TEAM NOTES - WINNIPEG @ EDMONTON GAME #69

[Mr Dee]

CFL Game #69 Team Notes – Winnipeg at Edmonton:

 Season series on the line: With Edmonton and Winnipeg one win apart to Week #15, this game will be vital in playoff positioning. Edmonton leads 1-0 and can take the series with another victory. A Blue Bombers' win evens it at 1-1 and would force that to the outcome of the November 3rd contest again at Commonwealth Stadium. A win for Edmonton would give them a series victory over Winnipeg for the 5th time in the last 6 years.

 Edmonton playoff positioning: The Eskimos have fallen from a 6-3 start and 2nd place to 7-6 one game above .500 and in 3rd behind Saskatchewan with 3 losses in their last 4 games. They are even in the loss column with BC with 6 defeats and again the season series will go down to game #3 in the set (Oct 19th at BC).

 Reilly at 300+ yards, #10 all-time+: The Eskimos are 5-2 this season when Mike Reilly throws for 300+ yards and 2-4 when he does not. His 7 games of 300+ move him up to 40 for his career which ranks him #10 all-time despite being just #28 in total games started with 91. 

 Winnipeg penalties: The Bombers had a CFL season-low one penalty last week and including declined calls, only two flags. The last time that Winnipeg drew two penalties or less was on Oct 19/07, 11 years ago. They had 2 for 19 yards that day.

 5-1 vs 2-5 (+3): The Eskimos have 3 more home than road victories, their largest disparity since 2012 (5-4 vs 2-7, +3). Their largest ever difference between home and away wins is +5 and came on two occasions - 2004 (7-2 vs 2-7) & 1988 (8-1 vs 3-6).

 Duke Williams 1800-yard pace / 19.1 average: Averaging exactly 100.0 yards per game, Williams is just shy of the Edmonton single-season receiving record held by Brian Kelly. Kelly caught 104 passes for 1,812 yards in 1983 in a 16-game season. Williams' 19.1 yard average per catch is the 2nd-highest by any CFL player since 2001 (Min. 60 receptions)

 Throwing deep comparison: Though a complicated function of different offensive approaches and receiver corps, here’s a to-head look at passing of 20+ yards or more downfield in 2018 for Mike Reilly and Matt Nichols. More than 1 in 5 of Reilly's throws in 2018 have been deeper than 20+ yards (only Bo Levi Mitchell has had more of his throws be 20+ (25%, 95 of 387 atts).

Mike Reilly attempts of 20+ yards passing - 99 of 462 throws. Completed 43. 43.3%

Matt Nichols attempts 20+ yards passing - 47 of 285. Completed 16. 34%

 Winnipeg wire-to-wire / Trailing after Q3: Of the 6 Bombers' wins this year, 4 have been wire-to-wire without trailing at any time. They have led 10 times in 13 games after the 1st Quarter and are 7-3 in those games. They have yet to win a game in 2018 when they have trailed going into the 4th Quarter.

👁‍🗨 YIKES! - Since 2015 the Bombers are just 3-24 in the 27 times they have trailed after 45:00.

 Weston Dressler just needs 4 more games with a reception to move ahead of Jamel Richardson to 125 games consecutive.

 Justin Medlock: Has taken over the CFL lead in punts inside the 10-yd line with 11. He had 7 in all of 2017 and 8 in 2016. At 10.6 points per career game, he ranks #2 behind only Mark McLoughlin (10.7 per gm) and his 1,316 career points is now #18 all-time.

 Kenbrell Thompkins: Had 94 yards and for the first time was the Bombers' leading receiver in a game.

 Turnover Record at 28-3: Winnipeg is 6-0 when making fewer Turnovers and 0-7 when making even or more in 2018. Since 2016,

 Winnipeg is 28-3 when forcing more T/Os.

 

[Floyd]

That turnover stat probably applies to all teams...

[JCon]

First of four trips to Edmonton this year for the Bombers... No mistakes and they can win this one. 

[TBURGESS]

1 hour ago, Mr Dee said:

Winnipeg wire-to-wire / Trailing after Q3: Of the 6 Bombers' wins this year, 4 have been wire-to-wire without trailing at any time. They have led 10 times in 13 games after the 1st Quarter and are 7-3 in those games. They have yet to win a game in 2018 when they have trailed going into the 4th Quarter.

We've only won 6 games so maybe it's we are 6-4 in those games?

[Tracker]

3 hours ago, JCon said:

First of four trips to Edmonton this year for the Bombers... No mistakes and they can win this one. 

Soooo...you're saying they're boned?

[blueingreenland]

Anyone know if we have any lineup changes?

[Mark F]

14 hours ago, Mr Dee said:

YIKES! - Since 2015 the Bombers are just 3-24 in the 27 times they have trailed after 45:00.

 

This is interesting, cause I had this clearly baseless idea that Nichols and the team had a fair number of come from behind games. 

[jazzsax]

6 hours ago, Mark F said:

This is interesting, cause I had this clearly baseless idea that Nichols and the team had a fair number of come from behind games. 

They did.... last year.  Quite a few. Which is what gave us hope. 
 

[Brandon]

8 hours ago, Mark F said:

This is interesting, cause I had this clearly baseless idea that Nichols and the team had a fair number of come from behind games. 

Maybe the team had the lead in the 4th...  gave up the lead and then we came back and won on the last drive?