JohnnyAbonny

Amazing architecture...people were just dying to get in there.

3 on 3 arcade hockey for an Olympic gold is the dumbest thing ever

Gretzky has lived in the States for nearly 40 years and is an enthusiastic glazer of Trump, so **** that guy.

i think we could be a very good pressure defense with four & five man fronts stopping the run & sacking the qb. I think we expose our defense to big plays if Jordan Younger runs a 3 man front & blitzes.
We saw it with Detroit with four man fronts in the NFL playoffs 2 years ago. They ate the other team's OL & spit them out. We saw it in the Super Bowl with Seattle vs the left side of the Pats OL. Pressure & intimidation wins all the time.
We had a pressure front 4/5 in 2019 & 21. We were physically scary & dominated to the point the overhyped Ti Cats just quit in 2019. They were beaten & broken team. Oh & look, we also won two championships those years. Then we changed Defensive Coordinators & went to a 3 man front with no pressure from the DL. Wbbfan called it a Cheetah front. i called it Cheetos. Yeah, we didn't give up a lot of points as the back 8 or 9 played well. No coincidence we also didn't win & lost 3 straight Grey Cups.
If the Bombers had signed another interior DL in free agency, I'd have said they're invested in creating havoc up front like in 2019 & 21. I don't think Younger is that kind of DC. He wants to beat you through trickery & disguises on the back end. I'm not a big fan of that type of defense. I want smash mouth football where we own both sides of the LOS. Havoc & intimidation. It's more than proven to work.

Yes, but the podcast (Blue Bombers Podcast) is posted pretty quickly after it's conclusion. Its the better option as there are no commercials.

In my humble opinion, the CFL, especially Commish and his team, need to do a way better job at providing an environment and market where elite players know they can carve out nice careers in the CFL and spend less time f'ing around with the rules ffs.

We've been lacking a true NT for a while. Not sure if this is our guy but it's a start.

McManis hasn't agreed to terms in Hamilton yet has he? 
No room for him really but he's a baller.

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. 

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. 

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. 

I’m curious to see if we actually use the roster exemption spots this year, since we never have. It’s been a bit murky so I may admittedly not completely understand it.
Pretty sure we have to start 8 “Canadians” but one of them can be an American with enough service time. This is the one that baffles me, since we consistently deploy enough veterans. 
We could also use the designated Nationalized American and I’m wondering if that’s what they do with Ceresna. The Bombers have been adding a LOT of DT types to the negotiation list lately, which makes me wonder if they’re still going to try and find a big body there and utilize the inside-outside ability Ceresna has.
Not being inside the mind of Walters or O’Shea, it’s impossible to say what they’re thinking but what I would personally do at this point with the way our roster is built … I’d declare 6 Canadians (Brady, Demski, Nield, Neufeld, whoever plays center and Stan) on offense and 2 Canadians (Lawson and Kramdi) on defense to get to 8 and then I’d start a rookie DT next to Lawson and make Ceresna the designated Nationalized American on defense … rotate him in for Lawson up to 25 snaps, rotate him for Willie or the other American DT the rest of the time. 

We also could use a designated Nationalized American on offense in addition, but I’m not really quite sure how you’d work that since your 6th OL is probably Gabe Wallace which you’re happy with. 

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. 

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

Powell is FAR superior to Ford. This isn't even debatable.

Westerman, Randle, and Legette. Three guys that transformed our D. 

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

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

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

Last checked in to this thread in early December, saw that the number one topic was Jake Thomas.  Now I come back end of January....looks like I didn't miss anything...lol...

I very much have a "meh" Nick Moore type feeling to this signing. I mean it's okay, I guess. As Mike said, a very small, soon to be 32 year old receiver coming off a year of the dropsies doesn't really create that much excitement. Mack obviously would have been much more preferable

It’s definitely an upgrade over Sterns, it’s just really not the kind of player I wanted. He’s got the exact same issues Pokey does - he’s a target vacuum who has a low catch %, even lower catch % on downfield targets (White had the worst catch % in the league on targets deeper than 20 yards) and he doesn’t really bust any big plays, give us a jump ball target or take the top off a defense.

Ya Mack is the make a big play on the ball down field guy. Would be a good fit with ZC

Up to the Bryant signing, I was onboard with what they are doing. The Wilson signing I don't like at all. I assume there'll be maybe 2 or 3 more signings of older veterans before the FA window opens Feb 1st. Then Walters will tell us that we don't have the money left for any impact CFL free agents. Now, I'm thinking same old, same old with the emphasis on old. Younger guys will be screwed over. Osh & Walters gonna ride these guys into the sunset. 

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.