here<\/a>:<\/p>\n1 We\u2019ve hammered away on this for the first two Blue Bombers games because the totals are telling. Hamilton\u2019s offence converted 13-of-22 second-down conversion opportunities, 59 percent, including going 7-of-14 on second-and-long (seven-plus yards).<\/p>\n
Through two games, the Ticats and Calgary Stampeders have converted 58.7 percent of their second downs and 46.9 in second-and-long situations.<\/p>\n
Just for comparison, Winnipeg\u2019s defence ranked first in this category a year ago at 43.6 percent overall.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe played young, didn\u2019t tackle well enough. There\u2019s just some plays you\u2019d like to have back,\u201d said head coach Mike O\u2019Shea. \u201cThere were just some mistakes we\u2019re not used to making.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen they watch the film, they\u2019ll know\u2026 I think they know now. It\u2019s things that are easily fixed. But, tackling, at some point you\u2019ve just got to make the decision to wrap up and tackle somebody.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought we could have got off the field a couple more times just by cleaning up the tackling.\u201d<\/p>\n
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2 Collaros was good on 28-of-35 \u2014 a healthy 80 percent \u2014 for 421 yards with two TDs and one interception. That was the fifth 400-yard passing game in his career and third highest, after throwing for 439 yards in 2016 as a member of the Ticats and 432 yards with the Blue Bombers in 2024. His clubs are now 3-2 in his 400-plus yards passing performances.<\/p>\n
One more on this because it came up post-game\u2026 just how rare is it for the Blue Bombers to throw for more yards than their opponent \u2014 as was the case Thursday night \u2014 and lose?<\/p>\n
Well, the Blue Bombers actually out passed their opponent in 10 games last year and their record was 5-5.<\/p>\n
3 Winnipeg\u2019s defence has now surrendered exactly 171 yards rushing in two successive games this year, including 100-yard efforts by opposition running backs \u2014 Dedrick Mills had 112 in the opener and Hamilton\u2019s Larry Rountree III racked up 124 yards along the ground.<\/p>\n
The last time that happened was in September of 2024 when Edmonton\u2019s Justin Rankin went for 157 and then 109 in successive games against the Blue Bombers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no play design in defensive football that says we\u2019re going to leave two gaps uncovered,\u201d explained O\u2019Shea. \u201cSo, if it happens, if there\u2019s a big space there or somebody\u2019s not in the right gap and then you compound it by missing a tackle then those big yards are made.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think we were getting moved, I just think we fell short of our gaps. We weren\u2019t getting pushed around. It didn\u2019t feel like that. I just felt like a loss in gap integrity and some better tackling was needed.\u201d<\/p>\n
SOME GOOD NEWS\u2026 on the injury report from the Hamilton camp. In the first quarter Thursday night Tiger-Cats defensive back took a knee to the head while trying to tackle Blue Bombers receiver Tommy Nield, who flipped over in the collision.<\/p>\n
Peters stayed down for an extended period before being taken off on a stretcher and then to hospital. By the end of the night, he had rejoined his team for the flight home.<\/p>\n
First and foremost, I want to thank God for His protection and divine intervention. I\u2019m grateful to share that after being evaluated and cleared by the medical team, I\u2019m doing okay.<\/p>\n
Thank you to the incredible medical staff, trainers, and support personnel from the Hamilton\u2026<\/p>\n
\u2014 Jamal Peters (@JamalPeters21) June 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\nAND FINALLY\u2026 \u00a0for those of you who have read this far, thank you. And for those who missed the game or want to relive all the highs and lows, check out the condensed game here:<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s rewind a bit to the scene inside the Winnipeg Blue Bombers locker room after Thursday\u2019s sloppy home…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":739756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-739755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739755","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=739755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/739756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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