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"Cam Lawson at DT with Thomas & Schmekel sitting out.

He sucks

I met the soon to be mother of my child at the Bomber game against B.C. our first date was August 3rd 2023 We beat the Lions 50-14, I had my last ever first date, Less then 2 years later, we have season tickets together, we bought a home, and we’re expecting our first kid together. A lot do amazing memories In a short amount of time, especially against the B.C. Lions! Go Bombers!

Went to practice this morning. Nothing ground breaking to report. Thought the running back 36, smaller American guy looked solid. Really effective blocker in the one on ones. Imo play of the day was made by Corcorcan(can't remember how to spell his name, but the wr they drafted this year). He is slow...there's no doubt about it. But he went up and made a great play on an under thrown ball that should have been intercepted. Schoen looked like himself out there. No brace on. No lack of speed etc. Routes were as sharp as ever. Talked to him after the practice and he said he was feeling great and anxious to get back out there. He was great with my son too. Talked to him a bit and gave an autograph. Sergio is the man...he came right up to my boy (who was wearing his schoen jersey) and talked a bit, then said he'd introduce him to Schoen after practice. Which he did. Needless to say, we had a great morning!

Practice notes from DT via Twitter. Vanterpool at LG Kramdi is practicing Jarious Jackson has arrived.

Tait says Schoen a full participant today for the first time. Huzzah.

Something no one has mentioned so far was I thought Hogan called a hell of a game. We’re going to score a lot of points this season whether it’s number 17 or number 8, I really enjoyed some of the X’s and O’s He drew up. I think you’re going to see an opportunity for good receivers to make plays often in this offense.

I really don’t get any of the Myron Mitchell hype. I would be incredibly unaffected if he were to be cut tomorrow.

First practice of the regular season is today. Out with the old and in with the new. Time to get it started.

1 strevy almost 250 3 tds, did every thing he needed to for us to win 2 Peterson stepped in for Brady, over 130 yards on 23 carries. didn’t miss a beat 3 wheatfall 5 127 and 1td with 69 yac hh the first td pass to Demski really set a high tone for the offence and game crunch of the game mci with the pop forcing a fumble and turn over on kick cover block of the game big Stan way down field blocking for the screen pass to wheatfall awe that’s dirty. Strevs throw away in the 4th he was hit late and hit in the head and with no call while bc chirped him. honorable mentions Demski jones bonds adams Lawson wj schoen vaval

Vanterpool in for Dobson is a major upgrade up front too. Vanterpool would be my player of the game. Here's a stat for you: Peterson averaged 130 yards per game in his last 2 years of U Sports. 130 yards rushing in his first CFL game. Took a few more carries to get there than it did in U Sports...but still.

Give some love to wheatfall too who looked like a legit threat out there.

Maybe it’s because we’ve seen the same stubborn loyalty to veterans for a few seasons and some people would like to see the team adopt a slight shift in philosophy so that it could potentially lead to winning the Grey Cup, not just being in it.

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.

This game showed me why I'm glad Buck Pierce is the hell & gone as OC. Stev's best game of his pro career. He showed he can play qb. Changed up his fundamentals this off season. He showed that if you give him the entire playbook & not just make him a one dimensional raging ground warrior or gimmicky qb he can make the throws. For that we can thank LaPo & his protege Buck Pierce. Lapo had at least a bit of imagination with Streveler in 2018 & 19. He actually used him the best at the time considering back then his limitations as an actual qb plus his inability to read a CFL defense. Pierce OTOH was just sadistic expecting him to go out there & take the punishment that he did. I'm excited for Jarious Jackson as his position coach.

9 defensive tackles. 1 TFL, 7 other tackles within 5 yards of LOS. Not going to see many better games from a MAC LB in the league.

Strev - **** you to anyone who says he can't play QB Rookie RB - To not be overwhelmed in the moment is almost unbelievable, given the circumstances. Vaval - Not even our best returner and looked fantastic.. HH - The Trinity for walking around with a 2 footer and a wheelbarrow. Dear CFL, We just did that you your golden child without our QB, our MOP RB, our Returner, and not close to our best possible defense. Watch. The ****. Out.

Guys, this is going to be shocking so please sit down before you read any further. Jamie Nye has picked the Bombers to lose and the Riders to win this week on his cfl.ca weekly predictor. I hope none of you were injured after collapsing from the shock.

Bombers 18-0 Everyone else 0-18. **** em all. They hate us cause they ain't us.

Bombers cut Myron Mitchell

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!

Rolling out a lousy depth chart, not sure what to expect but......LFG!!!!!!!!

There’s no way the OL changes aside from injury. Take out Sterns, play one less American on D, drop Ayers or the returner….all things that happen before the OL changes. Just had 450 yards of offense with basically one half of Streveler in rhythm (never affected by rush on a drop back) and all but one drive with a guy who was playing against the Bisons 8 months ago at tailback. We can live without edge rush. OL is priority 1000%.

Bottom line is there were a hell of a lot of guys with standout games tonight and that is an amazing things IMO. What a statement to open the season.

2 main issues to me are, one WR injury away from Corcoran being out there every play and no DE depth for 2 guys in their 30s.

Because the DL depth sucks on the depth chart... they've got a linebacker listed as the only backup DE... they've got 3 Canadian DTs for some reason instead of proper DE depth. We can quibble about whether they made the right choices in terms of players at db or lb but what they did with the DL is a god damned disgrace from a positional perspective.

They'd be thin out of the gate to always have 2 Canadians out on D, but it wouldn't be that bad. You'd need 2 of Kramdi, Lawson/Thomas, Munier-Bailey, Shay, Smith, Gauthier, Hallett on the field on any given snap. Chances are we will have 2 of those guys on the field anyway. If the difference is QB having time to move the ball vs QB not having time to move the ball, it's a pretty easy call.

I’ve spent years researching this and I am fairly confident that Booch is the Rock

Yep. Ayers is my biggest worry. That kid has soo much potential, work ethic and desire. He makes plays few people in football can pull off. Be it on teams or D. We gotta keep polishing that kid. If he half fulfills what he’s capable of, he’s the best defensive player in the league. Idk how many times we’ve seen guys who are that level of disruptive, but it’s been really rare for us.

Yeah. Second to injuries, (and rider wins) the thing I hate most in sports is wasted talent. Hope he manages to get him self sorted and back to where he needs to play. it’s been a lot of adjustments and trials of different combos. I don’t think Lofton has practiced much at all. Randolph has looked better than Lofton last year though imo. Hes settled into rt nicely. Vanterpool has taken a nice step forward in general. Wallace has been good. Saw him get beat off the line couple times but recover really well. Think that’s why he got a run at rt. He’s lost 15-20 from his pro day time and he hasn’t lost strength. Run block wise, he’s our best bet at guard imo. Pass pro, he’s worth growing with at this point. Eli is pretty much the usual. Much better at C than G, though playing beside the other Cs he was better than with kola. They really like vibert, and I could see him getting groomed on the pr for a year. Hes a nasty inside guy who can snap a bit and be groomed into a back up C pretty easily. Realistically could be a 6th ol in the league this year from what I’ve seen. Gets off the ball well, strong with a good base, nasty type we always like. Neuf looks significantly more mobile than he did all of last year. More explosive than he’s been in a while. If he stays healthy he should be as good as you’d hope. Among the other rookie imps, Atkinson is a throw back body style. He’s thick and strong and significantly heavier than his listed weight. He’s aggressive and got some good attribute's, but he looks like a straight up guard in need of polish. Which doesn’t happen up here. elsbury has the measurables and it shows on the field, but he’s raw. Reminds me of Randolph last year. I like Hemphills upside, he’s more polished and probably the best of the zone run blockers among the imports. I could see us easily keeping 1-2 imp ol on the pr and 1 ni, and probably another guy on the ir. Best ol imo: Bryant Neuf Eli vanterpool Randolph. realistically, we are gonna start kola if healthy and I don’t think we have the ratio at this point to go 3 imps with our hurting the d and teams. Bryant Neuf kola Wallace Randolph with Eli as the 6th is likely. I wouldn’t be surprised to see more Wallace at RT. I could see a world where we go 4ni ol with vibert on the ar and Wallace at RT easier than I can see us going 4 imp ol. If that happened, it’d be best to slide Neuf to his side to give him more help. Over all I like our ol crop, could still use more Canadian talent as always, we likely have to face more struggles with change though. Guys needs to gel, and take some lumps as starters at their positions. But that is coming for us no matter what. It’s a good time to move forward with young guys and build in near future replacements for Neuf and Bryant.

I hear Jake will be starting in 2125. I am planning to upload my consciousness to the Internet so it can complain about this.

HH to Hogan who had a team put up 34 points and 450 yards without Zach and Brady. How many OCs have a team do that without their starting QB and RB?

Oh yeah one more thing. Why don't the Lions ever play Betts when they come to town? They could have really used him last night! Lolololol

Strev looked just fine on rhat drive...from his goaline

I’ll never understand these type of posts. The majority of us are just shooting the **** offering up a variety of opinions on the great, the good and the bad of certain aspects of the BB. Its where we come to escape and play gm/coach/consultant. And my opinion with lots of in-depth analysis behind it is BC sucks.

Ouellette at the 2025 Banjo Bowl

I just want to see Winnipeg hosting the Cup at PAS on November 16.

Our entire defense aside from Jefferson Gauthier and Thomas has turned over since 2022. Kickers, receivers. Not sure the emotional reaction to cut down day is warranted. But I guess football is too boring.

Luc Mullinder makes Kate and the TSN crew seems like Straight Fire.

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.

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.

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.

HH award goes to @lyin' guy crying about the Bombers over on RF.com lol what a little baby that guy turned out to be

I wouldn't start Mitchell based on salary. Maybe you give him an extended look because of what he did in the past and maybe you think he had a bad camp, in that case I'd take off sterns. I wouldn't take off wheatfall for him.

Well, when are we gonna get rowdy? LET'S GO BLUE!

1 keric got him self a starting job for sure 2 Cooley idk how you cut this kid so darn good 3 Jonathon jones flying around making plays on d and teams hh webbs td on the fumble crunch of the game woodbey had a beauty of a hit on a wrapped up wr fighting for yards. Secondary all rallied and hit a lot. block of the game on one of cooleys runs Wallace flattened his man and went cruising for more. honourable mentions Vaval, Avery, Gowan, Jaylen smith with 3 teams tackles, the whole Dl especially pointer Bailey person adams and Zack Davis.

TIL Jake Thomas only speaks in the third person, and is REALLY hard on himself.