Official Game Day Thread - Winnipeg at Hamilton, September 16, 2023

[kevan]

Powell has thrown all but 1 pass as a quick pass.  There is no time to pass rush.  So best to use Willie to batdown/lane-block.  They know they probably can't beat our DBs, so the plan is screens and short game with YAC.  Working so far.

I know that but he?s been absent for at least the last five games now.

[3rdand1.5]

Well, that first half could have been better...

But you can't burry your head in the sand our special teams suck..all aspects of it suck...if they were even decent we would be winning...its been week in and week out, our special teams suck.

[Pigskin]

D needs to be much better in the second half. DBs playing to far off. Houston looks lost.

[Blue In BC]

He is the 10th best kicker in a 9 team league.  You should be running the club.

I was a big Leggs guy but he proved this year thus far he can't do it after consistently being up and down.

You were wrong about the D and this hardly deserves a response. 

You and you # 1D. Are you watching the same game as us?

[Big Daddy]

Sanchez giving props to a Bomber.  And a home grown Canadian at that.

I'll be watching for the four horsemen of the apocalypse now

[J5V]

Should have kept leggs

Uh, no.

[TecnoGenius]

That's why you keep Bailey on AR.  Clutch punishing catch in the middle to give us a chance.

Castillo costing us.  He didn't adjust to the fact he's now facing the other way, and the flags suddenly died on that kick.

O will do what O does.  I think the game will come down to what the D can do.  With the short game and wide outs it's hard to generate INTs.

If I'm HAM OC I'm going to start running it down our throats in 2H.  We're on our back heels with the edge contain, with Powell up the gut and roll outs, with YAC.  So make it 10X more difficult by also ramming it up the gut.  The 2H might be tough.

We need to drop the run on 1st down for a while.  Just throw it 40 yards down field every play.  Just do it.  Have Bailey come across the flat and if the LBs drop to help the DBs then take the easy 15.  You need to attack their weakness, which is DB corps in general and 2 new DBs in particular.  Why attack their strength: the DL?  Go max pro to negate the pass rush.

But we need some D stops.  Powell is still a noob QB and we can force noob QB mistakes.  It shouldn't be hard.  Take away those wide outs and force him to throw down the field.

[Pigskin]

WJ5 needs to step up in the second half and lead this team. No sacks in 6 games.

[Pigskin]

We have a top defense.  We have struggled today a bit.  I had admitted some of our issues today.  I am also defending a very well coached defense with incredible talent and depth.  Are you even reading the posts?

A bit, no we have struggled today so far.

[pjrocksmb]

A bit, no we have struggled today so far.

A bit yes, #1 in a lot of key defensive categories. 

Tough half at times for D, we will bounce back.  White will be tough to cover.

[TecnoGenius]

Bombers are down six after 30. That's good.

Not good.  We should be ahead by a score at least against a team like this.  We are keeping HAM fans and HAM players in the game and giving them hope.  Who has all the momentum and morale right now?  HAM.  They are loving this.  Our locker room must be a sad sight.  Hopefully the leaders can do some yelling to wake them up.

Powell is making Zach look like the rookie.  Milanovich is making Buck look simple.  Hall BBDB not working when QB is executing 95% passes and reading what he's given every play.

[The Zipp]

WJ5 needs to step up in the second half and lead this team. No sacks in 6 games.

Invisible man...need to rotate him but don't have the bodies...

[The Zipp]

19 yards rushing for Winnipeg

102 for hammy

Very strange

[TecnoGenius]

I know that but he?s been absent for at least the last five games now.

Willie takes games off.  It's what he does.  It's so he can be healthy & fresh in the post season.

However, can't really blame Willy today: HAM game is quick pass game.  No time for pass rush.  And with Haba in they are double-teaming Willie on every play.  Maybe blitzing from Willie's side would help.

102 rushing yards for HAM is just not tolerable.  That's mostly Powell and those sweeps as Butler hasn't done much.  We're stopping the box runs and losing the edge battle.

[barbk]

BO only has 19 yards rushing, that is surprising.  Also when he doesn't have over 100 yards a games means we don't win the game?