Before the start of the regular season many people were saying that the Bombers were stacked. Phrases like “An embarrassment of riches,” were used to describe the Bombers. For me, I could care less what a team looks like “on paper.” I have been around this sport long enough to know that “on paper” and actually on the field are not always the same thing!
In fact, the Bombers looked inconsistent in the first 7 weeks. They would go 5-2 and many people thought their record should have been better. Even as early in the season as the Bombers loss to BC some were even acting like the sky was falling, which caused me to remind people that it indeed was not.
And it really should come as no surprise once you look at some of the game statistics from their last game. Brady Oliveira had 9 carries for 62 yards (an average of 7.4 yards/carry) and 2 touchdowns. Kenny Lawler and Dalton Schoen both eclipsed the 100 yard mark receiving! Lawler had 7 receptions on 8 targets for 200 yards, and 1 touchdown. Oh, and his 55 YAC yards were pretty good too! As for Schoen, he caught all 5 balls thrown his way, even securing one in the end zone after a hellacious hit, for 137 yards and 2 touchdowns! That is right, 5 catches and 2 of them were touchdowns.
The only time that I care if a team is good on paper is if that paper is the game statistics. And in this case the Bombers’ on field performance translated to them being good on paper!
