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Castillo has been a full time punter in the league, he has 134 punts in his career. We also have the rights to 2-3 other global punters from previous drafts. 
 
 

They could have given the MOP to Brady who'd be an excellent face of the CFL but they gave it to King Douchebag.

I get what you are saying, but this was no more dangerous than the vast majority of punt returns imo. Was it necessary? Probably not. Was it excessively dangerous situation? Not really.

I think Janarian still had more to give. I'm dissapointed to lose him. He was an all time great returner in my opinion.
The best I have ever seen in a Bomber jersey, better than Albert Johnson, better than Stokes. Although Stokes was pretty special 

Grant is a fearless returner. He hits the hole hard and fast and gets a lotnof big returns as a result.

Easy. And we wouldn’t have the probably 20+ shanks or ultra low yard boots we saw last year. 

Hell yeah. 
 
Last year was easily the worst performing sts unit (sans k) we’ve seen under an mos team. It was nuts how much field position we gave away each game when trading punts/kick offs. 
 
For sure the janky scheme was part of it. 
He seemed on board with in early talking about how we were trying some thing different. He has stepped in before to force adjustments on D. Idk maybe he wanted to give enough rope or maybe he thought it could work. Mos will give you all the rope you could ever want to build a noose.  Takes a long time to finally hang but it does happen. 
 
we also didn’t do any fakes save for the horrific on side punt attempt. We used to keep teams on their toes last year we got real long in the tooth. 
 
I think we will see a very different attitude and play style on both teams and D. 

Hell yeah. 
 
Last year was easily the worst performing sts unit (sans k) we’ve seen under an mos team. It was nuts how much field position we gave away each game when trading punts/kick offs. 
 
For sure the janky scheme was part of it. 
He seemed on board with in early talking about how we were trying some thing different. He has stepped in before to force adjustments on D. Idk maybe he wanted to give enough rope or maybe he thought it could work. Mos will give you all the rope you could ever want to build a noose.  Takes a long time to finally hang but it does happen. 
 
we also didn’t do any fakes save for the horrific on side punt attempt. We used to keep teams on their toes last year we got real long in the tooth. 
 
I think we will see a very different attitude and play style on both teams and D. 

Bombers signed defensive back Isaiah Norman. He's 6 foot tall from Marshall and tried out for the Chiefs last year. Looks like he got into 3 preseason games.
 

and the far too many big returns against, and games where we constantlylost the field position game
Getting a productive defensive rotational player on the field for 18 gams, as opposed to a gimmick punter is well worth it
i think weith age...and being a yr older for 2025, and the durability issues of lastfew yrs it's probablybthe right move to transition now. Grant is great when he is healthy and playing, but is he at that point with age...and how he plays with reckless abandon just not worth struggling again if he goes out for an extended time?...Always will be one my favorite returners and pound for pound one the toughest...and strongest guys we have seen in recent memory...

Tait is back with positional previews ahead of the drafts. 
https://www.bluebombers.com/2024/04/22/positional-preview-1-the-specialists-2/
Not sounding like Janarion is in the plans for the team. 

IT'S a huge need that wil go a long way in maximizing how/who we roster....that is if we don't do anything riduculously stupid like last yr

The real solution is to just not punt... like that game where we scored on 7(?) straight drives.

Last year we netted 33 or so on punts.  I believe Castillo could do that.  With improved cover teams hopefully we are closer to 40.  Directionally he's a bit inconsistent.  But if it gives you another useful player on D for 20-25 snaps a game...potentially worth it.

Castillo is a fine punter. If you’re gonna have him kick off no point in carrying a punter imo. If we can get a really good global punter and kick off guy that’s solid. 
 It all pivots on how we draft though. If we can get useful ni/g dl for this year that’ll be huge. 

I actually dont think right now Haba is our best DE option to ully replace JJ....And thats a good thing, and not a slight on Haba whom if was allowed to have been rostered all last yr would have really developed....but we went a diff route and wasted a yr basially on allowing several players to develop.
I think this Yrs DI's will be obviously Castillo....a dedicated returner who can actualy pull signifivant and impactful offensive reps (and i think Cruickshank or Smith may be that guy) at first glance, tho will adjust my opinion after seeing some camp up close
Obviously a DE you would hope will be the other and likely a LB ....with Ford back we can go without the extra DB and who knows he may actually win a starting spot on the corner......and if that is the case then we can also rostwr an impact guy who is an import at SAM.....we have no reason or need to go Canadian there if Ford steps up...even if he doent we still have no need to put an extra Canadian there....just because.
What we need to do is scrap the Global punter....and use that spot on a DL guy we take in global draft..there are at least 4 guys in that draft group who can make the roster and have meaningful reps on defence....the craptacular punt results last yr wasn't all on the coach we canned, but moreso on personell...and whatever new scheme they wanted to try, which in my opinion coincided with that constant gadget punting we tried over and over...which failed miserably.....sign a cnadian punter who can kick it consistantly 45 yards...with hangtime...and understands positional punting...it's not hard to do...or let Castillo do it...he's above average at it and would offer us probably better results than what we put up with last yr, and free's up another roster spot for another foot soldier

That Canadian punter doesn't really exist.  There'd be 9 teams chasing that player.  
The only Canadian punter last year was Jake Julien.  Everyone else was Aussie or import.
Could try Castillo.

Kicker.  Castillo,
I think they are looking for that American DL who can play 2-3 spots on the line to be a DI.  Think they see Rivers, Garbutt and Waggoner as that guy potentially.  The rest of the DL in camp seem a lot easier to classify as competing for rush end or nose spots.
Kick returner.  Would be a bonus if there's a guy who could be useful on offense.  Grant was an all-time returner but couldn't really function in the offense, just gadget stuff.
Then DB/LB...mostly for special teams.  Cole's spot to lose.
So I guess Castillo and Cole are signed.

Given history,  probably not as well as they could.

nah I don't feel bad, Kongbos last year was 2021. In 2022 we went thru Wilcox and Keion Adams, neither of which worked out for us. Last year when we didn't have Jeffcoat in the lineup, it was very noticeable. We've been able to find dt's but de's that can play both the run and rush the passer aren't easy to find.
You need to check your facts.

I’m curious how we use our DI spots this year. Do we have a single one of our regular DI guys from last year signed currently? 
 

Hansen the best global player we’ve seen, kongbo who went to and stuck in the nfl getting a pension, plus Habba and we’ve cut/traded talented pass rushers because we’ve had a lot jam. 
 
Started out with a sack per game till he lost the spot to Jackson. Ended at a point where in a full season hed a had 9-10 sacks. 
Plus our use of guys inside out like sayles and walker, then going back through the massive amount of dt talent we’ve found. Dl scouting isn’t a problem, next to db it’s probably been our best position of trying recruiting in the walters era. 

Man I hate him. & THIS is the guy the league pushes to be a big star.
******* embarrassing. I've been all for giving commish ambroise a fair shot, it's time he goes. CFL needs a new leader 

And before last year they had guys like kongbo and Hansen taking effective reps at end so again, been looking for a couple years? I call bullshit. Last year they found haba who did alright for a rookie but don't forget he was hurt too and then didn't get on the roster because reasons. 
I guess my point is... your point is bad and you should feel bad.

Also how could anyone say Habas results are mixed when he's hardly played due to the guys above him and also poor roster management not allowing for more bodies on the DL...??