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QB TRACKER: BREAKING DOWN PRESEASON PLAYING TIME
https://www.cfl.ca/2024/05/21/qb-tracker-breaking-down-preseason-playing-time-2/

Preseason is over.  That means it is time to kickoff the yearly Pick 'Ems contest.
How do they work?   Each week you pick the winners for all CFL games.  You get one point for every correct pick.  Whoever has the most points at the end of the year wins a $50 gift certificate at the Bomber store.
Picks will be done through the polling system.  Polls close at game start of the first game of the week.  I will accept picks for games that have not started yet through PMs if you are late getting them in.
Week 1 kicks off Thursday with last years Grey Cup rematch .    Picks need to be in by 8PM Thursday, June 8th.

The Stamps have Maier, Shiltz, Stevens, Bonner + rookie Vantrease who didn't look too bad, if they keep Stevens for 3rd downs they'll be forced to put Bonner on the PR or cut him, and I think he has the potential to be the best of the bunch.  He spent last season on the PR so I doubt he wants to spend another year treading water, timing wise this could be an opportunity for the Bombers to acquire a potential future replacement when Zach calls it a day, which is a harder case to make for Strev. or Wilson.  

Last thing...if they nationalized Jefferson they could get another 22 snaps out of the DI's on D.
Will be incredibly stupid if they don't.

Watching a preseason game on stream makes me miss...commercials.

Here's a cut at Week 1 roster (Need 6 Canadians on O every snap, 1 Canadian on D every snap):
 
QB- Collaros, Streveler, Wilson
 
RB- OLIVIERA, 
 
AUGUSTINE, ROSERY, Smith*
 
REC- WOLITARSKY, DEMSKI, Lawler, Schoen, Johnson
 
CLERCIUS
 
OL- KOLANKOWSKI, DOBSON, NEUFELD, Bryant, Lofton
 
WALLACE

 
DE- Jefferson, Haba/Garbutt (whoever is healthy)
 
Upshaw*, HEBERT
 
DT- Fox, Adams
 
THOMAS, SCHMEKEL
 
SAM- Cole
 
MAC- Gemmel
 
WIL- Wilson
 
Petrishen*, KRAMDI, GAUTHIER, CADWALLADER, Karamoko (G)
 
CB- Ford, Fuller
 
FORD
 
HB- Holm (could shift to corner), Nichols
 
S- HALLETT, KELLY
 
K- Castillo*
 
P- Sheahan (G) 
LS- BENSON
 
Practice Roster: Thomas (LB), CHRIS-IKE (RB),  Weitz (G), Bridges (DB), Coleman (OT), Barnett (Rec), MURPHY (REC), VLAHOGIANNIS (OL), Ivy (OL), Norman (DB/LB), SAMSON (DL), CHARBONNEAU (LB)
 
IR: Bighill, Alexander, Haba/Garbutt, LAWSON, ELI

The Maestro dropping the snap ....making it look like a fumble (or was it) then scampering down the field was the hi lite of the game offensively....besides the return for a td....booyah....Feel sorry for the receivers who were trying to do their thing as the turf was the target for a lot of Wilson's .....ahem ..attempts....big disappointment....We're going to have a tough decision on the DL as a few guys showed well....Like Rivers and Upshaw.....There's going to be a lot of departures that might catch on  somewhere else... The big look for a third string QB should start in earnest shortly 

Woof..... What a regression for Wilson. Ugly. 

Reception! Tell me you're old without telling me you're old.
Now let me go tape the game before I forget...

I think Bighill will be really easy to move on from and honestly will probably be a matter of the defensive coaches being less comfortable using him.
Like last season it was pretty clear he was 4 yards away from the guy he needed to be 2 yards away from on pass plays and he was always tipping his blitzes because he couldn't get to the gap fast enough off the ball.
When that gets even a slight bit worse he will be unplayable.
The guys on the line are a little tougher.  Like Hardrick last season.  You could still see the little spark on runs but his pass pro was awful...but the spark was there and he'd truck guys if he moved his feet.
I worry a lot about Jefferson without Jeffcoat....and our overall pass rush. To me Jefferson has basically lost all burst off the line the past couple years.  He wants to stand up, look around and decide if he can chase someone.  He's long so he can be disruptive in that way but if I'm an OT he's a pretty easy night these days.  Not sure he'll be too active if the guy on the other side isn't in the backfield all night.

Part of me does genuinely believe Bighill may be finished as a player. Nice little chunk of change to use towards the 2025 cap if he happens to not suit up this year.

I thought the club should have not brought him back this year and moved on. However unless injury prevents him from suiting up, I don't see MOS not starting him.

I'm excited to see how the young linebackers and guys like Devin Adams look tomorrow.
I wish we had at least Streveler in tomorrow to get a better idea about the WRs.
I will hold back any comments about the roster until cuts on the weekend.

Well this is literally the first I've heard of this....

I am looking forward to seeing Wilson get the start against better competition.

It was but to be fair in the playoffs he was playing with a bunch of receivers that couldn't move.

Also if we are truly trying to evaluate receivers when the bullets are flying, are we giving them a fair shake with QB3 and 4 throwing to them?

It’s more the entire idea that nobody needs to play that bothers me. Our depth chart tomorrow is baffling.

I think this is sort of a naive take. If what you’re saying is true, why do they participate in camp at all? Save the reps for the young guys. 

yeh pretty weak article
no mention who is the front runners for anything...who needs to show well...who may be safe.....I could have wrote a better primer from where I am and seeing 2 days of camp
I still just cringe at the comment returning stalwarts/core and Tait always tossing Thomas in there...Is he told to?...Is that what he gleens from practice?.....or is it his personal opinion...and if so it's a weak one

Man zero reps with live bullets for Collaros and the O-1s seems like a recipe for a shitty game 1 June 6th .... All kinds of rusty.

I am of the thinking that if we go with a 7 man rotation I don't really care who they pick out of Haba/Garbutt/Rivers. Mostly because I have no idea who is looking the best at camp right now.

Don't pretend this was the Bombers brilliant decision, they didn't have enough money left over to pay a returner anything more than min. wage.