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Booch is now a suspect....

The prospect of our cover team against Grant is terrifying.

and the guy who can collapse the centre. Our Defense worked like our O did at it's best. It started and ended with us winning the battle in the trench and punishing the other team. Leaving them broken and beaten by the start of the 4th. We gave up on that with the DL for some reason. We gotta get back to it, and I think we have all the versatility and roster flexibility plus the guys to do it.

Thank you for this scoop

Its about getting more people in seats to come see the music act, and hoping a percentage of them will enjoy the football and game enough to come back for more. You complain about the CFL and TSN not doing enough to attract new fans and grow the game. Here is BC trying something to grow their fan base and bring in people who wouldn't normally come to a football game, but that apparently is also problematic. 🤷

7 or 8 guys rotating through the DL. That's what worked in 2019 and 2021. Lack of that hurt the past 2 seasons. Just wear down the opposing team.

Hyped on Devin Adams. Hoping he gets reps in the next game and goes Stove on some opposing o-linemen. That push up the middle along with the new rotation could be 2019-2021 level goodness.

Like I said before...I take requests....and do have time to spare this week Like I said since last yr...Save for WJ that I always thought Garbutt brought the best overall skill set at end....man I just hate that Jackson waste all yr as he would have been so much further along if he had 12..16 games already under his belt...Haba too

I am of the thinking that if we go with a 7 man rotation I don't really care who they pick out of Haba/Garbutt/Rivers. Mostly because I have no idea who is looking the best at camp right now.

That's a real hitch, right there...... We lost at least 3 games last year, when the DL wore down late, because of roster issues........it drove me nuts.

Bigger question. Especially for you. Whatever happened to that number 85 at rookie camp.

I'm not sure if it matters who "starts"... but a DE rotation of Willie, Garbutt, and Haba is likely the best case scenario for our DL

It's definitely possible. I just don't think that's the way it's ultimately going to play out. Totally agree with this... I think we start the season: Jefferson-Fox-Woods-Haba, with Thomas, Schmekel, and Garbutt/Rivers forming a 7 man rotation.

Bastards...well at least Sheed will have 1 solid teamate

This is fantastic and I love that Liam Dobson is being more integrated as one of the young faces of the club. He's got some star quality to him. Hope he kicks ass this year

Well as long as he can replace Jackson at FB, they come out ahead ratio wise if nothing else.

No we don't!

Yeah...certainly no head scratchers there...and will allow some others the all important reps in practice and that final game

He had an ugly drop and a near fumble too

That Peter guy was Afful anyway. Sorry, couldn’t resist.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers today announce the following transactions: Released from roster: American receiver Peter Afful American receiver Tyler Adams American receiver Jaylen Hall American offensive lineman Khalil Keith https://www.bluebombers.com/2024/05/28/blue-bombers-transactions-may-28/

Scott Cloman is my sleeper

He did not have a return TD after coming back from injury in 2023. You may be thinking of 2022 when he returned a punt for a TD vs Argos in the Grey Cup Game. So painful we lost that game.

Much of Calgary's success hinges on Jake Maier, who I am still not sold on. The league seems to pump his tires, but yeesh.

Don't pretend this was the Bombers brilliant decision, they didn't have enough money left over to pay a returner anything more than min. wage.

Damn that one stings a bit

I definitely think they're looking at going with Oliveira, Smith, and Rosery at RB. Augustine is probably in the most danger of a surprise cut. Could also see them going all-American on the DL, with Thomas and Schmekel backing up/rotating in. And use a DI as the third defensive end, whether that is Garbutt or someone else.

MOS will find a way. Da Bombers.

Which will then transform into a bus based nickname due to the association of MCI Motor Coach Industries in the Peg. My proposed nicknames: Michael "The Bus Driver" Chris Ike Michael "Express Route" Chris Ike

Honestly I get the decision not to televise all CFL preseason games. It's just freaks like us that care to watch it.

Bombers 18-0 Everyone else 0-18

never let a Schmeckel slide into anything....

Really? You can't see it? Cause it's well within the realm of possibility with this coaching staff.

But they damn sure might let Schmeckel slide into Lawson's spot ....

He doesn't need reps in the backfield...he does at reciever though

As long as he's regular size, not a mini-o'shea

I think all American DL is not going to happen... maybe Augustine gets snipped but I am not convinced. Honestly I think if there's a surprise cut it'll be Alexander and he will slide into a coaching position. I mean maybe not cut cut but perhaps he's injured all year or something.

Interesting, he definitely got reps in the backfield in the first preseason game

Blue ,20-0 ,the rest ? Who cares?

Fair point. The more I think about it, Bombers offence at full heath is going to be soooo much better than anyone else’s. Unless Powell or another QB takes a huge leap, I might have to change my prediction to Bombers- Pork everyone Middle teams- .500ish Ottawa/Calgary- Bad

So just for what it's worth... Production of live sports is incredibly expensive for broadcasters and just not worth it unless you can charge really high ad rates. When TSN radio didn't get the last Jets rights, it was actually considered somewhat of a win, because they could still do the Pre/Intermission/Post stuff, and not have to worry about carrying the cost of the broadcast (which MOST people are watching on TV anyhow). So anyhow, for TSN... They can't charge high ad rates for the pre season broadcasts because there aren't enough people watching... And without the high rates, they can't afford the broadcast. And, no, even if you wanted to say "well if they did a better job then maybe more people would watch!!" people just wouldn't... It's pre season CFL... As much as we diehards love it, there's not that many viewers. Not enough to make it worth their while anyhow. And yes they are the league's partner so they are supposed to take some risk to support the league but they're still a business and it has to make business sense for them to do anything.

MCI will always be motor coach industries to me anyway. Wonder if Osh and Kyle and younger and miller x 2 and crew will make some surprise cuts. I mean. I’m talking some vets like Jake or maybe even BA. Maybe rosery stays over JA.

I know Saskatchewan has a few receivers they’re pretty high on and they usually seem to be able to churn out some decent D-linemen but I honestly haven’t heard much in the way of hype coming from that fanbase

Haven’t scene much of any thing from mci yet. He has a tremendous tool set, but he’s far from a regular ball carrier. Tons of potential, and the ability to contribute right away with teams/blocking. I think we will start to see who he is as a ball carrier in the next tc. If I was him, I’d be trying to learn all the niche jobs. Holder, long snapper, and etc. soak in as much as possible from guys like Brady, and the goat. Rb is his upside. But he can carve a very long and lucrative career out very quickly if he excel on teams and in the little tasks. Getting wr/db one on ones would be big too.

we will have CJOB feed for this weekends game tho on the live stream so thats bonus...no need to sync up

This is just inventing problems. You get people in seats for game 1 and then maybe they come back because they enjoyed themselves.

I don't know exactly how it all works... but if I could get an in-stadium stream with DT and DB on the call for all Bomber road games... I would gladly take that over the TSN production....

That’s ugly. Emilus is a beast but the rest are … meh

https://3downnation.com/2024/05/27/get-rich-or-die-lion-rap-icon-50-cent-to-perform-at-b-c-lions-home-opener/

I'm also not sold on Stanback being able to bounce back to his previous form, especially on that team.