Summary
The Bombers will be without linebacker Siddeeq Shabazz against the Stampeders and anyone who doesn't think that's a significant loss must have been snoozing for the first month of the season. All the CFL's Defensive Player of the Month did was intercept four passes (already a career high) and return two of them for TDs, force one fumble and recover two others while racking up 23 defensive and five special teams tackles. He is a sideline-to-sideline heat-seeking missile -- some fans have borrowed a nickname and dubbed him 'Siddeeq and Destroy' -- that is always around the ball and his absence, due to an ankle injury, is huge. That said, the Bombers' depth at linebacker means Joe Lobendahn steps in. Before he injured his shoulder in the opener, he was arguably the best defensive player on the field. That's become the book on Lobendahn -- he plays the game viciously, but with such reckless abandon he spends a good chunk of time on the disabled list. Naturally a middle linebacker, he'll step into Shabazz's weak-side spot. While he may not be as adept as his teammate in dropping into coverage, he is one of the best run-support/rush-the-passer linebackers in the land.
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3 Keys to Victory
Free Press football writer ED TAIT outlines how the Bombers could win tonight:
1. MORE REID, MORE BRYANT, MORE 'O'...It was a start -- more of a baby step than a giant leap for the Bomb...See the full content of this document
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