Bigblue204

Cooper starting and Alexander backing up Moe. Is that new, or did they do that last week too?

Riders blitzed 50% of the time and it worked. Masoli was rattled. Rec didn't know hot routes. I said the riders D would win them a few games this year. This was the first one.

possession time and points scored. Both things that will hopefully put more pressure on the opposition O hopefully leading to some turnovers/mistakes. A good Offence will make a bad Defense better.

This color is staying for a while. Book it.

Don't forget the beating in ottawa the week before.

lol it's funny only cause he didn't sign with the riders. Good for him though. Showed some promise.

I legit said this last night to some friends. Nichols hands off the streveler who laterals back to Adams who throws a TD to Nichols... lol.

A friend is there. Says Both Strev and Nichols taking 1st team reps.

Wow...that's a bit of a dickheaded response. I think he just meant the article is from 2 weeks ago. As in old. As in old news. As in we don't need a new thread for an article posted 2 weeks ago.

It's great if he's back. But I really hope they aren't rushing it. Streveler has shown he can handle the spot light. I wouldn't be against sitting Nichols at least another week before he comes back.

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I agree with you in terms of his play. However if he has another concussion, that would be his 3rd? And that's generally when you see guys really being susceptible to them. I wouldn't be surprised to see MTL go with Matthews and Adams the rest of the year, assuming one of them plays at least as well as Willy has.

Why? Hervey has a pretty good track record.

Well he can have Ross or Bennett. I'm fairly sure only those two will be available to him.

Well at least we will know who to blame.

Fairly sure the bombers have won more games than everyone except cgy over the past 3 years. They are a high quality team. Fans are expecting the next step. Which they should.

This isn't me angry little fella. I'm annoyed because apparently when you say The D sucked and the O didn't do anything, people completely write off the first part. I'm glad you think 17 points and 290 yards is good enough. I don't. I also don't think the D played well. See how that works? You can think both aspects played poorly...because they did. Nichols wont make the D play better. He will make the O better. Which will create more points. Which is how you win games.

Where did I say that? Where did I say streveler needs to be as good as Nichols and that the reason the team lost is only because of the O? Where? Quote me. The O put up 10 last night. Not good enough. Understandable considering the circumstances though. Do you understand what those words mean when they are put together?

Also a bit worrying that none of the players seemed to recognize that it wasn't working and try jumping the patterns. They all seemed to just play the scheme as it was...which I suppose is good in a sense. But when it's not working it'd be nice to have a leader step out of the scheme to try and create something. Maybe that's just wishful thinking on my part.

Take a deep breath and read the entire post before you respond. 1) they needed 32 points to win. 2) where did I say I thought Streveler needed to put up 40 points a week? 3) Nichols regularly put up 30+ points last year, which is generally good enough to win. 4) AGAIN, pointing out that both sides of the ball didn't play well is not an excuse for the defense. under 300 yrds total O is not good, rookie QB or not. 5) Am I expecting Streveler to consistently go out there and put up big numbers? No. I never said that. I've never thought that. The guy has been amazing, but is still very green and is bound to struggle. Which is why the D has to play better. 6) How many times should I repeat that I think the Defence is the bigger problem? 4 times? 5? 6? 7) Why is there such an issue with saying the offence played poorly? Do people read that and see "the defence played lights out!! Streveler can go **** himself?" reading comprehension is important. The D played horribly. The O didn't help by also playing bad. That's it. That's all I'm ******* saying. The stats and score support that. to recap my last like 5 ******* posts. The D sucked. The O also struggled, which isn't a surprise considering the circumstances. Nichols is better than Streveler and will be more consistent. It's early, there's still time to change the D. How in the **** can anyone read that and think I'm blaming any one side of the ball over the other? Let alone the Offence over the Defence?

Yeah I don't see a firing happening either. My hope is that play calling will change....which right now I feel is also a bit unlikely. Maybe MOS can convince him to be more aggressive.

The offence didn't play well enough that is just a fact. Unless people think 290 total yards is good for a cfl team. Saying that, I'm not blaming streveler. I think he's played as well as anyone expected. Better even. Just pointing out that this is a different team with Nichols under centre. And that it's still early enough for changes to be made on D. None of that is wrong and is backed up by stats. Saying both sides of the ball played poorly isn't putting the blame on one side of the ball or one player. It's just what happened. I'm more worried about the D than anything. But it's still early. Still reason for optimism for me. I don't care if their is none for others.

146 yrds of passing is not fine. Not in modern day football....Especially with this D. Nichols brings a more consistent attack. I like the strevalation but this is still Nichols team. And it's still a better team with Nichols in the line up. Not trying to make excuse. Just putting things into perspective. The D is still the bigger problem. But being that it's only week 3, there is lots of time for things to change.

Let's also remember it is only week 3. Missing the starting qb. I know, I know...same old hall. But it's better this happens now against the east than 14 weeks from now against the west. Hopefully changes occur. Its a long season.