have another off game.  The offence completely disappeared in the 2nd half.  It has all season.   It was glossed over by lopsided victories , but should be a major concern now.

 

1 minute ago, Blueandgold said:

Nichols and the two other star players it’ll take make up for the salary difference? 

No thanks. 

Nichols Bighill Walker. That be close. 

Edited August 2, 20196 yr by Goalie

Could you imagine this offense with Masoli, BLM, Reilly, Harris, hell Fajardo at this point! The run game, the weapons at receiver, the o-line, its all being wasted with Nichols. year after year.

5 minutes ago, Blueandgold said:

Nichols and the two other star players it’ll take make up for the salary difference? 

No thanks. 

I'd assume he had a signing bonus,   so it would be more so Nichols ,  Matthews,  and someone like Roh?

At this point I'd love to see streveler. People can see how our **** gameplan will sink him. Or he turns it around and I'm happy either way. 

Nichols had 27 yards passing in the second half against the worst team in the CFL.  Easily the worst performance by an opposing QB against Toronto this season.  Bethel-Thompson had over twice as many yards passing.  Think about that for a minute.

I firmly believe that if Nichols had average talent around him he would be putting up Drew Willy like numbers.  Heck, with above average talent he put up Drew Willy like numbers today!

Lapo sabotaging Nichols and the Bomber offense for not letting him interview for head coaching positions elsewhere?  Haha kidding....I think.

1 minute ago, blueandgoldguy said:

Lapo sabotaging Nichols and the Bomber offense for not letting him interview for head coaching positions elsewhere?  Haha kidding....I think.

QB cant throw. Bottom line. Game on line. 10 yard pass

Nichols beginning to look like the worst qb. in he league right about now....and that's saying something considering there are a lot of back-ups chalking up wins lately...while Nichols goes into a funk...Doesn't look good and if this keeps up we'll have a heckuva time  staying with the top teams in the west

28 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

Not much

What amazes me most is how O'Shea can just do nothing when Nichols struggles. Someone else mentioned that any QB can hand off to Harris so why would you do nothing about Nichols? Just dont get it. 

Also, how does O'Shea not challenge the spot on that 3rd down gamble? That was atrocious. 

7 minutes ago, Stickem said:

Nichols beginning to look like the worst qb. in he league right about now....and that's saying something considering there are a lot of back-ups chalking up wins lately...while Nichols goes into a funk...Doesn't look good and if this keeps up we'll have a heckuva time  staying with the top teams in the west

Its not a funk. 170 ish to is pretty close to normal now. 

3 minutes ago, J5V said:

What amazes me most is how O'Shea can just do nothing when Nichols struggles. Someone else mentioned that any QB can hand off to Harris so why would you do nothing about Nichols? Just dont get it. 

Also, how does O'Shea not challenge the spot on that 3rd down gamble? That was atrocious. 

How did they get that spot soooooooo wrong?

''''''When Nichols looks like he's struggling....why not put a different look into the game with Streve...Poor coaching and O'Shea can wear that...Not good enough Mike O

I'm not going to make a big deal about yards but I am frustrated that Nichols caves when the pressure is on and we need to make a few first down to extend drives.  Nichols kind of reminds me of Kirk Cousins: a decent QB but will only take you so far.  He has to lead the team to wins in close situations to have my confidence restored in him.

On the cjob pre game show I listened to them talk about how Buck Pierce was on the field watching Nichols closely in the warm ups....and he never does that so they were wondering why he was watching him so close. 

I wonder if he was watching his mechanics for dropping back before a throw,  I wonder if his knee injury has affected his longer throws ?...... he definitly doesn't throw very far very much....or very well.  For awhile now.

Nichols will  need to win a gc to restore my confidence. 

I called a Streveler take over around this time of the year during the off season. But after their start didnt think it would happen. It needs to

It's not mechanics of his throw or his leg.... it's all in the head with a dash of having very little athleticism

I told a colleague from.Regina back before the season started I expect Streveler to take over as starter by mid-August.  Sure seems to be trending that way.   If the club doesn't do anything about this soon, they are going to lose fans... how many times do we need to keep seeing this poor play?  Even Bob Irving right now isn't defending him like he usually does!