Official Game Day Thread - Toronto@Winnipeg, July 10, 2026

[Blueforlife]

Things heard in the hall that are not true or won't happen.
1. Willie is slowing down or not an impact player
2. We don't value or get pressure on the QB
3. Kramdi isn't a key part of our D
4. Younger needs to be replaced or step down
5. Defense is bad
6. Offense is bad
7. We overpaid for Brown
8. Maier has better deep ball than Brown lol

We back baby, time to crush Ottawa and build momemtum

Stuff to work on for sure but a step in the right direction, I didn't expect the DL or Dru to play that good

[Tecno]

Dru brown is the real deal. Ottawa fans must be livid they let him go and chose hapless maier as their starter, what the heck were they thinking.

Everyone knew and knows Dru is 10X better than Maier.  Everyone knows Maier is not a franchise guy.  Everyone.  Even Dinwiddie.

So why did he do it?  It must be neither Maier nor Dru is who Dinwiddie wants.  Maybe he wants to implode things completely in OTT in some bid to obtain the QB he really wants.  Who that is, remains to be seen.  It's not MBT nor Maier.

My money is still on Kelly.  But how does Dinwiddie get him in time for '27??  And why purposely implode '26?  I don't know what it is, but he must have a master plan.

[Tecno]

Like discussed it previous threads

These non dink and dunk QBs don't do too well vs Bombers D

And I always sit there when these teams play us and wonder why they don't just dink & dunk us!  HAM/BLM was patient and did that in our game 1 with them, and they creamed us.  Then in the 2nd game they completely went away from it and they couldn't get any traction, even with BLM.  It's the weirdest thing.

But half the teams are dunkers now... so we also need to prove we can beat the master dunkers like SSK.  Have we figured that out yet?  That will be the key to the season.

[Tecno]

I do not like to question reffing.....but no PI on Demski from CC....the CC jumps in for the RTP, that was contact on the front of the shoulder....then T.O gets 25 and an ejection for a weak tap on the Helmut while we are holding the guys legs down.....I kinda feel all three were wrong and impactful....

Always question the refs.  Some of them are horrid.

The intentional grounding 2Q12:51 on Dru was pretty bogus.  Even if it was flying over the rail 4Y short the refs NEVER flag that.  They only do it when it's really egregious, or the QB is falling down.  I'm not sure I've ever seen it when the QB has all day to throw and can pick his angle carefully.

Because it's against precedent, I call it a bad call.  Someone needs to tell #33 that you don't have to be a stickler librarian; not on penalties that have "whisper rules" by all the other refs.  Just like no one has called tandem block in 4 years even though it happens every couple of weeks and is clearly illegal.

Booth guys had an intelligent thing to contribute (for once) on this one: there were RECs nearby.  Yes, everyone knew it was a throwaway, but the rule doesn't judge intent.  Who's to say he wasn't targeting the REC and just whiffed?  She can't say he wasn't.

[Pigskin]

The Bombers as a team played a pretty solid game tonight. With the exception of a couple of bad turnovers, and couple of breakdowns in our secondary. I would like to see more TDs and less FGs. At the end of the day, I am $800 richer, and the Bombers have there first home win of the season.