Official Game Day Thread - Winnipeg at Ottawa - September 20, 2025

[Blue In BC]

Hallett and Griffin both to 1 game IR. I don't know if Hallett is actually injured prompting Kelly to be added. Somewhat of a moot / rhetorical point falling into the what the heck?

Lawson has been playing better but was this the best solution for losing Griffin? I had suggested / thought we'd see J. Jones added back.

Since we didn't add J. Jones, Woods, Adams or Echols I question why we haven't replaced any of these PR players with better options. At the very least tried to replace them.

I think the defence is going to have an exceptional game to help our sputtering offence. Our offence can't give the Redblacks points from turnovers is an understatement.

We need our defence and / or ST's come up with points to keep us in the game.

[BBRT]

Hallett and Griffin both to 1 game IR. I don't know if Hallett is actually injured prompting Kelly to be added. Somewhat of a moot / rhetorical point falling into the what the heck?

Lawson has been playing better but was this the best solution for losing Griffin? I had suggested / thought we'd see J. Jones added back.

Since we didn't add J. Jones, Woods, Adams or Echols I question why we haven't replaced any of these PR players with better options. At the very least tried to replace them.

I think the defence is going to have an exceptional game to help our sputtering offence. Our offence can't give the Redblacks points from turnovers is an understatement.

We need our defence and / or ST's come up with points to keep us in the game.

Amen! With Stev as our QB we are in deep deep do do!

[blue_or_die]

I wish I didn't have icky Fall 2015ish feelings about the team like I do now. Back then it was worse though because we hosted the Grey Cup that year.

....wait...oh, crap.

Prove me wrong, Bombers! Luckily there are enough terrible teams this year that if we can just beat up on some of them enough we can back into the playoffs and then technically anything can happen. I'm not writing anything off yet, just having trouble being excited with the current state of things.

[DM83]

A 50- 50 prognosis huh?
Just not our year

[GOLDMEMBER]

Coaching staff continues to roster players in an attempt to lose the game.

No Adams or Woods DL even with present ratio flexibility.
No chance Any other QB plays other than Strevceptor.

This is pathetic and makes me want to do other things with my weekend.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Hallett and Griffin both to 1 game IR. I don't know if Hallett is actually injured prompting Kelly to be added. Somewhat of a moot / rhetorical point falling into the what the heck?

Lawson has been playing better but was this the best solution for losing Griffin? I had suggested / thought we'd see J. Jones added back.

Since we didn't add J. Jones, Woods, Adams or Echols I question why we haven't replaced any of these PR players with better options. At the very least tried to replace them.

I think the defence is going to have an exceptional game to help our sputtering offence. Our offence can't give the Redblacks points from turnovers is an understatement.

We need our defence and / or ST's come up with points to keep us in the game.

Seems like Hallett may be on his way out, sat out a number of games for that eye injury, put in for one game and now replaced by Jake Kelly who might not see any reps on defence either.  I take it Makonzo hasn't demonstrated enough in practice to warrant inserting him onto the roster, whatever position he's prepping for he's probably 3rd in line now behind Shay and Smith.

Hmmm.....I see Makonzo is back on the 6 game IR, did he re-injure himself?

[Pigskin]

Seems like Hallett may be on his way out, sat out a number of games for that eye injury, put in for one game and now replaced by Jake Kelly who might not see any reps on defence either.  I take it Makonzo hasn't demonstrated enough in practice to warrant inserting him onto the roster, whatever position he's prepping for he's probably 3rd in line now behind Shay and Smith.

Hmmm.....I see Makonzo is back on the 6 game IR, did he re-injure himself?

I don't think Makonzo was ever 100% this year.

[Pigskin]

I think MOS is looking at this weekend and believes that Calgary should beat BC, and Hamilton will beat Edmonton. If we can win with Strev, it's a very good day. If we don't win, nothing changes in the west and ZC8 gets another week of rest.

[Blue In BC]

Seems like Hallett may be on his way out, sat out a number of games for that eye injury, put in for one game and now replaced by Jake Kelly who might not see any reps on defence either.  I take it Makonzo hasn't demonstrated enough in practice to warrant inserting him onto the roster, whatever position he's prepping for he's probably 3rd in line now behind Shay and Smith.

Hmmm.....I see Makonzo is back on the 6 game IR, did he re-injure himself?

I didn't hear anything about Makonzo re-injuring himself. When he was practising and was healthy, if he wasn't good enough to go on the AR then why not move him to PR or release him. Of course this is if he wasn't re-injured which seems doubtful.

He isn't costing the SMS any money but it seems like a series of bad decisions and bad luck.

[BBRT]

Coaching staff continues to roster players in an attempt to lose the game.

No Adams or Woods DL even with present ratio flexibility.
No chance Any other QB plays other than Strevceptor.

This is pathetic and makes me want to do other things with my weekend.

Well if you are in Calgary and need something to do. I am cleaning out my garage tomorrow and getting everything ready for the fall/winter. It would be a lovely experience and I promise bologna sandwiches for lunch! - As it relates to the game I will take a lunch break at 2PM (our time) and watch the first quarter. Stev will probably have thrown 2 interceptions by then.

[Blueforlife]

Well if you are in Calgary and need something to do. I am cleaning out my garage tomorrow and getting everything ready for the fall/winter. It would be a lovely experience and I promise bologna sandwiches for lunch! - As it relates to the game I will take a lunch break at 2PM (our time) and watch the first quarter. Stev will probably have thrown 2 interceptions by then.

This is pretty classic.

[DM83]

I am almost afraid for Zac.  I wonder if the decision has been made to shut him down. Arbuckle should be available. I would rather have Fajardo. Imagine winning a grey Cup and being cast adrift.

My respect for Strev, remains. However, he ain't no gunslinger.  I don't understand though how ignorant management has been.  No new players. Players who have proven they can not play! Is this entire  Management and coaching group bailing after the season?  We almost seem to appear to be playing out the string, and then adios.

Toronto has a new superstar according to TSN.  And we have .... This might be painful.

[TecnoGenius]

Our worst fears are being realized. I don't think Collaros has ever missed 2 consecutive games since coming to Winnipeg. This just confirms my expectation that he won't play again in 2025 and should have been placed on the 6 game IR to shelter the SMS.

IIRC there were a couple of times we kept Zach off 2 weeks, though maybe coincided with a bye.  I distinctly remember us keeping him off 2 weeks of actual games too, though.  I'm sure he'll be back, just like before.  If not, well, we're kinda doomed.  Even if we make the post-season, Strev isn't winning a cup for us.

How does Kelly move from AR to PR and then replace Hallett again. That move is a bit like moving the chairs around on the Titanic?

Maybe Hallett's eye is acting up again?   

Seriously though, I think they like Kelly for certain D packages, more so than Hallett.  Hallett is better on ST I think.  And Hallett recovered a fumble last game when everyone else was standing around?  Disclosure: I'm a big fan of Hallett.

[TecnoGenius]

In his career, Streveler has thrown an interception on 5% of his pass attempts.

And what's a "normal" stat for "normal" QBs?  Hard to compare if we're not given a comparison.

[TecnoGenius]

Let's dial in those numbers to this year (as 2019 is no longer predictively relevant) and let's forgot about the number of picks he should have thrown and just go with the actual ones

Ya, but same with every other QB.  There's a reason DBs are DBs: can't catch.