CALGARY — Jake Maier and the Calgary Stampeders survived overtime to beat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 22-19 on Saturday.
This Stampeder game was very frustrating but ended up being exciting. Bombers put up a terrific game and stymied Maier and the Stampeder offense and defense. Unfortunately Collaros was injured and left the game , but Streveler nearly got the “W”.
What happened to Maier over the break? He was way better in his first 2 games this season. Hopefully he clears up those bad throws. He was over throwing way to much and if the Bombers weren’t hurting with injuries there would have been a slew of interceptions instead of just one.
Injuries hurting the Bombers big time, even before this game started.
“Injuries” is a poor excuse. The Bombers took advantage of other teams’ injuries for the last four years, now they have to suck it up and face the same challenge. That’s what happens when a team gets too old.
Except that the Bomber injuries are mostly to their young players. Average age of 25 O’Shea said. You must be thinking of another team. Bomber injuries have nothing to do with age.
Let me guess stampeders fan ?
On another note i have a hard time not pushing the panic button if you are a bombers fan like this is bad like really bad. If they are forced to play streveler for the next few weeks this might get worse. But not just that how many teams can recover from being 0-4
Thankfully it’s the CFL. Lots of time left. They have some winnable games coming up which of course they must win. I’m not worried about Streveler. I thought he did well in his first game action (other than short yardage) and was clutch in tying the game. Just a mental mistake in not eating the ball in OT. Easily fixed. I wouldn’t want any other back up in the league over him.
Plus:
Collaros made 12 passes , 7 to Demski , Streveler got all Bombers WR’S involved in the game , he was the better QB
And as I have already posted a few times recently, Montreal had both a 4 game and 3 game losing streak last season. I wouldn’t even know where to find my panic button. I don’t think I have used it for anything in life since the 80’s (possible pregnancy) and would never get that excited over a game.
Yep. Everything in perspective.
YOUR PREGNANT? were going to have to have a talk young man!..did some women get you in trouble, again!
Back on topic: bad Bombers, very very bad.
Three comments re: 'Peg beat guys
Just a non bomber fan
I did think it was positive to see Streveler actually distributing the ball instead of forcing throws to Demski, as Collaros was. But yeah, Streveler wasn’t throwing with timing. He was throwing after the receiver was open, rather than throwing to a spot and trusting the receiver to get open. Maybe that’s something that can be fixed in practice with a full week of first-team reps. But you’d expect more from a QB age 29 with years of pro experience in both the CFL and the NFL.
Jefferson has been invisible by the standard of play he himself has set over the past few years. I think a 3DN guy was noting that he wasn’t even getting double-teamed either. Father Time is starting to catch up to him, I think.
This nugget — courtesy Blue Bombers play-by-play voice Derek Taylor of CJOB – hammers home how valuable Jeffcoat was as part of that duo: in the 10 games he missed over the last three seasons, Jefferson failed to record a sack, serving as concrete evidence of the extra attention he received with his compadre out of the lineup.
Now he’s not even warranting extra attention??? What a lot of people don’t realize is that athletes often don’t gradually decline. It can be quite sudden. I’m been a fan of Willie since he came into the league but at 33 he might need to be put on a pitch count - hard to do when you add up the CFL experience @ DE behind him right now.
Yep. Hence the old Buono adage that it’s better to cut a guy a year too early than a year too late. That fall off a cliff isn’t something you can necessarily see coming. One season, you’ve got a great player. Next season, you’ve got someone not good enough for the coin they’re making.
Football - as they all say is won and lost in the trenches. Pointing out single players - yes its easy.
But Winnipeg is losing in the trenches. A QB running for his life all day is never hugely effective.
Especially if the opposition QB has all day to wait for a receiver to get open.
