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True but sometimes a streak is just a streak. Let's not pretend that ekeing out wins against the Riders is really acceptable. I mean that defense has been making teams look great all year and the Bombers had to fight tooth and nail to put drives together on them. That's a concern. Not like they beat a good team in tight games, it's the 1-10 Riders they barely hung on against.

I just want to know, how many qbs around the CFL would be losing games when the team over that stretch has taken away that many balls from the other team? QB gets too much blame and too much credit around these parts.

you already judged him

Some of those lack of INT numbers for Nichols are luck whether flat out dropped by dbs or taken away on cheap PI calls. He's done well for sure but people trot out 6-0 and the TD:INT ratio entirely too quickly without providing context.

The mistake was not protecting their Willy and getting it broken to the point where they had to trade him. They look to have learned that lesson with Nichols though. Imagine if they'd had this kind of offensive line when Willy first got here? None of those injuries, none of the constant beatings.

Oh yeah a team that got a hall of famer qb in Ray hurt because they couldn't protect him and made him look ordinary is going to prove a lot.

I dunno guys, Glenn has a lot better stuff on his resume than Nichols. They won't make a change quickly but if Glenn gets a chance he might just run with it. For all his problems winning the big game the dude can still perform in the CFL, that's why he's lasted as long as he has.

hardly, they acquired him for cheap and moved him for more than they gave up to get him when another player had replaced him on the roster. It's really good asset management to be honest. Glenn is probably still a better qb than both Willy and Nichols at this point so we upgraded the qb position AND got a first round pick and pretty good player as well. Not too shabby.

not sure a db was the biggest priority but all in all it's a pretty good haul for a guy they didn't want to pay. Best hope that Nichols keeps it up cause at his age I don't really trust Kevin Glenn anymore.

But you keep bringing up the wins like it matters so you are putting it all on the qb whether you believe you are or not. Nichols is essentially doing the same things now Willy was. Difference is the team specifically the defense has picked up it's game a ton. Willy won when they forced a ton of turn overs too. Don't even get into the intake either. Nichols has had several poor throws dropped and even on labour day could have lost on a poor throw that they called a soft PI on. Your hate for Willy really blinds you on this topic.

The team has changed as a whole since that 1-4 start. The D alone is immensely better than it was to start the season. From the DL to the LBs to the DBs they have all improved from what they were at the start of the season. That's not even getting into the ways in which the offense has improved. To try and pin this all on the qbs as I've said all along is just stupidity. Not like Nichols is currently setting the world on fire at qb. If Willy had played that game yesterday and done the exact same things you would be leading the charge to run him out of town.

The trouble is that the Riders defensive line was getting their asses handed to them so I don't know that it's really a fair judgement based on that game. When you win the trenches so convincingly I'd expect any professional rb to have some good runs. I think either option can work but I'd prefer Flanders/JFG personally.

I watched a bit of the first Finland game, Laine impressed me, just seemed to know where to be to get himself in a position in the offensive zone. Kids gonna be a good finisher I think. The instincts seem to be there.

Anyone who would fire you for watching the bombers isn't someone you want to work for. Stream away.

Lapo's gonna Lapo. He won't change his plans much at all because he already had guys who could go deep without Smith. All of Dressler, Denmark and McDuffie are capable of going deep.

Why not? Everyone else already has.

ugh Moore was terrible. Craig is good. 2nd favourite after Connery.

That's just it, the Bombers are winning by forcing the other team into mistakes, Calgary just doesn't make that many mistakes.

what makes smith better though? Career best season Denmark beats Smiths. They wanted to make a big splash and did that but I really don't know that there's a lot of choose between Smith and Denmark.

after much deliberation I have decided to go with Messam.

get 3 more wins and I'll say they are in the playoffs 100%, even 2 I'd still say it's a go but man we've seen this team go on massive losing streaks before why would we ever get ahead of ourselves?

I dunno that Montreal would be in a hurry to prop up a division rival like that.

The team that cut Denmark in training camp?

I mean this is the team that specialises in finding new ways to disappoint us fans right? Surely this 5 game win streak is just setting us up to crush our hopes and dreams right?

I remain unconvinced that Smith is better than Denmark, but Smith was a big ticket free agent signing so he has to go in, he just does.