trueBlue83

he got a pretty hefty payday from Nike, did he not??

look, I'm not a big fan of Nichols, and have been calling for him to be replaced for a long time. But there's a difference between criticizing his play VS criticizing him as a person.

wow.... classy post. There's no need to cut down the guy's manhood just because he suffered an injury.

kinda surprised no one has brought up Drew Tate. Didn't he get signed late last season by the Riders? I'm sure he'd be open to returning!

Nichols Supporter??

"He doesnt have the tools" - lots of people. He's currently sitting 17th in the league behind just about everyone in terms of pass attempts this season. Give the guy a little rope here... geez! Lots of QBs struggle in their first several games and go on to have great careers! I dont understand the panic.... Nichols was mediocre the bulk of the season so far. To think that isnt replaceable is pretty closed minded!

I called it in the pre-season, that Streveler would be the starter by Mid-August. Just didnt think this would be how it would happen. As much of a team guy as Nichols is, it's going to be hard for him to hang around and play mentor in this situation. With the receiving corps weve got, I have no doubt that Streveler will find some success. Hes already got chemistry with Wolitarsky. Give him a few weeks with the full crew, and I think this offence is going to thrive. Will it happen on Friday? Quite possibly not. But the timing of this injury is a blessing in disguise because there's still half the season to go! I don't think theres reason for doom & gloom. Give these guys the chance to see what they can do! At the end of the day, what were trying to replace production wise was give or take 200 yards passing per game. I have to think that not only achievable but surpassable very quickly!

My thoughts exactly.... Drew Tate next on the call list?

Michael Bishop. He wont check it down!

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I took the last two St Vital flags.... sorry! Now when are the Falcon Lake flags hitting the shelves!??

Controlling the message.... Except I don't think Harris actually feels this way.... just being a good teammate and not trying to rock the boat!

But how many times have we seen a hobbling Reilly still be able to grind it out!

Now can Reilly drive the field with a minute left?? Good game!

Davis with more passing yards in the first half than Nichols last night! Impressive!

you hear the term "load management" getting tossed around more and more in other sports.... gotta wonder if Harris can keep up this level of play for a few more months when he's so heavily relied on, and getting 25+ touches a game. Same goes for Nichols... if they get opportunities to take him out of the game and keep him healthy, go for it! Better to have a full stable in November than wear out your horses by September!

nope... watched it develop live. Do I know what Nichols saw? Of course not... I know what I saw, and that was Whitehead blow by the coverage and was wide open, and his body language post-play would indicate the same!

Whitehead blew by his coverage, and had Nichols seen that and not been locked in on Matthews from the get go, maybe he throws it to Whitehead? That was a TD for sure, and you could see Whitehead saunter back to the huddle dejected knowing he had a sure TD if the ball was thrown to him in stride. Great play by the DB to break up the play, but Nichols picked the wrong receiver to throw to on that play.

but no one was open...

Mike Kelly was Lyle Bauer's doing, and I think he was coming in with nothing short of a Grey Cup win. And I totally agree.... you aren't going to know what you have unless you take a chance. Worked for the Stamps with Bo Levi, when they had Drew Tate projected to be starter. And Tate had proven he was just as capable as say someone like Nichols. And if you want to say "injury prone", Nichols has had his share of injuries as well!

OK... but. This coaching staff has shown that they won't do either. Streveler never went in when games were well in hand, and they've always seemed to stick by Nichols even when he's getting nothing done and clearly struggling. So, it would seem that you just gotta run with 1 guy. Why they've gone away from mixing in Streveler more often, when they had so much success with it last season is confusing. He seems to only come in now for dive plays to plunge for a first down. Hopefully tomorrow they mix him in and run some play-action plays where he actually gets the throw the ball. I think they need the change of look offence to keep the opposing D on their toes!

Now is the time to do it though, because if you give Streveler 4-5 games and it isn't working, you still have 1/3 of the season left. And if it does... well, who's going to complain about that!?

A few things.... I dont remember Buck Pierce dumping it off all the time. And with Charlie & Sellers... that's a two headed monster that any OC with half a brain would have utilized no differently. Drew Willy had an atrocious O-Line, so to compare him & Nichols is difficult.. Nichols played behind the best OLine in the league the last couple season and still looked mediocre more often than not. And finally.....LaPo isn't the one making reads and throwing the ball. He doesnt call nothing but 6 yard routes. Nichols just panics and gets rid of the ball early 70% of the time. Call a play bad if you want, but I bet many routes dont even get fully run before that ball is gone.

Teams had him figured out half way through 2017... you pressure and take away Harris, and you're going to have success against the Bombers. His accuracy has been awful... chucks it to the sidelines so often when the pocket even remotely starts to collapse. This is why I truly believe that the more game time Streveler gets, the more he's going to figure it out. He's a threat to run, which when he rolls out, is going to get attention from the linebacking corps. If he can get them to commit to him running, or even freeze them while finding someone downfield, it's going to open up the mid - deep plays. With Nichols, there's zero threat of that happening because he's too slow to roll out and create any time for himself. If he rolls out, he's tossing into the 2nd row just to get rid of it, not trying to guide a guy open downfield like the elite QBs can!

You mean like 2016 when the club decided to move on from Drew Willy and bring in Matt Nichols?? How many people credited him with the turnaround, and not Harris, who truly had the much larger impact. He's passed his expiry date over a year ago as far as I'm concerned. This erratic play has been going on since September 2017.