Moving on past the debacles of our former East brethren, it's time to look ahead to Ottawa and their team.

 

Well, this is a veteran team, put together of various personnel that we used to play in our previous years.  Certainly one that can't be taken lightly.  We saw the kind of fight they gave the Riders in preseason, and I certainly think they will be a bigger challenge this weekend.

 

I don't expect our offense to go throwing up the deuces of 45 points this game, CFL rarely has a team put that kind of production up back to back weeks, but one of our biggest marks of progress was that those points weren't just hit and miss drives that either lived or died by the big play, they were our offense in general staying on schedule with productive drives and finishing them.

 

We won't score a TD every time, but I'm glad to see our red zone percentage go up.

 

Think this one will be much closer, but hopefully we pull it out at the end.

 

Gooo Blue

Turner just tweeted a picture of his baby daughter so I'm guessing he will be back in time.

I see Bryant Turners baby arrived today so I'd expect him to be back in Winnipeg sometime tomorrow.

Just contain Henry Burris.....if you get to him early, he may morph into Hank....

I hope Burris and the boys are enjoying the day off, because we're going to make sure they have an off day on Thursday.

 

 

 

 

      Whatever you're doing  - enjoy your day!

Congratulations Mr. Turner on the new edition!

Winning 2 in row would be nice.  Think it was the 80's last time that happened.

Winning 2 in row would be nice.  Think it was the 80's last time that happened.

Or at least 2001.

I actually don't think Ottawa's going to be as bad as some think. They have some decent players and a solid coaching staff IMO. They're defense will most likely look a lot better than Toronto's did last week and if they can get the run game going the offense could get rolling early. At the same time though, the Bombers at least for me are unpredictable, maybe it's just the memories of the Kelly, Lapo and Burke era's that makes me think that however. The Bombers will/should be prepared, so IMO this could be a great game and I'm really excited to see if the Bombers can build off of last week's win.

Gonna be a 180 for our offense facing a Campbell/Nelson D rather than a Burke D.  Gonna see far less man coverage, tougher throws, tougher catches.

Very true but if we can give willy time again, he can drop those bombs into bread baskets and thread those needles again..

I actually don't think Ottawa's going to be as bad as some think. They have some decent players and a solid coaching staff IMO. They're defense will most likely look a lot better than Toronto's did last week and if they can get the run game going the offense could get rolling early. At the same time though, the Bombers at least for me are unpredictable, maybe it's just the memories of the Kelly, Lapo and Burke era's that makes me think that however. The Bombers will/should be prepared, so IMO this could be a great game and I'm really excited to see if the Bombers can build off of last week's win.

Starting 24 isn't that bad - but their back 20 (depth) isn't all that great. Same can be said for Bombers. 

 

 

Hit Burris early and often. Don't let his receivers breathe. The picks will come as he gets more desperate and tries to force things. Leggett will be tested as Burris won't be afraid to try to stretch the field.

Hank does not like being hit. If he gets pressured & hit he becomes the "Deer In The Headlines QB" & starts making bad decisions. If we give him time & he gets into a rhythm our defense will be in trouble.

Do you mean "Deer in the headlights"?

 

LOL, yeah!

 

Winning 2 in row would be nice.  Think it was the 80's last time that happened.

Or at least 2001.

 

2011 season. 

I have a bad feeling about this.

I don't know what to think about this game. I think Winnipeg pulls off the win, But i don't think it will be as lopsided as last weeks game, It could be though. Not sure what to expect from Ottawa, Really have no clue at all. They will probably be pretty competitive but if they get some injuries, they will be in trouble. Think Torontos Oline on paper is better then Ottawas so Winnipeg should be able to get pressure on Henry and if they do, i suspect it might be a long night for the Redblacks, Honestly, i remember going to a renegades game several several years ago, bombers absolutely smoked them. Put up 40 plus points on them, i could see that happening again actually but... in my heart i feel this game will be closer. Think Winnipeg wins but i'm thinking something like 34-20. Maybe a late touchdown by Ottawa to make the game seem closer then it actually was. Kind of like what Toronto did last week.

 

I like what i saw from Winnipeg in week 1, if they play like that this week, they should win. Play like that most weeks and they should win. I think because the game is at IGF, bombers win. Just a feeling i have but i feel the bombers will be very good at home this season. 

John Gott & J'Michael Deane are quality players who'd be starting on Calgary's offensive line if it wasn't for the dispersal draft. I expect Ottawa's OL to protect Burris better than people are expecting.

John Gott & J'Michael Deane are quality players who'd be starting on Calgary's offensive line if it wasn't for the dispersal draft. I expect Ottawa's OL to protect Burris better than people are expecting.

Gott and Deane are only two guys. It takes 5 to make an OL. I expect a lot of growing pains.

J'Michael Deane would not be starting on Calgary's OL. He's pretty alright.

Very confident Bombers will get another W at IGF tomorrow night because we will bring effort.

Like I said before last week's game, we finally have a coach in Mike O'Shea and a QB in Drew Willy.

We can probably save the "get pressure on the QB and make him force throws" analysis for pretty much every QB who's ever played the game...

 

Good article in the freep about Ottawa being filling with guys who "have a chip on their shoulder... also hard to game plan for a team with no film.... I expect a Bombers win but I think it'll be close... let's say Bomber 28 Redblacks 20 

If someone can post the image of the Depth Chart that will be appreciated.

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Only changes to #Bombers roster from last week vs Toronto have KaShawn Fraser and Paul Swiston on, replacing Turner and Cory Watson

 

Swiston is going to take some people by surprise lining up in the slot ..

 

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Only changes to #Bombers roster from last week vs Toronto have KaShawn Fraser and Paul Swiston on, replacing Turner and Cory Watson

 

Swiston is going to take some people by surprise lining up in the slot ..

 

 

6'9" slot receiver ? that's huge!

Was over on the Ottawa site to see who there kicker is - ya, it's Maher, they don't have any other kickers or punters on any of their rosters - and caught a glance of some tweets.  Guys excited to see their logo up on the visitor room at IGF.  For CFL fans Ottawa having a team is deja vu all over again, but for these guys it's still the first ever game in franchise history.  I like their enthusiasm.

What is good for one team is good for all and the league- let's hope for a good scrappy game decided (for the Bombers) in the 4th quarter.