M.O.A.B.

uh-oh... another fine coming? ?

Riders kicker Crapigna hurt in practice according to JDunk. Hammy injury could be moved to 6-game.

Shoulder injury for Hardrick

Johnny Sears has tweet last night saying its bedtime and his boys are still playing. I replied and said dont worry your boys are already dleeping on the field. ?

agree on that if not for the non-call the game could end 38-0

did Addison Richards get some playing time last night?

probably lower body injury not sure its serious though

It wouldnt surprise if he will not. At this point I would rather have the Bombers carry another DB to give Fogg some rest after his run. Although with the way Nicholls & co is playing Fogg will get his rest from the sidelines.

Another thing O'Shea has to learn. Cant blame him its new to him and he need to see the film first to see it. ?

Willy should restructure his contract otherwise, hes stay with the Bombers will be short.

aside from Hardrick, did we have other injuries last night?

6 TD 0 INT in 2 games and 1 Qtr... and 2 W... whats not to like.

That's not on Walters though.. that's for the coaches. Hes contribution on that part is what I said in point in 1 (Goossen, Chungh & Couture) and 2 (Bond & Hardrick - although he's not a CFL rookie)

Lawless, explained it well. Willy got all the leeway up to the point of the switch. He is getting pain as the #1 QB and he was coming from an injury. But a move has to be made last game. And are we so glad that Walters was able to resigned Nicholls?

In fairness to Walters, he seems he delivered this time on his end of the bargain... (1) He vastly improved our Canadian content and depth (2) He has CFL rookie international players who shows they can play in this league (3) He brought a capable backup QB - who seems to be the starter going forward

They should get majority of the throws.

BLM sits for 2 years before he become as starter in 2014. Reilly was a backup for 3 yrs in BC. He became Esks full time starter in 2013. Harris was a backup for 3 years in TO. He became as starter 2015. Masoli? He's not an elite QB yet.

People forgot a key ingredient to develop a QB... you have to have a bonafide starting QB FIRST. Otherwise, young guys are forced to start (and thrown to the wolves) when the starting QB failed especially in Winnipeg where fans have a little patience and the #2 QB is always the popular guy .

Really? Please explain.

Yup we should be saving major money from... from Dressler, Smith, Neufeld and Randle. Keeping & Macho earn big $ too since they are free-agent signings. All are on 6-game IR.

McDuffie is playing, I believe. Knox will probably one of the 2-man with Adams. Unless of course McDuffie is a game-time decisision and wont play, in that Knox will draw in the lineup.

Adams practiced for the first time this week. So I'm guessing he will be back in a week or two.

Johnson & Frederick seems to be a good tandem. Loffler is a legit. My worry is on the side of Fogg & Roberts but mainly with Roberts. I just hope Roberts continue to grow on the position and hold the fort while Johnny Adams is back.

I really dont worry... if our OL plays the way they did last week... Nichols will have all the time in the pocket to make the throws and Harris will have the holes to push our running game... as what the cliche goes, it starts on the trenches. We managed to beat the ticats previously with a dink & dunk attack mainly because that how to beat their rush-happy defense but also because Willy cant stretch the field with deep passes. Nichols has showed he will not shy away from those deep throws.

Unheralded hog grabs spotlight Hardrick spiked the ball after Harris's touchdown in Edmonton Jermacus Hardrick isn’t used to touching the football. As an offensive lineman in the Canadian Football League, it’s also rare, if ever, he’s the centre of attention. So when he had the chance to do both just minutes into the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ 30-23 win over the Edmonton Eskimos at Commonwealth Stadium Thursday, he knew exactly what he was going to do. As part of a planned celebration after his one-yard touchdown run, tailback Andrew Harris handed the ball to Hardrick, who, in one fell swoop spiked the ball to the turf. "I loved it, I want to do it again," said Hardrick, his eyes wide, after Monday’s practice at Investors Group Field. "We just do our job every play. Our job isn’t going to make headlines. Touchdowns are what make headlines." Following the win over the Eskimos, all the attention from media and fans fell on players such as Harris, who carried the ball 22 times for 127 yards — his most yards on the ground since joining the Bombers prior to this season. In the dressing room after the game, reporters surrounded quarterback Matt Nichols, who in his first start in place of Drew Willy, had just defeated the reigning Grey Cup champions — not to mention his former team that traded him for next to nothing midway through the 2015 season — in a game in which Nichols completed close to 80 per cent of his passes, throwing for 304 yards and a touchdown. Indeed, the emergence of Harris and the run game and the fairy tale beginning to Nichols’ season made for the night’s best storylines. But it can be argued none of it would have been possible had it not been for the steady play of the offensive linemen — a group comprising Stanley Bryant, Travis Bond, Matthias Goossen, Sukh Chungh and Hardrick. "It starts and finishes with them," said Harris. "They’re the guys that get it going, whether it’s pass blocking or run blocking. Even the attitude of the offence, it really starts with them. They’re the heartbeat of this offence." Not only can the job be thankless, you’d also have to think a person was crazy to want to do it week-in and week-out. On a weekly basis, the O-line is expected to create holes for the run game, while also putting their bodies in front of one — sometimes two — 300-pound defensive lineman looking to take their heads off; all so Nichols can have enough time to find an open receiver. "Every night we’ve got to come in with an attitude, bring the enthusiasm," said Bond, who made his first start at left guard against Edmonton. "They got one of the best defensive lines in this league and from going against them and what we were able to do, we’ve set our standards really high." Bob Wylie, the Bombers offensive line coach, said Thursday’s win was the best game he’s seen from his group this season. Faced with adversity earlier in the week after losing right tackle Patrick Neufeld to injury, Wylie said he challenged them to be better. Simply put, if the Bombers were going to have any chance of leaving Edmonton with a win, it would come down to whether they could protect the line from a fierce Eskimos’ front seven. "They responded to the challenge," said Wylie. "They decided ‘we’re going to get this done’ and they got it done." As for getting accolades for a job well done, Wylie said he wasn’t surprised to see his guys get shafted on the limelight front. In fact, he expects it. When asked why he feels the O-line doesn’t get the credit it sometimes deserves, Wylie didn’t have to look far for an answer. He pointed to the crest on the left breast of his shirt: a mushroom with the acronym C.O.O.L just below it. "Coaches Of Offensive Lineman," said Wylie. "We’re always left in the dark and they always feed us s--t. That’s our logo." As for their reward, it’s more than just headlines in the paper or post-game interviews. In a way, it’s about power, knowing they helped carry — in some cases quite literally — their team to victory. "When you can move a defender from point A to point B against his will, as an offensive lineman that’s one of the best feelings in the world," said Wylie. "There’s nothing better." jeff.hamilton@freepress.mb.catwitter: @jeffkhamilton Read more by Jeff Hamilton. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/football/bombers/unheralded-hog-grabs-spotlight-388897251.html