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CALGARY — Matt Nichols has the full support of his coaches and teammates, but he’s taking plenty of heat from outside Blue Bomber headquarters.

Former Bomber great Milt Stegall, in particular, was critical of the Winnipeg quarterback following Saturday’s 39-26 loss in Calgary.

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It wasn’t Nichols’ play that drew Stegall’s fire, but rather some post-game comments he made, which included a line about his receivers not getting open.

Stegall, a TSN broadcaster, took that as throwing his receivers under the bus.

“I’m going to roll up on Matt Nichols if I’m Darvin Adams or one of the other receivers,” Stegall said. “And say, ‘Did you really say that? Is that what you feel about us? So we’re calling each other out? So when I’m wide open and you miss me should I go to the media and say we need a quarterback who’s going to throw it to me when I’m open?’

“What is this? Mike O’Shea has a good locker-room there. But these words are not going to help.”

That’s an over-the-top reaction to some relatively innocuous comments.

Then again, TV broadcasters occasionally overdo it. It’s all about the show, after all.

“You should never talk about anyone else’s performance,” Stegall concluded. “He needs to play and keep his mouth shut.”

It’s the second straight week post-game comments from Nichols have drawn extra attention.

After a lopsided home loss to Ottawa last week, he expressed disappointment with the fans for booing his return to the game after he’d been injured, with the score already out of hand.