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I'd take him back the too. If mbt can move the ball against us with that putrid Argos offense what could he do with our line and weapons? Either way I think we bring in a qb soon. Of Nichols hits the six I suspect it'll be a vet. Glenn is interesting no idea what kind of shape he's on but he'd slide in too.

They did every thing possible all night to keep the ball away from our return men.

If Nichols does go to the 6 game I wonder if we call the Argos about mbt or Franklin.

1 WJ and the DL. Never have we hit Mr soo much every one got in on it. 2 Harris. Another huge grinding game. 3 sayles blocked punt scoop n score. Another big game. HH lucky whitehead converting second and 19 on a gutsy screen pass. Close second to the near td return on the short punt.

Best across the board teams ive ever seen in blue n gold.

Pretty sure this deserves a life time supply of gin. Too bad you probably drank through it already in the dark ages of this team.

No.. hes dropping back with steps out of the pistol... and recount the time and his steps.

Any one who watches this game on tv is going to get a heavy dose of this burger in the pbp.

gross 🤢

Tough loss, and more turn over on the OL. But its next man up and eli is gonna be a beast in the goal line set. Its impressive how well the OL has played for so much turn over and lack of experience.

That clip doesnt show the snap but still shows him on a 7 step drop taking 4-5 seconds minimum for the wr to get deep. Its not a throw to a spot, thats just a deep pass. With out pressure. 4-5 second + pockets / 7 step drop is a slow developing play for the pocket.

It does though. Even when you throw to a spot, which you dont throw blind deep passes like that because you have to see how coverage sets up. You throw to a spot on short and intermediate routes. When you throw to a spot before the dbs have turned their hips to run with the target they break to the same location for the ball. A play where you throw deeper to a spot and let your wr run under it is a tool you have to use very rarely. Like in a hitch and go or screen and go. You have to set that up and once you throw it deep the defense will adjust. The bite on the pump freezes the dbs so the wr can keep running and get enough of a cushion the dbs cant just run down the pass. Just like sayles pick in the endzone in last weeks game. We also saw a ton of huge catch and runs from great athletes. He was playing better, but still worse then last year and markedly worse then his best. Thats how it works though, when teams see you struggle with some thing, they use it in their own prep and exploit it.

In what scenario can you see the duo being kept together after the off season? Its the very likely reality we are facing. Really? You think the vast majority of bomber fans would pick neither? Get me a value on all you have to wager and we can go over how many seething fans abound on every social media out let in every bomber related post plus forums and booing fans in the stands. The most popular guy in town is always the starting QB, until its the back up. And in winnipeg it hasnt been nichols since 2017. 5-1 then 6-3 in 2014 and ended up 5th in the west 7-11. 6-2 start doesnt mean much in the cfl.

Skill wise no certainly not. However he has dropped off from last year, which was a drop off from the previous year. The biggest issues are mental, and mobility. This compounds previous issues like winding up on deeper throws at times, not having great ball placement etc. Like you said, that works both ways. He suffers from poor play call, but also struggles to execute any thing in the face of a rush. If he cant side step pressure, or step up into the pocket calling deeper shots isnt going to help him. The problem with the streakiness, is that he tends to still disappear when hot for decent chunks of the game. Hot nichols is a short term thing. Its no major surprise that his best season and stretch came when our OL was soo overpowered he would go whole games with out being touched. I think no matter the QB plop will always coach a west coast inspired offense thats safe and conservative and relies on wrinkles and gadgets or exceptional plays to score big. We dont tailor enough plays to the strengths of our play makers I agree. I find that all too common and crazy. How can we not bring in good screen plays, hitch and goes, and slants to some one like lucky and iso fades to mathews. Same with more of the streveler package, especially working in more RPO, and run option plays. They could tear the stadium down with some shovel pass plays between harris and streveler. Its a catch 22. If you open up deeper routes when your qb is getting roasted by any pressure on short passes hes just going to get it worse. If you dont he continues to do more of the same and you hope to ride a hot streak for a short time. Some one has to break the stalemate and I dont like chances of either plop or nichols blinking first.

They do seem like a solid bunch. Id say possibly williams, jones, Would love to see what warren could do so probably him too.

The difference in composure nichols shows in the face of pressure now is undeniable. At his best he did a great all though still conservative job of knowing when to throw it away, when to eat a sack and when to check down. This year we see a LOT of him over re acting to early pressure, having choppy indecisive footwork and tucking the ball while shifting around. He is different with out doubt. The question is can he get back to his best level of play, and can he do it here. He doesnt side step pressure any more. Or step up into the pocket and throw with poise. He doesnt roll to a spot and throw to escape pressure. He runs like his life depends on it. You can go back to last year, his previous peak year with us, or back to his early days here and in edm. Then watch this year and compare. Youd swear its not even the same guy. In the 2017 banjo bowl he busted out a 41 yard run. Split defenders and beat the angle. Now his mobility is some where around the kerwin bell range. You can see it below at 6.56. https://www.cfl.ca/2017/09/09/recap-winnipeg-48-saskatchewan-28/ In this clip you can see he keeps his throwing frame open (shoulders and hips) as long as he can, and keep the ball in a ready to throw position as long as possible too. The question is has the change come to cover for holes in nichols game right now?

Life out of pro football is even suckier. The life of AFL, AAF, that fall league etc fringe player is extremely depressing. A cfl pr is like being the fresh prince by comparison. Hope he gets another shot, but he didnt show a lot on a great teams team. My first thought when kongbo started practicing. I feel like a PR purge is coming with early nfl cuts.

BC is gonna be hungry coming off that close lose and with an early end to their play off hopes near. We better not play down to them. I expect both our lines to feast on the bc lines. The score might be close ish but I think the level of play will be one sided in our favor.

The best special teams and return game we have in my life time. Defense among the best for points against. Because harris is the top guy in terms of useage every year here, and in his time here no one else has been nearly as run heavy as us. Its a big difference between using him alot, and him being our only hope. i 100% believe that he is our 2nd check down at least on 3/4s of passing plays. Its a chicken or the egg situation. Is the pass game gimped because of nichols or is nichols gimped because our play call is gimped. I think its both to an extent. Clearly nichols has played poorly the last few weeks over all and early was taking massive advantage of the incredible field position (not by any means a bad thing) and its also clear plop gets overly conservative and out thinks him self. Instead of off setting each others weakness, they compound the same problem. Hense the plop vs nichols thread. Replace plop in season gives us the best chance at improving this year. As we arent going to just get an elite qb dropped into our lap. However, our ability to retain plop past this season is much stronger and I think he brings more long term value. Not an easy decision. And not a decision that is going to be made now or tomorrow. But it is a discussion and real concern. Right now thats our primary limiting factor. If it wasnt for that, we would be the biggest favorite to win a GC since the lopsided 90s.

ABA L-O-N ABBBAALOOOOOOON. Because you can stack the box and shut down the run AND nichols cant deal with the pass rush. You put your front 7 in gaps more. You cant expect to play old US heavy run with very little passing and win. Even in the past when the run game was a much bigger part of the game you couldnt do that. He can, because its true.

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Might happen once we have a grey cup win and an elite qb for the first time since khari. Maybe. But probably not.

The wind gusted towards the kick twice right prior to the kick. It was gusting intermittently from the south all game. Except the exact same thing happened in the other 3 games, and in previously.

According to mos, neufeld was gonna be ready for the first preseason game. 🤣 No doubt it was a tremendous value especially with our drafting prior to walters n co. Yeah he did. Thanks.

It was a gutsy kick. Though Id say he lets medlock choose to try if he thinks he can make it. Wind was gusting now and then from that direction too.