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Perspective check because some of you are my internet friends and I feel compelled to pull you back from the ledge a little bit: I saw someone recently reference the Bud Grant Dynasty era. To me, that's not a Dynasty because it was 3 in 7. But it is looked upon by many both in and out of Manitoba as the zenith, the true halcyon days of the Bombers within living memory. Fact: if you win next year or the following year, you have equaled or bettered the Bud Grant Bombers.

As a player, he is considerably more than merely viable. It's his guaranteed $500k next year that isn't. Neither for you, nor for BC.

Just started watching this episode Zach, at 3 minutes in you're referencing the "horrid mistake" that Dinwiddie made on 3rd and 1. No offence or shade intended here but you're way off base on this one for at least 4 reasons which come easily to mind from our standpoint: 1) We have been garbage at "__ & 1" all season. We have no short yardage player to insert. It's been brutal to the point that we just know that 2nd and 1 for us always ends up as 3rd & 2. It is the biggest blindspot in an otherwise stacked roster with an excellent O-Line... we have zero short yardage to speak of in a league where it is among the most vital things for an offence to have. This is now a 2 season problem. 2) Coming into a game with our backup QB put us in a mindset of getting points on the board no matter what. Anyway and anyhow. Can't risk coming away with zero. I expected Lirim to be kicking from midfield. That was the mindset. 3) The very likely chance of getting stuffed at the goal line gives such a momentum and confidence boost to a defence. No way were we giving you that. 4) We could make an easy kick and take Arbuckle off the field and tell him "Atta Boy Nick! You just marched down the field and put points on the board!" Not so horrid if you look at it through our lens, is it?

Don't be too hard on Walters for that one... He didn't have a reunion with Kurleigh Gittens Jr to dangle in front of the Elks new quarterback.

In a moneyball sense, you can. The regular season's best performing QB had a deal for $361k after bonuses (which I think he made). And you can add Streveler's money to that to a point, but you still need 2 backups. I'm not saying there aren't other ways, but the business owner in me is trying to look at it from a "If we pay the 37 year old $250k to move on, what could we get for the remainder of what we were going to pay him?" standpoint. I'm not saying that they'd write that cheque, just looking at hypothetical options. Makes me wonder how "guaranteed" the $250k is... like, was it guaranteed the second Collaros put down his pen, or is it more like guaranteed if he hits certain milestones along the way, or maybe if he is still rostered by a particular date?

$350k Delta, approximately (assuming you have to eat $250k and were going to pay a total of $600k). Can you adequately replace Zach for $350k?

I thought it was a generally accepted principle that a QB can beat a blitz by throwing to a receiver in the area where the blitz came from. Today I learned that football teams would be successful if receivers caught every ball and QBs never got intercepted. Thanks for the wisdom there, Dave. I guess Zach should've just ate the ball and not thrown to an open man to make a play. Your comments always seem to boil down to a game overview where the opposition doesn't get a say in the matter...

No, I'm saying that a smart play that is well executed can still be defeated or reverse by a defender who makes a ++ play on it. I get that some guys just don't like some coaches or players for whatever reasons. Nothing wrong with that. But surely nobody is surprised that Dinwiddie came in with a team that was well prepared and motivated and a game plan set up specifically to defeat the West champions? He's got 4 years of HC credentials which (as far as I can tell) establish him as being of the highest quality for a HC. Am I missing something?

On the short one, I actually think Collaros didn't do anything wrong and that he made the "smart" read when he saw blitz: he picked his man that was in the area that the blitz was coming from. It wasn't a bad throw either. It was Priester, who knew where a smart QB would throw it, who jumped forward into the passing lane.

Jeez really? Well if you don't want him we will gladly take him.

I hate to be the one to do it but, people need to get off of demski's back. The kid was playing on one ankle and the fact that there was no better option than him isn't his fault.

And you sir, get the first ever go bombers emoji I've ever granted on this forum

I don't know , brother but when it looked pretty clear, that when they didn't want this to be a match of your o-line plus Brady versus our d-line plus Wynton, we took Lawler from you.

And here's the tough one. I'm not going to get into this now because it's late and I'm standing under the cold November rain smoking my second Monte Cristo number 2 and nursing three fingers of MacAllan... Maybe we'll get into this more as the weeks go on... But Winnipeg's Trinity has a blind spot: it doesn't churn the roster.

I think that the key part of your post jbr, and I hesitate to point this out because I got static for this 2 years ago, was that at halftime RD showed his superiority in adjustments over OSH.