Season at the half. awards, stats and fun.

[wbbfan]

Just a fun look at our stat projections for the season, predicting award nominees from the team etc.

Bombers on track to go 14-4. The top 3 in the west are 20-4, with bc and calgary having a game each to play before the half way mark. Crazy domination from the top 3. 

Nichols on track for 5.282 yards (which would be 4th or lower some how) 34 tds and 10 picks 

Harris on track for 1,140 rushing (career high) 8 tds (career high) and 980 yards receiving (durp)  on 108 catches (4th highest in the league)

Darvin adams on track for 1,294 yards on 98 catches with 10 tds. 

Thorpe (with games played factored in) is on track for 900+ yards.

Randle on track for 60 tackles, 6 picks and 2 sacks. Heath on track for 62-8. And about 100 dropped picks 

Westerman 12 sacks,  Nevis 30 tackles 2 sacks. 

Mo on track for 64 tackles 6 sacks 2 picks 6 forced fumbles 2 recoveries. 

Awards. 

ROTY, i believe the following are all eligible but im not sure.  Jeffcoat, Poop, and Thorpe.  Id give it to poop. Hes soo good hes forced us to change the ratio and start him over jake. We tried starting jake and still sorely missed the big guy.

MODP, Mo. Nuff said. 

MOSTP, medlock.  Only 32/39 this year.  With a long of 57. 43.6 yard punting average, 65.4 yard kick off average. 

MOOL. Bond. MR.Bond.

MOP, Another year mo deserves mention. Quietly one of the best defensive players in the league. Medlock, despite a more human year then last  year. But in this, the (half) year of the QBs where we could see 6 qbs pass 5k passing yards, on a team truly lead by nichols im gonna go with nichols. 

[Arnold_Palmer]

I had a selfish moment last night watching the game seeing Nichols throw the Hail Mary on the last play before half and getting an INT. Another 3 TD's and some GREAT decision making from Nichols. We have a confident offense where Nichols will not force the ball. He gives his receivers the chance to make plays.

[JuranBoldenRules]

Jeffcoat played NFL games so not eligible for rookie.

MOP- Harris

MOC- Harris

MODP- Randle

Lineman- Bryant

ST- Medlock

Rookie- Nobody running with it yet

 

[wbbfan]

2 hours ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Jeffcoat played NFL games so not eligible for rookie.

MOP- Harris

MOC- Harris

MODP- Randle

Lineman- Bryant

ST- Medlock

Rookie- Nobody running with it yet

 

wasnt sure if jeffcoat was eligible or not too bad i could see him having a massive 2nd half of the season. 

Randle is long over due for some consideration for modp as well. 

[johnzo]

Matty Ice is playing smart, safe, clutch football.  His TD:pick and win:loss ratios are both BLMish.  He's been great to watch.

But no way Harris is not our MOP.  He's been special.

Teams know we're going to feature him, team key on him, and he still makes his plays, game in game out.  Countless times we have been second-and-short and the entire stadium knows he's getting the ball and we make the first down anyway.  Been ages since we've had a player able to impose his will like that. And I love the way he forces the D to respect play action and other fakes. 

[Noeller]

Thorpe for Rookie, no question....

[Noeller]

Just regarding MOP and the like, there is (as always) some great info here from Ed Tait in "Upon Further Review", in regards to how well Nichols is playing right now... 

https://www.bluebombers.com/2017/08/26/upon-review-wpg-34-mtl-31/

[Goalie]

3 hours ago, Noeller said:

Thorpe for Rookie, no question....

Walker might make a case.. Hes 21

[Jesse]

1 hour ago, Goalie said:

Walker might make a case.. Hes 21

I don't think age is taken into consideration.

If anything, I'd say Cory Johnson is more in the running,

[Noeller]

DT is almost never going to get consideration for an award like that. It's Thorpe right now, no question... 

[Jesse]

6 hours ago, Noeller said:

DT is almost never going to get consideration for an award like that. It's Thorpe right now, no question... 

He wouldn'tbe considered for the actual award, but he still may get the team nod. 

[bearpants]

MOP - Nichols ... only competitor is Harris but luckily he had his own category...

MOC - Harris ... is there really anyone who thinks it should be someone else?...

MODP - Randle ... Leggett definitely in the running...

ST - Medlock... see note on Harris above...

OL - Bryant....  Bond is great, Chungh is great... actually they're all pretty damn good... but IMO Bryant is the anchor of the line...

MOR - Thorpe... leaning towards Poop... but @Noeller convinced me that a DT isn't sexy enough for the award....

 

[Tracker]

2 hours ago, bearpants said:

MOP - Nichols ... only competitor is Harris but luckily he had his own category...

MOC - Harris ... is there really anyone who thinks it should be someone else?...

MODP - Randle ... Leggett definitely in the running...

ST - Medlock... see note on Harris above...

OL - Bryant....  Bond is great, Chungh is great... actually they're all pretty damn good... but IMO Bryant is the anchor of the line...

MOR - Thorpe... leaning towards Poop... but @Noeller convinced me that a DT isn't sexy enough for the award....

 

And yet, I heard the stat that they have given up the second most QB sacks/ WTF?

[Arnold_Palmer]

7 minutes ago, tracker said:

And yet, I heard the stat that they have given up the second most QB sacks/ WTF?

When we have the ball longer, and run more plays its bound to happen  our o-line has been great this season. 

[MC]

MOR - Walker

ST -  Medlock (but giving Fogg some consideration)

MODP - Leggett (Randle is another option)

MOL - Bryant (some consideration to Bond)

MOC - Harris

MOP - Nichols

[MC]

15 minutes ago, tracker said:

And yet, I heard the stat that they have given up the second most QB sacks/ WTF?

Our left side is solid, but the right side is adequate.  

[shadybob]

Rookie: Poop (honorable mention Thorpe)

ST: Medlock (honorable mention to Mike Miller on cover team)

Defensive: Mo (HM: Randle)

OL: Bond (HM: Goose)

MOC: Harris (HM: no one really even close to Harris IMO)

MOP: Nichols (toss up between him and Harris to me)

 

[wbbfan]

On 8/28/2017 at 0:50 PM, tracker said:

And yet, I heard the stat that they have given up the second most QB sacks/ WTF?

We are 3rd, but with games in hand it could be true. The difference between 3rd most and 3rd fewest is slim.

Also nichols doesnt take risks throwing the ball away.  He is not afraid to take a sack.  But our OL sans wiley hasnt been as good as last year. Its had spurts of that same production, but also spurts where they struggle to pick up the blitz. Especially seems to be an issue in the red zone. Other teams seem to send pressure when we get to the red zone and leave us kicking a FG. 

[Guest J5V]

On 26/08/2017 at 1:19 PM, Noeller said:

Just regarding MOP and the like, there is (as always) some great info here from Ed Tait in "Upon Further Review", in regards to how well Nichols is playing right now... 

https://www.bluebombers.com/2017/08/26/upon-review-wpg-34-mtl-31/

Loved what O'Shea had to say about Randle. 

[Fred C Dobbs]

In reply to the 'fun' part of the thread title, the Bombers season (so far) in a nutshell:

https://www.cfl.ca/2017/08/29/must-see-tv-13-moments-brought-us-seats/

(But I sure hope that we're not going to have to depend on Carmichael on Sunday.)

[Fatty Liver]

1 hour ago, Fred C Dobbs said:

In reply to the 'fun' part of the thread title, the Bombers season (so far) in a nutshell:

https://www.cfl.ca/2017/08/29/must-see-tv-13-moments-brought-us-seats/

(But I sure hope that we're not going to have to depend on Carmichael on Sunday.)

Walker is still out so good chance Roc will be rotating.  If you read between the lines of O'Shea's canny riddles, we can also expect to be "Poopless" in Regina.

Edited September 1, 2017 by Throw Long Bannatyne

[Mark H.]

On 28/08/2017 at 1:07 PM, MC said:

Our left side is solid, but the right side is adequate.  

I would say our left is shutdown, but our right side is solid.