Official Game Day Thread - Winnipeg at Montreal, August 21, 2025

[theaardvark]

Montreal is banged up bad.


1-Game Injured List

24 DEQUOY, Marc-Antoine DB    N    6'1    195    
48 ENTO, Kabion    DB    A    6'1    190    
54 LAWRENCE, Justin    OL    N    6'0    305    
89 LETCHER JR, James    WR    A    5'7    180    
81 MACK, Austin    WR    A    6'1    208
6  PHILPOT, Tyson    WR    N    5'11    190

6-Game Injured List
10 ALEXANDER, Davis    QB    A    5'11    210    
23 BEAUCHEMIN, Nate    DB    N    6'1    204
94 JOHNSON, Mustafa    DL    A    6'0    285
49 LESSARD, Gabriel    LB    N    6'2    233
83 OLADEJO, Daniel    WR    N    6'0    185
22 RUFFIN, Dionte    DB    A    5'9    177


Not including Evans out for the season...

This is the classic trap game, where we tend to play down to the level of our opponents.

MOS and crew need to come out hard and fast and keep the foot on their neck, drop a 50 burger on them without mercy.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

If the Als weren't missing so many starters I'd agree. Just the fact they are starting their # 4 QB is going to be a huge issue. Add missing Philpot and Mack on offence and they should struggle. Defensively they are missing starters as well.

The advantage they do have is that we don't seem to play well in Montreal. Road games have been more difficult for the Bombers by in large.

If they can't figure out how to play 60 minutes, that's another issue.

Maybe #4 QB but Morgan is 28 and in his second full season with the team, he's also been through the NFL ringer with 6 different teams, so he has both potential and variable experience.  Reminds me a bit of MBT in his build, play style and the path he took to get to the CFL.  Both Shea Patterson and Cam Dukes are on the roster tonight, if Morgan fails to keep them in the game Maas won't hesitate to switch as the Als are just as desperate to get their next win as the Bombers.

[The Zipp]

Montreal is banged up bad.


1-Game Injured List

24 DEQUOY, Marc-Antoine DB    N    6'1    195    
48 ENTO, Kabion    DB    A    6'1    190    
54 LAWRENCE, Justin    OL    N    6'0    305    
89 LETCHER JR, James    WR    A    5'7    180    
81 MACK, Austin    WR    A    6'1    208
6  PHILPOT, Tyson    WR    N    5'11    190

6-Game Injured List
10 ALEXANDER, Davis    QB    A    5'11    210    
23 BEAUCHEMIN, Nate    DB    N    6'1    204
94 JOHNSON, Mustafa    DL    A    6'0    285
49 LESSARD, Gabriel    LB    N    6'2    233
83 OLADEJO, Daniel    WR    N    6'0    185
22 RUFFIN, Dionte    DB    A    5'9    177


Not including Evans out for the season...

This is the classic trap game, where we tend to play down to the level of our opponents.

MOS and crew need to come out hard and fast and keep the foot on their neck, drop a 50 burger on them without mercy.

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Dream scenario...absolute annihilation on offence, defence and special teams.  4TD's on offence, 1 on Defence and 1 by Special teams.

Sign me up...MOS won't run the score up on his buddy.

[Jesse]

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Dream scenario...absolute annihilation on offence, defence and special teams.  4TD's on offence, 1 on Defence and 1 by Special teams.

Sign me up...MOS won't run the score up on his buddy.

Who's his buddy?

And we've dropped 50-burgers on teams multiple times under MOS. We obviously do it if we can.

[Blue In BC]

This game shouldn't be a close battle. I'll be disappointed it we don't win easily considering their injuries.

[Pete]

This game shouldn't be a close battle. I'll be disappointed it we don't win easily considering their injuries.

the thing is mtrls front 7 won't give Zac time to go long which means we'll have to work our way up the field, short passes runs etc, which takes time.
Add in our defense which operates on a bend dont break method, and its hard to run away with a game. Unfortunately this d helps a young qb as they can throw the quick easy paases

[Blue In BC]

the thing is mtrls front 7 won't give Zac time to go long which means we'll have to work our way up the field, short passes runs etc, which takes time.
Add in our defense which operates on a bend dont break method, and its hard to run away with a game. Unfortunately this d helps a young qb as they can throw the quick easy paases

We don't go deep very often and don't have the receivers to do that well. I expect massive pressure on Morgan to be the difference maker. I expect the Bombers to win TOP and field position with everything considered.

Our defence should be using more bump and run on their receivers to screw up the timing. I wouldn't suggest that if Mack and Philpot were playing.

[Jesse]

the thing is mtrls front 7 won't give Zac time to go long which means we'll have to work our way up the field, short passes runs etc, which takes time.
Add in our defense which operates on a bend dont break method, and its hard to run away with a game. Unfortunately this d helps a young qb as they can throw the quick easy paases

The Als are also allowing like 30 points/game over the last three weeks.

[The Zipp]

Who's his buddy?

And we've dropped 50-burgers on teams multiple times under MOS. We obviously do it if we can.

him and Maas are friends...we will score 50 if it happens on turnovers or ST but MOS generally will put the offense into idle mode if ahead by a lot.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

him and Maas are friends...we will score 50 if it happens on turnovers or ST but MOS generally will put the offense into idle mode if ahead by a lot.

This offence has to progress beyond the deadzone of multiple 2 and outs they've been stuck in the past 2 games.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Not sure there's really a 'trap' game for a team that's 5-4 but I agree it's one we should win.

[The Zipp]

This offence has to progress beyond the deadzone of multiple 2 and outs they've been stuck in the past 2 games.

it has been more than 2 games this season...there have been more games than that where we disappear offensively for a quarter.  I was looking through the stats to see if I could find a "first downs" count done by quarter but couldn't find it. It would be very interesting to see how many quarters we have played where there are 0-3 first downs attained.

[RebusRankin]

Who's his buddy?

And we've dropped 50-burgers on teams multiple times under MOS. We obviously do it if we can.

Do we have the horses to drop a 50-burger?

[Blueforlife]

My major concern is that the Bomber History regarding rookie opposing QB's is not good. We tend to make rookie QB's look like Allstars when they first appear. And if the Als QB is fleet afoot we are in for even more trouble.

Zero concern about that