Blue28

I think they've done the opposite quiet a bit. Bring in a vet...put him in the spot whether he's being out performed or not and wait until 3 or 4 games into the season before deciding to move on, sometimes forced to by injury even. For me it's a good sign that they got rid of him if they felt like they have someone else who can get it done.

Yeah a drop in weight alone won't really move the needle on his speed....there is specific training to increase it a bit but for most part a guy like that will never be a burner...but doesn't need to be
A receiving threat at TE on the jumbo alone will pay huge dividends in addition to the blocking aspect. And hopefully early and often we actually use him as a target so teams can't ignore it and have to scheme accordingly.
He will be just fine used as am initial chip block and slide out into the flats as a release valve or just in close to goal line or 2nd and short type situ's to just do a 5 yard up and out/pivot and box out the smaller defender for easy pitch and catch...Doesnt need to initially be exotic, but more use his assets of size.
I an see quick hitters also across the middle on a slant and let him just bowl thru guys for mice positive yardage....be interesting what Condell is cooking up, and thank god OC Guy from last yr will not have his fingerprints on the offence

I mean, pretty good first interview? Came across confident, but also humble and grateful. No red flags so far anyways.

This is one of the best feelgood stories I have heard in quite a while, and boy, am i gonna root for him to not only make the team but become a star.

Another great piece from Tait, on Dante Daniels. Hard not to root for a guy like this & it sounds like he'll bring some of the attitude we've been missing.
“My coach always says, ‘You’re one of the nicest guys I’ve ever met, but you’re a dickhead on the field,”” Daniels laughed. “On the field, I’m a completely different person."
1st & 10 | Dante Daniels' long road to Winnipeg - Winnipeg Blue Bombers

as a former player...I have never seen or know of a player playing to not win...and the ones who loafed cause a game apparently meant nothing, or half arsed it didnt hang around long.
nobody likes to lose even of it's a meaningless game....or even pre-season, as for attendance....season ticket sales are what they are and 1st game...last game...its the same net revenue...as for walk ups....more fan friendly weather for the last few games of the yr, may actually have more people in the stands...as it is and has been...a lot of late season games that had meaning in a lot of places were not attended as well, soley based on weather....And to have the Grey Cup earlier and more than likely avoiding for most part sub -15 or worse temps....who's opposed to that?

Do the Bombers trade up for the 1st overall pick? Our first + the extra pick to move up three spaces in a deep draft? Will this allow us to get at least 3 players that will move the team forward, or do they hold fast, and keep a potential 4th high level pick? Do we have room for 4? Do we lose a player from an area of need if we trade the pick? Do we lose out on Vacarro if we don't - and is that so bad? I'm not sure - as we are not privy to all the information.
Looking at our current roster - I would suggest our biggest area of weakness are OL -> reciever -> DL and then DB.
OL -> Neufeld (at the tail end of career) - Wallace - Eli - with Vibert and Uwubanwen as backups.
Reciever -> Demski - Nield - Clercius - with Cocoran and Cobb as backups.
DT -> Lawson - with Schmekel and Kornelson as backups
DE -> Bailey (Global) - no backup
Safety -> Hallet / Ball / possibly J Smith / Kelly (and we may use an American here to start)
LB -> perhaps use Shay and J Smith platooning at one position - Cadawallader and Novak as backups.
RB/FB -> Oliveira and Paterson/Chris Ike.
QB -> Elgersma will likely be one of the 20/21 Canadians on the opening positional chart
other: Sheanhan (global punter), Leroux (long snapper)
Have I missed anyone. Should be a fun night, and the global picks Wednesday. My son (12) and I are doing a draft party - and is usually one of the bigger days of the year.
Whoever the Bombers pick - it should be fun. I hope they give every pick, as well as all the new players they have already brought in a real chance to compete for the team - need a serious, all-out, no locks training camp this year - let the players win their position.
Apologies about the long winded post.
If you see me at the games - I am wearing the bomber jersey with LANE on the back, #28.
Looking forward to the discussions and arguments on the forum this year! Apologies if I tick you off if I question a post or thought - I will endeavor to do it in a constructive way!
B28.

early for a futures pick in cline, but with his lack of speed i don’t think he’s gonna stick as long in the nfl. canadian starting at rt in the ncaa is a big deal. His floor as a guard is very high if he doesn’t end up visible at t.
Looking for a wr next pick or two i hope
early for a futures pick in cline, but with his lack of speed i don’t think he’s gonna stick as long in the nfl. canadian starting at rt in the ncaa is a big deal. His floor as a guard is very high if he doesn’t end up visible at t.
Looking for a wr next pick or two i hope

Do the Bombers trade up for the 1st overall pick? Our first + the extra pick to move up three spaces in a deep draft? Will this allow us to get at least 3 players that will move the team forward, or do they hold fast, and keep a potential 4th high level pick? Do we have room for 4? Do we lose a player from an area of need if we trade the pick? Do we lose out on Vacarro if we don't - and is that so bad? I'm not sure - as we are not privy to all the information.
Looking at our current roster - I would suggest our biggest area of weakness are OL -> reciever -> DL and then DB.
OL -> Neufeld (at the tail end of career) - Wallace - Eli - with Vibert and Uwubanwen as backups.
Reciever -> Demski - Nield - Clercius - with Cocoran and Cobb as backups.
DT -> Lawson - with Schmekel and Kornelson as backups
DE -> Bailey (Global) - no backup
Safety -> Hallet / Ball / possibly J Smith / Kelly (and we may use an American here to start)
LB -> perhaps use Shay and J Smith platooning at one position - Cadawallader and Novak as backups.
RB/FB -> Oliveira and Paterson/Chris Ike.
QB -> Elgersma will likely be one of the 20/21 Canadians on the opening positional chart
other: Sheanhan (global punter), Leroux (long snapper)
Have I missed anyone. Should be a fun night, and the global picks Wednesday. My son (12) and I are doing a draft party - and is usually one of the bigger days of the year.
Whoever the Bombers pick - it should be fun. I hope they give every pick, as well as all the new players they have already brought in a real chance to compete for the team - need a serious, all-out, no locks training camp this year - let the players win their position.
Apologies about the long winded post.
If you see me at the games - I am wearing the bomber jersey with LANE on the back, #28.
Looking forward to the discussions and arguments on the forum this year! Apologies if I tick you off if I question a post or thought - I will endeavor to do it in a constructive way!
B28.

Do the Bombers trade up for the 1st overall pick? Our first + the extra pick to move up three spaces in a deep draft? Will this allow us to get at least 3 players that will move the team forward, or do they hold fast, and keep a potential 4th high level pick? Do we have room for 4? Do we lose a player from an area of need if we trade the pick? Do we lose out on Vacarro if we don't - and is that so bad? I'm not sure - as we are not privy to all the information.
Looking at our current roster - I would suggest our biggest area of weakness are OL -> reciever -> DL and then DB.
OL -> Neufeld (at the tail end of career) - Wallace - Eli - with Vibert and Uwubanwen as backups.
Reciever -> Demski - Nield - Clercius - with Cocoran and Cobb as backups.
DT -> Lawson - with Schmekel and Kornelson as backups
DE -> Bailey (Global) - no backup
Safety -> Hallet / Ball / possibly J Smith / Kelly (and we may use an American here to start)
LB -> perhaps use Shay and J Smith platooning at one position - Cadawallader and Novak as backups.
RB/FB -> Oliveira and Paterson/Chris Ike.
QB -> Elgersma will likely be one of the 20/21 Canadians on the opening positional chart
other: Sheanhan (global punter), Leroux (long snapper)
Have I missed anyone. Should be a fun night, and the global picks Wednesday. My son (12) and I are doing a draft party - and is usually one of the bigger days of the year.
Whoever the Bombers pick - it should be fun. I hope they give every pick, as well as all the new players they have already brought in a real chance to compete for the team - need a serious, all-out, no locks training camp this year - let the players win their position.
Apologies about the long winded post.
If you see me at the games - I am wearing the bomber jersey with LANE on the back, #28.
Looking forward to the discussions and arguments on the forum this year! Apologies if I tick you off if I question a post or thought - I will endeavor to do it in a constructive way!
B28.

Do the Bombers trade up for the 1st overall pick? Our first + the extra pick to move up three spaces in a deep draft? Will this allow us to get at least 3 players that will move the team forward, or do they hold fast, and keep a potential 4th high level pick? Do we have room for 4? Do we lose a player from an area of need if we trade the pick? Do we lose out on Vacarro if we don't - and is that so bad? I'm not sure - as we are not privy to all the information.
Looking at our current roster - I would suggest our biggest area of weakness are OL -> reciever -> DL and then DB.
OL -> Neufeld (at the tail end of career) - Wallace - Eli - with Vibert and Uwubanwen as backups.
Reciever -> Demski - Nield - Clercius - with Cocoran and Cobb as backups.
DT -> Lawson - with Schmekel and Kornelson as backups
DE -> Bailey (Global) - no backup
Safety -> Hallet / Ball / possibly J Smith / Kelly (and we may use an American here to start)
LB -> perhaps use Shay and J Smith platooning at one position - Cadawallader and Novak as backups.
RB/FB -> Oliveira and Paterson/Chris Ike.
QB -> Elgersma will likely be one of the 20/21 Canadians on the opening positional chart
other: Sheanhan (global punter), Leroux (long snapper)
Have I missed anyone. Should be a fun night, and the global picks Wednesday. My son (12) and I are doing a draft party - and is usually one of the bigger days of the year.
Whoever the Bombers pick - it should be fun. I hope they give every pick, as well as all the new players they have already brought in a real chance to compete for the team - need a serious, all-out, no locks training camp this year - let the players win their position.
Apologies about the long winded post.
If you see me at the games - I am wearing the bomber jersey with LANE on the back, #28.
Looking forward to the discussions and arguments on the forum this year! Apologies if I tick you off if I question a post or thought - I will endeavor to do it in a constructive way!
B28.

Do the Bombers trade up for the 1st overall pick? Our first + the extra pick to move up three spaces in a deep draft? Will this allow us to get at least 3 players that will move the team forward, or do they hold fast, and keep a potential 4th high level pick? Do we have room for 4? Do we lose a player from an area of need if we trade the pick? Do we lose out on Vacarro if we don't - and is that so bad? I'm not sure - as we are not privy to all the information.
Looking at our current roster - I would suggest our biggest area of weakness are OL -> reciever -> DL and then DB.
OL -> Neufeld (at the tail end of career) - Wallace - Eli - with Vibert and Uwubanwen as backups.
Reciever -> Demski - Nield - Clercius - with Cocoran and Cobb as backups.
DT -> Lawson - with Schmekel and Kornelson as backups
DE -> Bailey (Global) - no backup
Safety -> Hallet / Ball / possibly J Smith / Kelly (and we may use an American here to start)
LB -> perhaps use Shay and J Smith platooning at one position - Cadawallader and Novak as backups.
RB/FB -> Oliveira and Paterson/Chris Ike.
QB -> Elgersma will likely be one of the 20/21 Canadians on the opening positional chart
other: Sheanhan (global punter), Leroux (long snapper)
Have I missed anyone. Should be a fun night, and the global picks Wednesday. My son (12) and I are doing a draft party - and is usually one of the bigger days of the year.
Whoever the Bombers pick - it should be fun. I hope they give every pick, as well as all the new players they have already brought in a real chance to compete for the team - need a serious, all-out, no locks training camp this year - let the players win their position.
Apologies about the long winded post.
If you see me at the games - I am wearing the bomber jersey with LANE on the back, #28.
Looking forward to the discussions and arguments on the forum this year! Apologies if I tick you off if I question a post or thought - I will endeavor to do it in a constructive way!
B28.

Do the Bombers trade up for the 1st overall pick? Our first + the extra pick to move up three spaces in a deep draft? Will this allow us to get at least 3 players that will move the team forward, or do they hold fast, and keep a potential 4th high level pick? Do we have room for 4? Do we lose a player from an area of need if we trade the pick? Do we lose out on Vacarro if we don't - and is that so bad? I'm not sure - as we are not privy to all the information.
Looking at our current roster - I would suggest our biggest area of weakness are OL -> reciever -> DL and then DB.
OL -> Neufeld (at the tail end of career) - Wallace - Eli - with Vibert and Uwubanwen as backups.
Reciever -> Demski - Nield - Clercius - with Cocoran and Cobb as backups.
DT -> Lawson - with Schmekel and Kornelson as backups
DE -> Bailey (Global) - no backup
Safety -> Hallet / Ball / possibly J Smith / Kelly (and we may use an American here to start)
LB -> perhaps use Shay and J Smith platooning at one position - Cadawallader and Novak as backups.
RB/FB -> Oliveira and Paterson/Chris Ike.
QB -> Elgersma will likely be one of the 20/21 Canadians on the opening positional chart
other: Sheanhan (global punter), Leroux (long snapper)
Have I missed anyone. Should be a fun night, and the global picks Wednesday. My son (12) and I are doing a draft party - and is usually one of the bigger days of the year.
Whoever the Bombers pick - it should be fun. I hope they give every pick, as well as all the new players they have already brought in a real chance to compete for the team - need a serious, all-out, no locks training camp this year - let the players win their position.
Apologies about the long winded post.
If you see me at the games - I am wearing the bomber jersey with LANE on the back, #28.
Looking forward to the discussions and arguments on the forum this year! Apologies if I tick you off if I question a post or thought - I will endeavor to do it in a constructive way!
B28.

good post and valid concerns...
DT we need to focus on really....and Receiver.....If we trade up to nab Vaccaro...even better really because 3 to 4 legit Canadian Olineman makes CFL roster that much better if it allows you to go heavy import on dline and or receiver...Just does
Our National dline depth save for Lawson is putrid...Even with the expunging of our weakest piece it's still garbage. Bailey the global is our next best non American...we need serious upgrades there.
Also I so dont want us to go 3 national receivers...we just dont have the horses...As it stands Clercius/Cobb and maybe a under radar Draftee this yr are adequate backups to Demski and Neild but seeing as we dont know how to utilize Clercius (Maybe Condell will fix that) starting him or god help us Corcoran, who in my opinion is the least worthy National receiver in the league basically just gives us a 5th guy who really will have no real impact whatsoever and not garner much attention...Now a guy like Banks who has NFL metrics slathered all over him on the outside would garner a big amount of attention and open things up for our top 3 guys....He is not the typical new import who ahs great film and lotsa accolades...he's a victim of his past and NFL moving on from guys who came into draft yr with past issues....and the issues really were nothing anyway. The fact he even up here is shocking to be honest...but a huge get for us. If allowed he could have Chris Mathews rookie vibes all over him but better, as he is already more polished and has a better all around game
If we choose to go 3 nationals..Just cause it makes Osh feel all warm and snug in his tighty whites and let a guy like that walk...or any other import who impresses and would benefit from a yr of learning the CFL....then thats just sad
Safety too is a position we should go Canadian at..We have the depth there with Kramdi (as to where that where he should be)..Kelly....Hallett in areal pinch and there are some intriguing draft guys this yr who could push to be an immediate backup this yr
Drafting smart and drafting guys with good defensive film and NOT just ST ability can set you up nicely with backup depth whop can come in due to injury/rotation and have next to zero drop in abilty...we have soooo gotten away from that with these plugs that we think are so great on teams
Plugging in a Korny and or Schmeck in lieu of Lawson due to injury or for rotation to maintain ratio is a serious downgrade and majority of time when we use that...and also had Thomas out there in past yrs were the plays we generally get gouged

Clercius actually has good hands to be honest. He isnt straight line fast but more than adequate speedwise...just not twitchy fast but if we use him the rightway he doesnt need to be a fast twitch kinda guy...We have failed in utilizing hi,....and MCI for that matter as well.
I think he would be better served as an inside guy as well as he is hard to take down when he has the ball and has shown he can run thru and over guys getting those gritty dirty yards.
Also it's hard to truly gauge a guy when not used much, and when you do use him it's not in the best way for the player

One way or another - its good we signed Elgersma. We get to see him in camp - and evaluate. I'm glad they didn't sign him last year with the 'squid' of an O.C. we had (Hogan) - would have been disastrous.

As much as it pains me to defend the Riders, they were the ones who brought the issue to the league so they did the right thing. They also confirmed that he won't be resigned when his suspension is up - if they were douchebags like Montreal or Toronto, they would gladly take him back.

It’s crazy, because if anything I think he’s underhyped at this point. We all really have no idea, he’s raw and will need coaching but the NFL liked his tools and I don’t see why we wouldn’t either.
But because the majority of us are butthurt, we just expect him to suck. He might but he also might be our next QB1. We’re so far removed from what he’s been working on to have any idea if he’s good or not.

One way or another - its good we signed Elgersma. We get to see him in camp - and evaluate. I'm glad they didn't sign him last year with the 'squid' of an O.C. we had (Hogan) - would have been disastrous.

One way or another - its good we signed Elgersma. We get to see him in camp - and evaluate. I'm glad they didn't sign him last year with the 'squid' of an O.C. we had (Hogan) - would have been disastrous.

One way or another - its good we signed Elgersma. We get to see him in camp - and evaluate. I'm glad they didn't sign him last year with the 'squid' of an O.C. we had (Hogan) - would have been disastrous.

One way or another - its good we signed Elgersma. We get to see him in camp - and evaluate. I'm glad they didn't sign him last year with the 'squid' of an O.C. we had (Hogan) - would have been disastrous.

One way or another - its good we signed Elgersma. We get to see him in camp - and evaluate. I'm glad they didn't sign him last year with the 'squid' of an O.C. we had (Hogan) - would have been disastrous.

One way or another - its good we signed Elgersma. We get to see him in camp - and evaluate. I'm glad they didn't sign him last year with the 'squid' of an O.C. we had (Hogan) - would have been disastrous.

One way or another - its good we signed Elgersma. We get to see him in camp - and evaluate. I'm glad they didn't sign him last year with the 'squid' of an O.C. we had (Hogan) - would have been disastrous.