Bigblue204

A - we wouldn't have been using a roookie QB. If there was no Collaros it was because we had a healthy Streveler who was not a rookie. I'm guessing you forgot about the changes to the D late in the season?

Feel free to keep making a fool of yourself. I'm enjoying it. Collaros IS the best qb in the league. He wasn't in those playoff games. Again....look at what actually happened. Not how you feel.

the guy is absolutely done and fleecing the ticats

no one has said it was bad qb play. It was an ok performance by Collaros, that was 100% over shadowed by outstanding Defence. The defence gives up 1 TD, Bombers O puts up 20 points and you're claiming the O was more influential in the win lol. Keep being you Tburg

Lol it goes both ways. If the defense doesn't play well they don't win either lol. So all things being equal. As in, the defense playing well and Collaros on the team. Which side of the ball was the most influential in the 3 games? You're talking about hypotheticals...if collaros wasn't here...if Streveler started....if if if. I'm talking facts, backed up by stats.

Only counts if he gets most of it in the 1st quarter

No one is arguing against NO Collaros = NO playoff wins. I'm saying, when it comes to the actual games that were played in the playoffs. The Defence was a larger factor in the victories than the Offense. The stats show that. Take Collaros' name out of it and look at the qb stats and tell me that's a fantastic game for a qb. Like others have said, he managed the game. He did not dominate it. The defense was a dominate factor in all 3 games. You literally said no collaros = no hope. Hope is a feeling.

They had to play the regina crowd either way...? No one is arguing a rookie QB would have won. Bunk is pretending you know who else Walters was targeting I'm not basing things on feelings, I'm basing it on stats and facts.

I'm not sure what the significance is of going to regina then cgy compared to what actually happened...? I'm not saying Collaros didn't play an important role. I'm saying, when it comes to the actual playoff games, the defense played a far more important role in winning those games than Collaros. Yes if there is no Collaros, chances are slim we win (Though I'd argue the only way this team didn't have a vet QB signed late was with a healthy Nichols...and in that instance, I think there's a chance the BB still win it.) but if the Defense gives up even 1 more TD in Regina, the game plays out differently. Remember earlier in OCT the bombers lost to SSK pretty bad. If THAT defense showed up in CGY we don't go to SSK. And if THAT defense shows up in the GC, Hamilton ends their drought, not us.

strev

ummm. I hate to break it you. But in 2019 the Bombers...WITH Collaros were 3rd in the west. We went on the road to cgy then regina. Collaros played a huge part in both games and I'm not sure the outcome is the same if Nichols plays. BUT the Defence gave up how many TDs to ssk....in ssk? That was the start of the greatest Defence the CFL has ever seen. Without Collaros, the Bombers maaaaybe still had a chance at getting to the GC. Without the Defence playing the way they did, there is absolutely zero chance. I would post Collaros stats throughout the 2019 GC run, to show how steady, but unremarkable they were. But I can't find them because the CFL website is hot garbage.

Defence was the difference in the playoffs. Collaros was average at best.

no really. people get tired. Brady isn't a small guy and hits like a linebacker. We just wear the opposition down and smack them in the face in the fourth.

sounds like something I'd read at riderfans. "Hope we lose" "got lucky".... No one has won more games since 2016...we're pushing a decade as a top team. 2 GC wins, 3 appearances. MOPs, MODPs, MOOL, MOR. You know what they say. Gotta be good to be lucky and lucky to be good. 5-2 after 7 games, about to punch harris and the arblows in the throat and stomp Dane evans. All by luck.

That's pure revisionist history right there. Maaaaaybe in 21...maybe. But 19 was a team that got hot at the right time, and a lot of that was due to coaching decisions in the secondary and the combination of Strev and Collaros. They were not the same team as 2021. I agree on Bennet. I'll go as far as saying he won't be on the roster next year. Honestly just watch him play, he beats no one. His only play last week was when Corny rolled out to his side and the tackle essentially pushed him towards Corny, even then he was still beat to the edge and was lucky Corny can't hit the broad side of a barn. Bennet is a grade A bust imo.

No it was Man coverage, at least on Houstons side. He bit on a double move and then stubbled/played his recovery horribly and that was that. It happens. Situational awareness is needed there, but every single db gets got at some point. He does it clean too. No PIs called against him that I can remember.

Watching Briggs out there was painful. Guy is hard worker forsure. But much like Bennet, should not he getting the reps he is. Shout out to Holm for knocking down that deep ball late in the 4th in one v one coverage. Huge play!!

Wait...isn't Eli 67?

From where I was the hit from Cole looked to be helmet to helmet. I assumed that's why it was called. “I’m a little beat up but I’ll be alright,” he said, appearing in good spirits. “That’s football, you’re gonna take some hits like that and so is what it is.” quote from him in a 3down article.

Well...they did almost everything they could to throw that game away. Ugly win, but I've seen uglier. Oline is officially a problem. There were a couple plays to be made out there but Collaros couldn't step into the throws. I'm not too down on Buck after that game, though the predicable run game for the first 3 Qs was frustrating. But Brady also just flat out missed some holes. Defence, holy hell do we need some DE depth. Hopefully Haba is back after the break, because if I have to watch Bennet come in for Jeffcoat on passing downs 1 more time I'm going to lose it. Bennet has a lot of fight and puts in a lot of effort. But it's literally all for nothing. The guy should just not being seeing the field as much as he is. Castillo showing he is human. Seems the entire team is struggling right now. But it's a good time to have those. Shout out to Johnny A and Mcrae for the solid hands on those short kick offs Edmonton was doing (which I love and want the Bombers to do) got 2 holding penalties too, but was solid in the 4th

Someone screen shot this for later

To be fair, Zach said the same thing about Darvin Adams in an off season....Adams wasn't re-signed because it was obvious he wasn't the same wr anymore. Zach is a true leader, and that means he will never throw anyone under the bus.

Lawler

I usually thought that way too. But in the BC game specifically, our O seemed to take a step back. The misdirection/PA etc just wasn't there. There's obviously reasons that change play calling etc through out a game, but even to start the game, the play calling was bland. So I'm assuming the game plan was trash from the jump. And BC came in and just shocked them (Buck).

How no one has picked him up, boggles the mind.