A Montreal win is good for the CFL, so something the powers that be surely wanted. Not good for us the Bomber faithful of course.
The teams in the West are really not in trouble. The Alberta teams after many years of success can weather a few seasons of adversity and those Green Goofs in Saskabush will always have enough two toothed hillbillies to cheer for them. BC is a decent team for now.
With the league darling Argos not in the game the CFL needed the East representative to knock off the Big Bad Blue Bombers, which they did. Ottawa needs a football team and not the mess they had there this season and Hamilton is not much better.
The officiating, while not horrible didn't help us at all. There were more than a few missed calls that could/should have been called in our favor.
That being said ZC simply did not execute. The playcalling at times was questionable and we likety should have shoved Oliveira down the Als throats a little more.
The D made some big plays but as has been mentioned countless times over the years our DC more often than not isn't worth a bag of snot. Bighill likely should have been kept out of the game after he reaggravated his injury, Cole was great last week, but likely Bighill would have had to have been shot to keep him out. Outside of Jefferson and Holm I am struggling to think of another Bomber D player who was mentioned in a good way. The DB's were exposed most of the game, in large part due to the scheme but also shoddy tackling and positioning. Seemed like Nate Scmidt was out there alot.
Punting was horrible on both sides all game, didn't think the wind would be a factor.
I think we see some changes on the O Line and at Receiver and in every segment of the D. Is Jeffcoat under contract for next season? Jefferson? Bighill may well have played his last game. Maybe the returning DB's will be better if our DC gets shitcanned which I bet doesn't happen.
I think we will be competitive next season and make the playoffs but I wouldn't put money down on that happening in 2025, the year the Cup is here, which if I still haven't spun off this mortal coil and we could win would be a doozy of a way to move on to whatever accomodations I'll be provided with in Hell.
15-5 nothing to sneeze at for a season but when your last game is a loss and it is in THE game then it's just not the same.
Such is life and in the end when we look around us and see what is going on in the world this was just a football game. Still a bitter pill to swallow. Sorry for the long post. Darn near close to the bottom of the bottle of champagne, didn't want to dirty a glass and because my better half loves me I didn't have to share so I'm a little like Sip is 5 minutes into a Jets game.
Looking forward to the jets next game now.
Cheers.
