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20 minutes ago, JohnnyAbonny said:
I think Cole will be an impact player this year. Could steal Wilson’s spot, or (preferably) Kramdi if they can make the ratio work.
It would be a great situation if we can start Terrell Ford or a Canadian at safety. Actually seems fairly likely.
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Offense is going to be fine. We have a lot of talent and depth there. Zero question we will find someone to fill the 3rd American receiver spot. There is enough competition and depth on the o-line that we should be fine there as well.
Special teams on paper it looks like we will be much better than last year. Fresh faces bring new energy.
Defense is where there is the most uncertainty. We need someone to step up at Corner. Holm and Nichols are locks at half. I think we have a lot of options at safety and one of the corner positions. Finding a top cover guy would go a long way to making that group formidable.
D line i see similarly. We have a few guys there but we need someone to step up. Maybe even a couple. Willie does some good things but I hope we run a DI at the end position this year.
Linebackers I can't understand why we don't bring in more competition. Are we that confident in Biggie and Wilson?
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Really enjoyed hearing Walters talk about the depth they added in the draft, but also about some of the guys that were drafted in previous years that they expect are going to make an impact both at role positions and special teams
Clercius, MCI, Ford (I know he did play for us but he's an improvement), Charboneau, Kelly (stepping up to AR), MacDougall. Not to mention the global guys who will be competing for the last "Canadian" spot.
And we only really lost Briggs, Miller (who wasn't actually playing) and Exume?
Our special teams have to be better this year, right?
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1 hour ago, Jesse said:
Pretty bold claim for someone who's been a back-up for 5 years.
To be fair:
2019 - Rookie Season
2020 - Season Cancelled
2021 - Played shortened season, Suspended
2022 - Sat out season
2023 - First year back
So he's essentially played less than 3 seasons, each of which he had come back from a break. Should be interesting to see if he can finally get his footing.
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Loften is our RT by default. If we can find someone better then great.
- Colin Unger and Fatty Liver
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The last 2 seasons it has been a minor miracle keeping the guys around that we did. This year we have still been able to keep the majority of our players, even more than I would expect from a team that went to the Grey Cup.
It's time for our scouts to earn their keep like great teams often have to do.
- JCon, HardCoreBlue, Geebrr and 3 others
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I remember reading anti-Bomber Friesen articles in the Sun in the break room at Sobeys 20 years ago. Consistent hack.
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Hurts less when you have a guy in waiting. I have high expectations for Richmond
- Bigblue204, HardCoreBlue and Noeller
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59 minutes ago, wbbfan said:
I wonder if we’d consider bede actually. Great year last year as a kicker, can do all 3 jobs, biggest leg and best kick off guy in the league. Sergio is a better kicker, but bede might be cheaper. I’d really love to see a consolidation of the 3 jobs, even if it’s a di for all 3. But we really need to improve punting and kick offs.
Be hilarious if we re signed legs. The head explosions around here would be epic.Bede can change a game with his leg. Would be worth it as a DI. Castillo, while a great FG kicker, is not a punter and is a pretty average kickoff guy.
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I'm a huge fan of Tim White. Could be a good fit here if Schoen is the guy everyone else is targeting.
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1 minute ago, Booch said:
not worked up....just parlaying my point how it surely shouldnt have been a priority signing...and just stagnates the roster....again
time to move away from decent...and ok....to next level, or the heir to be a next level...mediocrity and a handful of "just decent" guys on roster hasn't produced lately....and don't throw reg season record out there as a yeah but...well balanced and deep rosters, not wiped out from the season has beat us last 2 grey cups....with lesser records...Thats what won us Grey Cups the 2 yrs in a row...clinging and not moving on from some of that balance and deepness, with new...younger...hungrier bodies hasn't panned out....and we still clinging to some it seems....I sure we may purge a few....but are they they right ones to purge....and are we keeping some who should have been in the purge?
If we are matching pound for pound backup Canadian DT with other teams in the league, is Jake Thomas really the issue? I think there was some issue with the amount of reps he got last year. I can't imagine that he signed on this year to be the starter. But his passport and his ability to play at a veteran level is valuable.
The way I look at it is Lawson is going to be the Canadian on the line and we will get good value from Thomas. We could be looking at bringing kongbo back to rotate which may leave Thomas as the third.
Im all for moving on from Americans because the pool of talent to replace them is vast. Dumping Canadians who can still play...
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If it's a reasonable salary and he's backing up Lawson then I'm fine with it. He's still a decent Canadian player
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13 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:
Curious what people think about Brandon Barlow at DE. 26, with the Argos last year had 30 tackles and 9 sacks while rotating. Could he be a younger, cheaper option at DE over Jeffcoat?
Those are some really nice numbers especially if he was rotating.
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Bailey would be an option too. I just really can't see us wanting to be on the hook for half a million dollars between two receivers. Defense wins championships and our offense is set to be a bit more dynamic with Streveler the leveler coming back
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3 minutes ago, Geebrr said:
I’d be upset with this. Whitehead can’t stay healthy and he has lot a step.
I agree on the injury front. But I think he's only gotten better as a receiver since he was here. And he will still stretch defenses... Which is something that we don't have a lot of in our receiving core
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I'd be going for Whitehead at just over Bane money instead of Schoen at Lawler money. We have Lawler. We have Demski. We have Woli. Whitehead is super versatile and could fit back in here very well. Then you have a training camp battle for the last spot.
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Really expecting Strevelers contract to max out around 300k. I'm actually surprised his base salary is so low.
2023/2024 Blue Bombers Off-Season Thread (BRADY’S BACK! DALTON’S BACK!)
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