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8 hours ago, Mark H. said:
It does need to be mentioned:
With 2 pick sixes on the board, the D gave up 23 points. Most nights, that's a W.
Fans don't like to look at those things. Easier to blame the defense.
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Tre played well. 300+ yards, two passing TDS and a rushing TD against a good Al's defense. They got beat deep twice, while playing in a deep zone. So not really garbage time stats.
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3 minutes ago, Super Duper Negatron said:
Maybe I am overreacting, but seeing what is arguably a worse starting roster than last year, in a Grey Cup year, is super disappointing. I will probably eat my words when we stomp the Farhan's tomorrow, but man the wind is out of my sails right now.
You guys lost the best field CB in the league, an division all star in Dobson at LG. Other than that, the who are you missing?
Linebacking corps seem better.
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2 hours ago, Goalie said:
Not sure it means much but Zach listed is interesting. Thought he wasn’t going. Also Wilson listed 4th is interesting.
D Mitch behind Lord Keric and Sir Hall of Western Michigan. Prob means nothing but interesting
just pre season bs really but just some interesting things. Our Canadian LB group got a lot younger Shay Smith and Novak prob all make the team. All Canadian and all drafted this year. Impressive Kyle.
OL looks like 3 Americans be the plan
I'm excited to see Shay, Novak and Smith all on the field at once.
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13 hours ago, Mark H. said:
You'd have a good O if you were able get all the best Canadians. D, not so much.
The D would be great
DE: Betts
NT: Laing
3T: Covington, Lawson
DE: Adeyemi-Bergland, Uguak
SLB: Kramdi, Rene
MLB: Hladik, Richards
WLB: Judge, Cantin Arku
FCB: Ford
FDHB: Labrosse, Green
S: Katsantonis, Metchie
BDHB: Dequoy
BCB: Campbell
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6 hours ago, Atomic said:
Remember we can start a nationalized American as the 8th. Could be Stanley Bryant, Eric Lofton, Kyrie Wilson, Willie Jefferson, Dalton Schoen, Deatrick Nichols, Jamal Parker, or Evan Holm. Lots of options. We only need 7 "true" Canadian starters.
Difference is Walters and O'Shea are patriots and have no problem playing 9-10 Canadians.
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18 hours ago, JuranBoldenRules said:
You're talking about "Designated Nationalized Americans." That's separate. These Nationalized Americans are 1 of the 24 starters for the purposes of the ratio. It's kind of perfect for a OL spot who plays every snap. You'd have to have a Canadian backup though, but we usually do on OL anyways.
Bombers could start a Canadian at linebacker and use DNA on Kyrie Wilson who could then sub in for an American at any time or sub in for those designated Canadians for up to 23 snaps. Or do the same with Jefferson...if subbed in for American doesn't count to the restriction but could sub in for Canadian spot up to 23 snaps in a game.
So start two Canadians at Linebacker.
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37 minutes ago, Mike said:
CFL Draft tomorrow … really curious if we find a way to take Findlay (probably at 6) or Beauchemin in the first couple rounds. Makes sense for us.
Would like to walk away with one of those two and a couple trench bodies after two rounds.
Tuesday. I think either DB or LB in the first for you guys.
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On 2025-03-30 at 2:36 PM, rebusrankin said:
Neufeld, Wallace, Demski, Brady, Clercius, Lawson, Kramdi
Kelly at Safety
Kowalski at Centre
16 hours ago, Booch said:7 is a stretch right now until camp breaks...sure some will throw out the Kramdi argument...but as much as many glom on about him..he's not the best option for the spot here..especially when it doesn't need to be manned by a Canadian.. if they feel the need to start him..and hes as smart as they say...throw him at safety as the field general and guy in charge of the back 6...Ala how BA's smarts made him so valuable...tho I don't think he has the athleticism there for it..and if he doesn't have it there then at sam where he could be in coverage on teams top targets...he is even more deficient.
Hopefully we get 6 nationals on offence so we only required to have 1 on defence on any given snap and it would make us a way better defence
Which is a poor roster decision..and makes us not our best
Not poor at all, considering they've made 5 straight Grey Cups.
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On 2025-03-28 at 2:37 PM, Booch said:
we only need to start 7 "true" Canadians...the 8th could be WJ...Bryant....Wilson...Nichols...Holm...
So depending on where they declare...5 on offense (2 OL...Demski...BO...Clercius) and 2 on defense...where they slap the 2 is up for debate but I'd prefer to see it at safety and boundary corner...now do we have the guy for that? Who knows but I'd rather see that for if anything give us a more stout front 7
Ideally tho I see no reason why we dont go 3 OL guys as we have....shouldnt be hard...I sure as it sits we be just fine with Wallace and Neuf with Eli and a draft pick in the hopper....and just need to use 1 Canadian on defense and he could be at multiple spots...depending on what we are sCheming throught a game....SafetY some plays..DT....SAM...
Thanks captain, but Walters and O'Shea are real Patriots and will start 9 or 10, actual nationals this year.
On 2025-03-28 at 6:50 PM, wbbfan said:Some guys I think would be a better fit as combine based prospects for us,
We. Hakeem Harris, This years clercius. 6’3 210 ran a 4.59 36” vert 10’9” broad 13 reps 7.12 3 cone 4.25 ss. Didn’t catch a lot of balls down south, but played a lot of teams. He could allow us to use clercius more as a pass catcher and heir to Demski, and fill the blocking role. Two guys like that doesn’t hurt.
Db, Eric cumberbatch. Elite size and athleticism at db. Similarly Anton haie.
Dl. Liam Hoskins. Elite athleticism and good size at end. Silas Hubert, who has that size to play 3t 4i and book end with tremendous athleticism .
Ol. Still really like pile, not the world beater athlete or great size. But the motor, toughness and nasty grit are great. Ethan vibert too.
maybe now’s the year we spend a late pick on a qb too. Arnaud Desjardins and Jackson tachinski have both been in camp with us in the past as cis guest QBs. Either could move to wr, and could also be short yardage QBs.
Silas is great, considered to have a higher ceiling than his brother, but I think Owen will do well in Hamilton.
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5 hours ago, rebusrankin said:
Said it before curious how we'd go only 2 Canadian OL which would mean starting 5 on offense and 3 on defense. Defense the one linebacker spot makes sense with Kramdi, in theory you get a second spot at DT with Lawson and Jake but the third is then what S with Kelly? Not a complaint mind you but a curiosity point right now.
I don't see why you wouldn't start
C, RG, FSB, FWR, HB
SLB, DT, S
Plus shouldn't be hard to find a Canada LG.
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I honestly think you guys take Veresuk in the 1st. He's 240lbs and moves well. Plus Gauthier can't play forever and Veresuk has a high upside.
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Makonzo is a great grab for you guys. Good backup for Kramdi at SLB.
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18 minutes ago, Goalie said:
Kind of amusing. Bombers 1st team to announce a signing that was reported a week ago. Cobb 14 minutes in then the Sask receiver moments later yet nothing out of Hamilton or Edmonton yet lol. I’d laugh if a few deals fell through.
id like McKewen also but prob take a bundle to get the Calgary kid out of Calgary. Would like to see a OL signing tho. McKewen is the big one but there’s a couple others who might fit the bill.
Won't take a bundle, if Calgary doesn't resign him. You're saying it's Stamps or retirement.
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32 minutes ago, GCn20 said:
I just don't see a universe where Jake outplays Lawson for the vast majority of reps this year. Last year was easy for Osh to give the reps to JT. there was no proven commodity behind him. This year, it would be near impossible knowing what we know about Lawson's ability.
You have Lawson and Samson hold down the three technique.
Bring in Thomas in certain packages, like a 3-4 nose.
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35 minutes ago, Booch said:
If he is healthy is prob one of the top Canadian DT's in the league...and still is young and just coming into his prime yrs
why we were not in on Ceresna at that...or even 230k is baffling to me...Unless for some reason he didnt wanna playhere....or did we figure we good at DT with the usual suspects??....I may lean that way actually sadly
he did...he said they all starters...and only here cause theygive us a chance to win...Obvioulsy he himself knows thats a load of B.S he shovells at the fan base when players are questioned
with it going up was even more reason to cut bait with him and make a offer you couldnt refuse to the best interior dline gy on the FA market....but we didnt
I dont see that logic either...we lost starters in Lawler..Woli...Wilson...Dobson...Fox....Haba...Garbutt...Ford
Does Haggerty...White Jr....Mitchell....Re-upping Thomas...hanging onto Schmeck...Vaughters....and unknown at moment at guard make us as good or better than last yr?...Vaughters does as the starting end...after that I'd say ....no....maybe comparable....and that wasnt good enough last yr. The Jones signing is a big one...and Logan is too as it satisfy's a couple needs all by itself
We now have no depth at DT or DE really other than a couple holdovers fro last yr and whatever we bring in...and same with oline....Say you put Wallace in at Guard...or Eli...we now have no depth behind for that 6th...and god I hope not 7th guy on roster....I also highly doubt we will go 3 imports on the oline.....and we still have Kolo at center...averagely pedestrian at best, but there are a couple upgrades still out there in FA...do we make that move or does Osh let his loyalty dictate our best roster??
Was that a reason we never even had a competitive offer for any of the dline guys who got scooped up?...if we even made an offer?
Looking at the scraps left we dont have a lot of real options in FA to make us better....If it was me I'd target Couture to get Kolo off the roster....I'd also sign Oakman to work the middle with Woods and Adams and I sure Younger could do some funky stuff with him....WJ....Vaughters
I'd bring in Adeleke and let him and Kelly battle for the safety spot...the best gets it the other is solid depth and great on teams....Id make a play for Albright who was in Sask and let him battle with Person for the rotating end...and the bestgets it..the other stays on as depth if doable....or on the PR to be groomed
I'd also bring BOLO back as the 1-2 punch with Clercius ....and then trust in scouting to round things out in TC....A true TC where jobs are to be won
You can grab adepth Olinemen in the draft to be the 6th or 7th. How do you think they developed Wallace, Dobson, Eli?
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13 hours ago, Goalie said:
Could always find the next shoen. You know I think they deserve the benefit of the doubt with receivers and dbs.
Brady
Demski Clercius
Neufeld kolo
Lawson (Jake)
Kramdi.
that’s 7 there. And it doesn’t include a 3rd OL.
think we go 3 import OL
It's 8 Canadian starters, but the 8th can be a nationalized Canadian. Someone who has been on you roster for 3 years or in the CFL for 5.
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47 minutes ago, wbbfan said:
He didn't do amazing, that is for sure. but he also got single digit reps. Dobson was much worse for much longer. He was much better in 21 than kola has ever been. But I mean, it's poop or get off the pot time with a lot of these guys. Well past it even.
I'm not saying we are wrong to be out of the market on every single guy. But if we were in the market, I think only Chungh and goosen were gone. I don't think BC made him the highest paid ol, but it was an over pay. Especially for what we had in stock. If we retain a fraction of that list, this is a whole different team. Couture, and Desjarlais are the biggest misses. I fully believe both are back with reasonably competitive offers.
25 year old elite NI ol with an incredible knack for setting the aggressive physical tone, that is gonna get the big pay day every time in the cfl.
We ended up paying lawler nearly the same money he had in edm, we haven't saved a bunch of money from losing these guys.
I agree from Elis perspective. I would too.
Desjarlais was gutting to see go to ott. Gray never settled properly at guard. (he shouldve been a RT, and shouldve replaced hardrick.) Couture leaving was awful too. Lawler I get letting walk. Grant going for like 10k? Hansen who took a cut with toronto any way cus we over paid him the previous time, lots of meat on the bone imo. Fact is, in the cfl, you just can not let that amount of OL especially candians walk for that many years with out gutting your franchise. Goosen, suhk, couture, bonds, hardrick, desjarlais, we lost a better ol than we had half of last year.
How do you pay a guy like kramdi and lawson (and I love lawson) top notch money but cheap out on guys who brought you to grey cup wins?
You pay a guy like Kramdi, because he was in the top 3 of his position. He one of the reasons, the Bomber's defense had its turn around.
24 minutes ago, greenrider55 said:I personally have no animosity towards Harris, though I can’t speak for the rest of the fanbase. It feels different to me because Jones released Dressler & he signed with the Bombers, he had a bone to pick with the Riders & rightfully so.
Harris isn’t leaving the Bombers for the Riders, and allegedly he reached out to the Bombers first for a job (his words, not sure if it’s true) so I guess it’s not like he chose us over you. I personally am excited, seeing the elite players become coaches is always cool.
As for free agency, the Riders desperately need a boundary corner, and a safety. Corners are generally fair easy to bring in and attempt to find a good one so I’d prefer they didn’t overspend, but I’d like to throw some money towards Royce Metchie out of Toronto.
If I have to see Nelson Lokombo take one more snap at starting safety, I will shed tears.
That's because Lokombo is a CB not a S. Coaches screwed up.
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15 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:
Hmmmm if we had tried all three choices, I.e., Zac starts, plays then gets injured, sit Zac, put in Rookie, doesn’t work, sit rookie, put in JD, doesn’t work, we lose. Then your above statement about we doomed would be factual. But we didn’t use our depth, we chose to stay with an injured finger hard to throw Zac. We will never know what would have happened i.e No one will ever know for sure regardless of one’s opinion of what would have happened if we had sat Zac and deployed our depth.
Exactly, the index finger on the throwing hand is the most important finger. Their was no spin on his throws. The backup couldn't have been worse.
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7 hours ago, bluto said:
Well my first and most obvious question would be to ask who it is in Toronto who is calling the shots right now? Word on the street is that Murphy was on the outs, so I actually don't know who is steering the Good Ship Argonaut right now.
Allen was effective but expensive. We have lots of good O-Line guys including a few who just got here and can do a job (Doxtater, Moore) so with the number of guys who are top FAs, the deck was always going to get shuffled. Dejon is about 30 so he'll have a few nice productive years, he's a west coast guy and BC can tell their star at QB that they're doing what they can to get him an O-line. Likely has nothing to do with anything, but Allen did almost get Kelly killed in the playoffs against Ottawa.
And, Isaiah Cage is a free agent too...
Not sure if Varga is a starter or not, but most of our National linebackers got played as a starter at some point last season. As it stands we have Cassar, Sopik(FA), Adeleke (FA), & Varga. So maybe Varga is a hedge against possibly losing Sopik if someone pulls out their chequebook?
Ceresna, Brinkman, Smith, McManis, Amos, Metchie, McFadden, Priester... some our FAs on D
Grant, Haggerty... on Teams
Arbuckle, Cage, Rice, Mackellar, Carey, Coxie... on O
Freeing up salary and churning the roster happens. And the last few years we haven't done a lot of our signings until later on, so I'll try not to let it bug me as I watch good players get poached one by one.
Did you not watch Varga last year? Guy is a starter, probably at WLB.
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On 2024-12-16 at 5:41 AM, SpeedFlex27 said:
i really don't care about other teams. I care about the Bombers. Am I supposed to be impressed by this? That Dinwiddie followed O'Shea's roster decisions by playing more Canadians than he could have? Not really. I didn't see a Canadian starter on the Argos even remotely close to the ineffectiveness of Jake Thomas. The Argos roster of Canadians were better than ours. It gave them flexibility. Our starting Canadians (in certain positions) hurt us.
Other than Thomas, which other one hurt you.
Wasn't Ford
Wasn't Kramdi
What hurt you guys was a QB, who cut the finger on his throwing hand.
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3 hours ago, Brandon said:
I will disagree, the last two seasons at least we've brought in a whole lot of players who are barely depth level players in the league. I can't think of anyone new that is remotely close to being considered an all star level of talent. The d-line and lbers have rotated in and out with very little success. The punter is god awful. The o-line has aged and the only new blood that saw lots of play time is a Rider cut. Our import talent has been a whole lot of meh. Our Canadian talent has looked as good as it has in the past so I will say for that part we are doing a good job of bringing in fresh faces that can make plays.
Exactly, look at your past draft. Wallace should take over for Neufeld at RG. Clercius should be starting in the recieving corps. Samson will rotate with Lawson at DT. Not to mention, hopefully Hubert will get another chance. That is a decent haul.
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Yes it wasn't good, but they shouldn't be blamed for the 14 points from the two, pick 6s.