Mr Dee

Nice catch from Collins and nice throw from poked-in-the-eye Lulay.

That’s just in 3 minutes of looking. If you’ve studied the QB like you say you have been, you’d admit that Nichols has made some fine throws. Now, I’m not going to sit here and defend Nichols, but I don’t like blanket statements on how good or bad a player has been without justification. Lankford yes, Nichols? On watch.

Sask game alone: 3 minutes looking Completed Pass to K. THOMPKINS, 31 yards TD Completed Pass to N. DEMSKI, 16 yds Completed Pass to D. ADAMS, caught at S48 (18 yds) before the LaFrance fumble. These were all good throws You wouldn’t have to look hard to find other examples. To deny he has made some good throws to support your theories doesn’t back up the facts. Look nobody's denying Nichols has to step up his game, but in the completions he has made, some of them are pretty good.

If you look closely, he has won some games for us, and in those games, he has thrown some pretty good balls. Now lately, it’s been a different story. He’s been very...ordinary, and we’ve been losing. That’s the easy part to see. We forget that he has put some good drives together, at least in the beginning of games. What’s that word again? Oh yeah, consistency. I’m in the corner of pulling him for a series when necessary, not dumping him on the sidelines. Sure, sure, two throws a game, on busted coverage. Have it your way, you’ve been paying close attention.

Again, not true. You’re just not giving credit where credit is due. Nichols has had good games. He’s had good throws in every game.to go along with the bad. That’s where the ‘consistency’ comes in.

Simply not true. He can zip it in there when he has to. He’s fired it into tight spots before. It’s the consistency we’re looking for.

Already taken care of..

Yep, I thought he meant HC. My mistake.

Mike Kelly was HC in 2009. Dunigan performed that magic feat July 15, 1994, under Cal Murphy..

2018 CFL GAME NOTES WEEK #13 • OTTAWA AT BC LIONS 1. CFL Game #56 Team Notes – Ottawa at BC: - Taking the lead / BC's Close Encounters: Despite a 3-6 record the Lions have taken the lead in every game thus far including 4 times by 10 or more points. BC has led 4 times going into the final 15:00 but managed only a 2-2 mark in those games. Since 2016 the Lions have played 14 games that were decided by 4 points or less and are 4-10 in those close contests. From 2013 to 2015 the reverse was true as BC went 9-6 in their 15 games of 4-point margins or smaller. - Trevor Harris 300+ streak vs BC: Harris has saved his best for BC and has a remarkable streak going. He has started against the Lions 6 times in his career and thrown for 300+ in ALL 6 starts. He has averaged 374 yards per game against BC in his career. Ottawa 41 & 44 points on the road: The REDBLACKS have scored 44 and 41 points in their last two road games. This two-game streak is the FIRST time that any Ottawa team has ever had 40+ in back-to-back away games. The last CFL team to score 40+ in 3 straight road games was Calgary in 2000 (Jul 14/00 - Aug 10/00). - When Trevor Harris throws a TD pass: The REDBLACKS are 5-1 .667 this season when Harris connects for a TD pass; when he has not they are just 1-3 .250. - Manny Arceneaux: The Lions will be without Emmanuel Arceneaux for an extended period for the first time since he missed two games in a row to start 2014. He has been in the lineup for 77 of the last 79 games (Jul 12/14 to Aug 25/18) - therefore BC will be missing his 375 receptions and 45 TDs over that 79-game period. Here is how that adds up: BC Pass Completions / TD Passes since Jul 12/14: 1,685 116 To Emmanuel Arceneaux: 375 45 (22% of completions, 39% of BC TD passes) - Lewis Ward 97%: Ward began his career with a 3-for-4 FG performance in the season opener and since then has not missed a FG attempt (though he did miss one conversion). Ward is now 30-for-31 97% with a streak of 27 makes in a row, the longest streak ever made by a 1st Year player and has included 8 makes from 40+ yards. Overall, his 27 in a row is now #7 all-time in CFL history. Next ahead are 3 players tied at 28 in a row at #4 (Ridgway, Milo & Medlock). With another perfect game and 3 makes this week he can tie Paul McCallum for the 3rd-longest streak in CFL history. His 97% mark is well ahead of the CFL record set by Rene Paredes at 94.7% in 2013 (54-of-57). Greg Ellingson going for 4 in a row: Ellingson comes in with a run of 3 consecutive 100-yard games and that has given him 19 for his career. The last Ottawa player to have 3 consecutive 100+ games was Chris Williams (Wk #1-3 of 2016). The Ottawa record for most consecutive 100-yard games was set by Gerald Alphin in 1989 at 5 in a row at 100+ (Aug 31/89 - Sep 24/89). - Last 3 Ottawa vs BC: The REDBLACKS have won the last 3 games vs BC and that is the longest winning run by any Ottawa team over the Lions since 1974 (a 4-game Rough Rider win streak from 1971 to 1974). All three recent Ottawa wins over BC have been by 7 points or less - in fact the last 5 BC-OTT contests have all been decided by margins of 7 or less (average: 5.8 points). - Since a 4-1 start in 2017: The Lions started last year at 4-1 but since then have been just 6-16 over their most recent 22 games. This is their poorest stretch since a 6-16 record from August 1997 to September 1998. In these most recent 22 games, BC has been much better at home however at 5-6 compared to a 1-10 away record. - T.J. Lee: Leads the CFL with 10 pass knockdowns, 3 more than any other player and he has had at least one in the last 4 games. He is the only DB that currently leads his team in Defensive Plays (54). All other team leaders are Linebackers. - High Offence BC-OTT recent games: The last 4 BC-Ottawa games have all seen high performance offence. BC went over 400 yards in all 4 vs the Ottawa defence, while Ottawa has averaged 454 yards vs the BC defensive unit. The 4 games have averaged 59.3 points and all were decided in the last 3:00. - Ottawa vs the West: The REDBLACKS are the only East Division team with a winning record vs the West in 2018. They are the only Eastern club to have a winning record in any season since 2016 vs the West and can extend that to 4-2 with a win this week in Vancouver. Ottawa has won 2 of their last 3 visits to B.C. Place. - Ty Long 12-for-12: At home this year, Long has not missed a FG attempt and is 12-of-12. On the road in 2018 he is 9-of-12 75%. Last year, of Long's 5 missed FG attempts 4 were at B.C. Place Stadium where he went 21-of-25. He is now 33-of-37 at home overall. - Brad Sinopoli 68 catches: Sinopoli had 5 catches last game and is on pace for 122 receptions (122.4) which would challenge Allen Pitts #2 all-time mark from 1994 at 126 and Don Narcisse's 123 in 1995. - Travis Lulay start #7 in a row: The last time that Travis Lulay started 7 games in a row was the Lions' first 9 games of 2015. Lulay is 2-4 as a starter this year but the 4 defeats have come by slim margins of just 1, 4, 9 & 3 points. - Richie Leone 5 in a row: Has a unique streak of 5 games in a row with a punt that has pinned the opposition inside their own 10- yard line. His NET punt average is 39.5 yards and he now leads the CFL in that critical measure. - Ottawa held without a TD: The REDBLACKS did not score on offence last week; that was the third time this season they have failed to score on at least one drive in a game. In 2017, they scored at least once in EVERY game. - Rainey 3000 yard pace: With 187 yards in BC's last game, Rainey got back onto 3K pace for combined yards and leads the CFL with 1,525 after 9 games. He led the CFL in 2017 with 3,181 yards, the first time that a BC Lion player had ever gone over 3,000 in one year. _________________________________________________________________________________________________

“More than anything, guys are rallying around (Nichols), showing him love and letting him know we’ve still got his back, no matter what anyone is saying.” Game preview 📝 http://ow.ly/EAKX30lJ9qE

But who says he doesn’t see a drop off? But rather an expectation of better play coming from the guy who is making the right reads..

Taken a little bit out of context.. In breaking down the film, in their meetings, they determine where the ball should be going in reflection of what they see. It doesn’t necessarily mean that the ball gets there, but more that the right read has been identified. As to the QB’s ability to get it there..well, that’s a different matter. I believe that clip was from the Coach’s show, Tuesday, audio vault, CJOB. 7pm

“Because our coach is an idiot.“ Eternal Optimist (poster - previous post) It’s funny you should say that. After the practice today, in the post practice question period, Coach O’Shea said “I guess you can call me an Eternal Optimist”.. 😀

SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS AT WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 – 4 P.M. ET This will be the 15th installment of the Banjo Bowl between Saskatchewan and Winnipeg. Winnipeg owns the edge in the Banjo Bowl, going 8-6 including winning the last three and four of the last five. Matt Nichols is 3-0 in the Banjo Bowl in his career, averaging 271 passing yards in those games. A quarterback has passed for 300+ yards just once in the last six of these games. That was done by Drew Willy in 2014 for Winnipeg. Saskatchewan’s Naaman Roosevelt has notched 10 catches for 223 and two TDs in the last two Banjo Bowls. For Winnipeg, Weston Dressler has recorded 10 receptions for 192 yards in the last two Banjo Bowls. This will be the fourth different QB in the last four years for the Roughriders: 2015 Brett Smith, 2016 Darian Durant, 2017 Kevin Glenn and 2018 Zach Collaros. Saskatchewan took care of business in the front end of the home-and-home set. The Riders will be attempting to record their seventh sweep. Winnipeg has swept the pivotal Labour Day/Banjo Bowl series twice and there have been six splits. This will be the sixth time Investors Group Field has hosted the game; the Blue Bombers have gone 4-1 in Banjo Bowls since the building opened. For word on the other games playing this weekend see: https://press.cfl.ca/this-week-in-the-cfl-week-13-189417?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheCanadianFootballLeaguesPressreleases+(CFL+PR+√)

Not the best video evidence, but you can plainly see the ball is thrown too high. If thrown at pad level, I think he has it. By the way, there is a Rider on Washington, but he shows as a blur in this snapshot. Still, the ball is thrown to the right space..just too high. If not tipped, it lands in that open space. But I do agree that a receiver’s natural instinct is to make a play on that ball. As an aside, Stanley Bryant is the man responsible for knocking Elam out of bounds, some 50 yards downfield. That’s effort!

Nobody liked this casual chain pull.. Nor this tipped ball...

https://www.cfl.ca/2018/09/04/quarterback-index-zach-back/ QB index.... MATT NICHOLS WPG THIS WEEK: 7 | LAST WEEK: 5 No quarterback is safe from critical analysis, something Matt Nichols has learned the hard way throughout 2018. After guiding the Bombers to back-to-back playoff appearances, including their first at home since 2011, some fans are calling for a change under centre. Nichols threw for 166 yards against the Riders and is averaging 221 yards per game in 2018. He needs a big game in the rematch. CFL.ca staff

He’s right, of course, on the reasons we lost, but it’s embarrassing for our team and fans that an OC as widely regarded as LaPolice, cannot manage to overcome second half lapses with imaginative play calling. Same old, same old. But Bob has to look at Nichols with a more critical eye. He simply has to be better no matter the play calling. He’s put the ball in tight spaces on some nice throws, but the consistency is non-existent. He has to make things happen..on his own, if he expects to be regarded as the leader O’Shea thinks he is. More Streveler is needed if only to keep the opposition guessing.

Not at all. Nobody can argue the end result. We lost. Flip the coin. We get those two turnovers, we walk away with the game. But it wasn’t what we’ve been seeing lately. We should have won that game. Instead...angst.

A loss is a loss, no matter what, but I’m talking about how we approached that game. We had a good plan. How can anyone overlook that?

So, you don’t give credit to the Bomber D for the lousy Rider O? Interesting.

Of course not. But You don’t take points off the TDs you scored. That’s just silly.

That’s really stretching it..