The Winnipeg Blue Bombers may not be backing into the playoffs, but they’re sure not leaping in with a somersault and a clean landing.

With a chance to hang onto their own destiny on home turf in front of another sell-out crowd, and facing a Saskatchewan Roughriders squad resting a boatload of its best players, the Bombers barely escaped with a 17-16 win, improving to 9-8.

Going into the game, Mike O’Shea had said just getting into the playoffs isn’t good enough.

“Getting in and rolling is what you really want to be doing,” the head coach said.

Instead, O’Shea’s team keeps pointing its pistols at its own feet, pulling the trigger and paying the price.

Consider this: Late in the second quarter on Friday, the Riders still only had 17 yards of net offence. On 13 plays. Yet the game was

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