TrueBlue4ever

Didn’t we cover this already?

First - it’s just at practice while Wheeler is in COVID protocol. Doesn’t mean Wheeler isn’t playing tomorrow. Second - Nash is a righty and was directly replacing Wheeler (at practice, mind you) taking the passing role that Wheeler has. Perfetti is a lefty so that would change the whole power play system for one practice. Third - Maurice went to move Ehlers up to the number one unit and Ehlers said he wanted to stay and be the quarterback of the second unit, being the player who drove the power play on that unit (like Wheeler is the QB on the first unit). Nothing more sinister than that.

Legit question - how much of Darvin Adam’s gameplay is “run a deep route, or throw blocks if we set up a hitch screen?” Am I wrong that a sizeable amount of his game was going deep on every play and getting one or two bombs thrown his way? I know it’s not that simple, but wasn’t he the designated deep threat for the most part?

Even then, when I visit the farm, I don’t want to spend time in the pig sty.

The last thing Hajrullahu wants is to be tied up in a CFL contract until December if he feels he is a phone call away from joining any NFL team in any given week. He will hold out for another shot for the entirety of this NFL season I’d wager. I’m sure he has plenty of tape to send to interested teams.

Why would you ever vacation there????????????

Hard to know. No obvious buckle or twist when he spun after catching the ball, but it looked awkward and he stumbles in. Then the hit was on his thigh but he grabs the back of his leg. Hard to know what triggered the injury, or what it in fact is. Grabbed behind and just above the knee, so is it a hamstring or a posterior crucial ligament?

Except I did not say what you say I said. (This is starting to sound like an episode of Three’s Company🤣) I said we clinch first with a win - comma - or a tie AND a Sask tie or loss. We clinch second if Sask. loses OR we lose by 20 or less to BC. I do try to strive for accuracy, so thank you for proof-reading and checking my work, much appreciated. But as we have all said, JUST WIN BABY and it is all academic. There is one more playoff scenario this coming week. Ottawa is eliminated from playoff contention with a loss AND a Montreal win or tie, or a loss AND a win by BC.

Nope, factored that in as best I could. If Sask won out or went 4-0-1 and we lost out, they would have more points than us. So a Bomber win OR a Sask loss is required (or the aforementioned combo of ties).

Close, but not entirely accurate. In scenarios 2 or 3 either Calgary or BC could still finish ahead of us (but not both). Right now, the ONLY scenario in which we finish 3rd Is with BC and Sask. passing us. This week, we clinch first with a win, or a tie AND a Sask. tie or loss. Beyond this week, we would need the above scenarios you listed in 2 or 3 PLUS a loss by 20 or less to BC AND a loss by 1 point to Calgary. To clinch 2nd and a home playoff game this week, we require no worse than a loss by 20 to BC OR a Sask. loss.

Clean things up. That’s the attitude. Be happy, but not comfortable. Be satisfied, but not complacent. Be confident, but not lazy. Be proud, but not arrogant. We went 1-0 this week. Celebrate tonight, get back to work tomorrow. We are 0-0 again and working towards 1-0 next week. Calm, even-keeled, methodical, relentless. That’s the O’Shea way.

“The dark tribe” would be an awesome name for this defence, if it was not to be mistaken for a racial slur, which I am certain it was not intended to be. Kind of like a black hole (again no racial underpinnings), it sucks the life out of everything, it is unstoppable, and once you are in its grasp, nothing, not even light escapes. 91-6 in the fourth quarter, those are TEMCO numbers. A sight to behold.

I don’t see anything controversial with this take. Harris is not the fastest guy out there, he will not win a 40 yard foot race to the end zone, but he reads his blocks very well, knows when to let the blocking develop and when to burst through the hole, and often survives first contact and churns out another 3-5 yards when being tackled rather than being stopped dead. And his blocking a and especially catching are what set him apart from others.

You have made up your mind on Mourtada no matter what, so OK. But 4 out of 5 is objectively and improvement over 4 out of 10, unless of course you took your math class in Saskatchewan. And when Crapigna wasn’t trying field goals from the 40 in the second quarter, it was O’Shea’s smart tactics rather than a weak leg, but up by 7 with two minutes left it’s now a kicker failure to punt away and pin the opponent on their 10 with the best defence in a generation? I can admit that there is a LOT of work to do in the kicking game and I still hold my breath, probably will for most of the rest of the season, but. can you find any way to admit that this week was a step in the right direction, rather than another week of “blow it all up and being in another guy and start again”? We all fretted about what would happen if we had a game where we needed the kicks to win a game, well now we have seen 2 games like that and both times our kickers came through and got us a win. I am satisfied but not overly complacent about how things turned out for this week anyway, and hope Mourtada continues to work at getting better at his mechanics.

If O’Shea didn’t cut him last week, he’s not going to cut him this week. Save yourself the ulcer and put the worries aside until next Saturday. We can all navel-gaze again after the BC game.

Love the 3rd one.

These last 5 posts, especially Geebrr’s, are a fair assessment of the team right now. Edmonton’s d-line was tough for the club to handle the last couple of weeks as it relates to the pass protection, and Collaros (not the entire offence) struggled a little more with some under throwing and pressures these last 2 weeks. Only 9 sacks given up going into last night, and 4 in the game, but we adjusted to the 2019 offence of run-heavy, ball security, clock killing, efficient, dare I say boring but winning LaPo style which utilized our o-line and running back strengths to pull away, as we often do.

True, but then they shifted their offensive focus to the clock-killing run game, with solid results. And there is a world of difference between sloppy and shitty. I’m all for not getting complacent and glossing over mistakes, but 1) Mike O’Shea does not strike me as a coach who wi do that, and 2) to call the team really bad and declare it a fact beyond debate is a stretch that would make Gumby proud. Thinking that every game should turn out like these guys would predict and anything less is failure is not reality.

Bomber “fan” board during the game: Bomber fans after we win to clinch a playoff spot:

So was I. Held my breath every time, and after the miss was waiting to hear the wolves at the door. But he did enough to earn a stay of execution for another game. Hopefully people will root for him instead of begging him to pack his bags. A step in the right direction at least, and the second time we have needed our kickers to be the difference in a game they have come through.

Never doubt Mike O’Shea!!!!!!!!!!

People on this board calling our team shitty. How would we label their mental state?

1. Oliveira - stepped in mid-game and decided to take it over. 2. Mourtada - NO ONE came into this game with more pressure on him, with no teammate to cover for him if he missed an assignment, and he came through. We won by 10 points and he accounted for 14. Still holding my breath when he lines up, but he got the job done tonight. 3. Bighill - Jefferson is still the game-wrecker, even if he disappears on some plays, and Jeffcoat has a higher ceiling of big play ability, but no one has been as consistently excellent this year. The glue of the defence. HH - Kenny Lawler caught a pass that got called back on a blocking penalty, then dropped one before converting a 2nd and 20 with a huge downfield catch on a broken play. Two Harris touches later and the Bombers took a lead they would not relinquish. Big turnaround play when the offence had little traction in the first half.

Let’s hope so. So far O’Shea says all the right things with the “we are looking to go 1-0 next week”. But lots of teams don’t repeat, and the sense of urgency isn’t there like the pressure of 29 years of losing. So I don’t want to say they would never party, but it certainly would be out of character for this crew.

Second half, TOP 18:20 to 11:40 Bombers and the run game (with one big play) and our usual 4th quarter D put it away.