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Great win. That hit at the end of the game definitely should have been a 15 yarder. Always hate to see a player get injured, even if they are a Rider. Bombers played pretty darn well and would have had an easy finish too if the refs hadn't gifted Sask a free six points. Happy for Mike O'Shea especially. First playoff win since the LaPo era.

Been so nervous for this one. Even with Collaros out the Riders defense is good enough to pull off a win. We will really need JSK to dress, Wild won't have the speed to contain Bridge if he breaks out of the pocket to his side.

Trestman is a really good coach, but since his Montreal stint he has been largely mediocre in the NFL and CFL. I get that he won the Cup last year, but it is a huge advantage playing in the East (not only for Trestman, but most of these terrible teams). That Toronto went 4-14 this year in a division that featured ONE (!!!) team with a winning record should demonstrate how bad the Argos were.

Need more love for Mike O'Shea in this thread. Thought he would go down with the ship this year but his faith was rewarded. Three straight winning seasons and three straight playoff appearances. Don't know how or when this season will end, but that is a solid accomplishment. Best shot at actually winning a championship is to be good consistently. Between 2004-2015, the Bombers only had two winning seasons and one 0.500 season.

Playoff team for a third straight year. That's all I care about right now.

The rest of the results this weekend were rough. Going to be a battle still just to get into the playoffs.

People often overlook the impact of the QB on taking sacks. The line or the receivers take the blame when often times sacks are a result of QB play. Nichols has in the past opted against some quick throws and seemingly refuses to throw the ball away too. It's certainly not all on Nichols but I think he's making the problem worse.

When Loffler is making plays you know your offense may need to change things up. Happy to see him finally make a big impact though.

Offense has one splash play and nothing else. They are really struggling. First down runs are terrible right now and Nichols is still struggling against the blitz.

Was hoping to get another receiver in here but I'm not too worried about it either way. Our chance at the playoffs and/or in the playoffs was always going to rest on the players we already have here. If Nichols and the receivers play well, we're dangerous. If not, pack up the lockers.

I don't know how the refs can't see that's a catch.

Great defensive game again. If we had an offense I would pick us to do damage in the playoffs. This passing attack is sadly not improving at all.

He was good but I think the result would have been similar Streveler. I don't think this QB issue/situation is going away anytime soon, despite what O'Shea thinks. I feel like we offered up Montreal as a sacrifice to Nichols, got him to look good so he can keep the job, and now we can just go on pretending like everything is fine. Montreal is a bad, bad team. The Bombers should have beat them easily, especially with the defense swarming and Manziel playing poorly. The offense continues to be inconsistent and that issue was magnified when Harris got hurt.

We didn't play bad but we didn't play well. This defense is good. I still think they are overlooked because so much of the focus is on the offense. I still think Nichols is limiting our offense but he was at least managing the game well tonight.

As long as they don't mess with our jerseys I'm happy. They are the best in the league, in my opinion, and I'm not saying that just as a Bomber fan. For fairly recent editions we've had some of the worst. BC's jerseys are awful. Calgary needs to get rid of the black, otherwise they're so similar to Ottawa. Montreal could use a re-do as well.

Obviously it's a team game and lots went into the past two weeks, but the difference between the teams was that we spotted them a Matt Nichols.

Somebody better be fired for this one.

Let him freaking throw the ball. So far Strev has gotten the training wheel offense.

Nichols has five interceptions, only three of which counted. The other two were poor decisions/throws, so I don't really care that the penalties bailed him out on those. He has given Sask 17 points off turnovers. If he doesn't sit now, O'Shea has lost his damn mind and we may as well start the rebuild now.

If Nichols starts the second half then this whole group can get the hell out of Winnipeg

Nichols tossing into double coverage consistently. Surprisingly not a great strategy!

It's pretty clear Nichols continues to take points off the board and actively hurt the team.

How does Brooks not get thrown out of the game?

I don't completely disagree...but I do disagree at least a bit. I think LaPo's "Streveler Offense" did a pretty good job of emphasizing his mobility, either on designed runs or play action. I personally would prefer a ton more zone read, still, in that offense, but I just want to make the point that I do think the Nichols Offense and the Streveler Offense were pretty different.

And in to clear double coverage...