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The Germans are coming! The Germans are coming!!

We lost three games we had no business losing so, unfortunately, every game we play until the end of the year is a "big one". Not saying we have to win out but dropping any of our remaining games doesn't make me feel good about securing a direct trip to the West Final.

I was sick with a horrible cold, hosting a Grey Cup party, and had to prepare to defend my masters thesis the next morning. **** Ryan Dinwiddie.

As a reminder the game is a 7pm start this Friday. Hopefully the Bomber players know.

Between ticket prices and the relative recent success of the teams, I think the conflict is worse for the Jets, to be honest.

Bombers signed DE Kuony Deng yesterday

so just looking ahead to playoffs...... they've moved the non-Grey Cup Game playoff games to Saturday this year. West Final would be 3:30 on the Saturday afternoon.... apparently the Jets host Dallas that afternoon at 3pm. If everything works out the way we hope, hopefully they're able to make something work between the leagues there. Though, depending on the weather, I still think the Bombers could sell out even with a Jets game at the same time...

Can't wait to see Hansen easing guys straight into the turf Or eachother... why tackle eine footabller when you can tackle zwei footballers

Saturday was weird. We had nothing to play for (and it showed) and the Cats are in a battle for 2nd, saw the Als win their game earlier and should've been desperate to avoid being swept. The Argos went up by two touchdowns early on and it looked like the Cats just quit. Collaros will be facing a talented defence... but it will be a completely undisguised one. The Argos did absolutely nothing fancy and never so much as tried to hide a blitz. I think that giving Zach the ability to read us that well will likely get us beat. Dinwiddie has said that he plans to sit Kelly in two games. I can't figure that this would be one. (Likely in our pair against Ottawa). So if Kelly is playing, that means that our first choice O-Line definitely is. But they've only let him get sacked 12 times this year (and only once in the last 6 games). I think that what we'll do exactly what we always do on offence. But like against Hamilton, it was a very bland version where we didn't do anything that wasn't pretty straightforward. I'd love to win this one since the Argos are now chasing history (in their 150th season)... But in reality the only thing that matters is getting to November 11th with all of our first choice players healthy. Prediction: Bombers win. Javon Leake runs a punt back for a TD. Kelly has a one play scoring drive at some point.

pretty sure nobody here cares about the Argo modern history....they are a sad sack city in support of the team....pretty much facts...with a population of that size in the greater area they should be packing that lil stadium

I'm mad at both. Dinwiddie played terrible and on the last drive should have ran instead of tossing it up and getting picked for the third time.

Can't be too mad at a rookie making his first start. 07 I am mad at the veteran star running back who was God awful because he was hung the **** over.

I've been waiting for this game since the schedule came out. Too bad it doesn't mean anything to Toronto.

Don't be so serious, it's all in good fun. High level discussions do happen here now and then. For example we've been tossing around how much do the argos and their fan suck? I make the case they royally suck no matter what but others here suggest their GC win last year, the increase in their attendance and their 12-1 record might not fully support my claim. I think we're both right.

Schoen has taken some huge shots the past month

Yeah schoen has earned a lot of hard yards this season.

**** the argos and their fan

No doubt Shoen had a few bruises after getting hammered by the TiCats.

FWIW, I have both of Paul's books in the provided links. They each tell a fascinating story about a bizarre time and place in the lore of a storied team. I don't know if any MBB posters will part with their hard-earned to get them, but they're a great read for any CFL fan.

yeah but...how you get him on?...We all know the Seal is wasting a spot and Osh seems to just wanna keep a wastin' it

seemed like a fairly well played game for the first pre-season game of the year. Back and forth, with good goaltending on both sides. I'm still in full on Bombers mode, but it was fun to see some hockey again.

Time to man up in the next two.....We need to make a serious statement in both games to show that this club still has the nads to get it done....Coming off of a bye week helps AND IF we play with the proper roster we have a good chance of taking the Argo and B.C. tilt.....T.O. has nothing to gain in the standings and that's too bad, where the Lions have almost everything on the line....Should be a couple of solid 'playoff type' action in the B.C. game for sure, and a lot to prove in the Argo game ....especially in front of our hometown fans....Go get em Bombers

Everyone in Bomber fans houses went to their safe places.

The BC game is the more important game and the must win. I do hope we kick the Argos butt. I am still mad at Dinwiddie for 07.

This is the biggest game of the year. After a tough loss and a bye, at home in front of a sell out crowd vs the team that dethroned the bombers last year and the no1 team in the league. This will be the biggest indicator game for us. We should come out fast and hard while the Argos have every reason to be soft. We also still have the wf on the line. Lots of keys to success here. We gotta get consistent pressure on Kelly and with 5 or less rushers. We have to make him pay to stand in the pocket and make him uncomfortable. But we can’t sell out blitzes all the time and give him easy first down passes. The key to this is going to be dressing extra imp dl. Toronto loves to run outside/wide zone. The key step stopping their run isn’t as much going to be dl, it’s going to be about kyrie and biggie not getting washed out and filling the off tackle gap getting off blocks etc. Or dbs needs to do a better job of not selling out for picks (especially Houston) and hits (especially ba) or biting on fakes. We also need to get back to the gang tackling that made our secondary formidable. We have to protect Zach, and not get deep ball punch drunk. Gotta take what the D gives us, and pound the rock. Kick cover has sucked this year to put it lightly. We need to get back to our regular cover scheme, and stay lane disciplined.

New report issued!

I haven't followed the Argos closely enough this year -- have they faced any big adversity? Tough injuries, position controversies, that kind of thing? You could say that their weird backloaded schedule is kind of adversity, but they clinched so far in advance that they're going to be able to give all their key players multiple bye weeks leading into the playoffs. I guess the early clinch is a form of adversity -- are they going to stay a high-performance outfit while playing out the string? anyway, I'm so stoked for this week's game; outside of a championship game this is sports drama at its best.

If they were a healthy team in 2017 they had the team to win the Grey Cup but losing Leggett and Adams, having Dressler having to play with a messed up hand they were in tough.

West Final at home....atmosphere in and around the club and venue....Bombers will be the hot ticket that day

And "loss of civic pride".

The Jets, their pouting superstar and GM have not impressed anyone for several years, so edge: Bombers.

such a weird game. massive storylines abound and it's been awhile since the Bombers entered a game with so much to prove. but at the same time this is almost an exhibition game, for all the impact it's going to have on the standings.

Go to move almost every time. Throw in 'resulting in massive job losses' for good measure.

Most of his catches are so well earned. He's not a guy that gets up and spins the ball after a 16 yard catch. He's too busy checking all his faculties.

i see a pick 6 too

No need to sugar coat this. The kick cover is atrocious. I would also add that Zach needs to stop forcing the damn ball and trust his reads. Ball security is gonna be paramount this game. 1000%. Even if we lose to TO, the BC game will determine first place in the west. The season series is what matters. That being said, Bombers need to play some consistent ball now! To be fair, one of the James Johnson interceptions wasn't really an interception.

Blah Blah Blah argos suck Blah Blah Blah Hope they thrive for the health of the league Blah Blah Blah That's what I read.

My point was not to only bring back the 70s/80s stuff but that True North can't make anything nice without bringing back the 70s/80s stuff. These new ones are ugly, regardless of their history.

Deng has been signed so looking forward to seeing what he can do.

If we had a field goal kicker who didn't pee his pants everytime he had to make an important kick, we'd have won last year's Grey Cup. Sure, the kick was blocked. But as Matt Dunigan said in TSN's 2023 season preview the day before the season opened, the kick was wide to the left anyway had it not been blocked. It came off Marc Liegghio's foot with too low a trajectory & that was why it was blocked. We could have fought all we wanted & won every battle all season in 2022. We could have been the most game ready team in CFL history & it wouldn't have mattered. In the end though, it came down to one thing. Losing a championship because Marc Liegghio couldn't handle the pressure. When he was needed the most, Lieghhio had one job & didn't do it. He never stepped up. He fell down. We all knew that if he was put in that position, Liegghio would choke. I know I felt what happened was inevitable as I screamed obscenities at my television.

He had so much room to run. I was so emotionally amped up on that drive that when he threw the pick I swear my roof shook.

Honestly I'm not sure this is as big a deal as some are making it out to be. The BC game is FAR more important. This game means little other than bragging rights. Anyhow, for this week...

They rested Ouellette last week so he could match up against us this week, I'm sure. Kelly will play most if not all of our game to prove a point. I hope we absolutely slaughter these assholes, both in score and physically. If like to see some smirks wiped off faces. Having said that, I do not trust this year's Bombers at all.

Well, maybe. If the Argos can beat the Bombers with a starting lineup peppered with B team players, the ought to give them a huge psychological lift. Even if the Bombers squeak out a win, it would be almost as beneficial for the Argos. If, on the other hand, Bombers trounce the Boatmen, the Argos can comfort themselves with "well, it wasn't our best lineup". The key might be to humble Kelly with sacks, knockdowns, hard hits and maybe an INT or two.

Toronto is the team to beat this year. And again, I really don't see a team that is going to knock them off in the east. Montreal could do something if they had a QB.

That’s what modern defences are designed to do. It used to be about showing one thing pre snap and another post snap. Forcing two reads to be accurate and track the change. Now it’s even post snap with asymmetrical coverage. It’s not one guy covering one guy or even covering one area any more. It’s 4 guys sharing the coverage on one side of the field. And that can change from 4 to 5 to 3, to one of those guys playing man and the rest playing zone, or rotating guys to the inside or over the top to take away different angles. The WRs are reading the defence to adjust patterns and the coverage is reading the patterns to adjust their coverage. If the play gets rushed or it’s a fast timing play and the coverage call is lucky or really smart you get a play that makes a qb or oc look real stupid and a db or dc look brilliant. And vice versa. Zach had a pick Vs Hamilton like that.

Really. I know you're just trying to be an ******* to contradict me, and that's fine...it's your house.... But you look at places like Italy, who had the army patrolling the streets to make sure nobody left their house....that's a lockdown. Nobody in Canada was ever in a true lockdown. We had spoiled 1st world elites complaining that they weren't able to do exactly what they did prior to the pandemic.