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Gotta be honest I've watched 4 Toronto games this year and in all of them Kelly was average.

For sure. Miller has been so integral over the past few years that we were bound to see the difference without him. On long QB runs I wonder where the Lbers were not the DL. I think Hall putting 6 guys on the DL cost us on those runs.

I agree with your synopsis. I don't agree that our roster construction, in and of itself, will ever cost us a game. I do agree that it can make winning harder. I would like to see MOS change it up. Not gonna get fired up about it though.

Maybe they fine him 50 bucks or something.

All true Noeller, but our lack of execution earlier in the game is what cost us the victory. Our defence being gassed was only a factor after we had already **** the bed. Roster management has been an issue all year. I certainly agree that it is worthy of criticism. I just don't agree that it is something that is so egregious that it will cost us games, nor do I believe it cost us the Ottawa game. We made mistake after mistake, pick 6...dropped TD..poor play calling...to suggest that it came down to roster management.

Dude...you wanna meet me in Grand Rapids (halfway) and say that to my face? Lmao..jk You are right pickerel. However, I've been fishing with Americans quite a bit this year helping the lodge out, as they are short on guides. Got used to saying walleye I guess.

Last July, we played them on a short week. Similar circumstances...Nathan Rourke ripping up the league and many suggesting BC had surpassed us. Moral of the story BC fans? We beat you from pillar to post...43-22. Short week is no excuse if you are truly the better team. We creamed your team last year on the short week because we were the better team. If the Lions were the better team this year, they would have found a way to at the very least be competitive yesterday.

Bombers give notice to the league. Check. Walleye biting like crazy..33 so far today. Check. Just need the Riders to lose, preferably in heartbreaking fashion, and my August long checklist is rounded out.

BC playing a lot fifty cent in the dressing room after the game. Not sure why?

I agree with that. I'm in full agreement. Just don't think it will cost us games.

Well aren't you the bringer of glad tidings tonight. LMAO

Didn't just get beat, Tommy pulled away from him. At one point he was almost in tackling distance and then just like that Tommy was 15 yards out ahead of him. SLOW.

No he doesn't. I love his versatility and what he brings part time to the offence but it's Grant 10 times out of 10 if we gotta choose between the two.

I would think that Hansen would replace Maruo, and Miller maybe takes Burtenshaw's spot. Hope janarion is back soon too.

I'd love to see both return very soon. Not sure how the heck we get them in the lineup...lol. Man....we are deep.

Mike, with all due respect, it's the way that some of you guys are presenting the issue that some here are barking about. The hyperbole has been strong and vastly overstated. Would it be nice to see some extra PR dev, an extra DL, and maybe Parker in the game tonight. Absolutely. Could this cost us a game. NOT A CHANCE,. I'm sorry but it won't. We have too many quality and versatile guys up and down our roster to even remotely think that not dressing Parker tonight would have made a difference. It wouldn't have. Even if the game was closer. Even if one of our secondary guys went down. Our team is good enough to overcome bad roster management. That's the bottom line. That being said, I would like us to reach our full potential and find the roster management weird. I fully appreciate the conversation except when people exaggerate it's effect on our potential fortunes. We could roster better, but bottom line we are rostering better than probably any other team in the league right now despite not rostering our strongest potential lineup. I mean a month ago this whole conversation started with a very ominous question. "Is this the year the fan's turn on Mike Oshea?" Really?

The roster management is weird. What is not weird, is that if we play like this when it matters the roster management quirks will be completely irrelevant. Could the roster management be better and worthy of discussion...for sure. However, some guys on here are ready to jump off the cliff about it and suggest that it will cost us games. I don't think it will. Our team on any day of the week is strong enough to win with whatever roster MOS puts out there. If they lose...that won't be the reason. Some guys are frustrated with it. I get that. Fire away. However, in the past month I've heard how we are too old, how our OL is just not very good anymore, and how our roster management is going to cost us games. I'm not buying any of that.

We will

Did we cover the spread?

HF..we are gonna hang 50 on them.

I'm a little surprised. I was told the Bombers were a shadow of their former selves and BC had surpassed us.

I agree

It was a clear horse collar. MOS challenge was more of a time out.

He has massive deficiencies in his play. His high tackle totals are a red herring hiding the fact he can only play within the tackles and 5 yards of the LOS. He is a throw back MIKE. Defences use their MIKE differently now.

I would say that the 5 games we've won have all been pretty dominant on the scoreboard....you know....where it matters. The lowest margin of victory in those 5 games was 11 points. I'm not turning a blind eye to anything. I just don't think it's realistic to expect any team to dominate all 4Qs of every game. It rarely happens, even in our Grey Cup years. Tons of people here thinking we were a lot more dominant than what we were because that's what happens when you are winning championships. We have had a couple rough stretches of play this year but we have absolutely dominated the scoreboard in victory, and shat the bed for a period of 3 minutes in Ottawa after completely dominating them for 57 minutes....and we got completely beat down by BC in one game. Just like last year when Hamilton crushed us, or in 2021 when we surrendered a big lead to the hapless Argos and lost. I don't get why people are questioning our offence? Yes sacks are up significantly which needs to be corrected but otherwise our O numbers are virtually identical to 2021 and 2022? Those years were good enough for our QB to win back 2 back MOPs.