NO FEAR IN RUNNING

He runs with the reckless abandon of a running back, but it seems nobody is asking quarterback Chris Streveler to protect himself better when he takes off with the ball.

“No,” the Blue Bombers’ rookie said. “It’s just a matter of being smart. I’ve kind of had that issue throughout my entire playing career. I’ve made coaches mad since high school, running the way I do sometimes.”

Streveler rumbled for 98 yards in

Friday’s romp over Montreal, usually forcing defenders to tackle him, rather than slide.

“I understand it’s a physical game, and up here it’s a different level,” he said. “So I’ve got to continue to get better about being smart and taking care of myself. It’s a really long season up here. But I don’t know if I’m necessarily going to be able to change who I

am and sometimes my mentality out there.

“I’ve slid. I slid twice. It’s not like I don’t know how to do it. It’s just a matter of sometimes you’ve gotta get those extra yards. It’s fun.”

That mentality brings up memories of Buck Pierce, Streveler’s quarterbacks coach and the last Bomber pivot to play that style of game – and run into injuries as a

result.

Head coach Mike O’Shea says he has no intention of asking Streveler to be more careful.

“He knows what he’s doing. I’m not going to coach him on that,” O’Shea said.

“He’s playing pretty well. I don’t know that I would tell him to do something different.”