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D getting walked down the field. We’re lucky Fajardo is the QB because we’ve only got off the field due to his inaccuracy. No pass rush, nobody making a play.

Yeah. They shouldn't have multiple byes in last 4 weeks of season. Just drowned right out by NHL, NFL and MLB.

I expect to see the Bombers best game. It's basically a playoff game for us. If Montreal can match it, all the power to them.

They've seemed pretty casual since the end of August. To the point they are getting dinged up. Not sure they can just flip that switch again. Think them and Toronto are in opposite spots from last year heading into playoffs.

Gotta say it's pretty stupid for the CFL to have these late season bye weeks. They've basically made the league irrelevant this week as NFL gets into full swing, NHL gets going, even MLB heading into World Series. Should be no byes from October through the end. They got two guys who played but missed on Labatte.

If you pause at 45:47 the ball is pretty clearly in. Ball just has to touch the front of the plane. He doesn't have to stay in, he just has to break plane with ball once. Same time right down the line on replay at 46:42. If 25 can't see the ball there he's not looking in the right spot. CC needs to be able to make that call though.

Refs make mistakes that directly lead to points (or points taken away) it's a pretty big deal. Consider our 2 games against the Argos which could likely be the difference between hosting the West Semi or the West Final. Consider the Ottawa-Sask game that ended in a tie that was a complete clusterfuck of officiating errors in the OT. Kind of the entire reason that the Command Centre exists. If they can't calibrate to have the Command Centre intervene and make the right call with everything at their disposal these days, get rid of it and let the refs on the field know they have to do a better job because they have no margin for error (the CC isn't going to intervene to fix their mistakes).

Alexander is scrappy and looks decent running ball control type offense. Does not appear to have much of an arm. He had to draw on turbo to throw the ball 40 yards down the seam. I don't know if he's a #1 in this league.

Again Montreal roughs a Ottawa player and Ottawa takes the flag.

Refs sure have a hardon for Ottawa so far in this one. Montreal guy after punt is slamming his way out of Ottawa bench and Ottawa gets a flag.

Ottawa is way closer to being a 3-15 team than a Grey Cup contender. Lucky they started fast.

You can only do that so much until teams do to us what they've (and we've) done to BC, Hamilton. Drop out 8-9 and just blanket the 3 guys we do have in the route. Have to make D's cover the width of the field and keep the vertical threat. So really it's time to play the best OL possible, focus on making better reads on pressure pre-snap and adjusting routes/plays accordingly. Dealing with pressure in general and pressure with zone coverage especially has been a major weakness this year. Collaros is extremely out of sync with receivers in terms of what their reads are vs pressure. I'd like to see a lot more power running, press A gaps, inside trap blocking...and then playaction off that. Use strengths to cover weakness.

We’re running into the same “time to take the horse to the glue factory” issue with Neufeld as we had with banged up Bighill last year. We should be playing the 3 Americans on OL and if we can roster 2 Canadian backups, great. Neufeld’s knee isn’t right, let him sit. Whitehead is clearly banged up, we have two returners and a pile of receivers on PR but we’ll keep running the guy with a groin tear who can’t move out there.

Campbell has no clue what taking a risk means.

You gotta pull Rourke. He's either pressing way too hard or has no awareness out there right now.

It's crazy how Rourke can make so many perfect throws and score so few points.

That line judge both gave Patterson 2 more yards than he actually got and didn't call him being horrifically face masked. League might have to start importing US refs to get some experience.

Where the ball is when he touches out. Opposite of NFL where it's spotted where ball crosses sideline.

Insane that Calgary is wasting these relatively meaningless reps (in terms of standings) on a guy like Shiltz who has no upside. Why not let Tommy Stevens let it rip or pop Bonner in again?

He’s a 78 with speed that some people talk like he’s an 88. That’s all.

Unless Collaros is going to start running showing an empty backfield in almost any situation is just an invitation to pass rushers.

MBT is 100% right on the short weeks. Even with our high school team had a Friday game then a Wednesday game. 4 of the 5 season-ending injuries we’ve had this season happened in the Wednesday game on the short week. Need that recovery time but also the prep time to be prepared to play the most physical sport. Players should be fighting for a minimum of 6 days between games and league needs to figure it out. Season is almost 22 full weeks now so should be able to sort it out to get 18 games in on 6 days rest each minimum.

He’s been on and off active roster since Banjo Bowl 2022 and gets passed by the new crop every training camp as a vet now. My expectations are subterranean for him as a regular contributor on D.

Not in this defense. In one with a traditional read the eyes, read the ball type safety maybe. Even then he's not making any plays downhill from a weakside LB. We've seen Griffin, Jones and Ayers all be pretty solid thumpers from that spot. Wilson and Cole have been awful when in there this season. D turned a corner when Griffin got that role due to injuries both to support better pass coverage and just be disruptive.

Wouldn't be surprised to see Notree playing lots depending on Griffin's ability to play. Cole...we're still waiting. He's lost the job to every other American LB they've brought in and/or kept coming out of camp since he's been here. Couple picks over 3 years, down after down not really making plays.