Bombers Need a 17-Point Win in Vancouver to Flip the B.C. Tiebreaker
Winnipeg's 7-6 record is deadlocked with the B.C. Lions, and the season series — not the standings — will decide seeding. The Lions' 16-point win in the first meeting means the Bombers must take the Week 21 rematch at BC Place by 17 or more to claim the series outright; a 16-point win only pushes it
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Bombers' protection is blind to the SAM
Saskatchewan's Seyi Oladipo Jr. torched Winnipeg from strong-side linebacker in Week 15 with 3 tackles, 1 sack, 1 interception, and 1 pass knockdown. That dual-threat line—rush and coverage—exposes a schematic flaw: Winnipeg's slide protection is consistently leaving the overhang unblocked, and the QB isn't identifying him pre-snap. Media will call it a great individual game; the film says it's a repeatable pressure point.
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The Alouettes-Lions Beef Is Real — And Montreal Started It
Forget Labour Day. The nastiest rivalry in the CFL is Montreal-B.C., and it boiled over in the tunnel at BC Place after Week 15 — the first quadruple-header since 1995. You saw the fracas. What you didn’t see: Alouettes LB Tyrice Beverette, fresh off two sacks and a forced fumble, was still barking at Nathan Rourke near the visitor’s locker room. I’m told Rourke, who hung 317 passing yards and 77 rushing on Montreal, told him, “You can’t cover me.” Beverette fired back, “Enjoy November.” Jason Maas had to be restrained by an assistant. Then Montreal spent the week leaking “classless” complaints to anyone with a notebook. That’s not leadership; that’s spin. Here’s the tell: Montreal beat B.C. the week before, then got run over by a 48-point BC outburst in the rematch. Instead of owning it,