On the subject of a 50/50 receiver, I really think Jahmal Banks could be that guy for us. 
Obviously a lot remains to be seen, but he looks like an under-the-radar stud signing. Big tall dude who can go up and get it. Really looking forward to seeing what he can do. 

39 minutes ago, Goalie said:

I think Perkins is probably the backup to Zach and honestly eventho he hasn’t played a cfl snap, I think he’s similar if not more talented than most current cfl backups. I’d take Perkins over ford for example. Maybe id sign Masoli as a qb coach tho or something like that just cuz but yeah im not sure there’s any back ups who have played snaps who are future starters. 

and the other guy, well he’s a Kent Austin fan so you know Kent has told him about the cfl. That dude looks like a solid blue chip young prospect  

Streveler had heart but If being honest we won a game with him throwing 10 passes and argument could be made we would have won by more if he threw 8 passes. 

3 perhaps 4 American oline  3 guaranteed really but 4 is possible? I think the goal is to keep zachs jersey clean  

I wouldn’t be opposed to 4 American OL. They just couldn’t really go with 8 Canadians again then right? 
 

Starting 7 would be 1 OL, Olivera, 3 WR, Lawson, Kramdi, unless I’m forgetting someone. 

14 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

Thinking back to the DL when they had Westerman, a younger Jeffcoat, Corney, Nevis, JT rotating, etc. That was a solid group 

Westerman was huge for us. He doesn’t get enough credit for his role in turning the club around. 

Not to jump into negativity but I feel like with all the guys we’ve extended that we’re going to miss out on the big FA targets.
We’ll probably end up with a guy like Bane Jr. 

Gotta agree with most, seems like one too many old vets brought back.

Doesn’t feel like they’re going to have a lot left to go hard in FA now. 

23 hours ago, WinnipegGordo said:

couple of new dudes

 

 

As a backup he’s fine. Better to have a guy with some speed at least instead of the Corcoran’s and Jeremy MurphY’s of the world. 

So anyone think there’s a chance we sign Pickett? 

6 hours ago, bigg jay said:

Demski for sure but Clercius? He's been a bit nicked up at times but hasn't missed a game AFAIK?

Actually yeah, I was thinking of Wheatfall. Point remains on Demski though, and our backup Canadian receivers currently being quite sub-par. 

45 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

So about our oline, what if we went American at C? Ratiowise we could go RB, 2WR, 2 OL, Linebacker, DL and Kramdi (S or linebacker).

If starting 8 Canadians elsewhere then yeah that would be an ok scenario. 

I just don’t want to see them have to trot out jobbers like Corcoran or Cobb to be every down starters, and as much as I like Demski and Clercius the chance of both of them playing 18 games is slim.  
 

3 hours ago, Tracker said:

Cite one example in football (or any other sport) where a poor player went on to become a great coach.

John Madden

38 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

It's an upgrade but not a solid one. Just his history & struggles with the run games as OC in Hamilton & Ottawa makes me wary. They better ttell him if he comes to Winnipeg, the offense goes thru Brady Oliveira not Nic Demski... But if they're choices one & two for Zach this may work. I'm hoping we sign an impact OL in free agency.

An upgrade in the sense that a kick in the ass is better than a kick in the junk. 
Not super excited, but obviously anything is better than what we had this past year. 

15 hours ago, Noeller said:

I think bringing this UFL all star guy in negates us bringing in a known commodity back up. QB3 will be some kinda prospect. 

Artopoeus? I’d still like to see them bring in an experienced 4th (5th if Elgersma makes his way here) QB for competition. 

UFL MVP or not, I don’t like the idea of half a year before the season starts, handing the backup job to a QB who’s never played a down of CFL football. 

7 hours ago, Jets said:

Is it just me or does it seem counterintuitive to pay up for the "ratio breakers" with the way O'Shea uses his roster? 
 

Don't get me wrong, I know the CFL is all about how good your Canadian talent is, but part of me thinks there's no point paying 250k+ for a star Canadian RB/DB/WR/whatever because we aren't maximizing our roster with the ratio to play the most American talent anyways.

With the way MOS just plays 8-9+ marginal Canadian starters and rotates in 3-4 more, we'd almost be better off with 10-12 good but not great Canadians and save our money overpaying for the Canadian starter at a non-traditional position.  I wish we would utilize the fact that we have the luxury of a Canadian RB by using the extra American on the DL or OL, but instead most games we just trot out 7+ more Canadians at the regular spots too...  

They want the extra draft pick so they can squander it on another jobber. 

9 minutes ago, Piggy 1 said:

Has ours???? 

Oh don’t get me wrong, a kick in the ass is still better than a kick in the junk. I just think we can do better than Condell. 

1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Not Condell. please. He's as bad as Hogan. . 

I'd like to sdee him work with zach. 

Yeah, do we really want the guy who put together the Ottawa offence, and has  consistently been in charge of groups that can’t run the ball for ****? 

11 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

I thought we had both Danny and Matty in 92. Did Danny Mac not leave in 93 because Cal prefered The Son In Law?

I was pretty young but iirc it was more of a Dru Brown situation where Danny Mac wanted to start and left in FA. 

30 minutes ago, Booch said:

Dolegala...an experienced to an extent starter was healthy too

Dolegala not getting a chance in that game perplexed me the most. Absolutely would have been better than handless Zach. 
Sure, he’s not the greatest but he’s capable of winning games. Hell, he had a win against us the year before in the LDC did he not? 

21 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

THIS

Reminds me of the dark days of our receiving corps when we were pretending Rory Kohlert was a legit receiver. Back then the Bombers had an excuse,....years of poor GMing. Hmmmm.....

Besides Shoen and to a lesser extent Pokey,  the track record of scouting American receivers by this regime is by far the worst in the league. It really needs to improve this year. 

Kenny would help no doubt, but they really need to bring in someone who can light it up through scouting.
Gotta have at least a couple of high level players on rookie contracts. 

Damn, the Riders winning it in our stadium is a low point of my Bomber fandom. Especially after the way the last 3 went, and how the offseason was handled coming into this year. 
Got a big “it’s ok, we already got your money” vibe from the club this season. 

1 hour ago, Deiter Fan said:

 I don't know, man...if losing three Grey Cups in a row with a chance to turn it around on the fourth...at home...isn't enough of a kick in the ass/motivator I don't know what is.

Yeah, really the kick in the ass should have been after last year. The 24-25 offseason was the worst of this era. 
They’d better get busy quick now, can’t afford to fumble **** around until February again. 

https://3downnation.com/2025/11/14/official-kyle-walters-to-return-as-winnipeg-blue-bombers-general-manager-in-2026/
 

Walters back too

18 minutes ago, bearpants said:

100 agree... I'm happy he's staying... but nervous about who he wants to stay with him... please, please, please no Jake and Kolo...

and as much as I still see a role for Willie (and even Vaughters)... If I had to choose those two or the two raw rookies we saw in game 18... I'll take the rookies

Willie is one of my all time favourite Bombers, and even I can see that he needs to be more of a complimentary piece at this stage of his career. I’d like to see him stay on in that role but we need to have new guys as the primary DE’s. 

Ok, that’s settled. Now go get Costanza for OC