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Aur The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed American offensive lineman Matt Kickel and American receiver Reggie Brown.
Kickel was named the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Offensive Lineman of the Year in 2024 as part of a decorated collegiate career at Aurora University, a Division III program located in Illinois. The three-time All-Conference selection played 34 games over four seasons with the Spartans after walking on at Arizona State in 2020. The six-foot-four, 315-pound native of Bolingbrook, Ill. spent time at guard and tackle.
Brown played collegiately at James Madison University where he caught 93 passes for 1,686 yards and 16 touchdowns. The six-foot-one, 195-pound native of Lakeland, Fla. had a brief stint with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2024.

i do not comment much and you know it ... you just carry around battery acid looking for a place to do your thing Mr 27

YUP! Same as every year…
Bellyaching because we didn't make wild offers and upset the balance of paying the rest of the team well… And we are finally making all the changes we were bellyaching about not doing earlier. Booch continues his personal vendetta against Michael O'Shea. We probably deserve Mr. Friesen of the Sun.  Now we have someone else to shut Idown.
There's nothing wrong with Zach Collaros if he has a real offensive line. We saw what happened to the Kansas City Chiefs when they got handled in the trenches. Neither Kyle Walters nor Michael O'Shea are acting like ostriches. We have draftees and more importantly a good recruiting program so we can actually get three more quality linemen before the season opens.
Our rushing program will be excellent. And that will set up our passing game. Our defensive coaches is fantastic. Most importantly of all we run ourselves like a professional organization and we will definitely not be shooting ourselves in the foot.
We will be more conservative in terms of not turning the ball over and taking stupid penalties. That's part of the culture that has developed here.
Not one of us really knows who the top four in the playoffs will be this year. Were just guessing like everybody else. If it was all about money than Hamilton should be in the Grey Cup but we've seen that movie before.
We will have a good football club and we can continue to curse the Roughriders. The beer is the best and the crowd is amazing ... Our QBing will be good enough, not great, not horrible and we have a new apprenticeship program we can argue about. Yeah they have potential.
The grey cup Winner will be a sound club who gets a little bit lucky… Same as every other year. Unless of course the league's brain trust has already awarded the Cup to Toronto. Nothing new there either.
We all want to sound intelligent but one of the few ways we can do that is by keeping our mouth shut. If we really think things through there is a real possibility that a few of us might come across as either slightly smart or very good-looking.
Gold Bombers Go !!!

YUP! Same as every year…
Bellyaching because we didn't make wild offers and upset the balance of paying the rest of the team well… And we are finally making all the changes we were bellyaching about not doing earlier. Booch continues his personal vendetta against Michael O'Shea. We probably deserve Mr. Friesen of the Sun.  Now we have someone else to shut Idown.
There's nothing wrong with Zach Collaros if he has a real offensive line. We saw what happened to the Kansas City Chiefs when they got handled in the trenches. Neither Kyle Walters nor Michael O'Shea are acting like ostriches. We have draftees and more importantly a good recruiting program so we can actually get three more quality linemen before the season opens.
Our rushing program will be excellent. And that will set up our passing game. Our defensive coaches is fantastic. Most importantly of all we run ourselves like a professional organization and we will definitely not be shooting ourselves in the foot.
We will be more conservative in terms of not turning the ball over and taking stupid penalties. That's part of the culture that has developed here.
Not one of us really knows who the top four in the playoffs will be this year. Were just guessing like everybody else. If it was all about money than Hamilton should be in the Grey Cup but we've seen that movie before.
We will have a good football club and we can continue to curse the Roughriders. The beer is the best and the crowd is amazing ... Our QBing will be good enough, not great, not horrible and we have a new apprenticeship program we can argue about. Yeah they have potential.
The grey cup Winner will be a sound club who gets a little bit lucky… Same as every other year. Unless of course the league's brain trust has already awarded the Cup to Toronto. Nothing new there either.
We all want to sound intelligent but one of the few ways we can do that is by keeping our mouth shut. If we really think things through there is a real possibility that a few of us might come across as either slightly smart or very good-looking.
Gold Bombers Go !!!

YUP! Same as every year…
Bellyaching because we didn't make wild offers and upset the balance of paying the rest of the team well… And we are finally making all the changes we were bellyaching about not doing earlier. Booch continues his personal vendetta against Michael O'Shea. We probably deserve Mr. Friesen of the Sun.  Now we have someone else to shut Idown.
There's nothing wrong with Zach Collaros if he has a real offensive line. We saw what happened to the Kansas City Chiefs when they got handled in the trenches. Neither Kyle Walters nor Michael O'Shea are acting like ostriches. We have draftees and more importantly a good recruiting program so we can actually get three more quality linemen before the season opens.
Our rushing program will be excellent. And that will set up our passing game. Our defensive coaches is fantastic. Most importantly of all we run ourselves like a professional organization and we will definitely not be shooting ourselves in the foot.
We will be more conservative in terms of not turning the ball over and taking stupid penalties. That's part of the culture that has developed here.
Not one of us really knows who the top four in the playoffs will be this year. Were just guessing like everybody else. If it was all about money than Hamilton should be in the Grey Cup but we've seen that movie before.
We will have a good football club and we can continue to curse the Roughriders. The beer is the best and the crowd is amazing ... Our QBing will be good enough, not great, not horrible and we have a new apprenticeship program we can argue about. Yeah they have potential.
The grey cup Winner will be a sound club who gets a little bit lucky… Same as every other year. Unless of course the league's brain trust has already awarded the Cup to Toronto. Nothing new there either.
We all want to sound intelligent but one of the few ways we can do that is by keeping our mouth shut. If we really think things through there is a real possibility that a few of us might come across as either slightly smart or very good-looking.
Gold Bombers Go !!!

YUP! Same as every year…
Bellyaching because we didn't make wild offers and upset the balance of paying the rest of the team well… And we are finally making all the changes we were bellyaching about not doing earlier. Booch continues his personal vendetta against Michael O'Shea. We probably deserve Mr. Friesen of the Sun.  Now we have someone else to shut Idown.
There's nothing wrong with Zach Collaros if he has a real offensive line. We saw what happened to the Kansas City Chiefs when they got handled in the trenches. Neither Kyle Walters nor Michael O'Shea are acting like ostriches. We have draftees and more importantly a good recruiting program so we can actually get three more quality linemen before the season opens.
Our rushing program will be excellent. And that will set up our passing game. Our defensive coaches is fantastic. Most importantly of all we run ourselves like a professional organization and we will definitely not be shooting ourselves in the foot.
We will be more conservative in terms of not turning the ball over and taking stupid penalties. That's part of the culture that has developed here.
Not one of us really knows who the top four in the playoffs will be this year. Were just guessing like everybody else. If it was all about money than Hamilton should be in the Grey Cup but we've seen that movie before.
We will have a good football club and we can continue to curse the Roughriders. The beer is the best and the crowd is amazing ... Our QBing will be good enough, not great, not horrible and we have a new apprenticeship program we can argue about. Yeah they have potential.
The grey cup Winner will be a sound club who gets a little bit lucky… Same as every other year. Unless of course the league's brain trust has already awarded the Cup to Toronto. Nothing new there either.
We all want to sound intelligent but one of the few ways we can do that is by keeping our mouth shut. If we really think things through there is a real possibility that a few of us might come across as either slightly smart or very good-looking.
Gold Bombers Go !!!

Is our CB Ford gone or can we still get him back?
I would like to see $300k spent on the guys in the trenches
Cheers

The biggest thing on my mind is Toronto's QB strategy

I don't understand why but I believe this site greatly undervalues Collaros
Yes Rourke Evans Kelly Brown & Fajardo all have great talent and potential but how many have been multi year consistent winners
Every one of them is still a fledgling ,,, they won't all stay that way but right now every one is inconsistent
Zach is a winner and he uses his experience to keep us overcoming all odds
Don't discount his stats too much ,,, they are pretty good
So did we make the right decision keeping Zach and cutting Brown?

I don't understand why but I believe this site greatly undervalues Collaros
Yes Rourke Evans Kelly Brown & Fajardo all have great talent and potential but how many have been multi year consistent winners
Every one of them is still a fledgling ,,, they won't all stay that way but right now every one is inconsistent
Zach is a winner and he uses his experience to keep us overcoming all odds
Don't discount his stats too much ,,, they are pretty good
So did we make the right decision keeping Zach and cutting Brown?

The biggest thing on my mind is Toronto's QB strategy

I do not understand the negativity towards Buck and Zach / good journeymen who have been mostly gettin er done ... for half a decade

I propose this:
All roughing the passer and/or intent to injure and/or spearing with the helmet = 25 yards and ejection
Plus
3 game suspension or
2 game suspension if player was not in control of their body or
1 game suspension for "accidental" roughing
 
No interpretation - judgment based on action
No favors for 1st or 2nd time in the season
At first this may seem too harsh but it is not
These rules keep our best players playing ... the players will adjust by time the first third of the season is over
The players are better off.
the fans get to watch their heroes,
the teams experience better attendance and ratings!
All we need is for the CFL Exes to buy in; of course that requires a small spoonful of courage
 
 
 

Who amongst the CFL executive insist on not protecting the franchise quarterbacks that is their biggest expenditure on every roster?
Who benefits from not adjusting the rules? The NFL has certainly gone to every effort to protect their franchise quarterbacks... So what is the reasoning process???
Do they just want to see violence to make the game more attractive?
The hit to Collaros was a clear attempt to injure: the hit was very late and helmet to helmet was deliberate and intentional. The offender's will be greatly rewarded for knocking our QB out of the game and who knows how many games in the immediate and distant future.
These type of deliberate non-protection QB rules cost attendance around the league. Nobody ultimately benefits from such malfeasance.
So tell me why?
Duh?

Who amongst the CFL executive insist on not protecting the franchise quarterbacks that is their biggest expenditure on every roster?
Who benefits from not adjusting the rules? The NFL has certainly gone to every effort to protect their franchise quarterbacks... So what is the reasoning process???
Do they just want to see violence to make the game more attractive?
The hit to Collaros was a clear attempt to injure: the hit was very late and helmet to helmet was deliberate and intentional. The offender's will be greatly rewarded for knocking our QB out of the game and who knows how many games in the immediate and distant future.
These type of deliberate non-protection QB rules cost attendance around the league. Nobody ultimately benefits from such malfeasance.
So tell me why?
Duh?

Who amongst the CFL executive insist on not protecting the franchise quarterbacks that is their biggest expenditure on every roster?
Who benefits from not adjusting the rules? The NFL has certainly gone to every effort to protect their franchise quarterbacks... So what is the reasoning process???
Do they just want to see violence to make the game more attractive?
The hit to Collaros was a clear attempt to injure: the hit was very late and helmet to helmet was deliberate and intentional. The offender's will be greatly rewarded for knocking our QB out of the game and who knows how many games in the immediate and distant future.
These type of deliberate non-protection QB rules cost attendance around the league. Nobody ultimately benefits from such malfeasance.
So tell me why?
Duh?

Who amongst the CFL executive insist on not protecting the franchise quarterbacks that is their biggest expenditure on every roster?
Who benefits from not adjusting the rules? The NFL has certainly gone to every effort to protect their franchise quarterbacks... So what is the reasoning process???
Do they just want to see violence to make the game more attractive?
The hit to Collaros was a clear attempt to injure: the hit was very late and helmet to helmet was deliberate and intentional. The offender's will be greatly rewarded for knocking our QB out of the game and who knows how many games in the immediate and distant future.
These type of deliberate non-protection QB rules cost attendance around the league. Nobody ultimately benefits from such malfeasance.
So tell me why?
Duh?

possible Adams slightly nicked?
 

I love the posters here that have eyes to see for themselves ... they make fantastic comments and make the game more fun
what bugs me is those posters that just jump on a band wagon and mostly just get more emphatic than the leaders ... they don't  actually see whats there ... instead they see with their beliefs and they think they are smarter than coach (but they are not) ...  i hope they enjoy themselves
we have great coaching and management even when they make bone headed decisions ... i can put up with that ... what i love is their steady stream of good stuff ...  i do not see a lot of stupid and thats worth a lot to me
 

HH to MOS and the coaching staff

HH to MOS and the coaching staff

I thought Suiter was very complimentary of our Blue ... enuf to notice

HH to MOS and the coaching staff

HH to MOS and the coaching staff

HH to MOS and the coaching staff