For the primary time all season, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers have dropped beneath .500 and a spot within the playoffs, which has been a certainty for years, has the entire sudden turn into a query mark.
Chris Streveler, beginning at quarterback instead of an injured Zach Collaros, threw two interceptions and the Bombers misplaced 32-21 to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Friday night time, falling to 6-7 with their third straight defeat.
The opening drive of the sport was a nightmare for the Bombers as Streveler was picked off by Jamal Peters on an tried receiver display screen. Peters took it again to the Winnipeg seven-yard line and the Ticats would rating a landing on the subsequent play as Bo Levi Mitchell connected with Greg Bell for a 7-yard main.
The Bombers would reply on the subsequent drive, fooling the Ticats on third and 1 by lining up for a quarterback sneak, however as an alternative Streveler would throw it to a wide-open Keric Wheatfall for a 42-yard landing.
After two Hamilton field-goals by former Bomber Marc Liegghio, and one by Sergio Castillo, Streveler made one other important mistake together with his group down 13-10 late within the first half.
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A go meant for Nic Demski was picked off by DaShaun Amos in Winnipeg territory, and some performs later, Mitchell discovered Tim White for a 7-yard landing to present the Ticats a 20-10 lead on the break.
The groups exchanged area targets within the third quarter, earlier than the Tabbies put the sport away within the fourth quarter on a 7-yard dashing landing from Bell, his second main of the night time.
Bell was a power for Hamilton on Friday, dashing for 137 yards on 22 carries and catching 3 passes for 31 yards.
One vibrant spot for the Bombers was the play of operating again Brady Oliveira, who had 116 yards on 15 carries and one other 35 yards on 4 receptions. It’s the second time he has rushed for greater than 100 yards this season.
Streveler was a bit of extra productive on the bottom, dashing for 82 yards on 11 carries, together with a landing late within the fourth quarter. He did throw for 241 yards, however with a lot of it coming with the sport out of attain.
The final time the Bombers have been beneath the .500 mark this late within the season was again in 2018.
They’ve additionally but to beat a group who’s above .500 this season as they’ve now gone 0-6 towards Hamilton, Calgary and Saskatchewan.
The Bombers are again on the street subsequent week after they tackle the Ottawa Redblacks on Saturday, Sept. 20 with kickoff simply after 2 p.m.
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