CFL 2023 Recap: Toronto @ Winnipeg - week 17

[@kizpaws]

Riveting game from start to finish! GO BOMBERS!!♥

[@josephinetracy1485]

My family is from Minnesota, sort've close to Winnepeg. Can I become a Blue Bombers fan too?

[@anitacameron7806]

Great game!

[@the_crispy_chicken_man]

I love the CFL

[@이건용-v6i]

GO BLUE GO!

[@brianjanderson6361]

Which blue?

[@roymcgaw7431]

@@brianjanderson6361Nobody ever refers to the Argos as “Blue”. They get the “Double Blue” moniker.

[@Xeexrezz8175]

^ Exactly

[@brianjanderson6361]

I know that. Just having a small chuckle.

[@roymcgaw7431]

@@brianjanderson6361 Small … like the crowds at BMO Field in Toronto 😂😂😂. Have a good evening, brother.

[@AdrienHebert12]

Let’s go!!!!! Let’s go bombers!

[@chompercarz]

Death by a thousand field goals

[@kellenc_]

It's a shame the schedule makers don't let every team face each other twice anymore like they used to. Instead we get the same matchups up to 4 times a year, well done.

[@JawsHLL]

WOOO

[@ThirdEye3pic]

Was there LIVE! I am now very hard of hearing lol

[@markanthony3275]

The Argos are now the team that the Bombers were three seasons ago.

[@multiyapples]

Let’s go Toronto.

[@UndercoverRainziii]

The way I was there. Live at the game

[@JamesPapadakis-s2u]

If only Cameron Dukes didn’t come out for two drives

[@CaptureKing247]

Once again the CFL failed. This Grey Cup rematch needed to be earlier in the season!

[@user-yg1dg6xm2g]

I didn't anticipate Winnipeg having sufficient time for that final field goal, but they managed to kick it, securing their cover of the -7.5 spread.

[@waldorf2007]

Vegas called. Kick it

[@johntomlinson-j6x]

Nice come back, the old fashioned way, On the ground

[@Sizzurp1008]

#🥤🌍 💯💯

[@KellyWeyerman]

I'm a life long bomber fan. I gotta say im concerned. The argos seem to be the better team right now. Even after this so called win for the bombers. So hard to say this.

[@LightingInvoker]

Their play has been pretty consistent. 🫠

[@echobeefpv8530]

I have to agree. Right now the Argos seem to be the better team, when all their top players are playing. As a Bomber fan, I am wondering if they have enough to beat the Argos in the Grey Cup.

[@DyslexicSolMusic]

Double doink at 4:53 in

[@87Dodge87]

Love watching "Bowling ball" Ouellette run the ball.

[@dcat266]

It's great that Winnipeg came back from being down . Toronto will most likely be in the Grey Cup. Will it be B.C. or Winnipeg Blue Bombers from the west? I hope it's the Bombers. Go, Big Blue. 💙💛🏈

[@cflhighlights9370]

Close enough...

[@dcat266]

@@cflhighlights9370 Nice picture on your user name. 🏈🇨🇦

[@cflhighlights9370]

@@dcat266 Thank you!!!!!!!!

[@Mike-iv3hy]

WINNER PEG ❤😅😊 GIT EM BOYZ Ps, With a little help from NickleBack😅 Mike.

[@tonkatrucker]

That first passing TD by Toronto - sure looked like the QB was beyond the line of scrimmage, before he threw it. No matter I suppose.. Kinda like Green Bay's play at end of 3rd quarter.

[@cflhighlights9370]

Scoreboard says LOS was the 28, he appears to throw it at the 29.

[@roymcgaw7431]

We felt the same way in the stands, but apparently the TSN replay showed his trailing foot hadn’t crossed the line, which is all the rules call for.

[@KangaKucha]

Sakes be higher if their was a Grey Cup Rematch. NO SHIT MATE!!! Although I prefer it be Winnipeg or BC rep the West in the GC. Toronto is not going to be stopped rep the Est though for sure as while Est Final be a Rematch against Montreal, TO will blow them away yet again.

[@garyholt8315]

boys in blue on both sides lol !

[@KangaKucha]

At 4:49 That should be a single point but Toronto gets it back at the 50 yard line in my book.

[@roymcgaw7431]

Are you starting up with your ridiculous Australian rules again? Hitting the upright is extremely difficult and should be rewarded with 4 points, plus an extra 2 points if the ball then hits the crossbar. Afterwards, the opposing team should have to scrimmage from their own three yard line, and only be allowed to field 11 players for the first two plays. Points are doubled in the final three minutes of the fourth quarter and overtime. Simple enough?

[@KangaKucha]

@@roymcgaw7431 wake the fuck up mate!

[@KangaKucha]

@@roymcgaw7431 ever seen Aussie Rules ever? You should...

[@roymcgaw7431]

@@KangaKucha I’ve caught the odd match on TV, but I’ve never felt compelled to question the rules of the game.

[@KangaKucha]

@@roymcgaw7431 yeah because you don't love it like I love Canadian Football dummy!

[@KangaKucha]

Wish penatly flags were still Orange (maybe Red), not Yellow like the Fing NFL crap.

[@Montreal9647]

Dinwiddie did everything he could in the 4th quarter to allowe the Winnipeg come back . Very disrespectful of Dukes and the Argos defense who had a great game . Why a 3rd QB at that point with the game on the line , and 4 more meaningless games to go . A real head scratcher Dumbwitte .

[@mattt2277]

Critical but not impressive win for the bombers. Lots of Toronto players resting and they looked better

[@tyreseneal]

CFL 🏈 should give LFA Professional 🏈🇲🇽 money 💰 and help them! Grow as a league, I want to see American Football 🏈 grow in audience, rn we only have CFL, NFL and that's It. I see potential In European League Of Football 🏈

[@kennethmorrison7689]

Yeah, sell off one of our last remaining institutions to the Americans. Or maybe recruit some Ukrainian players...

[@excellNexcel]

What a joke - a third string quarterback gave the bombers a run for it. This game meant nothing to the Argos - they clinched the division.

[@roymcgaw7431]

They did? Nobody but you was aware of that fact 🙄

[@excellNexcel]

@@roymcgaw7431 Well a lot of bluebomber fans are in denial of that fact.

[@roymcgaw7431]

@@excellNexcel Name one. You don’t get to use the Donald Trump “a lot of people are saying” defence up here unless you can support it with facts. Bomber fans knew what was on the line for both teams, and clinching the East Division isn’t something most people would brag about.

[@excellNexcel]

@@roymcgaw7431 The ARgos clinched their division last week. This game was meant to rest or go easy on their starters and test their second and third QBs and rookies. The fact that a third string QB was giving it to the Bombers says a lot about the bombers.

[@marlonanand4501]

@@roymcgaw7431 R u stupid ? A third string QB almost beat Zach. That say's a lot about the depth that the ARgos have.

[@johnbrowne2170]

Wow Bombers you beat our third-string QB.

[@pbnj242]

Wow yall lost to a return specialist at db

[@CG33CG]

want some water to wash down that salt

[@pbnj242]

@@CG33CG fax

[@pbnj242]

What's that I hear you choking

[@VoIcanoman]

You play against the team in front of you. But there are at least three benefits to having backup QBs play this game on their own. Sure, the obvious one is that you don't have to worry about the starter injuring himself (so, SO many coaches have been deservedly ripped apart by their fans after an avoidable injury to a key player has taken place in either an inconsequential game, or a game whose outcome has already been decided, and which is now in "garbage time"), but more importantly, IF your starter (especially a QB) does get injured down the stretch (possibly in the playoffs, or even the championship game), you want to have not only given your backups enough game time so that they are able to perform well (and work well with the players around them) when it's all on the line (benefit #2), but have an idea of their capabilities yourself (benefit #3) so that you call the best game you can in such an unfortunate circumstance. Mike O'Shea, for example, is never keen to deny Collaros playing time (and honestly, he has risked injury to his star QB unnecessarily, including earlier this season - you should never let a player's ego determine your actions as a coach, because a player is going to have to be unconscious...or dead...before they will cease their protesting at being benched), but he gave Dru Brown his first-ever start in a meaningless game last autumn, against a BC Lions team for whom that same game was VERY meaningful (and Brown acquitted himself decently, throwing a couple of INTs, including a pick-6, but also having himself a 300+ yard passing game). The Bombers weren't at all salty about the L though (and they certainly weren't running their mouths, talking about how their opponent's win was any less valid due to the personnel on their roster), because they are all professional football players, and they're all working for their next playing opportunity, their next contract. Indeed, they were visibly frustrated with themselves that a winnable game was lost...just like Toronto should be now. The Bombers shot themselves in the foot several times tonight - they were clearly dominating on offense throughout the whole game, but weren't able to turn that dominance into as many points as was possible. The Argos squandered an opportunity here, and they know it. To that end, Toronto didn't lose this game because they played Dukes instead of Kelly...when your defense is on the field for 40-ish minutes of a football game, when they allow your opponent to put up 26 first downs to your 11 (not counting those attained by penalty), make 68% of their second-down conversions and run 69 plays (nice) to your offense's 39, *it's not a lack of offensive ability/execution that is costing you the game.* Sure, they might've kept Dukes in for the whole game, instead of playing Bryan Scott for a large part of the 4th quarter (when the game was still in the balance no less) - that certainly could've affected the outcome - but I very much doubt Kelly would have made more of those ~20 minutes on offense than Dukes did.

[@josephhead834]

What’s with this 5-yard needed for catch on punt. Maybe the worst rule in cfl

[@mattt2277]

Better than the weak ass nfl that barely ever sees a return