I am wondering what everyone thinks our final win-loss record will be.
Currently we are 5-4 (10 points)
At home we have
Riders twice
Tiger Cats
Als
Away games are
Als
Red Blacks
Riders
Tiger Cats
Elks
I think we might win 1 home game and maybe 2 away games.
This would give us 16 points and might be good enough for a cross over.
What do others think where we might end up points wise?
well if you are ranking the teams on talent:
sask
calgary
hamilton
bc
montreal (higher if DA wasn't hurt)
toronto
winnipeg
ottawa
edmonton
we know where we stand at the mid way point of the season
We are hurting right now. If it is this team then yeah I say playoffs, either 3rd place west division or crossover. IF we get some reinforcements and IF other teams are less lucky with injuries then 2nd is still in reach. I'll guess 5-4.
I'll say we'll be 9-9.
Pretty shocking decline in the depth of this roster - and the decisions management made - on who to keep and who to extend. In then year Winnipeg HOSTS the Grey Cup.
>:(
Not concerned at all.
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Quote from: Ducky on August 15, 2025, 01:31:22 PMPretty shocking decline in the depth of this roster - and the decisions management made - on who to keep and who to extend. In then year Winnipeg HOSTS the Grey Cup.
>:(
Bad timing but those same decisions (keeping the core together, O'Shea's belief and loyalty, etc.) also powered us to five Grey Cups so it's disappointing but whatever.
As long as the team gets better every week and sticks together (two things I don't think anyone is worried about with O'Shea around) we could still make some noise. We wouldn't be the first team to have an up and down season win a Grey Cup. And if you look at the last few years, finishing first didn't ultimately end is total success. It's probably far less likely than previous years, but it's not impossible.
Dam, here I thought I was the biggest pessimist lately lol.
As concerned as I am in many areas, I think we can win 3/4 home games and at least 2 away games.
The thing that myself and others have to remind ourselves is that it's still summer and we haven't even gotten to Labour Day yet. If things stay the same, it will be a struggle to get into the playoffs (I think we will but it would come closer to the wire than it should). But, we have lots of time to pull ourselves together and at the end of the day, we are a game over .500 at the halfway point with 75% of our losses coming against arguably the best team in the league right now if you're looking for a silver lining.
If we had to choose when it all comes together, I would much rather get hot in the fall when it matters most, even if that means no home playoff game and we have to pull together 2019 magic again. How special would that be?
Anyway, I'm going to get back to panicking and being mad for a little while longer and will come back when I cool off.
Quote from: BBRT on August 15, 2025, 04:31:24 AMI am wondering what everyone thinks our final win-loss record will be.
Currently we are 5-4 (10 points)
At home we have
Riders twice Win banjo bowl, lose 2nd game
Tiger Cats Lose
Als Win
Away games are
Als Lose
Red Blacks Win
Riders Lose labour game
Tiger Cats Lose
Elks Win 9 for 9 at end of schedule
I think we might win 1 home game and maybe 2 away games.
This would give us 16 points and might be good enough for a cross over.
What do others think where we might end up points wise?
Quote from: BBRT on August 15, 2025, 04:31:24 AMI am wondering what everyone thinks our final win-loss record will be.
Currently we are 5-4 (10 points)
At home we have
Riders twice
Tiger Cats
Als
Away games are
Als
Red Blacks
Riders
Tiger Cats
Elks
I think we might win 1 home game and maybe 2 away games.
This would give us 16 points and might be good enough for a cross over.
What do others think where we might end up points wise?
10-8 would be my guess. We lose to Calgary in the Division Semi-Finals. Or we beat Calgary and lose to SSK.
As much as we are complaining, this would be considered a decent season from 2000-2015.
We haven't had a team this bad in 10 years, which is why we are complaining.
Quote from: peg_city on August 15, 2025, 03:32:35 PM10-8 would be my guess. We lose to Calgary in the Division Semi-Finals. Or we beat Calgary and lose to SSK.
As much as we are complaining, this would be considered a decent season from 2000-2015.
We haven't had a team this bad in 10 years, which is why we are complaining.
2018 Blue Bombers Season (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Winnipeg_Blue_Bombers_season)
Quote from: blue_gold_84 on August 15, 2025, 04:21:08 PM2018 Blue Bombers Season (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Winnipeg_Blue_Bombers_season)
Okay, we've had 1 team that bad in 10 years.
Stranger things have happened in the CFL than 500ish team winning it all. It feels like that's what the Argos seem to manage every ~4 years or so.
With that said, it's not productive to have a hopeful attitude without any actions to actually get hot. Then again, we are just fans so the only real option we have (aside from creating a hostile environment for home games) is hope. lol.
I believe we will be a little over 500.
I believe the complaining is a little over done.
Need the following to sort out to win in the playoffs
1. Keep improving the OL and get healthy
2. Bring back Brady Bully ball
3. Get healthy and adjust on the back end D
4. Continue to improve at receiver
5. OC improve
6. In game critical decisions needs to get better
Rest will sort out imo
Schoen and Parker back helps big time
Woods, Logan nice depth guys to sprinkle in when ready
Hope is on the rise!
This team could very easily be 6-3 right now. It's a tough schedule, but I am also thinking 10-8. But, I do think we need help at OL, and DB. Also dumb penalties like the two 69 took last night can kill a team.
Quote from: Pigskin on August 15, 2025, 06:48:46 PMThis team could very easily be 6-3 right now. It's a tough schedule, but I am also thinking 10-8. But, I do think we need help at OL, and DB. Also dumb penalties like the two 69 took last night can kill a team.
Montreal - Against a 3rd stringer, so we should win
LDC - Loss
Banjo - Win
@ Ham - Loss
@ Ott - Win (especially if Brown still has a knee injury).
Ham - Win (Princess Auto is a tough place to play and Ham might already be a lock for first)
@EDM - Win
SSK - Loss
MON - Win or loss (too early)
so 10-8 or 11-7. More likely 10-8. We probably will play Calgary in the first round. Playoffs are weird so who knows?
A couple of injuries and a team can fall quickly.
Based on the current state of teams, here's where I suspect the season plays out, ignoring Cgy Sask Ham and Mon because we're not going to have better records than the first 3 and someone has to finish second in the East.
BC has a fairly easy schedule going out. Likely 6 wins to put them 3rd challenging for 2nd.
Edmonton has a pretty tough go. There's 3 wins likely for them. That's likely not enough to catch Winnipeg for 4th unless we completely fall apart.
Toronto has a rough schedule- 1 to 2 wins which means 4th and that assumes they don't completely pack up shop for next year.
Ottawa has a pretty rough schedule on the way out and likely have 3 wins in that set.
All of those teams play each other 8 times for the balance of the season.
So Bombers best hopes are likely crossover and they probably need at least 3 wins for that.
Can we beat Montreal in Montreal for ESF with DA? Likely not. Can we beat then with Caleb Evans? Maybe.
Can we beat Hamilton in the EF with Bo and Lawler? I doubt it.
We can beat Montreal with DA at Qb, and Evans, we can beat them handily. I can't believe Evans is even in the league.
Quote from: dd on August 15, 2025, 10:07:02 PMWe can beat Montreal with DA at Qb, and Evans, we can beat them handily. I can't believe Evans is even in the league.
Re-evaluation currently underway, Evans looked pretty good subbing for MBT last week against the Elks, he certainly has the physical talent and seems to have progressed on the mental aspects of the game. If he can start and win games in the next few weeks he immediately jumps into the frustrated backup QB pool along with Tyler Powell and may become a candidate for a starting job somewhere else next season.
Quote from: dd on August 15, 2025, 10:07:02 PMWe can beat Montreal with DA at Qb, and Evans, we can beat them handily. I can't believe Evans is even in the league.
Evans is a decent backup. He is in the league because he is good enough to be a 2 or 3.
Quote from: Sir Blue and Gold on August 15, 2025, 01:38:26 PMWe wouldn't be the first team to have an up and down season win a Grey Cup. And if you look at the last few years, finishing first didn't ultimately end is total success.
Finishing first is a massive statistical boon to getting to the cup. Finishing 3rd is a tough statistical road.
The goal is still to finish first.
I don't care if we win the cup as much as I care about
getting there. Especially this year. Just get there. Once you're there, it's any given Sunday (hence why we lost to Arbuckle). The home crowd and -30C weather should allow us to overcome anyone.