Official Game Day Thread - Calgary@Winnipeg, July 24, 2026

Pigskin · July 25, 2026, 04:56:31 AM

It was a gong show. What could go wrong did. DBs were terrible.

dd · July 25, 2026, 05:07:13 AM

Brown under threw his receivers on every pick he threw, this is the same thing he was doing in Ottawa. Our defense looked awful especially on the McAllister long run from scrimmage, where he deked everyone out of their shorts, and the mills TD run, where nobody laid a hand on him and then on the McAllister missed FG return where it looked like everyone had cement shoes on. Demoralizing loss, thank god we have BC next who hopefully won't have Rourke so we should be able to compete with another #2 Qb lead offense.

dd · July 25, 2026, 05:24:54 AM

QuoteIs Calgary a good team? Worst defence in the league (and that's saying something this year).

Yes, they are a good team, laid 52 points on us tonight. Told you they were due to win and we were due to lose and brown would throw mega picks, that's exactly what happened.

The Zipp · July 25, 2026, 05:34:22 AM

from brady o:

Brady Olivera post game on #Bombers offensive identity, after loss to #Stampeders, "I don't know who we are as an offense or what we're trying to be... What are we great at?... We need to find out what the identity of this offense is."

More Brady, asked if he was surprised that his 45 yd TD run was his final carry of the game, "I'll pass." (on answering the question)

Jesse · July 25, 2026, 06:16:06 AM

Quote from: The Zipp on July 25, 2026, 05:34:22 AMfrom brady o:

Brady Olivera post game on #Bombers offensive identity, after loss to #Stampeders, "I don't know who we are as an offense or what we're trying to be... What are we great at?... We need to find out what the identity of this offense is."

More Brady, asked if he was surprised that his 45 yd TD run was his final carry of the game, "I'll pass." (on answering the question)

Brady sounds the same after every game. I don't take his quotes too seriously.

Though it's obviously hard not to agree on this one.

ModAdmin · July 25, 2026, 06:43:07 AM

Tecno · July 25, 2026, 07:18:43 AM

Quote from: The Zipp on July 25, 2026, 05:34:22 AMBrady Olivera post game on #Bombers offensive identity, after loss to #Stampeders, "I don't know who we are as an offense or what we're trying to be... What are we great at?... We need to find out what the identity of this offense is."

Uh, who wants to tell him?

Tecno · July 25, 2026, 07:20:20 AM

Quote from: dd on July 25, 2026, 05:07:13 AMBrown under threw his receivers on every pick he threw, this is the same thing he was doing in Ottawa.

Ya, that one he chucked straight to the guy in the EZ he was feathering it with a nice touch like he was practicing against his #3 team instead of playing a live game. That ball needed zip and 5Y more distance/height.

Tecno · July 25, 2026, 07:22:17 AM

Quote from: The Zipp on July 25, 2026, 04:27:55 AMmakes no sense - brady feeds on the success, he had the longest run of his career and then never touched the ball again, and there was plenty of time to run the ball

Hand it to Dru, I watched him change the call at LoS after the waggle-fake. I told one of my STH seat-mates that we needed to run Brady on a delayed draw if they weren't loading the box -- and they weren't. Dru noticed it too.

Condell probably had another pick-6 lined up for us...

Tecno · July 25, 2026, 07:23:15 AM

Quote from: Sir Blue and Gold on July 25, 2026, 04:09:15 AMIt would be nice if O'Shea used the designated roster rules like Calgary did.

Muh supplemental 2nd round draft pick. You know, the losers we draft just to cut after year 2 having rarely played on O or D?

Tecno · July 25, 2026, 07:24:50 AM

Quote from: Blue In BC on July 25, 2026, 03:46:56 AM1. Kelly played well again.

Uh, I'm pretty sure all those busts and 20Y cushions would not have happened had Kramdi been in directing everyone. No DB was in the correct place all night. The only one doing anything of value was Major -- the least paid dude out there.

We've seen our D with our "QB of the D" absent, and it's uuugggllllyyy. Kelly can go back to being 2nd FS on passing downs, thank you very much.

Tecno · July 25, 2026, 07:25:12 AM

Quote from: BlueInCgy on July 25, 2026, 03:30:32 AM50 Burger! That means at least one coach gets fired, right?

Forget it, BlueInCgy, this is Mafia Town.

Tecno · July 25, 2026, 07:28:22 AM

Quote from: Jesse on July 25, 2026, 03:20:42 AMCan we stop with these comeback routes and hitches? They know exactly what we're doing.

We had to turn everything into a comeback route because every DB was jumping our sit-downs for INTs!!

We can't get separation, we can't run sweet routes, we don't have time for double-moves, and no one dares dial in a go route. All that's left is run far, come back, run hard back to Dru, and hope you beat the DB there.

I will add that clearly Dru still only has like 50% of the book by now. But WFC hasn't been good at hitting RECs in stride or putting balls where only we can get to them for years. We're like the anti-SSK scheme -- everything it helps to be good at, we suck at.

It's really starting to feel a lot like 2013 again. It's like, how can our guys be SOOO bad. Not just bad, but SOOO bad. It doesn't even seem humanly possible.

Tecno · July 25, 2026, 07:33:20 AM

Quote from: BlueInCgy on July 25, 2026, 03:16:25 AMAmazing how our FA acquisitions are demonstrably worse as Bombers. Moxey. White. Neild. Broxton.

That's an interesting thought. Moxey lost it 3 seasons ago, so I'll let that one slide. Nield did nothing in SSK too, except that miracle (maybe-)catch. So those 2 are playing to what everyone would expect if they used past performance to predict future results.

Broxton is being used out of position and learning a whole new tradecraft. He gets a pass. When he takes over from Stan (which could be in this season!), I'm sure he'll be back to BC form.

So White is probably the biggest disappointment, but it's not his fault. He's being used 100% wrong. He's the long-crosser or straight go route type who you throw 45+ yards to. He's not and never has been the grunt across the middle guy, and that's how we've been using him. He's going to get injured.

So back to your original point, ya, for 2 guys they are worse here, and in both cases it's because they are used wrong. In the end, Broxton might eventually "get it" at RT, but White will just end up dead.

Sir Blue and Gold · July 25, 2026, 12:00:30 PM

Quote from: Tecno on July 25, 2026, 07:22:17 AMHand it to Dru, I watched him change the call at LoS after the waggle-fake. I told one of my STH seat-mates that we needed to run Brady on a delayed draw if they weren't loading the box -- and they weren't. Dru noticed it too.

Condell probably had another pick-6 lined up for us...

Agreed. Condell had a rough game play calling but to be fair he was dealing with the result of an entirely shuffled offensive line for half the game. Roster construction was definitely a part of this loss and that one is on O'Shea.