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First off, I want to say that I have a lot of respect for Matt Nichols.

He bleeds Blue and Gold, works as hard or harder than anybody in the regular season and the off-season and is generally honest and straightforward with the media.

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It certainly seems that’s the way his teammates see him too and head coach Mike O’Shea has expressed nothing but loyalty for the 31-year old quarterback.

With his work ethic, the respect he commands in the locker room and the way he performed in 2016 and 2017, you can see why the Winnipeg Blue Bombers want to give him time to work things out, even though his play has been underwhelming in his eight starts this CFL season.

He hasn’t been the same since he suffered a knee injury in training camp.

His passing numbers are way down from last season.

After completing just 53.8% of his passes for 166 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions in Sunday’s 31-23 loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Nichols said he absolutely has to be better for the Bombers to have a chance to win.