O’Shea thinks Drew Willy should be MOP

By: Paul Wiecek Posted: 3:44 PM CDT Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014

Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach Mike O’Shea says voters casting their ballots this week for his team’s Most Outstanding Player in 2014 have a no-brainer to make.

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach Mike O’Shea says voters casting their ballots this week for his team’s Most Outstanding Player in 2014 have a no-brainer to make.

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach Mike O’Shea says voters casting their ballots this week for his team’s Most Outstanding Player in 2014 have a no-brainer to make.

“I think that’s an easy choice — I think it’s Drew Willy,” O’Shea said Wednesday following his club’s next to last full practice at Investors Group Field this season.

“He’s thrown for almost 4,000 yards and he missed a game. So if he (plays) that game, he probably throws for over 4,000. And he won us a bunch of games early.”

Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press
'It’s important for me just to keep getting experience, you know being a younger quarterback in the league, getting as many starts as possible especially against a good defence, you know it can only help my growth as a quarterback,' Drew Willy said after the team's practice at Investors Group Field today. — Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press 'It’s important for me just to keep getting experience, you know being a younger quarterback in the league, getting as many starts as possible especially against a good defence, you know it can only help my growth as a quarterback,' Drew Willy said after the team's practice at Investors Group Field today.

Willy’s 3,747 passing yards this season are currently second only to the 4,386 yards put up by Toronto Argonauts quarterback Ricky Ray and there was a short period early this season in which Willy was in the conversation to be considered the Most Outstanding Player in the CFL this year.

But after a blistering 5-1 start to the 2014 season for the Bombers in which Willy orchestrated late fourth quarter comebacks on three separate occasions, the first year Bombers starter has stumbled down the stretch like the rest of his team and heads into the final week of the regular season with a dismal 14:16 touchdown-to-interception ratio.

The Bombers are riding an eight-game losing streak and have already been eliminated from playoff contention heading into their final game of 2014 this Saturday in Calgary against the league-leading Stampeders.

Media and coaches are voting across the CFL this week for the MOP of each of the league’s nine CFL teams, as well as in five other categories: outstanding defensive player, outstanding special teams player, outstanding lineman, outstanding rookie and outstanding Canadian.

Meanwhile, the Bombers will have a few roster changes this week heading into Calgary: Deantre Harlan will play at defensive tackle in place of a banged up Bryant Turner, while Marvin Booker will line up at rush end in place of Jason Vega.

And on offence, it’s looking like Jerrell Jackson will get a look at receiver this week in Calgary.

paul.wiecek@freepress.mb.ca

Twitter: @PaulWiecek