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I agree about Nichols. I'm just thinking it didn't help and may have bothered some players. Maybe not. Maybe players don't care if their teammates are getting suspended for juicing. Just part of the business I guess.

Yeah, because it wouldn't bother clean players if their teammate has been caught cheating but I see your point because thats the same as it being colder outside.

I wonder how his "proof" that he took tainted supplements is coming along. I'd sure like to see that. I hate to be the one to say it but am I the only one that has noticed that Bomber fortunes took a huge nosedive after Harris' failed drug test and subsequent suspension?

FWIW, Here's a different angle.

Well it's more than half a second but anyway, if he looks back at all, he sees that ball coming and knocks it down. Sorry but, to me, a fan, that's awful coverage. Just my opinion. I never played pro ball. What do I know?

Huh? What am I missing here? Rios has his back to the QB and never looks for the ball. If he simply looks back he easily picks off that ball or at least knocks it down. That ball should never have been thrown. It almost hits Rios. Sorry, I don't get it.

That's just insane arm strength.

Can someone tell me what the hell Rios is doing on this play? Is never looking back towards the QB or the ball some new type of coverage tactic that I'm unaware of?

You can also see the fullback stay in for protection and then release late. He is also wide open. Is this a case of Calgary scouting our D and developing and running a set of plays to beat it? Or is this a generic offensive setup designed to pressure a D by having lots of options for Bo to throw to? In either case, it's WAY too easy. It gives the illusion of Calgary having twice as many players as we do. LOL! But the question I'd really like answered is, at this point in the season, in a game of this significance, should this be happening?

Okay, here is one of the things I find so maddening. Calgary has the ball. We send a 3-man rush which Calgary picks up easily. They send out a handfull of receivers. All receivers are fully and completely wide open. Bo just needs to pick one. I assume we are playing some kind of zone. What kind of defense is this and why is it so pathetic?

You've got a point. Streveler has been drilled many times with head shots and rarely gets them called. I've seen several occasions where he has gotten up from a head shot, absolutely furious about being drilled in the head. No call. It's one of the most disgusting things our officials do and I really don't understand it. TSN never mentions it but Bob and Doug sure do. But if it's BLM, out comes the flag.

He said, paraphrasing, "They're trying to get us to chase the points. I'm not falling into that trap". smh

Nope. You said my positive take didnt age well. Thats easy to say after the game. 20-20 hindsight. You may as well have said, told ya so. What are you, 12? It was a 4 point loss so you can gloat all you want. They damn near went into hostile territory against the best QB in the league and won. Had they done do you would have been eerily quiet or full of ridiculous excuses. Hard to believe you're a fan.

Did they say he did the same thing with Drew Willy? BTW, I wonder if we're going to find out that Streveler also has a fractured arm.

You're just taking it out on Streveler and throwing stats around when you know he has a crap OC and consequently no open receivers to throw to. Do you remember Nichols saying he had no open receivers to throw to last year? It wouldn't matter who was playing QB on this team the stats wouldn't be there.

Good to see you have maintained your sense of humour. Calgary's D laid a beating on Streveler just like Dickenson told the officials they would. Note to Walters: Lawler, Demski, and Whitehead < Rogers, Begelton, and Mayala. Lapo with nothing to surprise the Calgary D in the second half, as usual. Hall's D unable to adjust to shut down Calgary in the second half, as usual. O'Shea with no answers, as usual, although I did like some of the questions the media had for him.

Sure is.

We played the weak sisters early on with not as much on the line. That's no longer the case.

So McGuire comes in today and because he's such a great thrower he overthrows Lucky on a deep shot down the sideline but last week, Streveler hits Adams in the hands on a deep shot which he drops and it's Streveler that can't throw so now we're hooped. I'm struggling with the logic in this. I saw Lawler and Whitehead each with drops today. Is that on Streveler too? I saw Begelton and Rogers with drops today also. I guess that means Mitchell sucks too and Calgary is hooped.

It aged better than the ethics of 20-20 hindsight.

Is it O'Shea or Lapo?

Again, how do you know? He's never been given such a game plan. Not once. I hope I get to see this young man play for an intelligent, creative OC that recognizes what he can do and isn't afraid to throw the ball downfield.

How many shots did he take downfield today? His entire play set was from -5 yards to 10 yards. He hit Lawler on one pass up the middle that surprised Calgary on second-and-one. What is he supposed to do? Turn off his headgear and start freelancing with his receivers to push the ball downfield? Yeah, that'd be a good career move.

In the CFL a QB is only as good as the receivers he has to throw to and the offensive play calling to get those receivers the ball.

Even Mike Reilly needs someone downfield to throw to.