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Not really, they ain't throwing a guy in when he's had no time with the playbook. I'd be very surprised if Collaros played at all for the Bombers.

Everyone is entitled to be wrong

Adam's better hurt cause there's no other excuse for his poor play last few weeks.

why not? He can be a game breaker with his running ability, qbs with less than that have won the grey cup. It's all about the rest of the team helping the guy along and the coaching staff putting him in a position where he doesn't have to do it on his own. Honestly the biggest impediment to Streveler being able to win a Grey Cup right now is the same as it's been with this team for a long time : Paul Lapolice.

So how do we explain the slump Nichols had last season where he was throwing INTs all over the field? It's not about which QB is playing, it's about an offensive coordinator who doesn't always put his players in the best position to succeed. The game plan against Montreal was good, the one against Saskatchewan was awful. I don't think that it's a coincidence that the best game plans have happened the games Whitehead has been out. Not that I think Whitehead is a poor player, but I think the problem is how Lapo uses him (to a lesser extent with Demski too). Lapo gets cute with these players rather than using them like receivers. That's his biggest flaw. That and being passive to a fault. When he has to keep it simple it's fine.

I don't know that they would have. Early season Eskimos got a TON of pressure on teams and the Rider OL is not great at preventing that. Harris coulda picked their D apart for yards too and they probably would have kicked enough field goals to beat the Riders.

Cripes I am pretty sure my family is still waiting for hydro to get power back to them, not like it was a little skiff of snow.

Harris is the Bombers leader in receptions by a lot, everyone knows the offense runs through him and they game plan around stopping him first, 2nd and 3rd. He is not going to be ignored ever.

Didn't Calgary just lose to that Montreal team? Remember this year in the CFL everyone is terrible.

What's the tie breaker situation if all of Winnipeg Calgary and Saskatchewan are tied? Though that is probably only possible if they were all 11-7 eh...not too likely.

This is only his second year! He got lots of snaps as a rookie and even more this year! What more did you want the team to do?

Problem is no one is going to not cover Andrew Harris ever.

Are we seriously going to go by the old "only lost by" metric? Cause the bombers have a pile of 1 or 2 point losses, even in regina on labour day... plus we actually beat the stamps you know.

They might get fat and sassy thinking it's in the bag, never know.

Yeah but he broke off his coverage well before Adams had crossed the line of scrimmage.

Only one of the two interceptions was a bad decisions. The first one before half time the decision to make that throw was fine, he just needed to put that ball in a different position. Instead of throwing to Adams like he did he needed to just put it up and more to the back of the endzone and let Adams try and run to it. That will come with experience. The other int, that was just a poor decision and throw.

Yeah this was one of the good Lapo games. The issues were really some missed throws more than anything else. Didn't rely on gimmicky crap, just called a normal simple offence and let his players make plays. Needs to do that more often rather than trying to be too cute.

Imagine using a receiver as a receiver and not a gimmick!

I like wins much more than losses.

Lapo without Whitehead is forced to actually call a real game plan. Streveler made some young qb mistakes, but also did some really good things.

yeah I wanted to see the replay again but of course TSN never showed it, think we got jobbed.... but at the same time, you gotta still cover when the qb scrambles

I think Whitehead is a better receiver than some people give him credit for, but I think Bailey is just better.

Schrodinger's coordinator.

but that's not nepotism either. Pierce is the exact kind of guy that gets a chance to be OC in this league. Former QB, worked his way from running backs coach to quarterbacks coach... OC is the next logical step in his career. I mean I dunno if Pierce is the best candidate out there, but if they were to give him a chance I wouldn't write it up to anything other than a guy earning his chance.