36 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

No Patrick Rogers again - maybe this guy really doesn't exist? 

And looking at that O-Line, I would not want Zach back there for any amount of time. Wilson & Grainger are probably going to have a good chance to show their durability!

I was at last Saturday's practice as Rogers was there but not participating.

Brady has moved from the injured veteran list to the active roster.

At least he wasnt moved to the 6 game injured list.

 

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

The problem that BC has doing this celebrity stuff opening game is what do you do for the second game....third....fourth???

Absolutely, and fans have come to expect a concert every home opener now. 

Imagine the backlash if the team decides to stop having them or scale back on the talent they bring in?

1 hour ago, bigg jay said:

https://3downnation.com/2024/05/27/get-rich-or-die-lion-rap-icon-50-cent-to-perform-at-b-c-lions-home-opener/

So? Winnipeg has Fred Penner again.

Lions released Dakota Prukop. 

Is he even playing?

The CFL shud bring back the rookie off-season camps.

I know the league stop them for cost reasons because I believe they were beneficial for the new guys to adapt to the CFL.

3 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Still think it's kind of crazy how we're using the entire camp as basically an extended rookie camp.

I think these late entry guys just coming out of NFL mini camp almost have to have a leg up to make the team given how short the evaluation will be.  Kind of like Haba last year.

But why not cut a bunch of guys?  How can you truly evaluate anyone when you're giving 5 groups reps?

Stove also made the team after being a training camp addition.

If anyone was hoping to go to a practice on Saturday you are in luck as they are now having one.

Saturday, May 25
Practice: 3:00 p.m. - 4:25 p.m.

The Outlaws season 3 is coming out next Friday on Prime. 

Great little show with Stephen Merchant, Christopher Walken and Jessica Gunning (currently in Baby Reindeer).  The show doesnt seem to get much hype but whatever.

Here's the trailer from season 1.

 

8 minutes ago, Fatty Liver said:

I don't know if you listen to O'Shea's press conferences closely enough to comprehend the message he continually puts out.  Here are a few constants.

1. He relates to and likes intelligent hard working blue collar players. (Kramdi, Jake Thomas, Woli, Schoen, Neufeld)

2. He likes players who are willing to teach, as the coach's do not have enough time in the day to deal with slow learners, if you're dumb your chances of making the team are not good, no matter the physical talent.

3. He rewards commitment and longevity as any union boss would, he's also pro-Canadian.

4.  He respects the veterans in the room to protect their culture and choose their teammates wisely, assholes are not tolerated.

That's something alot of new players mention when they get here. Veterans put the team first are willing to help out the new guys. The vets will do what it takes to help coach up guys to help the team get better and win.

It's a stark contrast to when guys like Troy Westwood would ignore the new guys as they were in competition for the same job.

Seems like a nice guy. 

 

3 hours ago, Goalie said:

Let’s not forget Liam Dobson with the sack and Jake Kelly got a carry at running back. Those announcers were idiots. 

And there's a flag on the play..... wait.... wait... we are being told its just a towel. 

 

Injured olineman Kendall Randolph had be re-added to the roster. The Bombers transferred Castillo to the suspended list to make room for him. 

 

 

9 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

Dave Thomas was ok but I kept wanting to call him the Wendy's guy.

The Bombers used to have Bob and Doug doing their broadcasts, but I'll tell you..... The Riders have the real hoser. 

So do the Riders have 25 or 19? 

 

Bombers that aren't playing in the first pre-season game:

Zach Collaros 8 QB A 
              
Brady Oliveira 20 RB N   Injured Veteran 

Dalton Schoen 83 WR A  
Nic Demski 10 WR N   Injured Veteran 
Ronnie Blackmon 15 WR A  
Tyler Adams 74 WR A
Keric Wheatfall 79 WR A
Josh Johnson 84 WR A
Isaiah Coulter 73 WR A 
Josh Vann 81 WR A

Patrick Neufeld 53 OL N   "retired"
Tui Eli 65 OL N
                                                                                   
Jake Thomas 95 DT N                                          

Adam Bighill 4 LB A   6 game injury
Kyrie Wilson 19 LB A
Max Charbonneau 39 LB N
                            
Deatrick Nichols 1 DB A  
Brandon Alexander 37 DB A 
Jamal Parker 7 DB A   6 game injury
Evan Holm 31 DB A
Noah Hallett 23 DB N   6 game injury 
Patrick Rogers 3 DB A
Michael Griffin 38 DB A 

 

This is totally laughable.  Farhan is almost suggesting that the CFL should pay Rourke's salary since he would help drive up ticket sales across the league.

He talks about Rourke selling tickets to Stamps games in 2022. Well, the Lions' 2 games in Calgary averaged 22300 fans. The Bomber game for comparison had over 25k.

 

41 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

All the talk of kick return changes amount to nothing. Bit surprising, think they should’ve tested some option in pre season. 

They'll prolly watch the NFL kickoffs this season to help determine if they want to go that route. 

These are the changes for the upcoming season:

The league also announced it was ratifying other rule changes for 2024 directly relating to low blocks and decisions made by the command centre.

Low blocks have been adjusted to further define the actions of a backfield player delivering a low block. Backfield players may block a defensive player low who is lined up across, from, or outside of the offensive tackle at the snap if the block occurs in the legal low block zone. The league also removed the requirement for the backfield player to be within the legal low block zone at the snap to make the call easier to officiate, while also heightening player safety by limiting who can be legally blocked low.

No yards has now been added to the list of penalties that can automatically be picked up by the command centre if called incorrectly by on-field officials. Replay officials can only become involved when a clear mistake has been made.

Tripping the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage has also been added to the list of penalties that the command centre can assist on and is now challengeable by a coach.

Coaches are allowed to strategically use a timeout to provide the command centre with more time to automatically review a play that is not challengeable, though only one timeout can be used after the three-minute warning in the fourth quarter. Coaches still only have access to two timeouts per game.

https://3downnation.com/2024/05/17/cfl-kickoff-rules-unchanged-in-2024-subcommittee-formed-to-examine-future-changes/

 

23 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Osh 4 wins away from 100. Pretty impressive. Only grant has more and believe it’s 102 wins. Quietly O’Shea is becoming the goat of bomber coaches. 

If O'Shea passes Grant in playoff wins then undoubtedly he would be the top coach in Bomber history.

Bud has 15 playoff wins and Mike sits at 8. You'd think a few Grey Cups would be included in those additional wins.