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  5. Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

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    20 hours ago, wbbfan said:

    Awesome list thanks! 
    Was holms new deal only 1 year or was that 2 years ago already? 

    The lists are soo massive these days. You really have to act quickly and decisively to prevent torpedoing your off season. 

    3DN has pretty much confirmed most of this list with a few differences: The Winnipeg Blue Bombers' potential 2026 free agents list - 3DownNation 

     

    Not on the 3DN list (some of these guys may have re-signed at some point or they weren't on a standard deal):

    Ayers - signed for the 2024 season with team option for 2025.

    Cobb - confirmed to have signed a 1 year deal for 2025.

    Kelly - signed his rookie deal in 2023 so it expires after this season.

    Randolph - signed for the 2024 season with team option for 2025.

    Vanterpool - signed for the 2024 season with team option for 2025.

    T. Wilson - signed for the 2024 season with team option for 2025.

    They also have Houston listed but I haven't seen it specifically listed anywhere that he came back on a 1 year deal but it's very possible\probable. 

  6. Bombers @ Birds: ESF GDT

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    5 hours ago, Goalie said:

    Woodbey. Vaval. Am I missing anyone? Cuz that’s it for guys from this camp who made an impact. 2 guys. Pretty brutal. Surely I’m missing someone but I’m not am I? Maybe you can say vanterpool also. So 3 guys. That’s not very good. Scouting is a problem. Yes got potential for an end and D tackle but 3 guys stepping up isn’t lots. 

    Cam Allen as well.  Not sure how many rookies you expect to make an impact, especially when the HC prefers to run with a veteran group (despite subpar play from some of them).

  9. Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

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    11 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

    Awesome list thanks! 
    Was holms new deal only 1 year or was that 2 years ago already? 

    The lists are soo massive these days. You really have to act quickly and decisively to prevent torpedoing your off season. 

    One year extension for Holm.

    https://3downnation.com/2025/01/15/winnipeg-blue-bombers-sign-db-evan-holm-to-one-year-extension/#:~:text=The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have,pound native of Edina%2C Minn.

     

  10. Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

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    12 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

    Haven’t seen our pending free agents, but if they can I could see wrs not named demski, all the dl we don’t cut, ayers, nichols and maybe even brady taking a long hard look at leaving. Guys like that don’t usually wanna sit around a rebuild, they want to sit on a bad team that won’t decide to rebuild even less. 

    Did a quick list based on what I can quickly find from news releases and/or when players signed (I assumed the standard 3 year rookie deals for nationals & 1 year with a team option for a 2nd year with imports unless a specific length was announced).  Might be off on a few and I'm sure the list will dwindle by the time FA officially opens.

    • AYERS, Michael
    • BONDS, Terrell
    • BRYANT, Stanley
    • CADWALLADER, Tanner
    • CASE, Kody
    • CASTILLO, Sergio
    • COBB, Gavin
    • DEMSKI, Nic
    • ELI, Asotui
    • GAUTHIER, Shayne
    • GRIFFIN II, Michael
    • HALLETT, Nick
    • HOLM, Evan
    • JEFFERSON, Willie
    • KELLY, Jake
    • KOLANKOWSKI, Chris
    • KRAMDI, Redha
    • LAWSON, Cameron
    • LOFTON, Eric
    • MAKONZO, Enock
    • MITCHELL, Dillon
    • NEUFELD, Patrick
    • NICHOLS, Deatrick
    • OLIVEIRA, Brady
    • PARKER, Jamal
    • RANDOLPH, Kendall
    • SCHMEKEL, Tanner
    • SCHOEN, Dalton
    • SHEAHAN, Jamieson
    • STERNS, Jerreth
    • STREVELER, Chris
    • THOMAS, Jake
    • VANTERPOOL, Micah
    • VAUGHTERS, James
    • WHEATFALL, Keric
    • WILSON, Kyrie
    • WILSON, Terry
    • WOODS, Jamal

    The following players ended the season on the PR, making them FA's immediately:

    Devin Adams, De'Shaan Dixon, Ben Dooley, Matthew Jackson, Jay Person, Hunter Poncius,, Fabian Weitz, AK Gassama, Justin Mayers.
     

  12. Bombers @ Birds: ESF GDT

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    45 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

    They shouldn't is my point. At least not all of them

    Ok which one should be let go, in your opinion?

    I think it's a bit too early to judge their work.  It's not their fault that the cupboard was bare when they showed up.  We should have had more 2nd year guys ready to step up this season. 

    We have guys like Jenkins and Jaworski that look promising for next year but other than maybe Person, I can't think of anyone from last season who was in that position this year.  That all falls on Danny Mac and the previous scouting staff.

  13. Bombers @ Birds: ESF GDT

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    32 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

    Next year likely sees a shake up in management/scouting and coordinators.

    I mean we did just overhaul  our scouting department less than a year ago (Danny Mac aside).  We hired 3 new guys (Deslauriers, Jauch &  Sunderland) in January to replace Goveia & Penn so I could see them being kept on. 

  14. 3 turds plus ch fin des emissions

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    11 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

    Danny mac has only interviewed for 1 or 2 gm jobs. Because of his limited part time up north status. but out of last years interview for the hamilton job he’s supposed to be willing to come up full time for a job and be more open to it than in the past.

     Previously he’s been  very happy to work out of his home and in his region, which i can’t blame him for. 

    Yup he's been clear that he's willing to move but it has to be the right situation. In 2019 Montreal was interested in him but he pulled himself from the running.  He did an interview in 2021 where he talked about it.

    https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2021/12/08/for-mcmanus-its-all-about-winning

    "For McManus to take the plunge, pack up his things in Florida and move up north full time to fill the void for an organization, it would only be for a place that shares the same values as him.

    “They got to be committed to winning and not committed to just putting a decent product on the field. Winning is the most important thing. All these guys out here that are in between the white lines, all they care about is winning. When I was a player, that’s all I cared about: winning,” said McManus.

  16. 3 turds plus ch fin des emissions

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    1 hour ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

    McManus would be all time dysfunctional organization.  Think of what the job of GM is.  He’s not even good at the personnel part.

    Why hasn’t he got hired?  The pool isn’t deep and he’s been in the shallow end for 15 years.

    Took Goveia a million years before Hamilton finally gave him a shot.  Might not be a deep pool but it's also not like there are a lot of jobs and teams like to recycle (ex Hervey or Maciocia).

  18. Bombers @ Birds: ESF GDT

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    1 minute ago, Noeller said:

    Really shitty finish. Gonna take me awhile to get over this. Also, it will be a herculean performance to not die of alcohol poisoning during GC. Our only hope is Coach Buck getting through and keeping the Gappers out. It's "something" at least....

    Buck vs the Hamilton Blue Bombers is my hope for GC.

  21. Bombers @ Birds: ESF GDT

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    1 minute ago, wbbfan said:

    If a big change at the top level doesn’t happen in december at the latest, 2026 is gonna be brutal in bomber land. The chances of that coming to pass, is way higher than I like. 

    Wonder if hosting the GC will delay any announcements/decisions. I'm sure Wade is going to want attention focused on a successful GC week but I don't know if that can happen with that turd of a season.

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