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Second year but yeah. Teams Dont need to respect him the same way. He offers a lot more running and better deep throws. I'd rather scheme for a Nichols then a steveler. Thats the truth it won't be the same.

Yeah we are. We haven't needed much passing to win games this year. So I like our chances. Streveler may or may not be the long term answer but we will see that too.

The pro Nichols people want to give him all the credit in wins and no blame in loses. The long and short of it is he has been sub elite to border line elite, but that was one year. A year and a half ago. Since then he has been more average plus or minus. With some flashes but more minus then plus games. We've seen QBs below him elevate above him (masoli, Harris, arguably the young ones this year) and he has dropped off more then ever. All while our team poised more then ever to win a GC. Immobile? No one in the league is immobile compared to Nichols. Have to take the out come with a grain of salt. The Toronto team around him is among the worst teams of the decade if not the worst.

Also went a year in college with out a turn over. He's gonna be fine.

Hallett has even looked good in limited reps. Monster draft by the Canadian mafia this year.

Every jumbo pack play. I saw him pancake two guys one he ran the length of the line and got away with a hold. He looks strong af he can move and hes nasty. Fits right in. Gonna be another gem. The amount of reps Kongbo has taken the last two weeks he may well have started with how much we normally rotate. He's been better and better with more reps. I had hoped he would become a good player for us. He's soo much better right now then I thought he could be in year one. Coming off an injury and missing camp it's amazing. Best player in this year's draft and end of the year he will probably be the best in a bunch of years. This guy should've been in an NFL camp this year.

He clearly has a real love for football. Landed a huge diamond in the rough with him.

Yep. Young qb mistake. Gotta know when to take the sack and when to toss it away.

He looked lost against the rush in the second half. He was better then the last few weeks in the first stretch of the game.

Believe he did couldn't see him on the side lines

You don't carry less then 3 QBs especially only one with any CFL reps. Hense if he hits the IR.

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.