Game Preview: Wpg at Ott<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\nAnd follow along here as we present a collection of notes\/quotes\/anecdotes to help get Blue Bombers fans up to speed for today\u2019s critical matchup with the Redblacks in this week\u2019s GAME DAY HQ\u2026<\/p>\n
BACKING STREV<\/p>\n
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The QB debate in Winnipeg has taken a different twist with Collaros on the mend and Streveler 2-1 this year in relief but with his touchdown-to-interception ratio at 6:10. The voices calling for the club to take a look at Terry Wilson, who has dressed this year as either the No. 3 QB or right behind Streveler when Collaros is out, have only grown louder.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s Blue Bombers head coach Mike O\u2019Shea when asked by Jeff Hamilton of The Free Press what it\u2019s going to take for the team to take a look at Wilson:<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s putting in the work and we like what he does. We also know who Chris is as a leader and until you get a guy in \u2014 and the question is what\u2019s it going to take \u2014 I don\u2019t know, those are good questions. There\u2019s not many times where we\u2019ve said, \u2018Oh, let\u2019s just flip it up\u2019 because the guy who you have as your starter gets the bulks of the reps and the bulk of the opportunity.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe other guys work their asses off behind the scene, and on the field during the play they\u2019re showig you that they understand the offence and hte reads and you certainly take note of that.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe one thing we know about Chris that we don\u2019t necessarily know about other people is we know he\u2019s going to lead and he\u2019s going to lay it on the line, put his body on the line every single play, for his guys. That just makes the decision easier.\u201d<\/p>\n
AIR DEFENCE TINKERING<\/p>\n
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A couple of changes to the secondary this week, with Jamal Parker, Jr. coming back from the injured list and now listed ahead of Dexter Lawson, Jr. at one spot and with Michael Griffin II having been moved to the one-game injured list.<\/p>\n
Parker, Jr. started the season at safety before switching to corner and then injuring his leg. His versatility is just one of the many skills that have long made him a favourite of defensive coordinator Jordan Younger.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s put an enormous amount of work in that you don\u2019t see everybody put in when they\u2019re hobbled. Besides that, he\u2019s a terrific athlete, a good teammate, a good communicator \u2014 all those things are really important, too \u2014 but he was a guy that was slated to start for us several times.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s that super sweetheart of a guy and then he bears his teeth and it\u2019s, \u2018Oh, back up.\u2019 He\u2019s a good guy to be around. I really enjoy being around him.\u201d<\/p>\n
LOCK IN<\/p>\n
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The Blue Bombers have been doing just enough wrong in the last few weeks to turn potential wins into losses. Penalties at the worst times. Turnovers in critical moments. Assignment mistakes that shouldn\u2019t be happening this late in the season.<\/p>\n
And so veteran linebacker Tony Jones offered this message:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got to execute at a high level. We can\u2019t go out there and make the same mistake we\u2019ve already fixed in meetings or in the game. We just can\u2019t take turns making mistakes because one big one can cost you a game.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know as a group that if all three phases are executing we can be a top team in the league. It\u2019s the timing of those little errors. They can\u2019t be here, here and here every once in a while. We have to clean those up and go out there and play a full 60.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know if we all dial in and do the little extra things we\u2019ll be OK in the playoffs. This is the perfect time to get things rolling.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the time to lock in. These are crucial games for everybody, including the teams behind us.\u201d<\/p>\n
NOTABLE<\/p>\n
Demski had six catches for 128 yards last week and is now at 5,441 receiving yards as a Blue Bomber, ninth in team history. He is closing in on both Clarence Denmark (5,478) for eighth and Ernie Pitts (5,525) for seventh. At 417 receptions, his next will move him into the team\u2019s Top-5 list.
\nThe league issued more fines dating back to the Banjo Bowl, with Roughriders DL Benoit Marion nailed for an unnecessary hit on Blue Bombers DB Ethan Ball; with OL Pat Neufled hit for an unnecessary hit on Kosi Onyeka and CJ Reavis \u2014 previously fined for his hit on Collaros \u2014 fined again for violating the CFL\u2019s social media policy.
\nTony Jones is second in the league with 82 defensive tackles
\nSince returning to the CFL, Pokey Wilson has 10 catches for 163 yards and a touchdown in two games.
\nDustin Crum has led Ottawa in rushing over the last three games (186 yards on 27 carries). He also passed for 300+ yards in each of his past two games. He is a career 1-0 against Winnipeg, while Dru Brown is 1-2 against his former team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OTTAWA \u2014 It\u2019s mid-September and that time on the calendar when the days grow shorter and the nights…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-157645","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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