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Zach's decline has been evident for some time. Lawler and Schoen frequently bailed him out by making superhuman grabs. This year that ain't happening and so the QB's failings are even more evident.

The D was able to bring pressure on Patterson. Kyrie Wilson had a good game. I thought Willie J did too. Bighill not so much. BA was a step behind as usual. Nichols missed an important tackle. Holm stumbled at an unfortunate moment. PI against Ford was a joke. It's not like we didn't warn them

Did Bighill's final play dirty hit on Patterson count as one of his 3 tackles (official stats) in yesterday's game? He was close to a milestone, hopefully he got it and that'll be that.

The challenge for MOS and crew now is to begin to make the necessary roster changes without making it obvious that they are making the necessary changes.

Back to back vs BC coming up. Yikes.

Still miss Grant. Far better than any returner we've fielded this year. Roster management pathetic.

Biggie beaking off at MOS at the end there. Anyhow, beaten by a better team and that's all there is to it. Wade poking his nose in things now would be a good thing, I reckon.

Who had the most?

Entertaining win. Sure, lots to criticize but looks like there might be some light at the end of the tunnel.

Stats-wise Bombers have the worst offensive production in the CFL - 1/3 into the season. It's reminiscent of the Matt Nichols game-manager era where the O was putrid but at that time at least we won some games on the strength of solid defence. Thing is, our defence in 2024 is not as good as during the Nichols era - and looks especially vulnerable against the run. Calgary's O is only slightly better than Bombers stats-wise but they have given up the fewest sacks in the league. So unless Collaros really improves his ability to complete a pass under pressure, (ie gets rid of the ball quicker) and until our defence suddenly gets stout in the box, Calgary should win this one. Sincerely hope Bombers go out and play serious bully ball to prove me wrong. Go Blue!

Grant came back from high ankle injury last season a few weeks too early. So it looked like he had lost a step - had trouble making all the cuts. But the whole return team sucked as well. I like that Argos have tried to work him into the offence from time to time. He wanted that in Winnipeg but the O is much less creative than Dinwiddie's schemes. Bombers had Grant running up the gut in traffic - that's how he got hurt. So dumb.

Grant almost broke another one. He's so good. Argos return team better than Bombers as well - this year and last

Janarion! The Best.

We must be the first and only team in pro sports with not just one, but two players named Lucky on the roster. Things can only get better from here.

Fun to watch Strev at QB and great to get the W! Hope he's not too banged up. Bombers should start him next game as he gives the club a spark that's absent with Collaros who's on the decline. Brady starting to get going. O-line played like they're starting to feel like a unit. Wille J had a few moments, as did Kyrie. Is it enough? Prob not. The 2 cornerbacks and Holm give me hope. Man, they're good. Castillo = Money! Speaking of which, one of my kids won the 50/50. Whoop Whoop!!

100% ~ Fans love him. I happened to be in the stands in 2018 when Streveler showed up for his first practice. Something special about him, the casual the way he bounced the football off the turf watching and waiting to take reps but you could tell the dude was wired. Hopefully he remembers he doesn't have to do it all himself.

Nice to see Janarion Grant getting reps and making plays in the offence. Plus a return for 6. Nice to see Sheed making plays. Miss those guys.

Self-preservation mode vs warrior mode. Maybe you can expect that at age 36 with Zach's history of injuries. Reminds me last couple of years of Matt Nichols. Could've made plays ... but didn't. I'll never forget one play near the end of Nichols time here. 3rd & 10 game on the line. Nichols drops back and the middle opens up. He runs up about 5-6 yards into the open field then spots a defender moving towards him. He could have got the first down easily but saw potential contact - slid down at 7 yards. Game over.

Who said let him walk? The 3 year deal is/was the problem. Not necessary when you can go 1 by 1 or 1 + 1 with 50% guaranteed in the 2nd year as per CFLPA. Of course it's easy to see this in hindsight.

Why did they pay him more money? Because we couldn't afford to pay Brown after tying our can to Collaros for 3 yrs at $600k per back in 2022. That's on Walters.

Who would want him at that price?

We'll have to see how Dru Brown fares in Ottawa. I was among those who badly wanted to keep him over Collaros. But that 3 year deal Walters gave Collaros in 2022 made keeping Brown in Winnipeg next to impossible. He wanted (and deserved) to be a starter somewhere. If I'm Walters (or whoever is GM next season) I'd make getting Brown back in Blue & Gold a priority in 2026. Depending on how Strey does, of course.

I'd say no to Whitehead, who had dropsy. The thing about Schoen and Lawler, Demski Woli etc is that they routinely make amazing grabs that make our QBs look good. If you look at most of the pass attempts by Winnipeg's QB's, more than 50% are off-target requiring voodoo magic by the receivers just to reel that ball in.

The first passing TD for this team this year came in the final 2 mins of the 4th game of the season. Just letting that sink in.

0-4 Mike O'Shea