OT: Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2024 Season Thread - Footnote it is. Another long off-season ahead.

[Jets 31]

Damnit, just damnit. Don't understand why we never ran the ball and i don't understand why we only rushed 3 all game against their backup QB . Great to be in 5 straight Cups but we need to win one of them again.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

I kind of wonder if Ryan Dinwiddie gets considered for the NFL at this point.

 

[Blitzkrug]

I kind of wonder if Ryan Dinwiddie gets considered for the NFL at this point.

I don't see it. It's gonna take a long time for the wounds left by Marc Trestman being a boob in Chicago

 

[Edgar Halliwax]

So damned disappointing. I had a bad feeling after the first half and decided to not watch the rest of the game live. Turned out good for my mental health the way the 2nd half went...

 

[Channelcat]

It's difficult to say your QB sucks when he brings you to 5 straight championship games. But he does.

 

[SensibleGuy]

Well that stank. To be honest though I feel like that was almost a bonus appearance in the final for us. This entire season it's kind of seemed like we were running on fumes.

 

[bustamente]

For the money Collaros makes you would think you would get better results in the Grey Cup but yet again a supposed inferior qb out performed him.

 

[TS Quint]

Damnit, just damnit. Don't understand why we never ran the ball and i don't understand why we only rushed 3 all game against their backup QB . Great to be in 5 straight Cups but we need to win one of them again.

Rushing 3 is what Younger does. It’s the Ritchie Hall philosophy. Keep the ball in front of you. Eventually, hopefully, after enough plays, they make a mistake and we win the turnover battle. Instead they got picked apart by Jon Arbuckle.

Brady had 7.6 yards/Car. Zach had 6.7 yards/throw. Definitely should have ran more.

 

[bustamente]

Given a qb all day by rushing 3 and using Tony Jones as a spy just didn't work, you would of thought they would of made adjustments but they didn't and paid dearly for it.

 

[Jets 31]

Rushing 3 is what Younger does. It’s the Ritchie Hall philosophy. Keep the ball in front of you. Eventually, hopefully, after enough plays, they make a mistake and we win the turnover battle. Instead they got picked apart by Jon Arbuckle.

Brady had 7.6 yards/Car. Zach had 6.7 yards/throw. Definitely should have ran more.

Given a qb all day by rushing 3 and using Tony Jones as a spy just didn't work, you would of thought they would of made adjustments but they didn't and paid dearly for it.

See that's exactly what i wouldn't do against a backup QB, put pressure on him constantly and force him to rush throws and make mistakes. Watching Jefferson just basically stand there takes him out of the game.

 

[snowkiddin]

Rushing 3 is what Younger does. It’s the Ritchie Hall philosophy. Keep the ball in front of you. Eventually, hopefully, after enough plays, they make a mistake and we win the turnover battle. Instead they got picked apart by Jon Arbuckle.

Brady had 7.6 yards/Car. Zach had 6.7 yards/throw. Definitely should have ran more.

See that's exactly what i wouldn't do against a backup QB, put pressure on him constantly and force him to rush throws and make mistakes. Watching Jefferson just basically stand there takes him out of the game.

What's really mind-boggling about this, the few times they did get pressure (which was usually when Jefferson beat his man quickly), Arbuckle panicked and made poor decisions. When the Argos struggled to move the ball early, that was a big reason for it. When rushed through his progressions, Arbuckle was shit, when given time to stand back in the pocket, he was constantly able to find an open man, even with nine in coverage. All game he was picking the secondary apart. How do you not adjust to that?

It legitimately looked like both coordinators were trying to throw the game away.

Also, here's Collaros's stats in the five Grey Cups:

2019: 17/23, 170 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT
2021: 21/32, 240 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
2022: 14/23, 183 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT
2023: 19/23, 236 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT
2024: 15/30, 202 yards, 0 TD, 4 INT

Total: 86/131, 66% completion rate, 206 passing yards/game average, 2 touchdowns, 8 interceptions.

He's been outplayed now by McLeod Bethel-Thompson, Cody Fajardo, and now Nick Arbuckle. Two middling QBs and a backup who was almost out of football. Yes, he didn't get any help from his OC or his receivers but those are unacceptable numbers. I thought he just struggled in the cold, but with his worst game coming in the dome, I think he just struggles in the big moment. It's a real shame. But you're not going to win when your highest-paid player is performing that poorly and is being outplayed by the opposing QB.

 

[jungles]

Remove the Stone of Jets Playoff Disappointment.

Attach the Stone of Bombers Grey Cup Choke Jobs!!!