TBURGESS

Rookie QB isn't likely to win in either Regina or Calgary, but the Regina crowd would have made it even harder. Rookie QB isn't winning no matter how good the defense played. Your 'argument' that we'd have signed a different vet QB is bunk. We got Collaros at the very last minute we were allowed to make a trade. There wasn't any other available vet QB to get. The Collaros TD play in the last game of the year changed the mind set from "here we go again" to "Now we've got hope". No Collaros = No hope.

My original post states that we were 3rd with or without Collaros in 2019. The 2019 Bombers didn't have Collaros until the last game of the year. We went on the road to CGY only because we won the last game WITH Collaros. Without him, we don't win that game so we go to Regina, not Calgary. We didn't have a healthy Nichols or a healthy Strev, so we'd be starting a rookie QB in his 2nd career start in a playoff game in Regina. We barely beat Regina in the playoffs that year WITH Collaros, the chances of winning with a rookie QB are almost zero.

2019 - No Collaros = Not winning our last game = 10-7 = 3rd place = going into Regina with our backup QB starting his 2nd game not Calgary in the bitter cold = no playoff wins = no Grey Cup for 20+ years in a row. Without Collaros, we were 3rd in the west, 4th in the league = Mid-Tier. We won 2 games in our last 6 and would have only won 1 game out of the last 6 without Collaros. You don't have to agree with me, but you're wrong if you think we were top tier in 2019 or that we'd have won the GC without him.

2109 we were a mid tier team. Collaros was the difference in the playoffs & has been the difference since then.

MOS replaced the unknown Pigrome with the known quantity Prukop, likely at a higher cost. Why would you assume that there were any other factors?

Lawler - Didn't expect much his first game back, but wow he was great Demski - Turned the game in our favour Jeffcoat - Pressure + knockdowns HH - Cadwallader - Big hits

I'll take the win, ugly as it was, but boy did we ever try to give it away in the first half. Got our first TD partly cuz we got lucky that the refs on the field didn't see the ball hit the ground on Lawler's big 'catch'. Gave the ball away 3 times in the first half, but Edmonton couldn't capitalize. We couldn't run the ball until the 4th when Edmonton's D finally wore down. Edmonton would become instantly better if they had a QB.

Dobson for Gray or Neuf is one of the changes I was hoping to see this week.

I'm agreeing with what most folks are saying, but it's the freakin' Elks.

We're playing the Elks folks. Expectation should be a big win. I don't like our front 7, but I expect a big win. I think we should change out either Grey or Neuf, but I expect a big win. I don't like our roster management, but I expect a big win. Elks haven't won this year, so I expect a big win. We're playing the freakin Elks, so I expect a big win.

Looking at the line up it looks like we aren't taking Edmonton seriously. That's probably OK cuz it's Edmonton but a loss would put us behind the 8 ball for first in the west this year.

The Pros are 20 somethings and amazingly athletic. It's like watching really good table tennis players compared to duffers at home in their basement.

I started playing pickleball 4 months ago. It's great fun. If you think it's just for us old folks you should see the pros play.

The Elf's are good for what ails any team. The sky really is falling if we lose to them.

Watching the game I wasn't worried until we allowed the 2 point conversion to go to OT. I just assumed we'd make a play to win the game. I suspect the Bombers players felt the same. A lot of the reason that we shut their O down in the first half comes down to a QB starting his first game. He looked like the game was moving way to fast for him in the first half. It seemed to slow down for him in the 2nd half, which is great for a young QB. Why didn't we put a spy on the QB in the 4th Q and in OT? He was killing us with his legs. Collaros isn't going to last the season taking as many hits as he has, so I gotta agree with the replace Neuf crowd. He looked like he was chasing most of the night. What happened to our killer instinct? Last year, no one scored TD's on us in the 4th so going in with a lead = a win.

Faj-jj is a good QB this year and I'm tired of pretending he's not.

Man the Elf's played badly. If they cut Cornhole this year, do they still owe him 'guaranteed money' next year? 0-9 looks likely considering they play us and the Lions for the next 3 weeks. Outta the playoff picture mid-season is a very bad look. Suitor has always been bad, but I don't remember him being as bad as he was last night. TSN needs to do something about it.

I watched my Mom and my wife's Mom go thru it. Not going to happen to me or my wife. We've got an exit plan dontcha know.

I talked my Mom into going to the gym when I was 20ish. She went 3-4 days a week for 50ish years & she was physically good until she hit 90. Unfortunately, she wasn't mentally fit after 80 so she spent a decade in care living out her worst nightmare. I can only hope that she never had a moment of clarity in those last years. I live with my 92 year old FIL to keep him safe. He used to be a runner. He still goes out for a walk, with his walker now, a few times a week, but he can't take care of himself. We have to check if he's wearing his runners or his slippers because he forgets. He can't use a cell phone because he forgot how, so we hold our breath the whole time whenever he goes out. What I'm saying is... Being fit doesn't get more years in your 20's you get more years in your 80's/90's. That may be great or become your worst nightmare.

I actually never met the guy, but I thought he was funny. He triggered all the right people all the time.

Why is the poll already closed? I'd like to go with Ticats, Als, Bombers, & Stamps

Brady O

Absolutely not.

McCrae - The 2 huge plays turned the game around for us Willie J - Just another normal excellent game for him Coaching staff - Making the right changes at half time HH - The ref who called the weak PI that got us 7

The fact that it was a screen pass has no bearing on the call. That's why if you just get in the way, it's not called but a real block gets called.