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Fingers are pointing at the Redblacks, the blame is being spread around as angry fans have their say. Find a new quarterback, get rid of the offensive play-caller, fire the general manager … yadda, yadda, yadda. Everybody has a solution and a reason why this team has struggled after winning its first two games of the 2019 regular season. If there’s a panic button out there, RNation is standing on top of it and pushing down with all its collective might.

The Redblacks — and I’m not just talking about the players — need to take what happened Friday as a boot to the gonads. Be accountable. Be better. But also keep the rational level-headedness that separates guys who make the real decisions from all us armchair mouthpieces.

“We’re going to have to look long and hard and make sure we’re doing what’s best,” Redblacks head coach Rick Campbell said moments after Friday’s wipeout. “We’re not scaring anybody right now, we’re not coming up with any big plays. We’re 2-3, so there’s a lot to play for. I remain hopeful by the way we started the game. It was back and forth, but, when we don’t find a way to make plays, it snowballs out of control.”

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The heavily favoured Bombers (10 1/2 points) broke up a scoreless battle 8:53 into the game, when former Redblacks defensive back Winston Rose cut in front of Marco Dubois and picked off a Jennings pass before taking it 71 yards for a touchdown.

“It was an RPO (run-pass option play),” Jennings said. “They stuffed the middle and took the run away. Winston just made a good play. He cut inside of (Dubois).”