The Winnipeg Blue Bombers reach the halfway point of their season this week. But halfway to what?
Based on their last five games, four of them losses and one salvaged only by return touchdowns, this team is going nowhere at a pretty good clip.
At 4-4, the Bombers may not have completely kissed goodbye second place in the CFL West, but they’re puckered up and leaning in, one hand firmly on the door.
When it closes seems just a matter of time.
Die-hards may point out this team was 2-6 at the eight-game mark a year ago.
The thing is, they were at least trending in the right direction at the time, slowly recovering from an 0-4 start and involved in a handful of tight losses.
This year they’ve already had it handed to them on three occasions. Saturday in Calgary wasn’t one of those, at le