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https://www.bluebombers.com/2025/05/24/game-day-hq-preseason-1/ players and positions to watch; qb, ofc. Is strevy rusty? Is zach healthy? How does hogans play call and management look? ol, two open spots and an open battle at G for imp or ni. Randolph at rt and Wallace at G are the guys to watch. wr battle, the 3 free agents are all guys to watch. At dl, has adams progressed? Bailey and person are big ones to watch. I expect a lot from the starters with vaughters. lber is the deepest battle in camp. The Canadians, will Ayers step up and which jones wins out? Secondary, will griffin take a starting job, Parker at S, Gowan vs bridges on the corner and rookie vaval has had a good camp. punter and the wide open kr job will be great to see too.

Riders Suck. Go Bombers.

A mother f***in game day... By gar, it's been awhile... **** The Riders, and let's go Blue!!

yep. https://3downnation.com/2025/05/23/silence-at-last-montreal-alouettes-ban-air-horns-for-2025-season/ About time. Sounds like the cfl put their foot down and are holding the ALs responsible to the standard held across the league.

Artopeous is pretty smooth.

Soooo...a Person of interest?

Well the 2019 team was 3-5 with Streveler starting and 4-0 with Collaros starting. So he had some impact. D wasn't getting it done by themselves, they got smacked around pretty bad in majority of games after Nichols went down. Probably don't get to any of the post-19 Grey Cups if you don't host the West Final. Matt Nichols never hosted a West Final. Buck Pierce, Kevin Glenn and Khari Jones hosted 1 East Final each. Collaros has hosted 4. Good to have some perspective. The only comparison that will matter in the end is Dru Brown from 2024 on vs Collaros from 2024 on.

Cause it's a long assed offseason.

Man, Cooley runs hard and clearly knows his zone markers, runs disciplined. Get that guy on the roster. Kind of a luxury but might give you more than a Jerrith Stearns. One thing I don't understand. Kwemo signed like 2 days ago played almost 3 quarters of this game. Adair, here all of camp, just gets in on the last drive.

Fact.

Thank god, it really ruined the experience watching on tv. I couldn't imagine how annoying it would be in person.

1 Quinton Cooley. Boy he looked good pass catching and running 2 vaval and cam Allen. Both played very well. 3 adams ton of plays inside and out against starters and backups hh Evan’s 56 yard punt. Boy what a leg that kid has honourable mentions to Jonathon jones pointer person Ayers and Sergio. On the ol Wallace was good, vanterpool and Randolph looked really good post of the game is piggy 1 who hooked us up yet he working link which was more than the cfl or tsn could muster for almost a half.

Beating the Riders never gets old.

Tough decisions will be in secondary and at American LB spots.

Artopoeous looked a lot better than Wilson.....Gotta give this kid some more playing time....Definitely showed well

At least Dillon Mitchell made a catch in traffic so he’s back on the team

With ZC...Strev...Wilson grooming...we just fine at QB

He’s like Charles Robert’s but instead of cigs and rippers he loves juice and the gym.

Wilson poised there...Cooley looks like stokes

Mitchell is seriously awful at returning. Why are we wasting reps on him? No chance you can roll with this guy as your returner. Let's get some looks at other guys.

Woods and Adams exclusively...buh bye JT

Peterson looks like a Lil BO clone

Love Clercius is a hand catcher...he gonna have a solid season

Why don't they just stream on YouTube like the rest of the modern world?

Doug really didn't like the suspension. He wasn't as angry as Tait was... Tait was spitting nails. But Doug said it's idiotic that this independent organization doesn't go through the team first. Said it should always be first call to the team and team contacts player.

Probably "What a load of crap"

Hopefully we have an OC that will use 17 as a QB and not a gimmick. Also excited to see how Wilson develops in year 2.

Curious as to who and how we ise the linebackers....I dont think either of T.Jones or Wilson should be secure with being handed starter spots....and wanna see whatrecievers step ip when lights are on...Practice isnt best indicator as to who is the best...we seen that pretty obviously last yr Punter too....I wanna see Evans make a case to punt our punter guy Whats the link for the game btw?

No kidding. I don't think teams ruin a lot of guys. The high level NCAA guys are already running their own show. Most of the decent U Sports guys these days are too. Anyone going to even that level is taking charge of their own development when they are 14-15. They know how to train themselves and their technical abilities are pretty baked in. Nobody at a club level is practicing in a way that's going change that in this era. You're mostly getting set to play games, not playing around with mechanics. People can complain about opportunity but no one with undeniable ability was ever denied at that position. Everyone is dying for consistently average QB play. There's no other position where you get a chance to develop like that in football, other than maybe Canadian OL in this league. We're splitting hairs on guys who really aren't at the level of the guys who are franchise QB's because we maybe saw a flash that made us hope the guy was something he wasn't. I think a lot of teams see some redeeming quality that allows them to overlook severe flaws in potential quarterbacks. Like Alex Brink not being able to pass the ball yet spending like 4 years here as QB in waiting. People would be shocked at how even at pretty high levels coaches are still in awe of guys who are throwers with no passing ability. Like people in our city making a living training QB's and sometimes other football players who get themselves involved in provincial teams and cannot evaluate them at all...even in the scenario of "we play games next month, who of the 4 QB's that we've just repped and worked with for 6 weeks is the best at moving the offense we've installed." Or totally blinded by an athlete who can't pass with any accuracy. Draw up a lot of plays for what you could do off RPO looks but no matter what you draw the guy can't pass well enough to execute anything accurately and consistently. Reads are a huge thing, arguably THE huge thing, get on same page with receivers, do things at speed. Even if you can put it on a spot 70 yards away, doesn't matter if you can't make a decision on time. That was a big Lapo flaw back to the CFL. If a QB can't attack at all 3 levels as a passer they really can't run a good CFL offense. Everything else will simply be adjusted to over a season by other good teams. Sure you can catch someone lacking and have your QB run for 170 yards sometime, but it's not happening every week.

Yessir, 2 hours. I can't wait to set Doug up to rant about Collaros's suspension. He's going to light it on fire again!

On different note...strev looks like a legit QB

Jesus **** that's how you get cut as a return candidate in a training camp.

That’s some elite level explosiveness. Adam’s is soo tantalizing. Vaval pretty knify on kr I like it.

Crazy. Strev is being used as a QB and looks good.

I'm going to be hearing this bumper music tonight when I'm trying to sleep.

I know I'm preaching to the choir....but damn the CFL just can't get out of its own way. This stream is god awful, between quality of picture and just straight up missing plays all together.

They should stick with a high angle. Can't see **** when they keep switching between the two cameras during the play.

https://voodc.com/embed/1/85818a999d889f8c847a8599a48b9887847e.html

Clercius gonna have a role this yr...big reliable dude...strong mitts too

oh man this league just can never get their crap figured out - this is 2025 not 2005, online live streaming isn't that hard to figure out.

Not only that, but our biggest partner, TSN, is playing 2 UFL games instead.

I am very optimistic about Wilson. He does a lot really well. Hope we use the reps better this pre season.

A curious thing.... At last check, Jarious Jackson still hadn't made it to camp. So it's all on Hogan, with no safety net. Hoping things go well for him.

Yeah I can't see us burning a DA on a linebacker ...especially if Makonzo becomes healthy too...but who are they gonna be...I know osh likes to favor vets and guys who been here but J.Jones and Ayers if they make the case for Mac and Will..does Osh have the onions to park Wilson and T.Jones on the PR..Injured or even cut? J.Jones is a way more complete player than T.Jones so interesting to see who gets that spot...I hope it's an earned position and not a gifted one

I’ve been told over the years I’m somewhat of a sarcasm expert but I’m having a hard time deciphering this statement.

If there's one thing we know about MOS, it's that his ego is out of control

How did Dru Brown develop? 4th string for a year, time share backup with Prukop in 22, then established #2 in 23. Starts 3 games in 3 seasons.

I'd be pretty surprised if Wheatfall made the opening roster, barring injuries. D Mitchell is kind of the speed element at all levels and screen game, kind of your Lawler replacement. Wheatfall hasn't really looked good on anything but a couple verticals, and really hasn't finished a ton of plays. Could be a 2nd year breakout candidate I guess but just don't see a spot for him to get on Game 1. He'd be a PR guy again if he doesn't get beat out by someone who looks like a better fit. To me White Jr and Stearns are in a battle for the 3rd slot position. Maybe can get both on if Stearns can return. If White is in good health I could see him and Schoen (if he's healthy too) being devastating targets down the middle.

Disagree. It was obvious to all and sundry that there were four players who ought to have been replaced before the start of last season: Kolankowski, Alexander, Bighill and Jake Thomas. All were past their "best before" dates and for reasons known only to God and O'Shea, they kept being put out there and seem likely to be out there again a lot this year. Those four players cost us the Grey Cup and probably contributed to the injuries to Bighill and Collaros. The secret, if there is one, to remaining competitive in the CFL and pro sports in general is to get rid of players before they become major liabilites. That is the business side of this and too many GMs and coaches have been sacked because they lost their objectivity.

57-18 record as a Bomber, 2 grey cup wins, 5 grey cup appearances. The greatest era in my entire lifetime. I’m going to reserve judgment until I see the numbers but if Zach wants to keep playing, and he’s willing to give up some money by us extending him now I would say this is perfectly fine, curious to see how our new OC uses him, with a healthy Schoen and a deeper (maybe not as top end talented) receiving core I’m hoping we can get a little bit of a bounce back year from Zach.