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Guys guys guys I think we can all agree at least that we are happy that Greaves isn't playing guard for us anymore.

The OL is doing great, but Neufeld is not an upgrade over Bond. But if he can stay healthy he makes us better due to the ratio benefits.

Hot and humid.....players will have to grind it out tonight... Nichols's intro gets a great hand....salvation is right around the corner First series for Matt.....incomplete and then tipped ball..... Opo sacks Jennings.... Nichols hits Adams on the sidelines for a long one.... ...but review overturns it on no possession BC No huddle....giving Blue D some alignment problems Santos Knox whiffs on Johnson...Lions keep running it to the 25... Couple of sloppy throws from Jennings….FG makes it 3-0 Streveler comes in on short yd package...runs around end, for 20 Nichols then lays in a nice pass to Adams, at the goal line...20 yd TD. Johnson gets way behind Bomber secondary...but can't make catch. Naturally, on next play..Bighill gets INT on Jennings overthrow... Nichols getting into a groove.....hits Demski, then Wolitarsky….. Harris takes dump pass and steeplechases right over BC defender to the 4. Harris then gets a direct snap and barges into paydirt. 14 -3 Bombers Salvation almost at hand, it seems..... Jennings rushing some throws, looks indecisive out there..... Lapo really mixing it up....multiple sets and misdirection stuff..... Demski runs for first down, from the deep I....just all kinds of looks... Streveler comes in 2nd and 1....and this time...throws one, down to BC 5 Streveler runs it in. 20-3 Bombers. BC D looking pretty befuddled.... Jennings sacked by Jeffcoat, then gang tackled for another loss.... Fogg has punt get by him....then throws illegal pass to the wide site.... No matter...Harris busts up a truck sized hole in B gap....for big yards Nichols follows that up, with long sideline bomb to Adams..... Lions IC call, then an PI call takes it to the 1.... Streveler burrows in, for his 2nd TD. 28-3 Bombers have 300 yards of O in the half..... With Bowman as an expensive decoy, or something.... Rainey gets off long KR with horse collar tackle call, to put BC in business DT Johnson cranks Rainey, with big pop... Jennings turns to short game....4 completions gets it to the Bomber 2 Johnson scores on next play to give the Lions a lift, going into 2nd half Demski has good speed, but wants to go East-West at times.... BC adds a FG. 28-13. Bomber O has slowed down somewhat..... Moe Leggett now settling in at DHB..... Fogg gets off a 35 yd punt return....setting up Blue, again... Fenner adds plenty to kick cover teams.... Demski catches ball at marker, then runs 3 yds backwards.... Medlock FG has it at 31-13 Opo throws down Rainey for 4 yd loss on 2nd down play Both Bomber DE's much more in evidence tonight …. Pass pro for Bomber O, impressive. Nichols can skip laundry tonight..... Fenner now getting it done on D, as well.... Jennings telegraphs short pass at hashmark.....Bighill steps in front.... ..shows a burst of speed....rolling down the sideline for 45 yd TD.. Backbreaker. Against his ole club. 38-13. Where in the world is Arceneaux? Jennings out.....Fajardo in …. His 1st play....Jeffcoat blows in and buries him.... 2nd play....time count violation Fafardo tries again....Randle tips ball up, then nice diving INT Better effort from BC back 7 on D, this half.... Medlock makes it 41-13 LaFrance looks like another capable backup guy.... Nichols now showing a little rust on some throws..... Streveler finally comes in at the 3:00 mark Fajardo takes some pops, but battles away Burnham makes an appearance....beating Cooper on long jump ball Bomber penalties put it on the 1. Fajardo scores ...then takes a pretty good hit on failed 2 point convert Overall...more aggression on covering/tackling from Blue D, tonight Grumpy ole Wally calls a timeout, with 18 seconds left Some pleasantries and chippyness, in the last minute 41-19. Not sure if salvation is around the corner ..but at least I know, the gin is.....

C'mon Als....Get Happy!

My bad .. misread that That said, just went back and checked .. also snagged a couple in the Hamilton game. You have to take receiver usage with a grain of salt .. we had a rookie behind centre and a guy who wasn't projected to be our starter, he's going to spread it around a bit differently than Nichols would. That said, I'm thrilled that no single receiver is dominating targets. Make the offense that much harder to defend.

You're not wrong.. but gotta remember the offensive line is going to only be as good as its weakest link... Bond (and now Paddy) have 2 of the better linemen in the league imo flanking them on our oline.

A year or two of Strev backing up Nichols and coming in and out of the game is exactly what he needs! This kid has talent and drive and something we havent seen in a back up QB in winnipeg in a long long time. Please do what ever it takes to keep him around Miller and Walters!

They're putting Dressler as a D-back.

I voted "No" as I believe this is Osh's decision. A board and senior management should not micro manage a head coach. GM and the board get involved in selection of the HC, but they should leave the assistant coaching decisions for the HC to make. I have great confidence in Osh and believe he will take us to the promised land.

which vegan restaurant does he take them to?

Nichols has a deal were he feeds the hogs anytime they keep him clean, it happened at least 2 or 3 times last season.

IIRC, he kicked Thomas Miles #52. That's the sort of thing that the CFL should review after the game and apply supplemental discipline to. It ought to have been called during the game, but it is possible that no official saw it. If an official saw it and didn't throw a flag, then that official should be called to account. A deliberate kick like that should lead to an ejection.

It’s just that nothing else has changed and the offensive line appears to be more dominant than past year and Bond couldn’t open up a hole for CJ if his life depended on it. This after getting cut from a weak offensive line in Regina.

I’m curious if there are still people out there who think that Pat Neufeld is s major downgrade from Travis Bond? I share people’s concern over potential injury problems for Patty but I’m not convinced he isn’t an upgrade over Bond when healthy.

I sure hope so. With the Lions and Riders missing out in the West.

Not to take anything away from our D because they played a great game, but Jennings missed a lot of easy throws and was flat out terrible. It's easy to look good when you're playing QB's as bad as Jennings or Willy. We need to have a game like this against Reilly, BLM or even Trevor Harris.

"Death by Asparagus"???

Last Week Tonight pretty much nailed it last year on this topic:

Braley lets Wally call the shots career wise. As in he has a job for life. Does anyone really think Hervey calls the shots? There is no way.

I think Streveler either ends up our starting QB or gets an NFL shot.

Yup for sure. As a tackle he is a complete liability, as a guard it's fine.

Ha - it’s time to knock out the BS, we could end up with a dirty pocket

That's where my thoughts went too. I was willing to give him a few games to settle in. But damn...it's been what 3 out of 4 without a catch now.

Are we sure it's the Lions we want out? I think I might rather have Reilly and the Esks sitting at home.

Bowman

I think one of Neufeld's problems (at times) is his being miscast as a Tackle. Sure, he has the versatility to do it in a pinch but he's much better inside where he's not on an island.

It's was right in front of where I sit and an official was standing RIGHT there watching it all unfold. He may have missed it but it was damned obvious. What pissed me off was we got called for a REALLY weak penalty almost immediately after. Player deliberately kicks an opponent they let that slide but then dole out one of the weakest roughing penalties the following play? Come on man.

Yep it was Miles. IIRC, O'Shea can submit the video to the league's Safety & Discipline dept for possible discipline to Rainey. It would be good for us if he get suspended - minus one of their weapon and ST threat.

I'd much rather see Bobby Lashley vs Brock Lesnar in UFC. Now that would be an interesting fight (aside from Lashley having zero chance of passing a drug test). They could also have CM Punk vs Ronda Rousey as a co main event... I'm pretty sure Rousey would win in under a minute.

This is one thing I knew we could be confident Lapo would do is throw in a few fake QB sneaks with options for Streve to throw. LeFevour always ruined them when he didn't run because he had the worst noodle arm of any QB I've ever seen. Streveler has the gun.

Jon Jones will be lucky to fight in 5 years... Daniel Cormier might of had the most tragic and hardest life and has overcame absolutely everything. He is a legit Olympic wrestler and is light years better then anyone else he's ever fought in MMA when it comes to his wrestling. Only Jon Jones has ever bested him... aside from that he's dominated everyone. I understand why they are doing the fight but it's a shame that the heavyweight belt has lost any prestige that it had.

Thanks for the help on this Rich. And thanks again for doing this.

Half assing it from the looks of things. The way he gave up on that play in the endzone was disgusting, judging by his reaction Matt Nichols thought so too.

It does make me wonder once again how a talented athlete like Jennings who shone for two seasons could look so bad now. Oh well, if I knew that, I could write a book and make a lot of money.

it looked like he actually tried to kick him in the head and then gave him a real good kick on the arm

Hate to 'nit-pic' after a nice win like that BUT....How the hell can the refs not call a penalty on that obvious bloody kick by Rainey on one of our down field tacklers AND then call a wimpy sad sack b.s. call on us the very next play...Rainy tried to bury his cleats into one of our players bare arm and the refs blow it off...That kind of bull$hit has to be called...

The Bombers after a win.

Lulay has spent the majority of the last 3 years in rehab, much to my amazement he keeps coming back but I don't think he'll ever be near 100% again.

Well done sir lol

I’m sure if Lulay was 100% healthy he’d be playing already. I think he needs a couple more weeks before BC throws him in there behind that atrocious O-line.

I'm not too worried about Lulay. With all his injuries, I wonder if he will stay on the pocket more instead of do more scrambling. For sure he will want to stay healthy for the rest of the season. Another exit with injury will definitely end his career.

HH - Mike Miller doing his best Danny Amendola by laying out for a beauty 6 yarder.....FBs aren't supposed to make those.

Didn't see the game. My son got married & I was busy. But I checked the score on my phone as the evening progressed. Amazing the confidence a veteran qb in Nichols brings to the Bombers. Streveler will be so much better with the experience he gained the first 3 games. Hopefully Nichols can go forward & keep playing well.

This is the truth. In particular, there were 2 big explosion plays that BC missed where the BC receiver was wide open, both of which would have resulted in Lions TDs. Bombers were also still soft in some pass coverage, although that is to be expected somewhat with the lead, and Jennings was not accurate enough for it to matter much. It was a much better game for the Bomber D, and the turnovers and good pressure up front sure helped, but many of the old tendencies are still there.

Jennings was horrible but the pressure from the d line sure didn’t help his accuracy and his overall performance

I'm surprised this thread is so quiet? A big win by the Blue and I thought the o-line looked fantastic and the d-line as well had their way all night. The only negative I have from watching the game is the onside kick and cheap shot at the very end. What was the point of Wally calling for the onside kick and the guy who took the cheap shot I would hope gets suspended. That was as intentional as could be.

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